http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhvA9eCq6uY
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Mike Glennon <<mikeglennon>>
sends:
http://www.livetrack24.com/events/PWC2013-1 mehr

upload-davis-straub-ozreportcom-speaks-weather-forecasting-tools
Curt Warren has asked me to give a presentation on the 20th on how to forecast
the weather. Should prove interesting. mehr

Task 9:


1
Christian Ciech
ITA
Icaro Laminar 14
05:16:07
1000


2
Alessandro Ploner
ITA
Icaro Laminar 14.1
05:23:15
956


3
Primoz Gricar
SLO
Aeros Combat 13.5 GT
05:36:06
905


4
Kraig Coomber
USA
Moyes Litespeed RX3.5
05:36:58
901


5
Antoine Boisselier
FRA
Moyes Litespeed... mehr

32.881678,-111.854982,Francisco Grande, Casa Grande, Arizona,
USA

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Tiki Mashy writes:
Event: Hang Gliding Tandem Clinic?
Dates: May 17,18, 19, 2013 (Friday, Saturday & Sunday)
Clinic: Tandem 1, Tandem 2 and Tandem Instructor Ratings?
Cost: $400.00 (plus aerotows)?
Open to: Current USHPA Advanced rating, Turbulence sign-off
Location: Jackson Hole, Wyoming/Alpine, Wyoming area
Primary Launch Format: Aerotowing... mehr

Stéphane Malbos <<stephane.malbos>>
sends:
With apologies to the Mexican NAC and pilots, we are publishing
the Valle de Bravo bid for the 20th FAI Hang Gliding World Championship. The bid
was sent in time but somehow got lost between CIVL and the webdog. The agenda is
modified accordingly and a V2 is published. Both... mehr

Jochen Zeischka <<jochenzeischka>>
writes:
The Belgian championship will this year be organized in
cooperation with the Catalan Cup. The championship will be held in Ager, from
July 28th until Aug 3rd. For those of you interested in combining a few comps,
this could be very interesting, because the Dutch Nationals are held the... mehr

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_nNNIYTy9gThe Elvis Festival is on in Parkes, next to Forbes, so I thought that I would
bring back the original. mehr

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/global/2013/01/australia-dust-storm-photos/60828/ mehr

Paris and Manfred tie for first place.Task  7:



#
Name
Nat
Glider
Time
Total



1
Manfred Ruhmer
AUT
Icaro Laminar Z9 14.1
03:10:01
968


1
Paris Williams
USA
Aeros Combat GT 13.5
03:10:01
968


3
Primoz Gricar
SLO
Aeros Combat 13.5 GT
03:10:06
959


4
Franz Hermann... mehr

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/13/sports/two-men-one-sky-the-silent-realization-of-a-purer-form-of-flight.html

THE CLOUDS stretched across the Texas sky like a highway. And
soaring along those lanes, lofted nearly 8,000 feet by the hot air rising from
the earth, two hang gliders raced in tight pursuit of the most prized feat in
this high... mehr

In
Parkes mehr

http://www.forbesflatlands.com/results.htmlTask 4 results:



#
Name
Nat
Glider
Time
Total



1
Manfred Ruhmer
AUT
Icaro Laminar Z9 14.1
03:11:56
954


2
Antoine Boisselier
FRA
Moyes Litespeed RX3.5
03:12:22
947


3
Christian Zehetmair
GER
Aeros Combat GT 13.5
03:12:24
942... mehr

Bruce Wynne, Worlds Safety Director, and Steve McCarthy, CHIEF TOW
PILOT write:
This is to let you know about the hang gliding task route for
today 11th Jan. Today's task is a dogleg to Blayney. The first turnpoint is
Tyagon heading 156 degrees 78 km south of Forbes; overflying Grenfell. Then to
landing at Blayney heading 62 degrees 104 km... mehr

Gary Osoba <<wosoba>>
writes:
This Sunday, January 13th, the New York Times will run a long
article (2 pages) on the Zapata World Record Encampment. Some of the history of
the event will be chronicled along with more of the outstanding World Record
flights flown last year by Dustin Martin and Johnny Durand. I just spoke with... mehr

http://m.aopa.org/aircraft/articles/2013/130110secret-no-fly-zone.html#.UPARebcaxVc.mailto
Fleming, 70, had been arrested for breach of peace after flying
his Rolladen-Schneider LS8-18 sailplane noiselessly over the H.B. Robinson
Nuclear Generating Station at an altitude of 1,518 feet msl—by his estimates,
about 1,000 feet over the... mehr

Light winds today so we are doing a triangle:The goal is a fifteen hundred meter radius cylinder so that it should keep us away from
the fire bombers at the airfield. Hang glider pilots will be coming in from the south east from
Grenfell.I made sure that we made a shorter task today, with a low top of the lift at
maybe 6,000' if we are lucky.... mehr

http://naughtylawyertravels.blogspot.com.au/2013/01/dude-shes-not-worth-it.htmlhttp://www.forbesflatlands.com/results.html



#
Name
Nat
Glider
Time
Total



1
Zac Majors
USA
Wills Wing T2C 144
02:42:25
989... mehr

He told me that he never said he wouldn't come back to Oz. Maybe
he forgot that.http://www.xcmag.com/2013/01/hang-gliding-world-championships-2013-manfred-ruhmer/
Are there any pilots out there that have helped you become the
pilot you are today? Well, when I got to a good international level, there was
Tomas Suchanek who gave me a hard time... mehr