http://www.illawarramercury.com.au/story/1206771/sea-eagle-hitches-a-ride-on-hang-gliders/?cs=12

Thanks to Tom Galvin. mehr

Allan McMillan <adm> writes:
I had a nice flight in my
Airborne Sting 3 the other day from Mt. Borah (Godfrey's place near Manilla,
NSW, Australia) west to Walgett, just over 250 kilometers (155 miles) in six and
a half hours. I flew cross tail wind along the highway by myself as my buddy
landed... mehr

Glauco Pinto <<glaucounb>>
sends this picture of the crew (minus Dustin) at the World Record Encampment:

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Vicki at Moyes sends:

We will have a daily blog with videos, photos, results and up to date news here:
http://www.forbesflatlands.com/blog.html  and here on the Face Book
page: https://www.facebook.com/events/364482510257717/We have added a few videos to the media page here:
http://www.forbesflatlands.com/media-items.htmlI have stepped... mehr

Jacques Bott <<jacques.bott>>
writes:
Next pre-world Class V, II, I women and Sport is confirmed by the
FAI in Annecy Northern French Alps July the 3rd till 13th. I hope we can have an
interesting Class II competition with the Archaeopteryx. Class II will have
aerotow launch from an airfield I'll validate in April. World... mehr

Hang gliding is not a safe sport. Hang gliding involves taking
risks. There are plenty of opportunities to feel fear. A deep fear for your very
life.And that's why males are more attracted to it than are females.It is an activity the confirms men's perception of themselves as actually brave
in a real world, while the rest of their world is... mehr

Harry Martin <<harry>>
sends: mehr

http://www.flykingmountain.com/http://www.kingmountaingliderpark.com/http://ozreport.com/uscompetitiondates.php mehr

http://paraglidingforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=52538&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=126
From Tom Payne:
At the Brits a couple of years ago we had a terrible day with 5
reserves deployed on one task (10 during the week) and a bunch of crashes. I
think Adrian forgot about that comp, it was memorable for me as I was one of the... mehr

http://www.wired.com/playbook/2012/12/paraglider-horacio-llorens/
The four-time aerobatic paragliding world champ completed 568
loops after jumping from 19,700 feet today, a leap the Spaniard made to
celebrate the end of the world. Well, the Mayan prediction of the end of the
world, anyway. It is fitting, then, that Llorens made the jump in... mehr

We use IGC track log files for competition and records because
basically they can not be edited and remain valid. They contain a checksum (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Checksum ), known as a G-record, that is check
to see that no editing has taken place.
The IGC file is a readable (sort of) text file and the G-record is at the end of
the... mehr

First step is to go here:
http://www.mein-innsbruck-foto.at/index.php?pageid=5&fid=289
You will see this picture:

Second, under the picture you will see this:

That is the Like button in German. He would appreciate it if you clicked it.
Hopefully you can do that without causing yourself any problems. Look like they
are trying to get images of... mehr

http://www.ruppert-composite.ch/en/verkauf/archaeopteryx-kennen-lernen/probefliegen.html
You are convinced by the Archaeopteryx super lightweight glider
concept and would like to have a test flight before making further decisions? In
cooperation with the flying school Airsportcenter Mollis we can offer this
opportunity. Test flights are like... mehr

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLTDPeB55ek
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http://vimeo.com/55703487

Attila went for the Triangle world record, missed that by only 50 km, landing after 315 km on the Condobolin Rd. Gerolf, Michi and Lukas went for adjustment the equipment and body to Forbes Enviroment, and Lukas and Gerolf made it back to Forbes doing 220 km Triangle, Michi had to give up because of a broken Zipper,... mehr

http://vimeo.com/55067782
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http://paraglidingforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=51009&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=360http://p-m-a.info/downloads/PMA_joint_proposal_to_CIVL_final_06nov.pdf
In short, the PMA recommends to change the way paragliding tasks
are concluded by changing the End-of-Speed-Section as we know it now (the ESS
cylinder) to an ESS inverted cone,... mehr

http://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/8098680/Paraglider-sets-record-for-non-stop-flight
Queenstown paraglider Angus Tapper set a new national record when
he flew non-stop from Coronet Peak to the Haast Pass and back to Hawea last
week.
Tapper's flight was the longest recorded cross-country flight in New Zealand but
he won't get... mehr

Here.
The Air Force has spent more than $1 million to help develop a
small and versatile robot dragonfly. But in a move to raise funds for the
Dragonfly, the developers are offering the public the chance to own their own
flying robot Dragonfly for $119.“This means you can do amazing aerial photography, spy on people, secure your
house... mehr

http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/06/05/e3-2011-new-super-mario-bros-u-the-glory-of-the-flying-squirrel
I'm not even sure why I love Flying Squirrel Mario so much. Part
of it is his transformation into a half-human, half-squirrel creation that gives
him expanded upward mobility. The other is just the simple notion that when I
jump, I can... mehr