The weather isn't cooperating so we've paused the World Record
Encampment until next weekend. If it looks like the good weather comes back for
Sunday onto at least Wednesday (as forecast by GFSx which correctly predicted
the path of Tropic Storm Debby unlike all the other models), then we will return
to Zapata. Gary is still there working on... mehr

Ollie Gregory <<olliettt1955>>
writes:
The Team Challenge starts Sunday, September 30th and runs through
Saturday, October 6th. We will continue our classic format with an A level team
leader mentoring the B and C level pilots on his team in the art of cross
country flying. Our format challenges each level of pilot skill while... mehr

http://tinyurl.com/jonzapata
http://chorlton.homeip.net/spotmap/zapata.html
http://www.flytrace.com/Tracker/map.aspx?group=32
At 7:24 he was about 60 miles out.
Pete Lehmann still in the air (launched at 12:30 PM) near Camp Wood. Glauco down
just north of Pete.Jonny landed thirty miles short of goal. Pete landed near Glauco. mehr

Ben Dunn flying a Northwing Liberty 148.
Ben Dunn <<ben.a.dunn>> sends:
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http://www.naviter.si/content/view/160/1/lang,en/
We have all been eagerly awaiting this. Naviter's first Android
app with a similar iOS app to follow immediately after Apple approves it for the
AppStore.
It's an IGC flight file recorder and its name is SeeYou Recorder. It's free. And
it's actually an IGC flight recorder on steroids.

#this... mehr

Article
here.
The California company spent 18 months developing the Air Attack
helmet, which makes its official debut when the Rabobank and Garmin-Barracuda
teams wear them during flatter stages of the Tour de France. We’ll also see them
in London during the 2012 Summer Games, helping riders slice the wind and keep
cool, thereby saving... mehr

Article and pictures
here.Thanks to Brad Gryder. mehr

Ramon Holguin <<ielbow_64>>
sends this shot from Big Spring last year:

See pilot list
here and sign up
here. mehr

Carlos' example (he later dislocates his shoulder), a fix from a
previous incorrect video
38 58 10.92 N,75 52 0.00 W,Highland Aerosports, Ridgely,
Maryland, USA
Mitch Shipley held a landing clinic during the East Coast
Championship. It was well attended.
Mitch Shipley <<elektratow>>
writes:
http://youtu.be/dMlHNAdZrpQ

This is an... mehr

Dustin's pending world record is 475 miles or 764 kilometers. This
exceeds Manfred existing official world record by 63 kilometers.
start 10:04:46
height: 3407’ MSL
ground level 421’
release location: N 26 59.498, W 99 11.564
landing: N 33 36.299, W 101 25.942
landing time: 20:59:21
landing altitude: 3096’
Jonny flew 472... mehr

Mitch Shipley held a landing clinic during the East Coast
Championship. It was well attended.
Mitch Shipley <<elektratow>>
writes:
http://youtu.be/sYYMxv_5iLo

Now a high performance glider approach. As audio commentary points out, the
pilot is floating this one in and is paying for it with less than perfect
directional control... mehr

Roy Mahoney <<rmahoney>>
writes:
There were records broken this past Sunday, Jim Steele flying a
T2C and Britton Shaw flying an Ozone R11 paraglider, both launching from Mount
Magazine in Arkansas, Jim setting a new Arkansas state flex wing distance record
approx 130 miles and Britton a new USHPA Region 6 PG record approx 144... mehr

Too windy on Tuesday to fly (thanks to Ben Dunn):

>Pictures
here. mehr

38 58 10.92 N,75 52 0.00 W,Highland Aerosports, Ridgely,
Maryland, USA
Mitch Shipley held a landing clinic during the East Coast
Championship. It was well attended.
Mitch Shipley <<elektratow>>
writes:
http://youtu.be/hmQotckQFdg

Here's a good example of what Jim Rooney was talking about - failure to hold a
flare. The pilot... mehr

Arne Haugaard <<falcon>>
sends:
From a recent flight in local costal area at Holbaek, Sealand in
Denmark – I just love my motorized wing, notice how easy engines starts at the
end of the video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8gbtpXiq0Y
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Ron Gleason <<xcflying>>
writes:
With all the fires in the western states, dignitaries flying
around, presidential campaigning and other activities occurring this the season
for many TFR's that we must avoid. Critical for competitions, formal and
informal, and recreational flying to examine every morning and during the day.
Here... mehr

The video
here.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-35_Lightning_II
The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is a family of single-seat,
single-engine, fifth generation multirole fighters under development to perform
ground attack, reconnaissance, and air defense missions with stealth
capability.[6][7] The F-35 has three main models; the F-35A is a... mehr

Competition pilots receive surveys to fill out after competitions.
They results go to the meet organizer, but no results are given to the pilots,
or to the meet director. I suggest that competition pilots refuse to fill out
the surveys until they are promised that they will be given the results also.
This promise can be given by the meet... mehr

Dustin and Jonny smash the World Record for longest hang gliding
flight
You can find the flights here
http://chorlton.homeip.net/spotmap/zapata.html. Choose Yesterday Jonny and
Dustin (Thanks to David Wheeler for putting up this page for us).
Dustin and Jonny flew from Zapata in south Texas to just east of Lubbock up in
the Texas panhandle,... mehr

38 58 10.92 N,75 52 0.00 W,Highland Aerosports, Ridgely,
Maryland, USA
Mitch Shipley held a landing clinic during the East Coast
Championship. It was well attended.
Mitch Shipley <<elektratow>>
writes:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbubnELGrFM

This is an example of a high round out that Paul Voight mentioned, with trouble... mehr