Currently (but maybe not for long) Chris Zimmerman lives in a
house that he built on a grass airstrip community forty minutes north of Austin,
Texas.

Of course, the house includes a hangar which holds his setup hang glider and his
ultra light trike (Part 103 legal with the USHPA/FAA exemption for towing).

Belinda and I were out there last... mehr

Gijs Wanders <<gijswanders>>
writes:
Recently a new Dutch coastal soaring site was opened. It's close
to the Rotterdam Harbour and today eight pilots were able to fly it for the
first time as you can see in the little video I made:
https://vimeo.com/44207555. There used
to be a soaring site quite close to this new site, but due... mehr

The flight on the HOLC
here.
I could see on Sunday that the winds would set up great on Tuesday for a single
surface record attempt out of Chris' place west of Georgetown, north of Austin.

It looked like I would have a 20 knot tail wind up into Oklahoma. Cloud base
looked good at 5000' plus, getting higher as the day progressed, with strong... mehr

38 58 10.92 N,75 52 0.00 W,Highland Aerosports, Ridgely,
Maryland, USA

http://www.stardem.com/a/article_ad20403b-7136-50b1-a5a7-c3e7809bfc9a.html mehr

Mark Dowsett <<mark>>
writes:
I was hoping you could give a public shout-out to Steve Wendt. I
attended his scooter clinic in spring of '09 and went home inspired and started
my own hang gliding school.
Our situation sounds like Steve's, almost too busy and we scramble every weekend
to get enough students scootering in the... mehr

This third in a series of articles is taken from here: http://ozreport.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=26379
Jim Rooney <<jim>> writes:
One of the biggest problems I see is that training hills are
horrible places to learn to land. At your typical training hill, you can't pull
in for landing speed as you'll contact the earth. It's also... mehr

Steve's big complaint on Sunday was that he was working too hard
getting ten pilots in the air. That is he had too much business. The tug was
down, as he had a crack in the radiator, so he was towing them on the platform
tow, pickup truck. Hauling them to 800' to 1000' and nine of them skyed out
getting to over 7,000'.He's has students in... mehr

http://www.flykingmountain.comStart listening at 2:10:
http://www.cartalk.com/player5/player.php?a=segment&segment=01The 2012 King Mountain Meet, July 9-14. mehr

Ken Robinson <kr> writes:
I have been watching the "how to land" thread on the Oz Report.
While I completely agree with the flare at or just below trim speed discussion -
this all assumes that your glider is trimmed properly! I would appreciate seeing
comments/discussion on how to properly trim the glider so that the flare... mehr

Paul Voight <<flyhigh>>
writes:
I agree with Jim Rooney’s commentary on emphasizing that coming
into a landing with high speed is a big key to landing success. But one must
carry this speed all the way to just off the deck, into actual ground effect.
(Jim does say this.) A very common problem is what we (Ryan and I) call... mehr

Ricker Goldsborough <<gci>>
writes:
Lookout Mountain Flight Park is conducting an event this weekend
called the "Wingman Weekend". It is a program where better and more experienced
pilots are put with one or two newer pilots in an attempt to share knowledge and
increase safety. A fish bowl race and other events are planned.... mehr

Saturday. 4:40 PM. Sam Kellner operating the tow vehicle.
http://www.theleakeystaronline.com/news/fatal-hang-gliding-accident-at-leakey-airport/

Not a novice pilot, but didn't have a USHPA platform towing special skill check
off and apparently no instructor supervision. mehr

This second in a series of articles is taken from here: http://ozreport.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=26379
Jim Rooney <<jim>> writes:
Specific "landing techniques"
The moonwalk or "Greblo"
Trim+1
The two step
The crescendo
The Zen
All begin with coming in faster than trim. Period.
Let's review the cardinal rule of landing a hang... mehr

http://www.willswing.com/news.asp?newsSeek=781
The 136 is a slightly smaller size of the T2C optimized for a
range of pilot body weight centered on 150 lbs (68 kg). The 136 features a new
size control bar, halfway between that of the T2C 144 and the Sport 2 135. When
configured with the lightest weight options, (Litestream downtubes and UVPT... mehr

Ryan Voight <<airthug84>>
writes:
In hang gliding, and especially in landing, there is much old lore
that gets perpetuated by people with little or no understanding of what they're
saying. The old "hands up for a better flare" is often one of those things.
I'll elaborate: While moving the hands higher on the uprights can work for... mehr

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/16/opinion/shes-innocent-were-guilty.html?hpw
Why did it take three decades, tens of millions of dollars, a
criminal case appealed in Australia’s highest court, a royal commission and four
inquests to establish Lindy Chamberlain’s innocence? mehr

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Virginia-Hang-Gliding/253883901383183
We are super excited to announce today that we've been approved by
the local county commission to operate at the beautiful Accomack County Airport.
This is a fantastic facility and we're blown away at how welcoming they've been.
www.co.accomack.va.us
We're right on the shore... mehr

Thirty nine pilots have signed up for the Big Spring competition.
The competition takes place next month. Sign up now.See pilot list
here and sign up
here. mehr

This first in a series of articles is taken from here: 
http://ozreport.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=26379
Jim Rooney <<jim>> writes:
The #1 issue with landing a hang glider, the nose stalls before
the tips.
There's so much focus on body position and hand position, which do help, but
virtually nothing on how the whole shooting... mehr

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvYORWG-SpU#!
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