http://www.smithsonianchannel.com/site/sn/show.do?episode=138554

A very cool video from the 1983 event.
Pounds and kilograms.
Thanks to Dan Utinski who was unaware of this event. mehr

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAtv6BvVOyE
mehr

Rotation: mehr

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRn1A4oWBak
mehr

Ollie Gregory <<olliettt1955>>
writes:
Another nice thing we have going for Team Challenge 2012. Many
pilots fly with 2 meter radios these days. Of course we encourage this as the
most effective way to help our Team Challenge team mates once airborne. However,
to operate a 2 meter radio, one should be licensed by the FCC. As you... mehr

LA Time article
here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34WIbmXkewU

But the middle-aged widower, permanently injured in a paragliding
accident, sparks to Driss' impropriety and, especially, his lack of pity.
Philippe chooses Driss over qualified candidates, and the hijinks and
heart-tugging are underway.
In the obvious comedy syntax of the... mehr

Dean Funk was the tandem pilot during the Memorial day weekend down at
Islamorada, in the Key in Florida.  Towing off the beach a long ways away
from Beryl.
http://igg.me/p/101598?a=582719
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrqJnSF54uc
mehr

Subtropical storm:Cu's every where. Tandems flying. Ten mph on the ground. No rain. Rain could
develop later in the day. mehr

Quinn Cornwell writes:
Results: http://www.shv-fsvl.ch/
I arrived at launch and many pilots had already left. Winds switched by late
afternoon and pilots were trying to figure out which side to launch from. Lots
of paragliders were in the air during the comp.
I heard someone threw a chute (Rigid), but couldn't confirm. A few pilots said
the... mehr

Bill Moyes writes:
We had an HGFA Instructors conference May 22nd-23rd in Melbourne.
Molly and I attended with approximately fifty instructors. The guest speaker was
John Dickenson.John had the opportunity to show his photographs from 1963, showing that he
had developed the first conical wing hang glider. He was pleased to have the... mehr

No street view just yet.
I saw the Google Street View car outside my window this morning.
http://maps.google.com/help/maps/streetview/ mehr

James Tindle <<flyflridge>>
writes:
The Florida Ridge will be hosting an instructor certification
program for three weekends this summer.
June 1st-3rd, June 8th-10th, June 15th-17th
Osvaldo Lopez (who will be coming down from Lookout Mountain) along with James
Tindle will administer these programs
To Register or for any Inquiries... mehr

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3I1TgsjdtI4

Litespeed RX, light fast and safe, incredible sink rate, feather
light handling world championship winning glide, easy to land and beautiful
clean sail, trailing edge flutter free at 120kph. Check out our new video by
Moyes Delta Gliders, Steve Moyes reviewing the new high performance RX3.5. mehr

Davide <info> writes:
A new project is starting! To preserve European griffins telling
their stories from a totally different point of view for the generic audience,
flying with them, with a hang glider and with the support of paragliders!
Will be a great dream moved by passion and my aim is to help the free flight
world too, showing... mehr

http://www.paraglidingworldcup.org/node/1877/reportsOne report said four pilots in the trees and three of them in the hospital. mehr

Sander van Schaik - SvS Design <<sander>>
writes:
The Dutch Open will start on Monday May 28th in Aflenzland
(Austria).
For live tracking during the tasks:
http://www.livetrack24.com
The official blog are:
http://schiessling.blogspot.com/,
http://www.zeilvliegen.nl
Other blogs: http://www.sanderdelta.nl
Task results will be... mehr

James Tindle <<flyflridge>>
writes:
The Florida Ridge Air Sport park, the premier Hang Gliding park in
South Florida is growing and is looking for an Tandem Instructor.
This person will help us meet the needs of our expanding business. Our flight
park is open four days a week giving you plenty of time to enjoy the Florida sun
on... mehr

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=385807694789431
This video shows what seems to be the one successful flight. I watched many of
them and almost all were failures, which is what you would expect in a research
and development project. The experiment ended without all the problems solved,
but much learned. At the end the spectra rope was... mehr

Sander van Schaik - SvS Design <<sander>>
writes:
From May 17th – May 20th we had the Dutch Towing Nationals in the
Netherlands. The 1st day we had 75km task from Deelen to Ruurlo and back, cloud
base at 1600 meter:
1 Martin van Helden
2 Joost Eertman
3 Gijs Wanders
The 2nd day was canceled because of the high wind.
The 3rd... mehr

Jorge Zingg <<jorge.zingg>>
writes:
Next weekend in the nice Engelberg region, the "Swiss Masters
2012" is being held by the very active hang gliding club of Stans here in
Switzerland. http://www.swissmasters2012.ch mehr