German Open
here.No, not really. That was a little joke.Bad weather (Freitag, 18. Mai 2012, Task gecancelt wegen Wetter!) mehr

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Carsten Friedrichs <<carsten.friedrichs>>
writes:
I am a German pilot who has been denied the opportunity to compete
in the German Open with my Wills Wing T2C 144 (HGMA certified). As it is written
in the local rules you need an "Airworthy glider with valid type test
(airworthiness certificate)... mehr

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The DHV certification does not belong to the manufacturer, it
belongs to the German DHV approved dealer. The Dealer needs to have all
equipment to overhaul the glider as well (A fully equipped glider manufacturing
facility). Few can afford to be the dealer.
When a glider has a DHV... mehr

Steve Kroop at Flytec<<info>>
writes:
When team flying a task, pilots will communicate their position to
each other (over the radio) relative to the route course line. This is easily
done on the 6030 with the user-field XT Error. The displayed value is the
pilot's distance off of a line connecting the two waypoints of the active... mehr

Vincene at Muller Windsports <<fly>>
writes:
Thanks to all who supported the fundraiser for Stewart at Cochrane
on May 12.We had beautiful weather, the paragliders had a good afternoon. Hang gliders had
fun in the evening and spectators had a great time catching up with old and new
friends. Stewart unfortunately was not able to... mehr

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtuYBagnfMo#! mehr

Gary Solomon<<gary>>
sends:
What we were hoping to bring to the Midwest HG Comp. Midwest
Spring distance flying. Kris (Grzyb) had these four flights in six days. (May
10th – May 15th). It shows how well we are located, and the possibilities in
various winds.Details
here.The fifteenth was another possible 200 mile day. He... mehr

Corinna Schwiegershausen writes:
72 km, Manfred 1st, Jörg 2nd, I was 1st woman in goal and about 8th
overall. Difficult day, Primoz landed short. Manfred and Jörg scored 0 points
for the day, as their pitch measurements in goal failed the minimum settings!
Gotcha from the DHV.
See the local rules above.
 
I await word from Joerg... mehr

Carson Capaul <<justfly25>>
writes:
I wonder when the first harness to have dimples is going to show
up?http://www.gizmag.com/nike-pro-turbospeed-golf-ball-track-uniform/22520/

http://university.tri-sports.com/2012/03/29/garneau-vorttice-helmet/ mehr

http://corinnaflies.blogspot.de/Nichele Roberto <<roberto.nichele>>
sends:
(DHV) website for the German Open
here.The local rules (PDF)
here."Airworthy glider with valid type test (airworthiness certificate)..."A German pilot who bought a T2C 144 from me this year called upset that they
won't allow him to attend the meet.... mehr

Sander van Schaik <<sander>>
writes:
Upcoming on Thursday we will have the towing part of the Dutch
Nationals at Deelen airport. Twenty six hang gliders will compete for the towing
title of 2012. For online updates, these web sites can be visited:- www.zeilvliegen.nl- www.sanderdelta.nl- http://flyingjochen.blogspot.com-... mehr

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Serving Boston, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts,
Connecticut, and Rhode Island. Located in central Massachusetts 10 miles east of
Quabbin reservoir.
http://skyout.blogspot.com/
Randy and then Kip left for ~50 mile (80km) and ~40 mile (65km)
flights over my home... mehr

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Thanks to Andrew mehr

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mehr

Françoise Dieuzeide flying the T2C 136 at the 2012 Flytec Race and Rally. Notice
the twelve tuffs on the left wing.
http://www.facebook.com/WillsWing mehr

http://www.tmgenerator.com/homehttp://ozreport.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=109448#109448
TMG is new program produced in Poland, used to generate a map of
thermals for Garmin GPSes, eg. Oregon, 62, etc. The Garmin GPS supports multiple
maps at the same time. The program analyzes IGC files and creates a map as an
overlay on a standard map and... mehr

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You can also find it here:
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Fabiano Nahoum <<marusco>>
writes:
The paraglider had the worst of it, tumbling into the trees below.
Fortunately the pilot was fine. I found the video remarkable in that the
paraglider was literally knocked out of the sky by what appeared to be just a
slight touch by the hang glider.
I have no information at all on the abilities... mehr

Gary Solomon <<gary>>
writes:
“Ginger Zee” on “Good morning America” went hang gliding at Lookout
Mountain. She clearly did a lesson package (as opposed to a single tandem).
There were several minutes of airtime devoted to it.
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/gingers-hang-gliding-adventure-16334279 mehr

Dustin, an ATOS pilot, Stan Roberts, and at leas three paraglider
pilots tried for the "unofficial" footlaunch record launching from a site near
Seligman, Arizona on Saturday morning.
Gary Osoba, who was handling weather duties remotely writes:
Dustin went down early and back for relaunch at 2:00 PM. After his
relaunch Dustin flew to... mehr