http://soaringspot.com/2012rk/
SPOT Tracking:
Wolfi here.
Ben here.
Konrad here.
Jonny here.
Zac Majors, pictured above, won the day, as he did yesterday. Jonny and Paris
right behind him. A few more pilots made it in before the brief shower. See the
results at the link above.Jonny is in the overall lead, with Paris and Zac behind him. mehr

Rohan Holtkamp wins the day:http://www.warrenwindsports.com.au/bloghttp://www.kathrynoriordan.com/http://www.williamolive.com/dalby/comp results.html mehr

Oyvind Ellefsen <<oyvind>>
writes:
Please have a look at our newly updated website and tools. The
forums and wiki/trac is open for registration for new users again, after I had
to disable registrations due to too many spam-users. I had to delete around 50K
spam users, and I might have deleted some legitimate users who had... mehr

http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/adventure/adventure-sports/adv-aoy-2012-sunuwar-sherpa/

2012 Adventurers of the Year: Sano Babu Sunuwar & Lakpa Tsheri
Sherpa
With nearly 72,000 votes cast, we are thrilled to announce the 2012 People's
Choice Adventurers of the Year: Nepalis Sano Babu Sunuwar and Lakpa Tsheri
Sherpa. Their dream to... mehr

http://www.drought.gov/portal/server.pt/community/forecasting/209Thanks to Brad.
mehr

Interested in flying very far, perhaps setting a world record? If
you can join us in Zapata for the 2012 World Record Encampment contact Gary
Osoba at <wosoba>.

Jonny Durand at the WRE. mehr

After a February, March and most of April with great weather, we
may be in for a bit of not such great weather.Seven day forecast
here.
Seven day forecast at Quest
here.
A greater threat for storms arrives this weekend as a low pressure
system approaches from the northern gulf of Mexico. While the system is still a
few days away, computer... mehr

Landing in the weeds yesterday and landing at the airfield today.
I don't have enough pain free range of motion to actually flare:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0IpkqWYgP8 mehr

Scott Barrett in the lead after four days.
http://www.warrenwindsports.com.au/blog/dave-may
http://www.warrenwindsports.com.au/blog/curt-warren
http://www.kathrynoriordan.com/
http://www.williamolive.com/dalby/comp results.html mehr

http://soaringspot.com/2012rk/
http://westcoastbrit.blogspot.com/
SPOT Tracking:
Wolfi
here.
Ben
here.
Konrad
here.
Jonny here.
More soon.
The cirrus cloud cover mixed with cumulus from the front coming our way from the
northwest. This is the storm that caused the tornadoes in Kansas and Oklahoma, a
few days ago.

The front has turned into an... mehr

The US:
http://chorlton.homeip.net/flighttools/solo.html
Australia:
http://www.rosser.cc/pg/airspace/flight.html
Simply click the Browse button at the top of the web page and browse for one of
your IGC-formatted tracklogs on your computer. Your flight will be displayed
like this:

The map will be moved and centered on your flight. You can... mehr

http://vimeo.com/29876367
mehr

Gregg Ludwig <GreggLudwig> writes:
I took the Flying Launch Cart (featured here-
http://ozreport.com/16.063.1) on tour over the last couple of weeks and the
wheel kit was well received. We had demonstrations at Wallaby, Quest, Florida
Ridge and Lookout Mt. Flight Park. Most flights were via aerotow but I did have
some fun tows from the... mehr

http://alifeascending.com/
Will Gladd recommends this film. This is the trailer.
mehr

You can see the new wheels distinctly in the video. They turn fine
in fine sand. You can find them here:
Raven Hang Gliding, Inc.
These are the eight inch variety.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZbvzqjcowY


After I landed out (after the second tow) I was able to haul the glider out
keeping it on its wheels. So they came in real handy today. mehr

http://www.warrenwindsports.com.au/blog/dave-mayhttp://www.warrenwindsports.com.au/blog/curt-warrenhttp://www.kathrynoriordan.com/2012/04/16/dalby-day-2-what-went-right/http://www.williamolive.com/dalby/comp results.htmlDay two results
here. mehr

Carl Wallbank <<carlwallbank>>
writes:
Here's a video of Sunday's record flight, 266km straight and 276km
around my turnpoints. Very disappointingly I didn't get the distance to goal
record.
I had put a 10km radius around the goal the night before due to my concern about
the strong wind on Portland point, and as it was very windy... mehr

http://soaringspot.com/2012rk/
http://westcoastbrit.blogspot.com/
SPOT Tracking:
Wolfi
here.
Ben
here.
Konrad
here.
Jonnyhere.
More soon.A good day with at least fifteen pilots in goal. Jonny won the day with Paris
second, and Jonny again takes the lead. Jamie reported quite strong lift out on
the course line. On my second tow I was... mehr

or
here.Thanks to Pete Lehmann, and Robert Sweeney mehr

I spoke with Mike after he out flew everyone (Mike has the longest
flex wing flight at 437 miles) here to the Florida Ridge. He talked about flying
with wheels (I'm flying with wheels). He stated that if things got dicey on
landing he stayed on the base tube and landed on his wheels. mehr