http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/03/us/texas-weather/?hpt=hp_c1
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I've received a couple of emails that indicate that John Olliff
has been sacked as Operations Manager (the head of the office) at the Australian
hang gliding and paragliding association. No word on why or what is next for the
always turbulent HGFA.I know that his efforts have been appreciated by Australian meet organizers.
There is a lot of... mehr

Neal mostly flies his little airplanes here at Quest Air working
on UAV contracts, but here he is flying a hang glider: mehr

Vicki Cain <<moyes>>
writes:
We have revised the Litespeed promotion to reach a broader range
of pilots, included a drawing date of the 31st July and we have tied it in with
the release of the RX3.5 and RX3:
http://moyes.com.au/images/stories/Litespeed_Promotion.pdf
http://moyes.com.au/images/stories/Litespeed_RX_Order.pdf... mehr

http://www.midwesthgcomp.org/Pilots.html mehr

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-g4MzF9_kNo
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The web site
here. The weather forecast
here.Hundreds of pilots planning to attend. mehr

http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/30/making-sense-of-the-wacky-weather/?hpHow will this effect our hang gliding planning?http://e360.yale.edu/feature/linking_weird_weather_to_rapid_warming_of_the_arctic/2501/
Linking Weird Weather to Rapid Warming of the ArcticThe loss of Arctic summer sea ice and the rapid warming of the Far North are... mehr

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7uz3qGCTSQ
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=paE4GREszHY
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I'll be announcing the Oz Report premium recipients Wednesday
afternoon after I get the last snail mail packet forwarded to me. I didn't want
to cut out anyone just because it takes a while to get the snail mail.I'll also individually contact all those premium recipients for whom I have
email addresses.If you've sent in a donation and your... mehr

http://www.superrace2012.blogspot.com/
David Seib writes:
An 84km triangular course was set for the second task of the
nationals in Carmo do Rio Claro. 15 people made goal including me. Conditions
were fairly light throughout the course and I was lucky to climb out of one
area. Base was about 2200m. Goal was right on the edge of one of the... mehr

The sky was full of cu's yet again today. Mitch pulled a
paraglider up on his ElektraTow and sure enough the pilot caught a thermal at
500' and thermalled up. It is the first thermaling paraglider flight off the ET.
I ran the ET while Mitch took a few flights on a fat prototype glider built just
to try out a few ideas (and he did a little... mehr

He was looking for your help, as were we.Thanks so much for all the help that we got from the most devoted Oz Report
readers. I'll be working on contacting those of you who will win one of the
premiums and getting them out to you soon.Did anyone send in their physical check a bit late? If not I can run the random
number generator now and... mehr

http://www.superrace2012.blogspot.com/
Sunday through Saturday
The first task is 92 km.


Photo by Konrad Heilman.
David Seid writes:
A frustrating first day of the National in Carmo do Rio Claro for
me. Took the second start gate and got caught in a massive dead patch, the got
hit by a storm. I flew out of the cloud cover to land next to a... mehr

After a month's delay the 2013 World web site is now open at
http://forbesflatlands.com.Registration is open on April 1st and team registration will be due by May 1st.
You'll need to pay for your slots in advance if you want to have slots at the
Worlds. 110 slots available.Aeroclubs can register up to five general class pilots and up to two... mehr

Gregg Ludwig <<GreggLudwig>>
sends:
The attachment to a Lightstream downtube. It uses a "Flytec vario
bracket base" that allows the downtube link to be installed quick and easily
with Velcro. The wheel assembly configuration is such that it pushes against the
downtube (unlike the tandem wheel kit that pulls on the downtube) so... mehr

Steven Pearson <<Steve>>
writes:
The back story re the new glider bags is that we outsourced glider
bag manufacturing since 1980. First to a local guy, then to Free Flight (our
parachute mfg in Elsinore), then to Aeroman (PG mfg in China), and finally to a
Polyant loft in Sri Lanka. The offshore companies can buy materials for... mehr

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fIdYPtYnUs
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http://vimeo.com/39311243
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