I see these two (or similar) birds every day, right up close. They
follow Marvin (former crop duster pilot) around when he walks into the pasture/airfield and leads
them back to his ramshackle house next to the air field. They are wild, but not
very nervous around us.Photo by Jonny Thompson. mehr

http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=2058
A spring heat wave like no other in U.S. and Canadian history
peaked in intensity yesterday, during its tenth day. Since record keeping began
in the late 1800s, there have never been so many temperature records broken for
spring warmth in a one-week period--and the... mehr

He's looking for your help, as are we.
We are now well into our month long fund raising drive. Right in the middle of
begging for money our web site went down for a few days as we moved to our new
virtual server. And just before we started our site was down when our web host
updated our server's operating system (which gave us a good... mehr

http://vuelolibre.mx/el_penon_2012/index.html
http://vuelolibre.mx/el_penon_2012/resultados.htm



#
Name
Time
Total



1
Rodrigo de Obeso
02:22:41
1000


2
Rudy Gotes
02:25:24
964


3
David Segura
02:33:09
892


4
Patrick Kruse
02:59:11
695


5
Aldo Rohfls
03:25:05
553


6
Jeff... mehr

He's looking for your help, as are we.I have been a little shocked and quite pleased to receive donation/subscriptions
in the $100 and $200 range. It is greatly affirming to see that some of you have
the means and the desire to reward our pitiful little efforts here with a
substantial sum of money. We certainly can use it and need it.I... mehr

Official blog of the race:
http://www.aerosrace.blogspot.com/The Aeros Winter Race 2012 is finished. We had three tasks and the winner,
Christian Ciech ITA, showed the best performace. We had more or less racing
tasks showing the amazing average speeds, especially on last task with 61 km/h
by Tom Weissenberger AUT, who finished second... mehr

Places to find it:http://flytec.ch/en/firmware.htmlhttp://www.brauniger.com/english/service/downloads/firmware.htmlhttp://flytec.com/Products/Software.htm
Resources for the airspace/CTR function - used with 6020/06030»
CTR Quick Start
»CTR tool for
generating local airspace file (web tool by Rick Maddy)Starting with firmware v3.34 it... mehr

We really don't have the muscles to sustain such flight nor to
take off.
http://www.humanbirdwings.net/

But the fake video is pretty cool, none the less.
http://www.mattmontag.com/personal/human-birdwings-hoax
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/03/human-bird-wings/
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/09/23/pedalo/... mehr

http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/15/zeroing-in-on-lead-in-hunters-bullets/

A California condor soars over the hills of Big Sur after being treated for lead
poisoning and re-released.Citing risks to birds and to human health, roughly 100 environmental groups
formally asked the federal Environmental Protection Agency this week to ban or... mehr

She's looking for your help, as are we.We write applications that help out the community and link to them here in the
Oz Report. For example, the SeeYou based competition scoring system with it's
online manual
here.
And the competition pilot manual for downloading their GPSes and sending their
tracklogs to the scorekeeper for scoring... mehr

Another nice day at Quest Air here in central Florida yesterday
(after more than a week of them) with a pretty decent east southeast wind.
Pilots took their time getting going after the cu's started forming at 9 AM.
They planned a route to the northwest being sure to stay west of the Ocala
airspace (which is a recent addition for us).
With... mehr

Teddy Mack <<teddymack>>
writes:
Zippy soars the houses and some condos on Riviera Drive in 30 mile
hour winds in Pacific Beach, San Diego.

Photo by Ted Mack. mehr

Cliff Whitney at Atlanta Hobby <<cliffw>>
writes:
My Hydraulic Fly, SkySports Sirocco (the first full double surface
glider). Painted by Charlotte, North Carolina artist Harry Roolaart. It was born
out of the style of the famous Rock 'n Roll band, Yes, artist Roger Dean's work.

mehr

Canadian Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association in conflict with
instructor
Canadian Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association in conflict
with instructor
http://ozreport.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=26732
The Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association of Canada (HPAC) is
being sued for $25,000. Action was launched last week so I assume it will... mehr

http://vuelolibre.mx/el_penon_2012/index.html
http://vuelolibre.mx/el_penon_2012/resultados.htm
Patrick Kruse <<patrick>>
writes:


Practice day LZ. Did not feel the earthquake as we were in the air. All is
grand. Our Mexican hosts are extremely gracious. Off to our pilots meeting. mehr

The CBS news article
here.
A 101-year-old Utah woman who ushered in her birthday with a
tandem paraglide ride last year will soar into the record books Tuesday.Great-great grandmother Mary Hardison of Ogden has been officially recognized as
the "Oldest Female to Paraglide Tandem" by Guinness World Records. She has
supplanted a... mehr

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/18/us/in-west-texas-push-comes-to-shove-over-water-restrictions.html?src=recg
Don Marble, 80, who grows cotton near the town of South Plains and
started farming in 1951, said that over his lifetime, “we’ve done some serious
damage to our Ogallala Aquifer.”“If we don’t do something to try... mehr

Brad Kushner <Brad> writes:
I allowed a scammer from the Middle East to waste my time. Turns
out, another hang gliding professional I know was getting his chain yanked at
the same time by the same guy. We compared notes: Buyer seemed knowledgeable.
The negotiations went on in earnest for some time. They involved shipping quotes
by both... mehr

He's looking for your help, as are we.Looking for a hang glider or hang gliding equipment? Do you want to sell your
used hang gliding gear? Then look no further than the
Oz Report Free
Classifieds. Over the last few years we have received many stories about how
you have purchased or sold gear through these classifieds and how much you... mehr

Dave May <<daveosman7>>
writes:
So I'm back in the air, and last weekend I flew Corryong with
Kathryn, Jamie, Glen, Barnsy etc. The ground was still soaking wet from the
insane rain fall of late, But we still managed to have a Fun 3 days of flying
with great views of the water all over the valleys.... mehr