It's been raining in Australia. No flooding around Forbes, but
heavy rains on Boxing Day meant plenty of water beside the road going out to the
airfield. Towing was restricted to higher areas at the airfield due to mud and
water in the center of the tow paddock.Spoke with Lukas Bader, and he had just been on a round trip micro lighting to... mehr

Lorenzo Labrador <<lorenzolabrador>>
writes:
The British Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association's Hang
Gliding Competitions Panel are pleased to announce the arrangements for next
year's competition to select the 2012 British National Class 1 and Class 5 Hang
Gliding Champions, to be held in Laragne, Monteglin, France, from... mehr

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Fantasy of Flight is celebrating Black History Month in February
2012 with a three-day limited engagement event called "They Dared to Fly." The
event, soaring into Polk City Feb. 9-11, 2012, features the Tuskegee Airmen, the
nation's first African-American military aviators.The aviators will share their personal... mehr

Mike Barber sends this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4baSntmh4w

The Doors for Christmas mehr

In November, Shaun O'Neill brought three gliders in four
containers (three wrapped gliders and a box of the remaining pieces) from LA to
Melbourne. Because the gliders were sports equipment he paid half the rate of
over sized baggage. As I recall $500 for the three gliders and additional box.
He told me that flying into Melbourne was not a... mehr

Erick Angles <<atout.vents>>
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Paul Sully <<paul>> sends:
I just put this short film together for a short on the
Famara cliffs of Lanzarote in Canary Islands, Spain.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KohyAv-q-_4
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Erick Vils <<erick>>
sends:
Place: Carmo do Rio Claro (Brazil)
Date(s): 01 Apr to 07 Apr 2012
http://www.fai.org/events/events-calendar-and-results?id=34877&EventCalendarId=8012
All foreign pilots are invited. mehr

William Olive <<William.Olive>>
writes:
The new comp website for the 2012 NSW State Titles is up, thanks
to Dawson Brown. Pilots can register to join the comp, and pay, at
http://nswst.williamolive.com/home. mehr

Guido Picca <<guido_picca>>
writes:
The "Cigüeña" is a remote controlled plane designed for lifting
hang gliders.
As seen in the first video, there is an elevation (hang glider + Cigüeña) where
control is performed only by hang glider pilot. If the pilot of R/C
perform inputs, they have little effect because... mehr

Aaron Swepston <<tontar>> writes:
We saw an episode of “How It’s Made” that featured sails made by
North Sails. It was a great episode, and showed the entire process from computer
conception, to computer cut panels, to laying it up on a huge, 3D positive
“mold”, with a guy in a hang gliding harness... mehr

Many pilots wonder what it really takes to
set a world record. Some wonder what it's like to fly at a place like Zapata or
other world class sites. Cloudsuck answers these and other questions while
telling the story of how I set the current Distance World Record for Rigid
Wings. Over this winter, I am pleased to make the book available as a... mehr

http://www.airborne.com.au/airnews/?p=1399
The Ride the Spiral 2012 festival of flight is on Jan 26 - 29,
2012 in and around the Kiewa Valley Victoria. Airborne will be there with a demo
trike, Tlite and hang gliders. From
the RTS web
site:Over the four days we will celebrate all things hang gliding.No GPS scoring, No set hills to jump off,... mehr

FAI - Records <<record>>
writes:
FAI has canceled the following Class O (Hang Gliders)
North-American record:
Type of record: Speed over a triangular course of 25 km
Course/location: Howe, ID (USA)
Performance: 50.4 km/h
Pilot: Blaine Perkins (USA)
Hang Glider: Ram'Air 146 / Wills Wing 
Date: 15.08.2011
Current record: no... mehr

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Holiday Greeting to all the Oz Report readers. Belinda and I will
be on Qantas to Sydney (via Aukland) leaving Los Angeles International Airport on the
evening of the 23rd and will arrive on Christmas Day in Sydney spending
Christmas eve crossing time zones in an airplane (it's cheaper that way).We'll be at Vicki's household for Christmas... mehr

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUPYj_j60UI
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