Peter Dall <<PETER.DALL>>
writes:
Big4 Caravan Park at Forbes has cabins, and powered and unpowered
sites. The lady I spoke to just wanted me to let the hang glider pilots know
that there had been some cancellations. mehr

33° 0'50.24"S, 151°42'6.71"E,Airborne factory, Redhead, NSW,
Australia

http://www.airborne.com.au/airnews/?p=1409
Changes include: Added nose nappy, Mylar pocket with Mylar inserts
an option, a new sail cut ‘rim & fill’ style with load bearing heavier cloths, a
different luff curve. New crossbar junction and base bar... mehr

Ollie and Carson send in this link for North Sails:
http://www.gizmag.com/north-sails-unfurls-game-changing-new-sail-technology/20832/
You'll see in the article a picture of one of the sail makers in a Wills Wing
harness.
Steven Pearson <<Steve>>
writes:
There are two ways of doing the custom laminates that you see on
the big... mehr

http://news.yahoo.com/giant-tsunami-shape-clouds-roll-across-alabama-sky-192102289.html

For a morning, the sky looked like a surfer's dream: A series of huge breaking
waves lined the horizon in Birmingham, Ala., on Friday (Dec. 16), their crests
surging forward in slow motion. Amazed Alabamans took photos of the clouds and
sent them to their... mehr

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6urDFu4jFWk
mehr

Years of practice:
http://vimeo.com/33912489
mehr

Wills Wing sends:

All of us at Wills Wing wish you and your families a Safe, Healthy, and Happy
Holiday Season!
The Wills Wing Crew, 2011. Standing l-r: Eva Hanska, Gary Smith, Carlos Mendosa,
Moises Cortes, Ken Howells, Chris Tompkins, Anthony Faletoi, George Mantoan,
Rick Zimbelman, Matt Barker, Bill Blaty, Martin Maldonado; crouching l-r:... mehr

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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

Fred Wilson <<ftlwilson>>
writes:
The hang glider ramp on top of Bibong San, Chunguk, South Korea.
Check out this world class idea for a glider transport to launch: 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3xtnlgaPTA

See here:
http://www.koreanfest.com/bbs/board.php?bo_table=gallery&wr_id=21
mehr

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ek5khxOFDZw
mehr

http://www.fai.org/civl-news/35516-pg-task-force-report-and-recommendations
The CIVL Paragliding Competitions Safety Task Force has produced
its first report, which includes a summary of the work that has been undertaken
and a number of short term and long term recommendations. The Task Force was
constituted by CIVL after the tragic events... mehr

See the URL above. There is so much here that it is hard to pick
out the best parts. But I have chosen a few seen below.
The main recommendations for the 2012 season are: Increase the
qualification level of pilots admitted to Category 1 competitions by adapting
entry requirements to a higher level of current competition experience, and by... mehr

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• The calendar is printed in offset, the highest quality
available.
• The A3 calendar of is made out of beautiful pictures send from all over the
world by competition and recreational hang glider pilots.
• Every picture includes the name of the pilot, the name of photographer and the
place where it is... mehr

Yes, I am aware that there is a denominator in there somewhere in
this discussion

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/10/business/economy/side-by-side-atvs-have-extra-room-and-maybe-more-risks.html?hp
Side-by-sides have been linked to an estimated 160 deaths and
nearly twice as many injuries since 2003; A.T.V.’s, by comparison, are... mehr

BUREAU MEETING MINUTES Oct 2011 final.pdf. Below are just a few elements:
Changes to scoring of paragliding competitions agreed at the
Plenary were implemented in FS and released before Piedrahita. New team of
developers working on FS now. Improvements include online source code management
for team development. One of the rule changes agreed... mehr

Erick Vils <<erick>>
sends:
The "Happy New Year from Brazil", by Nader Couri
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orolkzrv7Co&sns=em

Recorded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. mehr

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOraCiauQIU
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Carl Wallbank <<carlwallbank>>
writes:
Whilst there was so many things that had already gone wrong with
the Deepwater well in the Gulf prior to the need to use the Blow Out Preventer
(BOP), but this does clearly illustrate why they were unable to shut in the well
and make it less of a disaster. Tool joint positioning in the BOP... mehr