Phil Lardner <<philiplardner>>
writes:
Just came across this cool new flying toy. “World’s First
Spherical Flying Machine” Can Land and Fly Almost Anywhere.
http://mashable.com/2011/10/26/first-spherical-flying-machine-can-land-almost-anywhere/

This is a fantastic little device. We'll see if it can scale up.
Maybe... mehr

www.challengeworld.orgThey've just published a 224 page book about the disaster of a competition that
they had there this year. Is this a bad joke or what? Somebody has a missing
connection to reality here. mehr

http://www.extremespeedgliding.com/Screen-Shots.html mehr

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=2565272012324
Launching while an invalid. mehr

If purchased from Flytec USA. http://flytec.com. mehr

Jonathan Dietch & Moria Fainberg <<res007jc>>
writes:
The new GoPro Hero2 camera (
http://gopro.com/cameras/hd-hero2-outdoor-edition/  ) performs
extremely well. This is an unenhanced test-edit video from a recent flight at
Sylmar under hazy conditions along a 10-mile stretch of the San Gabriels... mehr

Article
here. mehr

Vincene Muller at Windsports <<fly>>
writes:
Congratulations to Brett, great flightJust a little history here.First Canadian to fly more than + 300k was Randy Haney back in 1986 who flew
from lower launch at Golden to Trevo Montana. Around 320k. It was a world open
distance record at that time. Randy flew an Airwave Magic 1V and... mehr

32.881678,-111.854982,Francisco Grande, Casa Grande, Arizona,
USA
Brett Hazlett <<bretthazlett>>
sends:
"We like your video so much we made it Video of the Day on
Facebook. http://facebook.com/goprocamera.  See the video:
http://vimeo.com/29700177
22,000+ views so far. mehr

Come to the best place in the World for cross country racing,
Texas. This year the Texas Open and Single Surface Shootout has been moved to a
less windy time of the year and takes place just before the Big Spring
Championships. These two meets will be a great setup for competition pilots
looking for excellent racing conditions and a good... mehr

http://thinkprogress.org/romm/2011/10/17/341585/texas-drought-multi-year-dust-bowl/
I reported several weeks ago that state climatologist John
Nielsen-Gammon had predicted: “I’ve started telling anyone who’s interested that
it’s likely that much of Texas will still be in severe drought this time next
summer, with water... mehr

http://ozreport.com/calendar.phphttp://flytecraceandrally.wordpress.com/The doubling up of south Florida and Georgia competing and racing offers two
very high value meets with high quality pilots from Europe, South America and
the US in outstanding flying conditions. Year after year we have had great
competition and more fun than normal... mehr

The 2nd round after Big Spring and before the Santa Cruz Flats
Race
http://superrace2011.blogspot.com/Eduardo Jacintho W Oliveira <<eduardo>>
writes:
Major comps1st round April 1st/7th - Carmo do Rio Claro
2nd round August 26th/September 1st - Brasilia
3rd round October 7th/13th - AndradasSecondary (they are valid for Brazilian... mehr

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N65ALqiBW_o

This is a fantastic video.
India, the Himalayas. Famous for paragliding for the high and
beautiful flying. Every year in October and November it is visited by hundreds
of pilots, paragliders from around the world. Flights are often held close to
eagles, they are our friends and helpers which show us... mehr

mehr

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

http://www.triptera.com.au/canungra/classic2011/index.html


 
Pilot
Glider
Total


1
Jonny Durand Jnr
Moyes Litespeed RS3.5
4232


2
Steve Blenkinsop
Moyes Litespeed RS3.5
3938


3
Rohan Holtkamp
Airborne Rev
3837


4
Dave May
Moyes... mehr

http://ozreport.com/calendar.phphttp://2012bigspring.blogspot.com/The 2012 Big Spring Championship will be held a little earlier this year and
take place in late July right after the Texas Open and Single Surface Shootout
which takes place a little further south in Luling just east of San Antonio and
south of Austin, Texas. These two meets... mehr

35.960431,-75.633144,Jockey Ridge State Park, OB, North Carolina,
USA
Rich Hass <<richhass>>,
USHPA PResident, writes:
Jamie Shelden was elected as a Director-at-Large. Ken Grubbs will
join the executive committee as the newly-elected vice president. I'm
super-happy about both results. Two excellent people.Ken was elected vice... mehr

Bob Grant <<caskydog>>
writes:
We had a great day at Cloud 9 in October when thermal lift is
usually not available and many pilots got three hour flights up to 6,000 feet
above the aerotow field. I had a hard time staying up and took three tows and on
my last tow at five pm Tracy took me to a great thermal and I stuck for one... mehr