Yesterday Robin at the USHPA sent out an amended version of the
Fall USHPA BOD meeting (October 19-20th) agenda. There was nothing on the agenda
for Competition Committee when the agenda was first sent out on September 9th.
Now there are a number of items for the Competition Committee. The entire agenda
can be found here:... mehr

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Wesley Hill, the organizer of the Bogong Cup, has been very clever
and has added the ability for my OzGAP 2005 scoring script which is used in
Australia and the US for scoring hang gliding competitions to also score
assigned area task type tasks using GAP parameters. I sent Wesley an ATT scoring
script a few weeks ago and he has incorporated... mehr

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Gary Osoba writes:
Here's a technical piece predicting frequency of occurrence,
scaling, types of geographic distribution, and other helpful information
relative to dust devils. The data presented was gathered in the Santa Cruz Flats
region.... mehr

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Name
Glider
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Jeff Obrien
WW T2C 144

4247


2
Dustin Martin
WW T2C144

4158


3
Mitch Shipley
WW T2C 144

3713... mehr

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Of large metropolitan areas, or those with populations over 1
million people, Riverside-San Bernardino, California suffered the... mehr

Bob Grant <<caskydog>>
writes:
Mark Bolt went 103 miles to Lake Michigan from Cloud 9 and Brian
Deimling went sixty miles both on Saturday September 17, 2011. The whole story
is on my website at -
http://www.skydogsports.com/hg-1/2011-Cloud-9.htm mehr

Brett Hazlett <<bretthazlett>>
sends:
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Brett on a paraglider in the clouds. mehr

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In the first second. Pause the video to see the Harrier jets fly through a gaggle north of Estrella. mehr

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The weather models were in conflict re the winds, which is usually
the area where they are the most consistent. It looked like there would be a
strong inversion until after noon and it would still be slightly noticeable at
one o'clock. The local NWS forecast said sunny, but... mehr

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http://www.livetrack24.com/http://santacruzflatsrace.blogspot.com/Jochen's blogOB/Wills Wing blogBen's blogWe flew the big mountains for the first time here in Casa Grande. We've flown
the Newman range to the east before but the mountains north of the Estrella
sailplane port... mehr

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http://www.xcmag.com/2011/09/coupe-icare-2011-blue-skies-on-day-one/Thanks to Steve. mehr

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Time Lapse view
here. Steve Pearson writes:
Another gust front at the Crestline LZ yesterday. I was circling
at Marshall watching a faint wall approach from the east. The lift was getting
better, that really-smooth, everything going up where it shouldn't, forewarning... mehr

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The results from the fourth task, top ten.http://dl.dropbox.com/u/26822852/SCF2011/Results/T5/Flex_T5.html



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Glider
SS
ES
Total



1
Josef Bostik
WW T2C 144
13:45:00
16:48:38
898


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Glen Volk <<GVolk>> writes:
Just a quick correction to your article. I had attempted to call
David to reach Jamie to put them on alert to probably call the task. I began my
attempts at the Mountain southeast of launch about ten to fifteen minutes after
the start, not before.
I too felt it highly... mehr

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OB/Wills Wing blog
I don't think that Jeff and I disagree. Just a few comments.
Perhaps rigid wing pilots are pussies, but in the air they talked on the radio
and they all decided to cancel the task on their own.
Brian Porter out on his own in front in the slot between Picacho... mehr