Coming into goal at Sigillo during the second task of the Worlds. Photo by
Ashanta: mehr

After the poor weather here at Montecucco, I thought that I would
point to the bigger picture.
http://www.npr.org/2011/07/25/138601271/weather-warnings-for-a-climate-changed-planet
What makes this month's heat wave in the U.S. unusual - different
from other heat waves?
Ms. HEIDI CULLEN (Research Scientist, Climate Central): I think what's... mehr

Brian Harris CIVL Competition Coordinator at Civl_Comps <<civl_comps>>
writes:
As you already know work has been patchy on FS for the last 18
months but we now have 2 more developers working on it, so future progress
should be good.The latest release of FS is 1.2.14 and the scoring formula of GAP2011 has been
added. The latest... mehr

http://www.flyxc.org/redrock.htmlhttp://arnief3.blogspot.com/
We went up to launch with high hopes but where shut down again by
over development and rain. Tomorrow is looking better. Keeping our fingers
crossed.

http://www.paraglidingforum.com/leonardo/flight/480310 mehr

The
local forecast calls for rain, 70% chance of a thunderstorm on Friday. It
appears as though the meet will end with only two flying/tasking days out of the
eleven possible flying days. Rain and wind stopped the other days.Of course, this is not a disaster on the level of what affects the world, as we
saw in Norway recently, but it is a... mehr

The
local forecast calls for rain, 80% chance of a thunderstorm. Cloudy now. The
meet leader meeting postponed until 11 AM. I see some blue sky. mehr

John Aldridge in the last few days has suffered a stroke and it
would likely be the case that he would not continue as the CIVL President. We
realize that this has been a difficult period for John and for the CIVL Bureau
with the recent deaths of paraglider pilots at the World Championships. We
appreciate the many years that John has devoted... mehr

http://www.willswing.com/blogs/PilotBlogs/tabid/38/EntryId/368/Covert-Parachute-installation-process.aspx
The purpose of this description is to detail the methods needed to
properly install a parachute into your new Wills Wing Covert harness. Use the
following description as a guide but if there are any questions regarding
difficulty or... mehr

Greg Hamerton at Eternity Press <<info>>
writes:


Eternity Press has just published Best Flying Sites of the Alps - The complete
guidebook for hang glider and paraglider pilots (by Oliver Guenay). This
guidebook presents the best flying sites in Germany, Austria, Slovenia, Italy,
Switzerland and France, selected for their unique... mehr

The
local forecast called for rain around 2 PM. The sky was blue with some nice
cu's in the early morning, but the sky continued to fill up during the early
morning. At 9:30 AM as we drove up to the south launch at Montecucco, cirrus
came in quickly from the west and soon all the ground was shaded and the sky was
gray.The task committee met... mehr

Roy Mahoney <<rmahoney>> writes:
Britton Shaw flew 77.6 miles open XC distance today in his Ozone
R11 paraglider, from Mount Magazine in Arkansas, to Rule, Arkansas. New Magazine
paraglider site record, Arkansas paraglider record, Region 6 paraglider record.
Best Region 6 cross country flight so far this year, hang glider or... mehr

Thanks to Franco Rinaldi I didn't have to risk bringing a glider
with me
Franco sells and supports both Wills Wing and Airborne gliders in
Italy. I was lucky enough to be able to fly Dustin Martin's former Wills Wing
T2C earlier (for one flight down) this summer and the Airborne REV 13.5 with the
new sail, that Phil Schroder had been flying... mehr

The
local forecast said that the chance of rain wouldn't materialize until late
in the day in Sigillo. The morning sky was blue for the first time since the
meet started and as the morning progressed the cummies formed early but didn't
threaten as we started launching from the south west facing side of Montecucco
at noon to get in an early... mehr

http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=Sigillo,
Italy&MR=1Will the World Championships be an almost complete bust? Will the cost per
flying/task day be much higher than what you can get in Australia (or Big
Spring, Texas)? Is Europe (even southern Europe south of the Alps) an
appropriate venue for hang gliding... mehr

http://paraglidingforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=p263535
the extra reinforcement in a 2-line wing can prevent the wing from
recovering from an otherwise minor event
the structure of a 2-line wing makes it more prone to strong surges when
suddenly loaded (by a large asymmetric collapse)
high aspect ratios are inherently more prone to dangerous... mehr

The meet organizers at the Worlds did a great job getting the
official Perugia airspace moved far away from Montecucco so that we wouldn't get
near it when flying from there. Unfortunately, on the first task day of the
competition we did not fly from Montecucco but from Subasio to the south east
and much closer to the newly aligned airspace.... mehr

Scott Barrett <<scottbarrettc4>>
writes:
I propose that multiple standards may be allowed and that the the
European standard be met as a minimum. The European standard for helmets offers
inferior levels of protection in comparison to the superior Bell standard or the
Australian AS/NZS 2063. The British standard is an equivalent... mehr

38 58 10.92 N,75 52 0.00 W,Highland Aerosports, Ridgely,
Maryland, USA

http://www.chgpa.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4979
Keavy Nenninger did not survive the accident on takeoff. Highland Aerosports
has suspended operations. mehr

Light rain in the morning. Low cloud base. Team leader meeting
postponed until 11 AM. Task cancelled.
Extended forecast, rain every day.
http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=Sigillo,
Italy&MR=1 mehr

Light rain in the morning. Low cloud base. We don't go up the
hill. The forecast is for rain every day of the competition from now on. mehr