Brad Kushner <Brad> writes:
Team Raven is pleased to announce the release of Whoosh!Wheels 2.0
for carbon fiber basetubes.
After months of Research and Development, we’ve produced some awesome wheels
that are just as great on a carbon control bar as are our original Whoosh!Wheels
on a variety of aluminum control bars.
Our Carbon... mehr

Trevor Gildersleeve <<trevor_gildersleeve>>
writes:
The Dragon Fly Soaring Club at Cloud 9 field, in Webberville, MI
will be closed for the next few days due to a tornado that came through the area
at approximately 6:00 PM on Sunday evening. No one was injured, and our
structures and equipment is undamaged. However, the power is... mehr

The NY Times Article
here.
CATARINA, Tex. — Until last year, the 17-mile stretch of road
between this forsaken South Texas village and the county seat of Carrizo Springs
was a patchwork of derelict gasoline stations and rusting warehouses. Now the
region is in the hottest new oil play in the country, with giant oil terminals
and... mehr

Nick Greece <<nick.greece>>
writes:
United States Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association Releases
First Ever Hang Gliding Training Mobile AppColorado Springs, June 1, 2011—The United States Hang Gliding and Paragliding
Association (USHPA) recently announced the development of a mobile hang gliding
safety iPad app available... mehr

http://soaringspot.com/2011tssshttp://westcoastbrit.blogspot.com/On the second and last task of the competition I landed 2.5 kilometers short of
the goal and thereby lost the competition even though I had been by far in first
place after the first day. What could have gone wrong?Let's examine what happened to see where the break down occurred... mehr

http://soaringspot.com/2011tssshttp://westcoastbrit.blogspot.com/Chris Zimmerman on a Wills Wing Attack Falcon 3-195 wins the Texas Single
Surface Shootout after two days of competition out of six. Congratulations to
Chris and to Wills Wing. mehr

Nick Greece <<nick.greece>>
writes:
USHPA Announces 2nd Annual Celebration of Motor-less Flight, May
28, 2011
The United States Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association (USHPA) announces the
Second Annual National Hang Gliding and Paragliding Day, May 28th, 2011. Hang
gliders and paragliders are set to host nationwide fun flying... mehr

http://soaringspot.com/2011tsss/results/flex/daily/day2.htmlhttp://westcoastbrit.blogspot.com/A south breeze gusting to 30 mph at San Marcos, the nearest airfield, with
blowing dust in Luling. The day is cancelled after we suspend it until 3 PM.
Forecast is for more wind tomorrow. mehr

Andy Long <<andylong>>
sends:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ek7IvJyrGsI mehr

Quinn Cornwell <<smiguy02>>
writes:
For years I tried to find a cradle for the GPSmap 76 that could
hold my GPS and which wasn't too bulky to use on my basebar. I found a cradle
from the Ram Mount web site (http://www.ram-mount.com)
with a mount attachment but it was just too big.

So what I did was drill a hole through the... mehr

http://soaringspot.com/2011tsss/results/flex/daily/day2.html
http://westcoastbrit.blogspot.com/
The forecast was for northeast winds maybe 10 mph, a rarity here in south
central Texas, where the north pressure out in the Gulf rotates the winds from
the south. The high pressure was north west of us and the front to the south.
The lift was... mehr

Jonathan Dietch & Moria Fainberg <<res007jc>>
write:
Many pilots have been asking me to make more videos w/ live
narration and I endeavored to oblige as follows:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvAnmiBPqX8 "A Friday 13th Flight" named due
only to the confluence weekday and date. The flight is a short, 20-mile out and
back between... mehr

Threaded bridle system:
http://www.youtube.com/user/maygoli#p/a/f/1/2dvr9P_w5VQ
Dan Guido <<flyboy5131>>
writes:
A couple years ago we discussed locking out on tow with a heavy
passenger. I just remembered the old threaded bridle system we used and
explained it on a YouTube video (see above).
Easy to wrap the bridle around the... mehr

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_CDLBTJD4M&feature=youtu.beThanks to Gary Osoba mehr

Steve Corbin <<dayhead58>>
writes:

http://www.crestlinesoaring.org/forum/20110520/4881
In 1976 I was working at Cessna Aircraft in Wichita, Kansas. I saw a guy wearing
a T-shirt with a drawing of a Standard Dickenson/Rogallo on it, and "Flint Hills
Flyers" written around it. The Flint Hills were some small hills around Wichita.... mehr

http://soaringspot.com/2011tsss/results/flex/daily/day1.htmlhttp://westcoastbrit.blogspot.com/The forecast was for southwest winds on average through the boundary layer at
fifteen knots. The RUC and the NAM disagreed rather dramatically on the lift
forecast, maybe it was the front that was supposed to come through. The winds
were supposed to... mehr

Overheard at the Coffee Shop at the Monday morning late
registration
Ricker Goldsborough speaking to Jonny Durand before he left the
Texas Single Surface Shootout: "If I were your agent I wouldn't let you fly in
this competition as you have too much to lose." In addition, he stated that
Kraig Coomber hadn't done the leg work to get... mehr

http://www.willswing.com/blogs/PilotBlogs/tabid/38/EntryId/357/Rob-Kells-Memorial.aspx
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