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Although the winds were a bit too high in the morning, the task committee had... mehr

Andrew Luton <<andrewluton>>
writes:
I am a local hangy pilot from Canberra and did two balloon drops
over the Easter weekend. I have been around hot air balloons since I was a kid
and have been flying hang gliders for four years now and after a year of talking
about it I was finally able to live my dream and combine the two... mehr

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http://kathrynoriordan.comThe great conditions for a competition just keep happening here at the Florida
Ridge. We couldn't be having more fun. Even when it looked like there might be
too much wind or over development it all worked out for our benefit.The... mehr

Larry Bunner <<sbunner>>
writes:
Not all bad flights end in bad days. It took awhile too get
extracted from the 68,000 acre Blue Head ranch as I had to hike out
approximately six miles to a road. Sue meanwhile found the ranch foreman who
opened the gate and took us back on a more civilized route to get the glider.
Bobby Fulford... mehr

Dan Gravage <<dang>>
writes:
I have been remiss in offering my thanks to the Oz Report for
prize donation to the 2010 Montana Cross Country Challenge. I was the lucky
recipient of the fabulous and much sought-after Mug. If other entrants knew or
remembered that I won it I'm sure they would be filled with envy. Bottoms... mehr

Enrico Lucarelli <<enrico.lucarelli>>
writes:
I finally had the opportunity to perform the maiden flight of
something I have been working on for little more than a year. As I used to joke
about, “I don't know if it's ever going to flight, but just the fun of inventing
it is already more than worth it”. Well, now... mehr

http://soaringspot.com/2011rk/http://skyout.blogspot.com/http://flyingjochen.blogspot.com/The RUC and the NAM forecast were calling for six to eight knots of east wind
but the local NWS forecast was calling for fourteen to sixteen gusting to
eighteen, so we came up with a light wind task and a strong wind task.
Fortunately the winds were... mehr

http://soaringspot.com/2011rk/http://skyout.blogspot.com/I'll write this task up before I tackle the second day as the memory gets
flushed after a day of flying and I have to dig deep to remember the day.This competition has been fantastic for our ability to launch and fly safely in
high winds. Today again we had a forecast for sixteen to... mehr

http://soaringspot.com/2011rk/http://skyout.blogspot.com/Bobby Bailey is a wonder to behold and went he yanks you up in his little 583
equipped Dragonfly you have truly been yanked. As soon as he found lift at about
600' he started turning with me trying to hold on behind. He knows who is there
and who can take it. He circles in the lift as... mehr

There is vast flooding throughout Colombia which we in the US
don't hear much about especially in the Valle del Cauca, the valley that
includes Roldanillo. I hear that Cali and Roldanillo have been hard hit.CNN story.
Colombia's president called for national unity Monday night as the
country struggles to dig out of the devastation wrought by... mehr

http://soaringspot.comThe weather forecast was not great. The main issue was the
forecast for east northeast winds up to eighteen mph. Pretty windy. Also the
winds would be coming from across Lake Okeechobee, which would mean that the
lift would most likely be greatly suppressed near the flight park.The task committee set a challenging task,... mehr

The king post was dented also, which was the first give away. The keel, both
leading edges, and the cross bars, dented or broken.
Dave May's glider seems to have arrived alright. He was on the same flight from
Sydney as Kathryn. Looks like she might get a Wills Wing U2 to fly.
Oops, additional inspection shows Dave May's leading edge was... mehr

Gray skies in the morning here from the front that was associated
with all the deaths in Alabama in Thursday. The forecast is for it to go out
into the Florida straits then stall south of us leaving us with good weather for
the competition.After the front went through the cu's filled the sky and there was blue sky
above them. mehr

Roy Mahoney<<rmahoney>>
writes:
Buffalo Mountain Flyers of Talihina, Inc. received a grant from
the Free Flight Foundation last year for a two year multi-site improvement
project in the Ouachita Mountains of Southeast Oklahoma. To date we have
completed the new SSE launch at Heavener, OK, completed revamping the Little
Yancy... mehr

A little over half a dozen pilots were down at the Florida Ridge
on Thursday getting ready for the big competition. The forecast was for
southerly winds, not too strong, and a 30% chance of thunderstorms. The cold
front that is the cause of all the storm related deaths in Alabama (300+), and
other southern states had reached the east coast... mehr

Eduardo Jacintho W Oliveira<<eduardo>>
writes:
The results from Andradas Open, second round of Brasilian
Nationals, we flew last week (Easter) conditions were great, we had over 100km
triangle tasks and a lot of fun!http://www.superrace2011.blogspot.com/



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Jonathan Dietch & Moria Fainberg<<res007jc>>
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Http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AaBAdv9EjYThis was my test video and in spite of getting the camera tilt wrong, the
results are very pleasing.Caution: Hanging a camera boom from the TE causes a roll in the opposite
direction. This caught me (and this paraglider pilot) by... mehr

At 7:30 AM the overrunning began once again. Not quite as thick at
first as the day before, but definitely there. The wind was stronger than on
Tuesday but still manageable. Only Larry Bunner seemed willing to launch at
Quest Air. He didn't go early at least.Down at the Florida Ridge Curt Warren was ready to go soon after 10 AM. He
launched... mehr

http://www.drought.unl.edu/dm/DM_south.htmhttp://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/22/in-texas-questions-of-drought-and-climate-change/
The severe drought across Texas has hit the oil and gas city of
Midland especially hard, as I reported in Friday’s New York Times and Texas
Tribune. Since Oct. 1, Midland has received only 0.13 inches of... mehr

Wesley Hill <<wesleyianhill>>
writes:
Day 1 - Easter Friday: The RASP models showed thermal strength
less than 200fpm, there was rain 80kms to the south. So we went out to the tow
paddock and set up. With very low expectations, we set a task 69kms to Tresco.
Much to everyone's surprise two pilots made goal and a few others got... mehr