Adam Palmer <<apalmer>>
writes:
I left my office in Boca Raton the other day to grab a quick
weekday lunch. It was difficult to focus on work matters because the sky was so
“streeted up” and full of flying potential. Here’s the photo depicting what I
saw. Frankly, it was like a damn highway in the sky. mehr

The flight.
http://flyingjochen.blogspot.com/
http://skyout.blogspot.com/
Yesterday, we were presented with an unusual forecast and morning conditions. It
was brisk out of the southeast around 8 AM, and the forecast confirmed that
condition, but the forecast for later conditions said it would come out of the
northeast and there would be some... mehr

The results.http://montegrappa2011.blogspot.com/First day: Elio Cataldi in first. A small gaggle that included Manfred, in two
minutes later. Gerolf in after that. mehr

The flight.http://flyingjochen.blogspot.com/http://skyout.blogspot.com/Yesterday, we spent almost five hours in the air flying 165 kilometers from
Quest Air southwest almost to Venice, Florida and to the beach in light
northeast conditions. We (Jochen Zeischka, Mitch Shipley and I) didn't quite
make it to the beach as there was a good on... mehr

The flights
here. mehr

http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=207245Kari Castle<<kari>>
writes:
2011 Ghana Paragliding Festival:
http://www.ghanaparagliding.com/index.htmlThank you to all who donated. You are all winners. However, there is only one
lucky winner today. Congratulations! I'm off to Ghana, three days later I'll be... mehr

Steve Blenkinsop <<blenkinsop1>>
writes:
We have finally sorted the Australian National team to represent
us at the 2011 World Championships. After the competition at Dalby, Jon Durand
senior is on the team with Jonny Durand junior.I also notice Blay senior on the Spanish team with Blay junior. mehr

Scot Trueblood<<paradisehanggliding>>
writes:
Here at Paradise Hang Gliding, we are doing our part to
participate in the USHPA-sponsored nationwide promotion of the movie Rio. Last
Friday, the opening day of the movie, we invited members of the local media out
for a day of tandem hang gliding. One local TV station, WINK News, one... mehr

Hugh
writes (using a scribe):
I was observing Ann Dunlap hang gliding yesterday at Daniels. She
had her first soaring flight! I launched my paraglider after she landed.I had a good flight, got to 600' over and came out to land after twenty five
minutes. The LZ was not scary. At twenty feet the glider surged in front of me
and I pounded in... mehr

http://flyingjochen.blogspot.com/http://skyout.blogspot.com/The flight.With a great forecast the whole crew at Quest Air plus some late drop ins were
ready for the big day. After returning from the dentist a little before 11 AM I
was ready also, but the sky was still blue as we waited for the ground to heat
up enough to break the inversion.A... mehr

http://flyingjochen.blogspot.com/The RUC forecast was for east southeast winds, light. The NAM said southeast,
but the RUC turned out to be right. Both forecasts said no cu's, but with a bit
of south component in it I felt that there would be clouds later.Sure enough around one o'clock the cu's started and while they were thin and
widely... mehr

http://ozreport.com/15.024#2
Erick Angles <<atout.vents>>
sends:
Here is day 4:

https://picasaweb.google.com/105386951176123199820/110415FM2011Day4#

Very windy early in the morning. Aodrenn still gives it a try while Pascal gives
the final tweakings to his new Moroccan iron basebar and Guillaume is getting
ready. The lifts are... mehr

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-ScYsfL34QThanks to Peter Dall. mehr

The
bare summary of the Science article.The even barer
video.
What their math can't apparently tell them is why so many
different bike designs tend to stay upright. "Why does this bicycle steer the
proper amounts at the proper times to assure self-stability?" They muse. "We
have found no simple physical explanation equivalent... mehr

cloudbaseracer <<cloudbaseracer>>
writes:
I took the opportunity to drop in on the Tennessee Treetoppers
monthly board meeting to offer some US National Team shirts. The weather was bad
and although there were only a few attendees, I was able to get some support for
the team. A couple of days later, I arrived back at Henson to... mehr

http://flyingjochen.blogspot.com/The forecast for Sunday was for light northeast winds and no cu's. The RUC
forecast said we'd get to 3,000', but the NAM said a bit higher. A typical
cloudless day after the front came through on Saturday with its pounding
southwest winds.I was off first at 12:20 and I don't recall finding any lift while on... mehr

The LA Times.
It took a bunch of cartoon birds to get moviegoers to head out to
the cinema again.After seven consecutive weekends in which ticket sales were down compared to the
same periods last year, the movie business finally began to get back on track
this weekend, largely because of the 3-D animated film "Rio.""Rio,"... mehr

Fifth task:
http://www.soaringspot.com/dalby2011/results/flex/daily/day5.htmlTotals:
http://soaringspot.com/dalby2011/results/flex/total/day5.htmlhttp://soaringspot.com/dalby2011/results/flex/day-by-day.html

Billo writes that every day was a triangle task, perhaps a first in Australian
competition history. Jonas Lobitz was third. mehr

http://ozreport.com/15.024#2Erick Angles <<atout.vents>>
sends:
Day 3:
https://picasaweb.google.com/105386951176123199820/110414FM2011Day3#Very calm day with only two pilots ready for air-tow take off. It was sadly
pretty stable and the sky was completely veiled with no visibility on the Atlas
whatsoever.Guillaume took off first... mehr

http://flyingjochen.blogspot.com/
The forecast was for ten to fifteen mph winds out of the southeast. There were
plenty of cu's early, so Jochen and I were ready to go and I got pulled up at
11:20 AM. The sky cover was over 90% and the lift weak. It was so much fun to
fly in this air with no turbulence, despite the reasonably strong winds.... mehr