First story.Second story.
Police are investigating the death of an Hidalgo County lawyer
killed while hang gliding in Edinburg. Lemuel Lopez died along the stretch of
Constitution Street and Highway 281 Wednesday evening. Police say he was in a
hang glider being pulled by a pick-up truck.
Lemuel had been learning from Donnell Hewitt and was... mehr

An article. mehr

The article.The
second article. mehr

http://bicycledreamsmovie.com/home.html
"Bicycle Dreams comes the closest I've seen to capturing the
essence of the human heart. The drama, the pain, and the incredibly intimate
moments captured on camera make for a documentary of stunning insight. The film
isn't about cycling, it's about the human condition." mehr

You'll find real time reports of the upcoming USHPA Executive
Committee and Board of Directors meetings starting 8 AM Thursday morning
(Pacific time zone). See schedule
here.The EC meeting runs through noon on Thursday. I might have some snippets later
in the day, maybe gossip.The BOD and committee meetings are Friday and Saturday, 8:30... mehr

Growth!How well do the members feel the USHPA is doing accomplishing this goal?
Dead last (according to Finbar Sheehy in the September issue of the USHPA
magazine, page 10)! mehr

http://willswing.com/pdf/manuals/om_T2_4th_edition_June_2009-r1.pdfOr you can:
Twisting a tip.After you have made everything symmetrical, if you still have a turn, you can
correct it by rotating one or both tip wand receptacle end caps. A left turn is
corrected by twisting the left sail plug counter clockwise (moving the wand
receptacle... mehr

May 8th to the 14th for the Flytec Race and Rally and April 30th to May 6th for the Rob Kells Meet at the Florida Ridge. The Midwest Championships, May 17th to 21st (practice days, May 15th and 16th). The Texas Single Surface Shootout, May 23rd to 28th with the 21st and 22nd as practice days. The East Coast Championship, June 5th to 11th.... mehr

The
article.
Money raised to help solve a cattle killing in November 2009 has
been handed over to a Ruch rancher who lost three pregnant cows last year in the
crime.Paul Murdoch, a member of the Rogue Valley Hang Gliding and Paragliding
Association, said the group gave $3,000 to rancher Tim Hunter on Friday after no
arrests were made in the... mehr

Daniel Vélez Bravo <<danielvelezbravo>>
writes:
As the Canoa Hang Gliding Open is getting close, I have been
studying how to beat Dustin on his game, and finally I have came out with a new
training that will probably end the streak once and for all.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIoz_sTj_tA mehr

Steve McCarthy <<tuglowview>>
writes:
I had a meeting with CASA at Forbes on Tuesday. We will be
expected to operate as would a sailplane operation with correct circuit heights,
positions and radio calls made. We will be expected to use the Glider strips and
comply fully with the HGFA towing manual and CASA would like to be... mehr

The
article.
Red Bull has pulled the plug on its plan to have daredevil Felix
Baumgartner skydive from the edge of space, because it is being sued by a
California promoter who says Red Bull stole his idea.Baumgartner planned to ride a balloon called Stratos to an altitude of 120,000
feet and step into the void, breaking the record Air Force... mehr

Ian Duncan <<ian>>
writes:
Thought I should point out to you that down under we are having
loads of rain across most of the country. SE Queensland is flooding, again. Dams
are full. Looks like they only go about three days flying at Canungra and the
tasks were all really short.My driver in Manilla say that there is not a piece of... mehr

Discussion on covering your harness boot, found
here.http://www.plastidip.com/home_solutions/Plasti_Dipjeff shapiro <<up.si.down>>
writes:
I would plasti-dip the carbon fiber skid, but not the other part
of the boot. The material that I use to make the boot is unbelievably resistant
to abrasion. It's nothing like what has been... mehr

http://ozreport.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=21393David Goto writes:
I had just had dinner with Barry Gordon at Phil Ray's place in
Mill Valley while on a road trip in late June/July. He had been getting
treatment for osteo sarcoma that had messed up his hip and had traveled to his
lungs. I thought he was for sure going to make it, as his... mehr

Dennis Thorpe <<dennis_thorpe>>
writes:
If you don't need the underwater facility of the GoPro, my vote
goes for the Drift Innovation HD170.
It's slightly bigger, but has a 1/4" camera thread straight into the body, a
colour viewing screen for lining up shots, and best of all, an RF remote with
wrist strap, so no more huge files... mehr

Léo Siqueira <<leosan_rj>>
writes:
Weather conditions have been propitious at the Florida Ridge
Flight Park since autumn seems to have started in Florida as it has in the rest
of country. Saturday October 2nd we had the "Cross Country party" with seven
pilots performing forty eight miles of a sixty two mile... mehr

Vuelo Libre Lanzarote
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9JQiucrt7k mehr

Let's further burden our national team with this code lifted from
the Olympics.

https://www.ushpa.aero/member_board_meeting_agenda_1010.aspThe following is on the agenda of the USHPA Competition Committee (my comments
in red):
The United States Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association, Inc.PILOT WORLD MEET FORMS Part I IntroductionThere are 5... mehr

https://www.ushpa.aero/member_board_meeting_agenda_1010.aspThe USHPA newsletter
here. mehr