Jorge “Manino” Andant <<manino>>
writes:
We are very sorry to communicate that the official flight
activities programmed for our event, this year in Guayaquil, will not be
developed.As you may know, our country has been involved in some violent political issues
that had direct impact over two critical issues of our... mehr

Jochen Zeischka <<jochen>>
writes:
I will be in Australia in January and February. During that
period, there are only two comps (Forbes and Bogong). I would like to get things
organized to have two or three weeks of record flying down there after the
comps. Other people are also interested in doing this (Julia, Kari and probably... mehr

http://ozreport.com/docs/Nomad.pdf
Nick Greece’s life is up in the air. Dangling from a
parachute-like glider, he soars through skies around the world for his job as
editor of the United States Hang Gliding & Paragliding Association’s magazine.
He also participates in international paragliding competitions and sits on the... mehr

http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20101008/hl_hsn/doyourgenestiltyoutowardthrillseeking
Do your genes predispose you to thrill-seeking?Scientists looking into this question have found a dozen gene mutations
associated with the urge to do exciting things.This urge, called "sensation seeking" by researchers, has been linked to the... mehr

http://ozreport.com/13.229#4http://ozreport.com/14.052#5http://ozreport.com/14.054#4John Kangus has threatened to bring up the issue of an extreme Code of Conduct
for US National Team members attending the World Championship, see here:
https://www.ushpa.aero/member_board_meeting_agenda_1010.asp . It will come
up at this BOD meeting, as it was... mehr

Martin Tanner <<tannair>>
writes:
Epic conditions for this time of the season in Fiesch /
Switzerland. Cloudbase  has been above 4000m and what a fantastic view! I
used this chance to fly over the Alps to Interlaken.http://picasaweb.google.com/tannertinu/AlpenflugFieschInterlaken#The flights:... mehr

John Matylonek <<john>>
writes:
The instructional program at Oregon Hang Gliding School is getting
some precocious progress in students because of a confluence of factors.
Interest in lessons is increasing because of the existence of comforting
systematic instruction. In fact, pre-teens and teenagers (and parents) are... mehr

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USA
Ricker Goldsborough <<gci>>
writes:
This year's Santa Cruz Flats Race was packed full of surprises and
successes as well as a very long pilots list for the Flex Wing division. This
division included most all of our USA National team pilots as well as a few of
the... mehr

Jeff Shapiro's blog post
here.

I returned from Arizona ready to spend some time in the shop. First task was to
finish up a batch of Covert competition harnesses for some good pilots and
friends. Always cool for me to work on gear that, sooner or later, I will get to
see in the air. mehr

The
Canungra Classic results found
here. Three days flown, five days rain. Looks like there isn't a drought up
there in Queensland.



#
Name
Glider
Total



1
Jon Durand Jnr
Moyes Litespeed RS 3.5
1184


2
Trent Brown
Moyes Litespeed RS 3.5
1020


3
Steve Blenkinsop
Moyes Litespeed RS 3.5
1006


4... mehr

A panoramic view of the hills and valley from atop the hill
overlooking the Eagle Mountain Bike Park:http://ozreport.com/images/EaglePanorama/Many good looking training hills here. Many good looking launches in general. mehr

Fausto Arcos <<faustoarcos>>
writes:
Canoa Open 2010 “Tony Gittes Cup”
Canoa racing days are getting close!!
The comp starts on Saturday October 30th with free flying/ testing / training
day. Pilots meeting on Saturday 30th at 11am at Wonderland Hotel.
We will have three valid days to race: Sunday 31st, Monday 1st and... mehr

The
Canungra Classic results found
here.
Task 2:



#
Name
Time
Total



1
Conrad Loten
01:41:25
735


2
Jon Durand Jnr
01:39:13
730


3
Trent Brown
01:49:43
693


4
Peter Dall
01:52:09
684


5
Steve Blenkinsop
01:53:39
678


6
Tony Giammichele
01:54:08
676


7
Neil... mehr

http://www.cenews.com/digital-october_4__2010-242.htmlTurn the pages (at the corners) until you get to page 15. You'll see the
advertisement for their matting system.http://www.nagreen.com/erosion-control-products/hydraulic-erosion-control/hydramatricx-series.phpThanks to Scott Silver mehr

With truck caps:
http://leer.com/Truck-Caps#.
Check out the 100RCC and the 180CC.No cap? Then check out: http://www.tracrac.com/, and if you want to be able to put in a cover over
your truck bed you'll need this one:
http://www.tracrac.com/pick-up-trucks/tracrac-g2 otherwise it is much less
expensive to go with this:... mehr

Richard Hunt <<richard.hunt>>
writes:
IGC2KML has just been updated to version 3.2. This has several
major enhancements and a couple of bug fixes:
Enhancements:
Improve internally and add control over how traces are automatically trimmed
Identify and use largest contiguous active block of trace data in igc file
Group animated... mehr

http://ozreport.com/data/sites.kmz
Use the following link if you want it in Google Earth with automatic updates: http://ozreport.com/data/sites.link.kmz mehr

Michael Huppert <<leka.michael>>
writes:
I have my own wind and weather stationand flying weather website for Northern Switzerland/Southern Germany
http://homepage.hispeed.ch/ergowehntal with lot’s of wind, thermal, and live
cam link. mehr

Jeff Nibler <<jeffnibler>>
writes:
The Tennessee Tree Toppers submitted a proposal to the Cloudbase
Foundation to aid special needs children in their community. The proposal was
granted and two Elmo projectors were purchased for the Dunlap high school and
middle school special education classrooms. The local news was on-hand and... mehr

http://site.hangglidechicago.com/http://www.birrendesign.com/xenjoy1.htmlKrzysztof Grzyb <<grzybk>> writes:
Yes, yesterday was nice and cold day. When I was driving to Enjoy
airfield yesterday morning I was little disappointed because clouds were growing
a little bit too fast. I was not expecting conditions would allow for more... mehr