http://www.cucco2011.org/
Wills Wing pilots' blog
Jamie Sheldon blog /task tweets
here
Jamie's tweets
Jonny Durand's blog
here.
Corinna's Sky
here
Rod FlockhartRain before 9 AM, lower and upper level lows over us. The Europeans are not
happy with this weather. It makes the continent look bad. mehr

In addition to the other airspace issues here at the pre-Worlds
there is a question of what is the altitude of the bottom of Zone 3 (the outer
band of the airspace). Is it 6,000' (absolute) as it appears to be on the
organization's maps displayed at headquarters and given to the competitors, or
is it Flight Level 6,000' (which varies as the... mehr

Keith Atkins <<bluemonkeyglider>>
writes:
After completing significant aid projects in Ecuador, the
Cloudbase Foundation (CBF) has just received notice and pictures about the
completed $3000 water tank project in Ghana, Africa from Reverend Jeremiah,
Director of Bless the Children Orphanage. The orphanage children now have a... mehr

My run as the HGFA "Airwaves" newsletter editor (independent
contractor) has come to an end. You'll find my last newsletter in the original
version here. You'll find the HGFA BOD's version
here. I wrote the FLARM article, not Peter Bolton. mehr

http://www.cucco2011.org/
Wills Wing pilots' blog
Jamie Sheldon blog /task tweets
here
Jamie's tweets
Jonny Durand's blog
here.
Corinna's Sky
here
Rod FlockhartCloud base was below launch at 10 AM.No rain yet, at 2:30 PM, but plenty of wind. mehr

A discrepancy between what the scorer sees and what the pilot
sees.
An interesting technical wrinkle has appeared when checking
pilots' track logs against the competition's definition of airspace. It appears
as though at least one of the edges of airspace is displayed differently on the
scorer's computer (using three different pieces of... mehr

Raul Guerra <<dr.raulguerra>>
sends:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVZOtoeSXp4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLRQ3GikiF0

Full HD available. mehr

http://www.cucco2011.org/
Jamie Sheldon blog /task tweets
here
Jamie's tweets
Jonny Durand's blog
here.
Corinna's Sky
here
Yes, it was another glorious day in central Italy. The soaring forecast was a
bit unsettled so that task and safety committee took an extra hour to decide to
go up to the north (east) launch at Montecucco. The clouds... mehr

Airspace has been an issue here, in some cases (those for pilots
getting zeros) a big issue. The French Team and Dustin Martin submitted a
protest after their complaint to the meet director regarding their zeros for the
first day were rejected. I'm on the protest committee (or at least I think I
still am). I was called by Franco Rinaldi, the... mehr

Jim Yocom<<jim>>
writes:

I got this picture from Alex McCullough who is a hang glider pilot and
competitor and captains for Sky West for a living. Wow, Big Spring looks like it
is going to be incredible!From Alex: I'm actually flying back from Midland, Texas (30 miles west of Big
Springs) as I write this. Holy cow do the clouds... mehr

Hervé Berillon <<herve.berillon>>
writes:
Known as "ile de beauté" Corsica in France is a wonderful place to
visit and fly too as you can see:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6i6v-WVzeM
Only two hang glider pilots live here but very open minded and helpful for other
pilots. The mountains are very close to beach, you can... mehr

Jonathan Dietch <<res007jc>>
writes:
Http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZSdRVHEvjGYDay 1 is here: http://ozreport.com/14.150#2Day 3's flight was not only along fabled, scenic Route 1 but was often above
16,000' while looking down at 12,000' peaks and 10,000' frozen lakes. All of
which you will see on this video along with a very close... mehr

http://www.cucco2011.org/
Jamie Sheldon's blog & task tweets
Jonny Durand's blog here
Corinna's Sky here
The sky looks blue to the west (where the weather is coming from) at noon. Could
be a nice day after all. Pilots did fly but more clouds and wind came at around
4 PM. mehr

They built the tow and release mechanism for testing a space ship
on the taxi way

http://www.willswing.com/news.asp?newsSeek=745
Wills Wing was recently contracted with by Scaled Composites to
design and manufacture a tow and release system with a high working load for the
tow taxi testing of Virgin Galactic's SpaceShip Two.
In response to a... mehr

http://kathryn.typepad.com/kalog/2010/07/daydreaming.html

Filmed using a Nikon d90 and a GoPro camera. Footage taken in
Sydney city, Stanwell (Australia), Canberra (Australia), Tumut (Australia), Dune
de Pyla (France), Rylestone (Australia). mehr

Tracy and Lisa <Cloud9SA>
write:

Come help us celebrate another season of flying with the Dragon Fly Soaring Club
in Michigan, at our annual MargariTowville Party on Saturday, August 14, 2010
and weekend JUST FLY! Comp, running Fri-Sun, Aug. 13-15.
Our JUST FLY! Fun comp rules are on the competition page of our web site, at... mehr

Jim Rooney sends this link to a new video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwaTmY1XyaM mehr

http://www.cucco2011.org/
Jamie Sheldon blog /task tweets
here
Jamie's tweets
Jonny Durand's blog
here.
Corinna's Sky
hereResults:
Day one:



#
Name
Nat
Glider
Time
Total



1
MANFRED RUHMER
AUT
Icaro2000 Laminar Z9... mehr

Flavio Tebaldi said that there wouldn't be an airspace issue at
the pre-Worlds. He wasn't the only one. I kept asking and everyone said that it
wouldn't be an issue. It's an issue.The airspace just in front of launch is 6,000' (normally it is 2,500'). We fly
under substantial sections of airspace that is defined as starting at 6,000'. A... mehr

<ryan> writes:
Wings Over Wasatch would like to invite pilots to come and explore
all of the beautiful and epic flying sites the Wasatch Range has to offer!The goal of this clinic will be quality flights at as many of the beautiful Utah
flying sites as time and conditions permit. In addition to specific site-guiding
information for each... mehr