Gerolf <<Gerolfontour>> writes:
Woke up early this morning shook awake by some kind of strange
nightmare, that maybe yesterday’s task didn’t actually happen and my current
lead in the Comp was nothing more but a sweet illusion.
I quickly grabbed the laptop to check for scores as I hadn’t seen any last night
–... mehr

They also get to learn how to foot launch and land. Paul, Mitch
and Lauren are going up to Steve Wendt's at
Blue Sky to learn how to
teach scooter towing, the low and slow method. mehr

http://www.willswing.com/blogs/PilotBlogs/tabid/38/EntryId/309/Quest-Venice-Beach.aspx

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http://ozreport.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=20258&start=15Check out the picture there. mehr

Andy Long <<andylong>> writes:
Here's a rather rapid climb out from off the trees at St. John
mountain in Northern California. I recommend 720p, full screen and turning up
the volume for the full effect:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8l1xJCEHxs
mehr

Brasilien wirbt auf YouTube mit einem kleinen Video-Spot für Urlaub in Brasilien. Gleich in der ersten Szene ein Tandem Drachenflug – die Brasilianer wissen schon wie man Freiheit und Spass in Szene setzt mehr

http://www.ager2010.com/
Jamie Sheldon blog /task tweets
here
DHV reports
here
Corinna's Sky
here
Matjaz Klemencic blog
here
Jonny Durand's blog
here.
Daphne Schelker's blog here
Jamie writes:
Conditions similar to yesterday. Stable but with a bit more wind.
Issues with scoring program yesterday, so what is online isn't correct. Task... mehr

32.890543,-111.858673,Francisco Grande, Casa Grande, Arizona,
USA
http://santacruzflatsrace.blogspot.com/Jamie Shelden writes from the European Championships:
We are hearing from the
Francisco Grande hotel
that they are going to release the rooms we have blocked for the competition in
30 days. This means that whoever is planning on coming... mehr

http://www.willswing.com/blogs/PilotBlogs/tabid/38/EntryId/310/Quest-New-Smyrna-2nd-attempt.aspx
After dodging the huge Deland jump plane on its five mile finals
and saw toothing back and forth into the wind in order to stay out of Daytona
airspace, the fourth or fifth perfect cloud I flew under started to work. 3000
feet seemed high by then... mehr

http://www.aeroclubmontegrappa.it/
Party with paragliders? mehr

Thursday night at
Antone's it was the
Texas Tornados with
Flaco Jiménez. They are great to listen and dance to and got everyone involved. Very funny
to hear Flaco playing on Wooly Bully. mehr

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxkLCzxAHZoThanks to Octavio. mehr

http://www.travelblog.org/fred.php?id=513826Wakka goes gliding. mehr

The article.
A 43-year-old Victoria paragliding instructor is in serious
condition in a Spokane hospital after a paragliding mishap Sunday afternoon in
Washington state.Claudio Alberto Mota was completing in the U.S. Paragliding Nationals event in
Chelan when, at 4:40 p.m., turbulence caused his parasail to bundle up 30 metres
from the... mehr

Vicki Cain <<moyes>>
writes:
Please correct my error. Tom was going for the European distance
record for a FAI triangle.
http://ozreport.com/14.133#1 345 km.
The world record distance is
here. mehr

The flight on the HOLC.
The flight on XContest.
On Sunday with conflicting and mixed soaring forecasts, but with agreement on a
day with southwest winds, Kent Robinson, Belinda and I headed out to get towed
up at the Heritage Creek Airfield northwest of Dallas/Ft. Worth. Dave Megard
lives on the private grass strip and has a trike there in a... mehr

http://www.ager2010.com/
Jamie Sheldon blog / task tweets
here
DHV reports
here
Corinna's Sky
here
Matjaz Klemencic blog
here
Jonny Durand's blog
here.
Jamie writes:
134 kilometer box task with quite a lot of cloud cover moving in.
 The boys are saying on radio that it's not a racing day, so conditions are not
surprisingly somewhat... mehr

Flavio <<flavio.tebaldi>>
writes:
We'll give a SIM card to every pilot at the pre-worlds (TIM
mobile). Five euros pre-paid included. We'll take a copy of the pilots'
passports and the TIM centre will activate the cards the night before the first
competition day. mehr

The finals results are
here.



#
Name
 
Nat
Glider
Total



1
Primoz Gricar
M
SLO
Aeros Combat 13.2 GT
5631


2
Marc Utrillo Gibert
M
ESP
Aeros Combat L 13,7
5399


3
Carl Wallbank
M
GBR
Moyes Litespeed RS 3,5
5306


4
Anton Struganov
M
RUS
Aeros Combat L 13 09
5238... mehr

Josef Bostik <<josefbostik>>
writes:

Tomas's glider after he landed during the first day of the World Championships
in Slovakia this last weekend.
He was established in a thermal core for about 7 turns when a Swedish pilot came
into his core and impacted him from behind and above. Tomas's canopy got
impacted by the other glider... mehr