Steve Wendt at Blue Sky makes the new sails for Kitty Hawk Kites
Eaglets (seen
here) each year. This year he decided to make his own Eaglet out of 7075
aluminum (43 pounds) for use in his own training. This could be flown my smaller
pilots (easier to handle than the Condor 330) and able to be flown when the
winds were greater than zero mph.... mehr

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Neben dem World-Cup in Japan läuft aktuell noch ein zweiter internationaler Gleitschirm-Wettkampf: Die Europameisterschaft in Abtenau, Österreich. Dort wurde heute der erste gültige Task geflogen. Dabei platzierte sich das deutsche Team gut. Andreas Malecki wurde zweiter, während auch Thorsten Siegel und Uli Prinz unter die ersten 15 flogen.... mehr

http://blueskyhg.comThe big news is that Steve Wendt went and got married (to Tanya). No longer that
bachelor life out in his trailer in Manquin (there is no town there) at the Blue
Sky Flight Park. Steve has known Tanya for three years. She is from Moldavia.
From Moldavia to Manquin, oh boy.He also says that he has been busy mornings and... mehr

The Rob Kells Meet and the Flytec Race and Rally make a big impact
on the World Rankings, especially for those pilots who did well. Jonny Durand in
first place in both meets benefited with his world number 1 ranking from the
Flytec Race and Rally. Zac Majors, number 8, used both meets to attain his
ranking. Dustin Martin used this year's and... mehr

Oggy <<oggy>> writes:
The airfield here is the correct size for a lot of hang gliding
activity thanks to the members of the largest local Swedish hang gliding club
and guest pilots. Two Saturday's ago presented unexpectedly good thermal flying.
My girlfriend and I were fooled by the weather forecast and decided for a
picnic. We... mehr

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ZAPATA, TEX. - Falcon Lake is famous for its monster bass and for
the maniacal obsession of the fishermen who come from all over Texas — and the
world — to stalk them. Now this remote reservoir that straddles the
international boundary is known for something else: pirates.In the past... mehr

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Mark Gaskill <<airutah>>
sends:
The Phoenix took its first flight during Memorial Day weekend. Take a look at the
pictures.
Lots of good input from the pilots in attendance and a lot of enthusiasm for
taking the technology and design team and working on a better hang gliding
solution. Looking forward to... mehr

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We missed one day because we didn't believe. It got good between two thirty and
three PM on that day, when we thought it was going to rain. I looked at the satellite photo on Monday night
(last day of the Memorial Day weekend) for 12:30 PM and sure
enough there were cu's... mehr

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On the third task they go around a 63 km triangle task twice. Monday was rained
out.
Gary Solomon <<gary>> writes:
2nd day Open Class task was from Enjoy field, Chebanse, IL 133
miles to Princeton, Iowa, across the Mississippi! Two of six pilots at goal.
They reported a mix... mehr

John Reynoldson <<raptordesigns>>
I made a set of cross bar fairings for my Fun 190 which "clamshelled"
onto the crossbar and it seemed to reduce my stall speed and give me a fraction
more glide but was never sure that I really had the angle of attack optimised.

The ones that we have on our Northwing Freedom's look like this:... mehr

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At the briefing for task 2 (the only completed task so far), the
team leaders were called aside to discuss the fact that all but a dozen of the
competition wings flying here do not have a load test that is valid according to
section 7 (12.1.6 as Steve quotes). They decided nothing could be... mehr

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The weather is a real mess. It's raining and snowing, it's cold and windy there.
I'm thinking the next chance for a task is Friday. Saturday is the last chance.
Reminder: For a valid championship are two tasks, resp. 1500points,... mehr

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Gary Solomon <<gary>> writes:
We started the day with a forecast of good lift and a light to
moderate south wind. With probable rain for the next day (and the temporary
Presidential TFR moving even closer to us) it was decided to call a "fish bowl"
style task to keep people... mehr

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It looked from the forecast that it would be another day like Friday with a
higher cloud base, maybe up to 8,000', very light winds, 97 degrees on the
ground, and plenty of lift. As this was the last day of the meet the task
committee decided to call a double out and return... mehr

No wonder Europe has to have charming towns.
http://www.dhv.de/typo/German_Open_HG_2010.5538.0.html
http://www.dhv.de/typo/Ergebnisse_Results.5545.0.html
Corinna writes:
We just finished the German Open with two tasks, and we had the
funniest result ever. Natalia won the German Open, with me in 2nd and Primoz in
3rd! Can you imagine that?
Only... mehr

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Fifteen million unemployed Americans. We found a driver within an hour after Ben
Dunn put up an ad in the laundromat in Luling. Joe and I had sent Ben to check up on
our laundry after he had to go back to retrieve his computer bag at the Coffee
Shop. The driver hadn't had a... mehr

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Gary Solomon <<gary>>
sends from Rich Cizauskas:
After yesterday's high winds, we were all hopeful for a stellar
day today. It was not to be, although we did get to fly. The morning dawned only
slightly less windy than yesterday, and all soaring forecasts had been
downgraded from what we had seen predicted... mehr

38.847773848549,-104.84527260661,USHPA headquarters, Colorado
Springs, CO, USA
Mike Haley writes:
The USHPA has been exceptionally busy with the overhaul of our
competition program. Part of this overhaul is a new Race to Goal rule book that
is now available online. The new rule book should be an improvement over the
last rule book in... mehr