http://soaringspot.com/2010tsss/http://westcoastbrit.blogspot.com/Unlike on our practice days the day didn't start with streaming
low cu's but rather left over mid level scattered clouds from the day before.
With those higher clouds reducing the solar input the cu's didn't form until
around 10 AM and even then they weren't as substantial as... mehr

Juaki <<aladelta>>
writes:
On the  20th of May following the entry requirements for the
17th  European HG Championship we opened the entries to non European countries
and there are still fifty slots left for qualified pilots. So I would like to
invite all those pilots interested in competing in one of the World's best... mehr

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World Class Pilots Having Fun from knumbknuts on Vimeo. mehr

http://soaringspot.com/2010tsss/http://westcoastbrit.blogspot.com/The flight of the day on the HOLC or on the XConest
here.On Sunday the winds were as high or higher than on Saturday. At one point during
my flight I measured 25 mph. The day started with low clouds and a little bit of
rain. The sky was completely dark until later in the... mehr

Today was organization day. The Dragonflies arrived a little
before 1 PM flying from Thunder airfield in San Antonio. I had three short
packed Northwing Freedoms and was waiting for a little guidance before setting
mine up. But finally I realized that I was going to have to figure it out on my
own. It wasn't hard and I made only one slight... mehr

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It's just part of the scene down there.
Thanks to Octavio Fiaes. mehr

Thank goodness this World Championship was held in a romantic and charming
location otherwise there would be nothing to look back on with fondness. There
has to be something that can be learned. If you are not learning, you are dead.
We face a competition in central Texas starting on Monday with two practice days
Saturday and Sunday. The... mehr

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http://www.good.is/post/deep-green-kite-based-tidal-power/
The Swedish start-up Minesto is working on a new kind of
underwater turbine, called "Deep Green." Here's how it works: You tether this
kite-like apparatus to the ocean floor, at a depth of anywhere from 60 to 150
meters. Then, as a tide or current pushes against the kite, it moves... mehr

Idaho State Journal article
here.
He describes piloting his hang glider as “a primal, whole-body
experience: feeling the air through outstretched wings, with the muscles of your
back, with the wind and the smells in your face, like a raptor, prone, flying
slow, sharing their air, learning from them, becoming one of them.” mehr

Since the beginning of May:A drop of eleven percent. mehr

John Wright <<john>>
writes:
We have a new training and re-launch system (a vehicle that holds
two setup gliders) at the Andy Jackson Airpark. It is intended to help hang
glider and paraglider pilots improve their foot launch and mountain air landing
skills (e.g. punching through the wind shadow at our LZ), but it's also turning... mehr

Belinda Boulter <<belinda>>
writes:
The Cloudbase Foundation, an organization of hang glider and
paraglider pilots with the mission "to help children wherever we fly" has formed
a new relationship with the Bless the Children orphanage in Nkwatia, in the
Kwahu area of eastern Ghana. As a beginning, we have committed to raising... mehr

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Task cancelled before even going up today. Forecast is for rain all day.
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Today again we have no chance to fly a task. I took my glider up to take off
again and found more snow, it... mehr

http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2010/may/19/hill-please/
Thirty-five-year hang-gliding veteran William Armstrong appeared
before the San Diego City Council on May 18 to request that the council consider
creating a training hill at the city-owned Glider Port in Torrey Pines."We don't have a training hill for hang-gliding safely... mehr

Joe Greblo sends this shot used for Nickelodeon:
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http://www.hanggliderhistory.com/OttoMeet1971/index.htm
The Virtual Plaque for the Otto Meet 1971 is actual and being
built as we type and present and as interested parties present stories, images,
notes, and links. You are looking at the Virtual Plaque in the making. The
Virtual Plaque will continue to grow over time; each input will grow... mehr

Frederick Wagner <<fkwagner>>
writes:
The Sylmar Hang Gliding Association
www.shga.org cordially invites
all interested pilots, neighbors, friends and family for a day of flight, fun,
and food. Join us at Sylmar Flight Park and celebrate the coming of spring and
the return of great flying conditions. Activities for the day will... mehr

Jonathan Dietch <<res007jc>>
sends:
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Fred Wilson <<ftlwilson>>
sends:
OSA's 2010 Rick Hunt Fundraiser Event.
OSA invites all of Rick Hunts friends to come and enjoy good times together (at
this, the warm up to the real "Longest Day of the Year Event" which now happens
the next weekend in Savana, on the Canada Day Long Weekend...) Hope to see all
of you there.
Pot... mehr