Corinna <<corinna>>
sends
this video of her flying at the site of the upcoming rigid and women's worlds.
http://www.german-way.com/ludwig.html
http://www.german-way.com/neuschw.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_II_of_Bavaria
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuschwanstein_Castle
Murdered? mehr

http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/06/its-not-about-greece-anymore/?hp
The Greek “rescue” package announced last weekend is dramatic,
unprecedented and far from enough to stabilize the euro zone.This new program is honest enough to show why it is unlikely to succeed.Last week the European leadership panicked — very late... mehr

Rod Clark <<rod>> writes:
This June 5th, Crestline Soaring Society is hosting the CSS/SoCal
Regional Hang Glider Aerobatics Competition in conjunction with our Presidential
Citation Celebration BBQ for Owen Morse. I would like to invite you to
participate!
The competition will be held on the afternoon of the BBQ. It’s FREE to... mehr

www.wolfifly.com
Wolfgang Siess. mehr

http://www.nasm.si.edu/events/eventDetail.cfm?eventID=1683 mehr

http://makersmarket.com/products/1175-spinflyer-wing
SpinFlyer is a desktop flying wing designed to be played with
while taking a break, on the phone, or just for fun. It’s engaging and relaxing
to fly and see it perform perfect landings every time.
Thanks to Seabird mehr

Muller Windsports <<fly>>
writes:
Lucille is sitting at Camp 2 and all being well might be able to
make a summit attempt this week.
Check the blogs http://myfriendlucille.blogspot.com
http://www.peakfreaks.com/everestnews2010.htm
Lucille deBeaudrap is an Alberta paraglider pilot who has served HPAC as the
rating officer and is a... mehr

Thanks to all those who sent in donation/subscription checks to
the Oz Report. I often don't have your email address (although I search for it
in my local email address book), so it is a bit difficult for me to thank you
all personally (I'm not great at snail mail). Jim Kolynich, Jeff Curtis and
Steve Rock, your help is appreciated. You... mehr

Rodger sends:
http://vimeo.com/11287969
Steve Seibel's beautiful video of the glory over Cape Lookout. He
also has a good one of flying very close to bald eagle. mehr

N 34 11.586,W 117 19.414,Andy Jackson Flight Park, San
Bernardino, CA, USA
Jonathan Dietch writes:
A very rare opportunity emerged while I was soaring along the
Crestline ridge yesterday when a cloud ridge began to form above Pine Flats. I
was able to fly upwind of the cloud ridge and slope soar it so I rose above the
cloud deck.... mehr

James Means writes:
I thought people might be interested in this very impressive wave
cloud over the Peninsular Range just south of San Diego county this morning. It
appears to be about 150 km long. If you go to the site where I picked this up
from you can run an animation of the image, which is interesting because you'll
see the other cloud... mehr

http://paraglidingforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=31570
Léo Siqueira <<leosan_rj>> sends:
"On comp day one - Sunday. David Prentice lost his 5-6 year
Florida/East Coast title to a pilot named Andy Macrae from Montana. Andy has a
paragliding school in Montana. He flew 115+ miles on last Sunday. Luis was right
behind him at 96 miles.... mehr

Mark Gaskill <<airutah>> writes:
We will be moving to some creative solutions for hang gliding
next. We have some harness/collapsable chair ideas on the table that I think you
will be impressed with.
http://ablepilot.com/www/pages/newsletter/newsletter201005.html mehr

www.cloudbaseimaging.blogspot.com mehr

At a half hour after noon:

The wind was more south than southwest (both forecasts called for southwest
winds). As you can see there are cu's from south Florida up to the border. We
didn't go flying because of the forecast for southwest winds, that was obviously
a mistake on my part, and it looked a lot more like what the NAM forecast called... mehr

Brian Harris writes:
At present only the Class 1 results have been loaded, I will add
the Sport Class to the WPRS as soon as the (Sport Class) coding to the WPRS
database is completed: 
http://civlrankings.fai.org/?a=334&l=0&competition_id=1735.
http://ushpa.aero/competition/ntss1/index.php mehr

http://ozreport.com/12.111#5
http://ozreport.com/13.117#0
Joe Greblo writes:
The ad agency is negotiating with us to re- air the Washington
Lottery hang gliding commercial for another year. It won the award for the best
TV commercial in America, as well as a Silver Lion (3rd best) at Cannes. mehr

Owen Morse <<owen>> sends:
mehr

Film Festival showingFighting the Elements
Thursday, April 22, 2010Documentary feature, Miracle in the Storm will have its World Premiere this May
at Dungog. The film portrays the story of Germany paraglider, Ewa Wisnierska,
who survived an encounter with a freak storm in 2007. It combines the talents of
co-directors Leo Faber and Guy... mehr

Scott Silver <<scott.silver>>
writes:
I finally got to test my "cure" for wet mylar under real-world
conditions. I fly a full Mylar T2-154. I put Jet-Dri (the stuff for
anti-spotting in your dishwasher -
http://www.finishdishwashing.com/finish-dishwashing-additives.php) on the
leading edge. I squirt a line about 10 inches long... mehr