In yesterday's Oz Report I showed the cu's lined up out of the
south in Louisiana, in front of the front in Texas. The front is approaching us
tomorrow. I asked if that was what we could expect today, Here is what we got at
3:30 PM:You can see the cu's lining up in front of the front in Alabama and Mississippi.
Also cu's going up the state... mehr

I was torn between going for it today or tomorrow. The forecast
(NAM) in the morning was for no cu's or very thin ones. But then they started
appearing before 10 AM. Now we had seen these early morning cu's before, and
they had all disappeared later in the mornings, to give us blue days, so it
wasn't clear that these cu's would we staying... mehr

http://joelfroehlich.wordpress.com/Wow, I'm looking forward to this competition. I'll be flying a Northwing Freedom
170 thanks to Northwing and Kamron Blevins. I'll be flying out there from
Knoxville, and then back to the East Coast Championship.Sign up now. Bring your single surface glider. NTSS points, USHPA sanctioned,
Race to Goal (with... mehr

A short video view of what it looks like when you first come to
Quest Air. The road in, the high and dry grass runways, the office and club
house, the carts, the tie down area, the hangars, the tugs.
A quick view of Quest Air (21 seconds) from Davis Straub on Vimeo.
In HD.
http://vimeo.com/10706844 mehr

http://www.willswing.com/blogs/PilotBlogs/tabid/38/EntryId/250/Ranch-Tastic.aspx
It's great to see everyone having a great time. mehr

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Springs, CO, USA

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The cu's line up from the south in front of the front.The forecast winds for tomorrow in Florida:We've had a few days of easterly winds in the 10 mph range, quieting down a bit
today. Still it has been blue every day, none of those Florida cu's that we now
vaguely remember. mehr

Patrick Laverty <<patrick>>
writes:
It's good to see a new take on a front rack. I designed the
original front rack in 1987, known as the Gliderider. It's been in continuous
production since then and is distributed worldwide by Firebird UK.Http://www.turfhouse.com/acatalog/copy_of_Roof_Racks_and_supports.htmlThe present version... mehr

http://www.mantaonline.it/generalefai1.htmlBernard Winkelmann points to who is flying what in this competition.Trofeo Montegrappa, 2010



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1
Manfred Ruhmer
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2
Reisinger Robert
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T2C 144
1894


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Léo Siqueira <<leosan_rj>>
writes:
Check out the thirty mile cross country to Alva that local pilots
at the Florida Ridge were able to perform last Saturday. There is also a nice
video some PPG pilots did of an afternoon at the Ridge, really worth seen, they
were able to capture the whole atmosphere of the park and... mehr

Wesley Hill <<wesleyianhill>>
writes:
Day 4It's the last day so a short task of 39 kms was set. It was quick with excellent
climbs to over 6,000 ft. Sam Prest completed the task in only 42 minutes,
followed by Grant Heaney and Ian Rees. Andy Schmidt was the fastest of the 4
floaters at goal.Final results had Paul Kelley in first... mehr

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/01/health/01parkinsons.html?hpw
The man had had Parkinson’s disease for 10 years, and it had
progressed until he was severely affected. Parkinson’s, a neurological disorder
in which some of the brain cells that control movement die, had made him unable
to walk. He trembled and could walk only a few... mehr

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4iw8Ib2JGULucas writes:
A funny, albeit weird, little video I made just for fun, for
Easter. It parodies a popular guy on YouTube called the realannoyingorange, hope
you enjoy, the audio plays a bit loud and there's one cuss word in it for those
of you at work. mehr

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inform the hang gliding (and a little bit of the paragliding) community.The Oz Report has evolved and grown... mehr

Wesley Hill <<wesleyianhill>>
writes:
Day 1A light southerly - goal 55 kms downwind. Good climbs to 5,500 ft and even some
clouds early in the task. 13 pilots made goal including 2 floaters (Experienced
swimmer Curtis Greenwood was the fastest floater). Young gun Sam Prest won with
a time of 55 minutes followed by last years... mehr

http://ozreport.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=19545
The US Forest Service has developed a proposal to build a new
Marina at Green Mountain Reservoir near our primary landing area at Williams
Peak, one of our cherished mountain sites in Colorado. The proposal includes the
placement of power lines that will interfere with hang glider and... mehr

The Sunday forecast was for for 300-400 fpm, top of the lift/cloud
base at 5,000', with an east northeast wind of 11 knots. There were supposed to
be a few cu's, thin ones. The wind had died down on Saturday so I was hoping for
a repeat.Ten of us lined up on the west runway with John Chambers first and I was second.
I pinned off at 1,100'... mehr

Tim Fleming writes:
I just wanted to let you know about this experiment gone wrong in
Mojave, California. Hawks were getting killed by windmill blade strikes and
neighbors were complaining about the terrible noise from the windmills. A new
invention was brought out last week, rubber blades, that were said to be quiet
and soft as a pillow (to... mehr

I heard later that some pilots down at Wallaby were flying and
staying up in very very light lift in the afternoon. Up at Quest there were a
bunch of tandems throughout the morning, but the regular pilots were holding
back as it was so dark on the ground from the shade and the sky was so white.
Finally, around 3:30 PM Steve Bellerby got... mehr

With a nine mph or so east southeast wind on Friday, light lift,
and the top of lift no more than 3,000', and often a lot lower, it was a yoyo
day for those of us who at first wanted to go south. Some folks (maybe four
pilots) from Wallaby and three from Quest drifted down wind hanging in the weak
lift as it pushed them toward the west... mehr