We'll be putting on an informal gathering at the Wallaby Ranch
during the Wills Wing Demo Days, Friday evening April 2nd, to let the USHPA
Regional Directors in attendance answer questions about the USHPA from the
interested pilots. I first suggested holding this informal session in early
March here: http://ozreport.com/14.045#3. I said at... mehr

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Gary Solomon <<gary>>
writes:
Midwest HG Comp 2010 near Chicago USHPA (NTSS) Sanctionedhttp://www.midwesthgcomp.org/Thu. May 27th, 2010 thru Sun. May 30th, 2010
Registration is OPEN!http://www.midwesthgcomp.org/register.htmWe hope to draw a lot of new pilots into the competition family. We plan a cross
country competition where... mehr

http://videos.tennesseetreetoppers.org/TTT%20Scoring%20App.pps

http://ozreport.com/docs/OAC-3_9.ppt
http://sequatchiecompetition.com/
The TTT folks are creating a complete on-line competition support system for
scoring all types of hang gliding and paragliding competitions. They have
started with their weekend series, but they are moving on... mehr

http://ozreport.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=19309&start=37
So let's take a recent decision by the board, and go through the
logic. The topic is speed wings; these little-bitty paragliders flown down the
sides of mountains, as you've seen in YouTube videos. The question was whether
USHPA should provide 'support' for such wings, in the form... mehr

Richard Hunt <<richard.hunt>>
writes:
IGC2KML has just been updated to version 2.9. This fixes an issue
where it did not correctly detect where Google Earth was installed, in
particular the latest version. As a result of this "View in Google Earth" did
not work. Now resolved.
Download from the usual place at... mehr

Andy Long <<andylong>>
writes:
Every year, Sonoma Wings does a chute tossing and repacking
clinic. Here's some video of the antics.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tD9i-mZVoA mehr

Raul Guerra <<dr.raulguerra>>
sends:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9VtmUfx3dI

JELKO LOOR. mehr

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HOLC:

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Leonardo:

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DHV (Leonardo):

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Roman Dobler <<roman.dobler>>
writes:
From May, 20th until May 24th 2010 the "Jura Open" as well as the
Swiss Championship is taking place (in the region of Biel). It's planned that
this FAI class 2 - competition will be held every other year and it's open for
class 1 and 5.In the Jura you will find a perfect setting... mehr

John Pettinato <Jpettinat> writes:
You published an accident report I wrote in the VHGA Yahoo/groups
last Nov at Wallaby Ranch (http://ozreport.com/13.229#6).
When someone has an accidental death in Florida it's treated as a crime scene
until there is evidence that an accidental death occurred. That being said all
of Tony's belongings... mehr

The Aerobatic pilots were happy to get their own competition
program under the USHPA at the last BOD meeting which at least gives them the
outlines of what should happen next. They've got a three day meet set for the
last three days of the
East Coast
Championship in early June. They are also set for the Santa Cruz Flats Race
in September to... mehr

Mark reels back in his earlier statements on USHPA instructor
insurance.
http://ozreport.com/14.53#3http://ozreport.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=19327&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=7Mark writes:
The usual caveat; I'm neither an insurance agent nor a lawyer, and
nothing I say can be taken as more than the semi-informed opinion of... mehr

http://www.snagfilms.com/films/title/paragliding_across_america/Thanks to Gary Osoba mehr

http://www.eagletreesystems.com/sailplane/sailplane.html
We are pleased to offer our Seagull Glide system (patent pending),
a revolutionary Variometer and Soaring Tool for model sailplanes.With the Glide system, data previously available only on full sized gliders is
provided to the pilot in real-time. Unlike other limited feature variometers... mehr

XContest:

Flex
wing
Rigid wing
Paraglider

HOLC:

Flex wing
Rigid wing
Paraglider

Leonardo:

Flex wing
Rigid wing (empty)
Paraglider



DHV (Leonardo):

Flex wing
Rigid wing
Paraglider

CIVL WXC server:

Flex wing
Rigid wing
Paraglider


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Stewart Midwinter:
Why I'm putting a coin in the Tin Cup: because the Oz Report is a valuable
source of information about what's happening flying-wise around the world.
Just one example: I already had a paragliding trip to Valle de Bravo planned for
last weekend when I read in the Oz Report a report from Jeff Hunt about good
flights recently... mehr