The Oz Report covers hang gliding and a little bit of paragliding. It
concentrates on competition and on the politics of hang gliding. I very
reluctantly spend money to attend the USHPA BOD meetings so that I can give you
up to the minute reports on the decisions that are being made that affect hang
gliding in the US. I bring you news... mehr

http://www.midwesthgcomp.org/http://www.hangglidechicago.com/Gary Solomon <gary> writes:
Midwest HG Comp 2010Thu. May 27th, 2010 thru Sun. May 30th, 2010The 1st comp in the Chicago area since 1993. We’ve had big cross countries in
this date range, and hope for good weather for a generation of area pilots that
haven’t seen a... mehr

Gary Solomon <gary>
writes:
Regarding knowing your airspace restrictions, I had previously
purchased the FAA Sectional maps (near me) for Google Earth from
http://www.chartgeek.com.
They were $2.00 each. I went back today to look for updates and they are now
FREE. All the FAA sectionals right there on your Google Earth! Mixes right in... mehr

Flavio Tebaldi <worlds> writes:
It's with my great pleasure to inform you that the price list in
Cucco2011 shop web page has been updated. Special Offers prices are now easily
compared with Icaro2000 Retail ones.Shopping at http://cucco2011.org
is now a really good deal. We are working to add also Brauniger/Flytec and woody
valley... mehr

http://www.jamesdeanbyrdfoundation.org/
HOW YOU CAN HELP: A small portion of our budget comes from school
tuition, but the majority comes from donations from people just like you. With
your help, we can continue to offer a chance of a better future for these
children.SCHOOL OPERATIONS: To run the school costs $40,000 per school year. We... mehr

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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/08/us/08everglades.html?hp
When Gov.
Charlie Crist announced Florida’s $1.75 billion plan to save the
Everglades by buying out a major landowner, United States Sugar, he declared
that the deal would be remembered as a public acquisition “as monumental as the
creation of the nation’s first national... mehr

Mike Meier <Mike>
writes:
A reminder that Wills Wing will be in Florida later this month for
a full week of glider demos and other activities, starting at Quest Air from
Saturday, March 27th through Tuesday, March 30th, and then on to Wallaby Ranch
starting Wednesday, March 31st through our annual dinner and party on Saturday
night,... mehr

Well March has arrived and it is freezing cold here in Florida, and much worse
to the north, of course. March is the month that I ask for your support so that
Scare and I can continue publishing the Oz Report without losing so much money
that it isn't sustainable.Scare has come south for the first time and maybe I'll get to see him for the... mehr

Dan Guido <dan> Susquehanna Flight Park, Cooperstown NY,
writes:
The CG1000's are being manufactured again.Center of Gravity was established in the early 80s by Jay Gianforte with the
CG1000 hang gliding harness. This design revolutionized hang gliding harnesses
in many ways. Jay has since retired and his daughter Jordan Gianforte has... mehr

The saga continues.At the Fall USHPA BOD meeting, an ad hoc committee headed up by Steve Kroop, Regional
Director for Region 10 (the southeast), was assigned by the BOD the task of
coming up with a revision to the proposed Competition Sanctioning
Manual. This has all been  a part of the unloved process of revising the USHPA
competition... mehr

http://www.flytec.ch/e-drive/home.htmComing soon to http://flytec.com. mehr

http://www.physorg.com/news183361139.html
NASA engineers have designed an extremely quiet one-person
electrically powered aircraft that can hover like a helicopter and fly like a
plane. The “Puffin” launches from an upright position with the tail split into
four legs that serve as stable landing/take-off gear. mehr

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http://www.wallaby.com/articles/in the movies.htm
EARTHBOUND, a romance film directed by Nicole Kessell (The
Woodsman) and starring Kate Hudson, Kathy Bates, Whoopi Goldberg, Gael Garcia
Bernal, Treat Williams and Rosemarie DeWitt tells the story of a tough and
disillusioned ad executive (Kate Hudson), who battles cancer and falls in love... mehr

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The sail cloth used on the Wills Wing T2C 144 that I have
available to me: leading edge - PX15T UV White, and for the main sail including
the trailing edge (there is no separate clothe used there) - PE10 UV White.
Click on the charts below to see them at their original resolution:
Steve Pearson writes:
UVM15T is structurally equivalent to... mehr

https://www.ushpa.aero/member_ushpa_directors.asp
There are a number of free floating complaints out there about the USHPA. Here
is a course of action for those who are complaining:
1) Identify the USHPA BOD committee that would be best situated to address your
concern.
2) Write up a motion (something that can be voted up or down) that you... mehr

http://hg.sffa.org/aeros_wr/
It is was hard decision, but we had to reschedule Aeros Winter
Race to March 10th, 2010. We just can not push against the weather ... mehr

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