Paul Montville, Executive Director, USHPA
<paul.montville> writes:
As we've discussed, USHPA is in the process of developing a
comprehensive policy that will govern electronic distribution, web-linking by
non-USHPA sites, and other issues regarding USHPA's control of our publications
and other intellectual property (IP). While we will... mehr

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Here are a bunch of the options for on-line contests:http://www.xcontest.org/national (probably the easiest if you want to set up
a regional or national contest)http://www.xccomp.org/module.php?id=1&date=20100219 (a number of contests
are run here)http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0/para/plainJsp.html?prefix_jsp=rules#phg,phgleague
(This... mehr

Corinna Schwiegershausen <<corinna>>
writes:
At the CIVL plenary meeting in Lausanne some changes were made
concerning the Women's World Championships.
1. Stopped task time in women's hang gliding competitions: Due to the smaller
number of women competitors, a stopped task will be scored as per Section 7
except that the time... mehr

I wonder what that means exactly, as many gliders that were in
fact "certified" signed up as prototypes
Report from Cross Country Magazine,
here. More
here. mehr

http://www.ellefsen.net/
http://www.jonnydurand.blogspot.com/
Results after
five days of flying. Billo writes:
I decided not to fly on the last day so as to be able to get the
scoring done early, but when I got down from the hill into the comp HQ there was
no power. A total blackout in Manilla, then the mobile phone system went down
too, so... mehr

You'll find background information on this issue
here. Cross Country will be updating on Twitter
here, on Facebook
here, and on their own web site
here.
Latest news here and here. Thanks to Cross Country Magazine. Looks like the whole carbon debate
went down against the PMA, and the Ozone paragliders will continue to be
considered to be... mehr

Karel Vejochodsky  <charlie> writes:
Motto: Fly your own XC!Xcamp 2010 is moving from rough alpine conditions to the beautiful central
Italy. Monti di Matese are one of the best and most interesting XC areas in
Italy (Italian PG championship 2008, PWC event this year) with great hospitality
of locals. The area offers a huge... mehr

James Linscome <mrwispy> writes:
A spray can of liquid glass protective coating will soon be
available in your local hardware store.http://www.physorg.com/news184310039.htmlhttp://www.nanopool.eu/couk/index.htmSure sounds to me like it could be an ideal sail cloth coating. Protect your
wing, harness, parachute, glider bag, rack padding,... mehr

I will be going to the USHPA BOD meeting in Salt Lake on March
11th. I have to fly there and back from Tampa, Florida. This is nuts. It costs
$360. I have to stay in some hotel (as cheap as possible) in downtown Salt Lake.
I have no desire to stay in some hotel in downtown Salt Lake.
USHPA BOD members have to do this twice a year. This is... mehr

http://www.ellefsen.net/

#this table{margin:1em 0 1em 0}
#this th,#this td{padding:0 1em 0 1em}

Results so far after four days of flying.


#
Pilot
Glider
Total


1.
jon jnr durand
moyes litespeed rs4
3306


2.
conrad loten
moyes litespeed s 4
3146


3.
john smith
aeros combat 14
2964


4.
oyvind... mehr

David Martin <martin42> writes:
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6870546.html
The article is about Val Paget's World Class World Record. It was in today's
Houston Chronicle on the front page above the fold with the picture taking over
1/5 of the total front page. Excellent publicity for soaring and for recognition
of... mehr

When I look back at all the USHPA (the Competition Workgroup) has
tried to do over the last few years to change competition very little of it
makes sense if the goal was to increase participation in competition as a way of
retaining members in the association. Membership retention is one part of the
goal of increasing USHPA membership (hold... mehr

Hans Bausenwein <hans> writes:
Online type contests determine official Cross Country National
Champions in many countries, DE, AT, CH, FR, GB, CZ, SI…In Germany we have the National Cross Country Championship which is much more
popular than the German Open "closed" Championship. In 2007 we had about 17,000
flights... mehr

Paul Allen <pokyallen> sends out the proposals that will go to the
Competition Committee and to the USHPA BOD:The whole
proposal.Just the scoring. mehr

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Karel Vejochodsky  <charlie> writes:
Motto: Fly your way to win!
Xrace introduces new and revolutionary format of task setting and scoring of
paragliding competitions. We decided to organise competition with tasks well
known from gliding - AAT (Assignated Area Task) - see part 6.
What is the difference of today's tasks (Race to... mehr

Results
so far after three days of flying. Jonny Durand falls down big time. Conrad goes
into the overall lead. John Smith (the Gimp) from New Zealand, moves into third
behind Oyvind. Lots of New Zealand pilots over for the meet. Jonny in fourth and
Scott in fifth overall. mehr

http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,677121,00.html
Richard Nicoley shows off his food. mehr

Results so far after two days of flying. mehr