Paul Tjaden <tjadenhors>
writes:
We have several gliders stored here at Quest that have been left
with us for quite some time and which we no longer have current contact
information for the owners. Some of them are not even identified as to who owns
them. If any Oz Report readers believe that they own a glider stored here and
you have... mehr

http://www.hangdogs.com/whoarethesedogs.htm
Thanks to Adam Palmer
I happened upon an alt-country band with an interesting namesake:
“The Hangdogs”. Frankly, the music is interesting. The website too. Anyway, I
just thought that the name alone justifies a “look see” from the hang gliding
community. mehr

Matjaz Klemencic <klemencic_matjaz> writes:
We will have an AEROS winter race here in Slovenia in February.In February from 24th to 28h we will have a FAI 2 competition here in Slovenia (Kovk,
Ajdovscina), the first one in Europe in season 2010. The AEROS winter race is of
course sponsored by AEROS and they provided those special prices... mehr

Scare <Gerry> writes:
I've done a little reformatting on
http://ozreport.com/hgdealers.php. Clicking on a state in the map takes them
to the instructor list for that state.Changed the highlight color for places that scooter tow from red to green, 'cuz
the verdict on that method is that it's good, red would imply bad.Separated out Canada,... mehr

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBRo12V0Bjs

Bonjour a toutes et tous Pour éviter des sketchs au décollage
remorqué sur les rigides et se passer dun assistant plus ou moins efficace voici
une solution testée qui fonctionne Bons vols à tous... (translation) mehr

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RecckjgLyqoIndoors at an airport. mehr

You can live on the Australian east coast, likely in Sydney, and
take the train to Stanwell Park to take lessons from Curt Warren at
Warren Windsports.
You can walk to Curt's. You can walk to Bald Hill from the train station. It's
about an hour from Sydney.There must be some hang gliding schools where you can take a train to the hang
gliding... mehr

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hhpa/
One report:
Martin Apopot, a H2 pilot, fell victim to a scooter tow accident
Sunday 17th, 2010 at Hearne, Texas airport at about 5:30 PM. Pilot was not
hooked into the hang glider Tow operator did not do a hang check with pilot,
once pilot was in position operator accelerated the scooter tow winch, and... mehr

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap100105.html
Thanks to Phil mehr

Scare writes:
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=nasa-one-man-stealth-plane
Check out the video and the second image. mehr

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capture both your world and your reaction to it. This revolutionary camera makes
interviews, vlogs, and creating videos for YouTube and Facebook easy thanks to
live-editing features that include picture swap, split screen, and... mehr

Paul Voight sends:

Ryan Voight at age 11 in 2nd season of training. Now 25 yrs old, owner Wings
over Wasatch Hang Gliding school, Utah. mehr

After his show before the cricket on Channel 9 (Win) TV on Sunday,
Jonny Durand is now being recognized in the streets of Sydney (and not just next
to the Moyes factory in Botany Bay). Maybe we'll have a link to the video soon
up on the web.http://www.jonnydurand.blogspot.com/ mehr

http://www.cucco2011.org
Twenty one pilots received an email from Flavio states that they had until
February 2nd to send in their money for the pre-Worlds. There will likely be a
third cut and round for additional pilots as I'll wager that not all twenty one
will send in their payments. mehr

http://understandingamericanpie.com mehr

Corinna's blog
Results

The forecast showed the winds decreasing during the day, so it was
finally possible for us to go back up Mount Emu and get a second round in on the
last day of the competition. The prognosis was for a blue day out in the Kiewa
Valley, southwest winds at seven knots at 4,000' at 2 PM, and climbs to maybe
9,000'.
It... mehr

You can open his
track log file in
Google Earth. mehr

Kelly Scroggins <kelly> sends:
The Region Six pilots are constantly working to preserve and improve
local flying sites. The latest project is a new launch on Buffalo Mountain. This
new launch location is being made possible because three long time pilots have
recently acquired the plots that are being excavated.When this project is... mehr

Jonathan Dietch <res007jc> writes:
Enjoying the last flyable day (in the rain) before a series of
storms came cascading down:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MumNjbSCuTA mehr

Andrew Vanis <vanis13>
sends:
http://andrewvanis.com/HangGliding/HMD/HMD.html
A working prototype. mehr