Dustin <flydustin> writes: Eighty four miles in Puerto Rico today from Cubuy on my first flight there. Pictures and details to follow. Landed about seven miles from the southwest corner of the island.This weekend we'll be aerotowing from the east shore so there will be chances for the new record to fall since the available distance is... mehr

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Aaron writes:
Uploaded this new video to vholder.com first, and during processing on their end it got a bit jerky for some reason. Then I uploaded it to YouTube and they stripped the sound out because the Tim McGraw song I used wasn’t allowed on YouTube. So I put in a different song for YouTube... mehr

Buddy Cutts writes: I received a letter in the mail today from USHPA stating that our web site (Tennessee Tree Toppers) has won the Web Site of the Year award for 2009. I have been invited to attend the spring BOD meeting to accept the award. I will do my best to make it there. I am very honored that our website was selected.Thanks to... mehr

http://ozreport.com/Davis_Scoring_Manual.phpI have updated the manual again and updated my scoring program (to version 1.60) that works with SeeYou. It now will score a purely open distance competition or a open distance competition that sets defined waypoints for tasks.Each day is worth up to 1000 points depending on how far the further guy... mehr

Get a feel for what it is like to compete in the USHPA sanctioned hang gliding competitions.Check it out here. mehr

USHPA calendar datesCIVL calendarThey don't go up there until the meet organizers pay their CIVL fees for their meets. Which they don't do until they get money in from the pilots. So the CIVL calendar is poor as a planning device. I believe that al the US meets will be Category 2 CIVL sanctioned. mehr

Andy Long <andylong> writes: Between storms the gang at Funston got in some soaring. I had 10 flights, 10 top landings then put my Atos aside and shot some footage of the locals making all manner of approaches. Here's a link.Http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WURzjc7IA18 mehr

An article worthy of taking the time to read and think about it.
John Matylonek, USHPA certified instructor, oregonhanggliding.com, 541 913 1339 sends:
Single operator instructors often find it very challenging to get students to conform to an instructional plan. Often, there are not enough consistent peers to provide the social pressure... mehr

http://www.logelog.com/utilsMoshe Valenci <<moshe.valenci>> writes: Now, it can download maps, cache them in the Storage Card folder and later reference them when the phone is disconnected (very useful compared to Google Maps). The cache needs to be improved, however provides sufficient functionality in this release. Another very... mehr

http://www.fai.org/hang_gliding/node/1115 The Altitude Verification procedures developed for, and used successfully in the HG Worlds, Laragne, will also be included in the Lrs of upcoming Cat 1 competitions and test events. This means that organisers are now able to set competition altitude limits, should they wish to, knowing that there is a... mehr

We provide you with an on-line pilot registration system that you
can put on your web site.
One barrier to running a competition is having an on-line system
that automates the task of pre-registering pilots coming to your competition,
and gets them to pay in advance. We provide you with a template and tracking
system that does this for you... mehr

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Heikki Pekkala <heikki.pekkala> writes:

Pictures.Here is a idea how to make a cheap pod for the 6030 vario. You need:- a plastic 1,5 litre bottle.
- A piece of wood to mold as you like the pod shape.
- Hot air gun
- Epoxy repair kit
- a piece of tape and it is watertight. The buttons can be used through the
plastic. mehr

Jonathan Dietch <res007jc> sends:
From my new virtual friend Jorge P. in Mexico:http://youtube.com/watch?v=Oaw9m05mYFQ mehr

Phil Schroder <philschroder> writes:
Fifty four pilots entered in the competition. mehr

Tracy sends this link to a very small NY Times article on
aviation accidents. mehr

He is in intensive care.
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The 2nd Annual Rob Kells Memorial... mehr

There is no comparison to this video, Jeff O'Brien's.Social
ResponsibilityThe Cloudbase
FoundationOther very cool videos:Reader's choice?Here are the links to the videos from this year:
From YouTube and
Vimeo mehr

I've updated the manual and I'm updating the program to more
easily handle pure open distance

http://ozreport.com/Davis_Scoring_Manual.phpThis free program is used for scoring all the USHPA sanctioned hang gliding
competitions. It is also used for a couple of competitions in Australia and
paragliding competitions in Slovenia. It works with... mehr