Lehrer writes (page 59):
Why does an excess of dopamine in a few neurons make games of chance so irresistible? The answer reveals a serious flaw in the human brain, which casinos have learned to exploit.
On the fourth day of the Big Spring Nationals we had light lift at first, so we all huddled together at first near the airport. This eliminated... mehr

Richard Hunt <<richard.hunt>> writes:
IGC2KML v2.8 now automatically assigns pilot colours to new pilots (previously everybody was 'white' until manually added to the list). Additionally, it now comes as an installer and is no longer hard coded to drive c:.
Download as usual from http://www.mycloudbase.com/google. mehr

Raul Guerra <<dr.raulguerra>> writes:
Oct. 24-28 Guayaquil event (flying for media): I work hard this days in my city with a new take off at a mountain. Nice place. We flew for first time at this take off on Sunday, very nice and we have aerotow too at the landing zone in any case.
Video Guayaquil last Sunday 2009, new take off:... mehr

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This week, your HGFA election ballot... mehr

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Last Friday, four of us were flying at Alpine, Wyoming, the south west side of the Snake River Range, specifically just west of Ferry Peak. We all (other than Luke) had good thermal flights around 2 to 3:30 PM which didn't last that long. There were spots of virga, and Bart thought it would over develop.
But it didn't and later Curt and Luke... mehr

Ollie Gregory <<olliettt1955>> writes:
Dennis Pagen is team leader without a team. We have 4 slots from recent cancellations, so register now and have a week with Dennis Pagen as your A+ team leader and coach! His team has won in the past, so come and learn from the number one hang gliding author on the planet. This years clinic... mehr

NY Times Obit mehr

Why are we arguing over scarce resources when we in fact don't have scare resources? Nothing but a false monopoly. Why don't we just create another USHPA competition committee that deals with the events and other types of competitions (like the King Mountain meet, the Chelan Cross Country Classic, the Team Challenge, as well as spot landing,... mehr

Lehrer writes (page 99):
Dodge survived the fire because he was able to beat back his emotions. Once he realized that his fear had exhausted its usefulness - it told him to run, but there was no where to go - Dodge was able to resist its primal urges. Instead he turned to his conscious mind, which is uniquely capable of deliberate and creative... mehr

Steve Pearson's Blog or here.
Fluttering will sometimes progress from a short-intermittent buzz at high speed to a debilitating and persistent beat at much slower gliding speeds with as little as 50 hours of airtime. Fortunately, you should be able to coax as much as 500 hundred flutter-free hours from a sail with just a little preventative... mehr

Sander van Schaik - SvS Design <<sander>> writes:
For the fourth time I will publish a Hang Glider Calendar. The calendar is made out of beautiful pictures send from all over the world by competition and recreational hang glider pilots. Last year, everybody who sent a picture found at least one on the calendar.
The success of the... mehr

NY Times article on ibuprofen
After looking at racers’ blood work, he determined that some of the ultramarathoners were supplying their own physiological stress, in tablet form. Those runners who’d popped over-the-counter ibuprofen pills before and during the race displayed significantly more inflammation and other markers of high... mehr

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Lots of kids wish they could build an airplane and fly away, but Dutch teenager Jesse van Kuijk has become one of the rare few to make it happen with his pedal-powered plane made out of balsa wood, polyurethane, and rip-resistant foil. The most impressive part? Van Kuijk built his plane without ever having flown in one before! mehr

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Lehrer writes (page 51):
Carol Dweck, a psychologist at Stanford, has spent decades demonstrating that one of the crucial ingredients of successful education is the ability to learn from mistakes.
Lehrer writes (page 54):
When an expert evaluates a situation, he doesn't systematically compare all the available options or consciously analyze the... mehr

Picture here.
Our second prototype is showing great promise. I'm intent on designing a "first generation" race/xc harness that outperforms the instant you hook in. Soon, Wills Wing will be able to offer a harness that, combined with the T2C, will provide a "top of the stack system" to help you meet all of your hang gliding... mehr

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Corinna was surprised to find herself on the latest cover of the USHPA hang gliding and paragliding magazine, pictured in her hang glider with her sponsor's decals on her helmet prominently displayed. This got her thinking about why she had never been (alone) on the cover of the DHV magazine.
Corinna... mehr

The FT 250 description
Reviews of the FT 250.
The FT 270 radio description
Reviews of the FT 270.
The 250 has the squelch control on the top like the VX-150, which you would probably like to have in flight. It would be too hard to change the squelch in flight on the 270. On the other hand the 270 puts the jack for the mic/speaker on the top of... mehr

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Over ninety pilots have asked Mike Haley, the USHPA Competition Committee Chairman to resign, for the BOD to stop moving ahead on the Competition Workgroup proposal for changes in the NTSS until there is a review by those most affected by these changes, and... mehr