https://www.cloudbasemayhem.com/episode-93-wolfgang-wolfi-siess-and-the-hang-gliding-obsession/

Episode 93 is live!
Wolfgang Siess has been chasing it hard for the past 19 years. He watched his
Dad fly from the time he began to walk - the flying blood runs thick in this
family! As soon as it was legal (and his mom gave him the ok!) Wolfi took... mehr

But Felix at cloud base:

Bruce Barmakian is in the lead. mehr

https://www.facebook.com/pitr.suchanek/videos/10215036389208910/


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https://www.facebook.com/ozoneparagliders/videos/867120623641685/


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https://airtribune.com/canadian-nationals/blog
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Stéphane Malbos writes:
FAI wishes to establish a New Technology Working Group (NTWG) for
the purpose of defining modern standards for inflight electronic devices and for
managing the data they generate.Air Sport Commissions (ASC) today have requirements in areas such aslive scoring
anti-collision safety measures
search and rescue... mehr

https://ozreport.com/23.104#2Jonathan Dietch <<nmerider>>
writes:
Luckily the response didn't exceed my supply by too much. I need
to contact other prospective manufacturers. Perhaps, a paraglider manufacturer
overseas with lower production costs would be interested. A reasonably skilled
individual can make these with just a home... mehr

The streets continue up to 300 miles on the 23rd of May:

Notice the patches of streets out in the Gulf.
Robin Hamilton <<Robin.Hamilton>>
writes:
It is getting better as the tornadic disturbance in the north
clears out. Should have four or five days of it continually getting better. Most
amazing observation over last couple of... mehr

But have flown on the west side also.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dry_line

We experience the dry line on the border between New Mexico and Texas and fly up
the panhandle watching the cu-nimbs a 100 miles to our west. mehr

Steve Pearson writes:
There's much less performance difference at speed than than one
might think.
There are two recent examples to support the relative performance parity, El
Penon 2018 and 2019.
https://airtribune.com/el-penon-classic-race-2018/results
https://airtribune.com/el-penon-classic-race-2019/results
The El Penon Sport Class meet is... mehr

Jonathan Dietch writes:
I have a limited number of these extremely high quality precision
drogue chutes made by Free Flight Enterprises available to pilots who I believe
will use them safely and effectively. These are not toys but are a highly
effective form of glide path control that may expand your flying horizons or
save your bacon. If... mehr

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Christian Ciech writes:
Where is the pilot!!? Remembering Brasilia. No photo retouching,
just the right angle at the right moment. mehr

Steve Pearson writes about the Alpha:
It’s so easy and fun to fly. It’s impossible to pretend to be a
student, but flying a new Alpha compared to Falcon even with conventional
techniques has to reduce training by more than 50%. mehr

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/21/american-airlines-slashes-fees-for-sports-and-musical-gear.html
American cuts fees for sports equipment like surf boards from $150
to the standard first-checked bag fee of $30. Rival United took a similar step
last October, cutting fees on California-bound travelers surfboards.The carrier on Tuesday said it... mehr

Daniel Dimov writes:
IGC format is pretty old format with many
problems and needs upgrade. I worked
recently on a software for validity checking
IGC files and have fresh impressions of
these problems. They are:

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No support for Unicode characters - for
example you are not allowed to put pilot
name "Jörg... mehr

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