Gary Osoba
Flytec USA/David Glover
Oz Report twitter
BJ Herring blog
WRE500 blog

For the first time this WRE we get a bit of the old over running with cu's streaming across a wide swatch of the local area at about 1000' AGL soon after sunrise. By 10:00 AM the cu's are gone as they rise to the inversion. Still with such a good sign we are... mehr

Tracy and Lisa <Cloud9SA> writes:

Come help us celebrate another season of flying with the DFSC in Michigan, at our annual MargariTowville Party and Fly-in on Saturday, August 15, 2009.
This is the best time of the year to fly at Cloud 9. Even Jimmy Buffett is coming--which is a great excuse for us to do another MargariTowville this year!... mehr

http://www.deltaclublaveno.it/cucco09/
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First day, Sunday, blown out.
Monday, raining.
Tuesday, doesn't look good. mehr

http://www.wired.com/autopia/2009/07/espyder/
OSHKOSH, Wisconsin — It’s nice to read about something, but seeing it in person is altogether different. Such was the case watching Tom Peghiny roll down the grass and take to the skies in his electric ultralight.
You always hear the buzz of small engines — most of them noisy... mehr

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLaCT0hy3Dg
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Gary Solomon <<gary>> sends:
Because of the cost, some people are using these FRS/GMRS radios while flying instead of the "community standard" 2 meter HAM radios. Here are a few notes. Included is a link to the cheapest, high power handheld (pair) I ran across. I don't like that these radios send interference (albeit... mehr

Gary Osoba
Flytec USA/David Glover
Oz Report twitter
BJ Herring blog
WRE500 blog
At 7:45 AM. The sun is up as you can see:

The cloud streets are already a hundred miles long.  They are continuous and very closely spaced and straight out of the south, right up the coast line in way south Texas. mehr

Jonathan Dietch <<res007jc>> writes:
The Sylmar hang Gliding Association welcomes pilots and friends for its memorial honoring fallen pilot, Clay Lockett. The memorial will be held at the Sylmar Flight Park on Saturday, August 1, 2009 in the early afternoon. I apologize for the last-minute notification but an unexpected confluence of... mehr

The US co-Nationals at King Mountain was worth 23 NTSS points for Bill Soderquist. The most someone could have won at a fully valid meet with top competitors was 660 NTSS points, so Bill was a long ways down from that. It would appear that the upcoming US co-Nationals at Big Spring will be worth at least 538 points for the winner.
So the Big... mehr

Joao Duarte <joao.duarte.4> sends:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1b4N_VYsV44

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elSvK6tWPLQ
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Vicki Cain <<moyes>> writes:
Forbes is on again next January bigger and better than ever.
10 days of competition flying, $10,000 worth of cash and prizes.
WHEN: Practice day Saturday 2nd January, 2010
Competition Days Sunday 3rd – Tuesday 12th January, 2010
WHERE: Forbes Airport, Forbes NSW Australia (8 kms from town)
METHOD OF... mehr

Gary Osoba
Flytec USA/David Glover
Oz Report twitter
BJ Herring blog
WRE500 blog

The upper level cirrus was thin on Wednesday afternoon and was headed south in this pulse. The cu's below the cirrus can be seen below the cirrus. This is one shot from here taken on Wednesday. In the animation it was quite possible to see the cu's under the... mehr

Gary Osoba
Flytec USA/David Glover
Oz Report twitter
BJ Herring blog
WRE500 blog
Cirrus from border to border. Rain and thunder up near San Angelo in the morning. But cu's here in the morning under the cirrus. The pavement isn't even warm to the toes. But Gary stays up in an early flight and BJ does around 11 AM. Lots of cirrus and plenty of... mehr

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzHogE5F1U8

Get close, glide fast. mehr

Octavio Fiães <<ofiaes>> sends:
This line of clouds appeared at the ocean near the coast of Campos, Rio de Janeiro.

Also see here for more photos: http://oglobo.globo.com/blogs/blogverde/post.asp?cod_post=208390&cx=0
Also in 2007: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyZCEoCFdr8
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<<Scare>> sends:
http://tourismkamloops.com/home_showSection_ID_46.html
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David Llewellyn <<david>> writes:
My name is David Llewellyn. I am a hang glider Tandem Instructor who is going to do a tour of Latin America this November. Twenty one countries, 63000kms and up to one year to complete. The tour is to promote Hang Gliding, Paragliding and Tourism in Latin America.
Check out the website:... mehr

Bob Hayes <<rohayes>> President, Nth Queensland Hang-Gliding Association, President, Cairns Hang Gliding Club writes:
I would like to present a counter argument to the SGM requisition that we have heard so much about. It is my feeling that we have heard too many arguments from the proponents of this and some balance is called for. I... mehr

Saturday and Sunday and a little Friday evening. mehr

Der erste Tag liegt hinter uns und ich hab es auf einer Flatlands endlich mal bis ins Ziel geschafft. Juhuu. Die Aufgabe führt über 55,7 km auf den Segelflugplatz in Brandenburg an der Havel. Ich bin momentan ziemlich blogfaul, twittern geht viel schneller also schaut einfach regelmäßig rein http://twitter.com/portaflieger
Der Beitrag German... mehr