http://www.chgpa.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=3980
Larry Bunner goes far yesterday. Driving today.
Great day at the Pulpit yesterday. 7 hrs in the air and landed near 39.656594,-74.19592,Cedar Bonnet, NJ. Got home at 0200 and still have to go pick up my truck and then retrieve the glider. Will be another long day today only this time on the... mehr

He flew at Hull or Mission. Contact Fred Bickford. mehr

Stef Malbos writes:
Suzy Moyes, daughter of Bill and Molly, has passed away today from a stroke. So many pilots have slept and eat in her house, invited in with a warm heart! I was, we were many in love with her. Of course, nothing happened, she was more like our big sister, full of joy. mehr

David Glover writes:
Register now - Most airtime, longest tasks, best pilots, easy retrieves. Big Spring!
Thank you for planning, now is the time to pay before July 9th to avoid late registration charges ($100 more). The weather is shaping up to be the best conditions ever for high cloudbase and epic triangle tasks. Great pilots, flying and... mehr

On the second to last day of the Worlds we went to the launch at Aspres for a 113 kilometer task that would take us across the valleys before heading for Ribiers. On this day Jonny Durand completed the task faster than any one else.
Our (the US team's) plan was to get to Aiguille a ridge to the southwest of launch in order to be able to run... mehr

I wrote on the paragliding forum (edited):
The DHV has a huge conflict of interest. It was not too long ago that the paraglider manufacturer's essentially cut the DHV out of 200,000 Euros in annual income by taking over testing and certification within their own association.
Unlike in the US, the DHV does both testing and is supposed to... mehr

http://www.hgma.net/
There is a hang glider manufacturer's association that provides testing and certification. It has a superior methodology. It is run by the manufacturers. Why don't the existing manufacturers use it to do all their certification and bypass Germany and the DHV, which apparently only has 350 hang glider pilots anyway?
Well, the... mehr

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Moshe Valenci <<moshe.valenci>> writes:
After a long while I'm happy to say that I added mapping abilities to ReliRescue ("Quick" menu --> "View" --> "Map"). Let me know if you want more cool features or if you find this useful. mehr

http://www.scribd.com/doc/15582558/EXULT-by-Joe-Quirk
"I loved this bird's-eye look into the curious subculture of hang gliding‚ but Joe Quirk's book is about so much more. Tumbling into his wonderfully told story of life, death, friendship and love is a thrill not to be missed."
- - Lolly Winston, author of Good Grief and... mehr

Shoulda, coulda, woulda.

While the US didn't have much of a chance for third place, we (they) had a good
chance for fourth, and a zig here instead of a zag there would have done it. We
were eighteen points out of fourth place out of over 13,000 points.

I was no help at all. If either I, Jeff Shapiro, or Zippy had been two to four
minutes... mehr

LeVertHotel.com
All members of the US team except me went flying from Plaine Joux, see here, for a very nice two hour flight with soft lift and the ability to get up on the rocks next to the clouds. I felt that I needed to work on short packing my gliders as I'm leaving a day earlier than the rest of them.
We are all staying at the Le Vert... mehr

First, what was up with Manfred? Did he just make a mistake? Did he risk it all by not playing it safe?
First, Alex Ploner won the World Championship fair and square by being in a position to move ahead of Manfred if Manfred made any mistakes. He was 200 points behind Manfred in second place. And after all, winning in a hang gliding contest... mehr

One of the many pleasant surprises at the Worlds was Max Bishop, the head of the FAI, coming to the Worlds in Laragne, a not too long distance away from his office in Lausanne, Switzerland. He came for a couple of days and gave the closing speech at the awards ceremony on Saturday morning after Alex Ploner was awarded first place and the Italian... mehr

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Jeff O'Brien's blog
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Jamie Shelden's blog
Jamie's Twitters
Steve Blenkisop's blog
Scott Barrett's blog
Jonny Durand's blog
Curt Warren's blog
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Jeff Nicolay at Morningside <<morningside>> writes:
Tim Donovan long time hang glider pilot and great supporter of all types of aviation died in a task at the Ephrata, Washington sailplane contest. Witness report a stall spin with no attempt at recovery. Possible medical problem may be determined from the autopsy. A very sad time for... mehr

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Thanks to David Glover. mehr

Jeff O'Brien's blog
Jeff Shapiro's blog
Dustin Martin's blog
Jamie Shelden's blog
Jamie's Twitters
Steve Blenkisop's blog
Scott Barrett's blog
Jonny Durand's blog
Curt Warren's blog
Katharina Lochner's blog
The Italian's blog
The Irish blog
The official blog
The Oz Report collection of tweets
Oz Report Facebook Group
The weather sites
Results... mehr

Jeff O'Brien's blog
Jeff Shapiro's blog
Dustin Martin's blog
Jamie Shelden's blog
Jamie's Twitters
Steve Blenkisop's blog
Scott Barrett's blog
Jonny Durand's blog
Curt Warren's blog
Katharina Lochner's blog
The Italian's blog
The Irish blog
The official blog
The Oz Report collection of tweets
Oz Report Facebook Group
The weather sites
Results... mehr