Alexc Jones  <hgfa.sgm> writes:
Fellow HGFA members
Thank you for your support which has culminated in a (postal) Special General Meeting.
As Brian Webb has been removed from the Committee, Bill Moyes has complied with a request to resign and the Exec has appointed three new Committee members our path forward is not as clear as it was... mehr

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Paul Tjaden writes:
Rumors of our demise have been greatly exaggerated: Quest Soaring Center is alive and kickin’ like a springtime thermal. Lauren and Paul Tjaden are the new managers of the renowned hang gliding operation, located just south of Groveland, Florida (about an hour west of Orlando), and are focused on catering to the needs of... mehr

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Paul Tjaden writes:
Rumors of our demise have been greatly exaggerated: Quest Soaring Center is alive and kickin’ like a springtime thermal. Lauren and Paul Tjaden are the new managers of the renowned hang gliding operation, located just south of Groveland, Florida (about an hour west of Orlando), and are focused on catering to the needs of... mehr

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The wind at the top is actually blowing cross to the launch from the west, although it was basically showing straight in a few seconds earlier. The telltales down below are showing a light breeze coming in.
Earlier Nene Rotor launched by picking up his glider about a foot off the ground... mehr

The XCSkies/GFS forecast was for light winds and good thermals. I didn't check the height of cloud base. The French metrological forecast was for cloud base to rise to 11,000'. It is warming up with a forecast of 30 degrees at Laragne, 32 tomorrow, and 33 the next day.
The task committee sends us first 20 km west down the ridge at Chabre, then... mehr

The XCSkies/GFS forecast was for light winds and good thermals. I didn't check the height of cloud base. The French metrological forecast was for cloud base to rise to 11,000'. It is warming up with a forecast of 30 degrees at Laragne, 32 tomorrow, and 33 the next day.
The task committee sends us first 20 km west down the ridge at Chabre, then... mehr

Today there was a fest of Flight at the Camping Montéglin LZ. Around 3:15 PM Sam Duprae was doing loops for the visitors just to the south of the field and he broke a downtube at the top of the loop twisting and looping backwards. He deployed both his chutes and came down slowly. The wings were intact.
I've seen the video. I hope to link to... mehr

The day is called as we stay in town. The wind/weather station on top was reporting 44 km/h. The contest limit is 37 km/h.
The wind forecast for tomorrow is for light winds.
By 1:30 PM the winds on top had died down to 35 km/h (gusts) with 14 km/h as the average speed. mehr

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Gary Osoba <<wosoba>> writes:
Conditions in Zapata for this year's WRE are stellar. Here is a photo taken by airport manager Charles Avaritt at 8 am, with streeting starting and a strong wind aloft (weather sources indicated 18 knots).

Should also mention that due to a new family arrival being expected by Brazilian Andre Wolf, he... mehr

The Open Air air space files can be downloaded to the 6030 and the Plus, but if you are between the walls of the airspace you will get a "scrolling" "flashing" line at the bottom of the screen providing some airspace "information." It flashes by too quickly to tell what's up actually.
This is a feature. mehr

I published a couple of articles about the sprogs. I pointed out some of the problems with the data and the methodology. I don't have answers yet on the issues that I raised.
But overall the sprog measurements have been a non issue. There was first of all plenty of time (many days) before the competition started for the measurements to take... mehr

The Hungarian team's protest was denied because they didn't file a written complaint first. They have decided to not continue with this procedure but will appeal the withdrawal of the Sporting License at the FAI level, after paying a large fee to have an appeal.
The whole affair revealed some problems with the FAI codes and documents (as far as... mehr