http://chabre2009.com/results/results.htm
Check out Jeff O'Brien's landing video from the first task and Jonny's in the air video. US team in second place behind the Italians. mehr

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The task was a 168 km circle around the valleys here. We were sent to the 44.303611,5.776944,Chabre launch,... mehr

As I reported earlier a number of us have refused to sign the CIVL Sporting Code Glider Certification Statement backed up by Mike Meier at Wills Wing. Instead we provided prototype letters from Wills Wing which essentially reasoned along that lines that all production gliders are prototypes because they have been at least slightly changed from... mehr

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The winds were 35 km/h gusting to 53 km/h at 8 AM. Later, at 10 AM they were 25 and 35 respectively. The limit for the meet is 37 km/h. We were sent up... mehr

The Hungarian team has filed a protest with the meet director regarding the exclusion of Ferenc from the Worlds. The CIVL appointed jury is considering whether the protest is valid in itself. The local rules refer to complaints and protests but they do not really refer to situations such as this. They mainly relate to scoring issues.
The... mehr

A number of pilots have learned that they have plenty of room to lower their sprogs now that the measurements have been made and they have gone ahead and lowered their sprogs to match the certification specifications (or minus two degrees from those) or the manufacturer's recommendations (within 0.5 degrees of them).
The sprog settings for each... mehr

While he measures Jeff Shapiro's glider in the LZ at Laragne. mehr

Mike Meier <<Mike>> writes:
The current, newly revised version of the T2/T2C Owner's manual is now posted at www.willswing.com (navigate to support, then manuals), and has the new information on the HGMA certification of the T2C 154. mehr

Dinner for fourteen or more served every night in the front yard and just to the left of this photo. mehr

I've gathered all the relevant rules together.
http://www.fai.org/documents/constitution
From the FAI Statutes:
2.4.3.1. Subject to the provisions of Section 1.8. and Paragraph 4.2.2.12., FAI Active Members shall exercise Sporting Powers in their respective Countries, including the right to issue FAI Sporting Licences on behalf of FAI or to... mehr

The wind speed indicator on top reported 34 km/h with gusts to 53 km/h at 8 AM. It was still quiet down in the campground but it did not remain that way for long. It was obvious from the little cu's forming just at the lip of the Chabre that the winds were quite strong at launch level.
The day was called during the weather briefing. It looks... mehr

Give the strong Mistral winds again today we hung out and waited for the weather forecast and Mandatory pilot safety meeting. Both turned out to be useful. The meteo forecaster was quite specific about the local weather and Klaus Holmann, a legendary sail plane pilot who has a local airfield just north of Laragne gave an even more specific... mehr

Ferenc Gruber's FAI Sporting License has been withdrawn by the FAI.  Ferenc, the Hungarian pilot involved in the matters referred to earlier, is not being allowed to fly in the 2009 Worlds despite the fact that his association has chosen him to fly for Hungary, because he now does not have a valid FAI Sporting License (as far as CIVL, the... mehr

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Weather:
The wind at the top launch.
The satellites.
The local weather service forecast here.
Also I am using XCSkies for the soaring forecast. You can sign up for a month for very little.
The wind was a bit much today out... mehr

Jim Yocom <<jim>> writes:
One of our local pilots created a tool to download airspace maps to your Flytec 6030/5030. I have used this here locally and found it to be helpful. Here is the link http://www.maddyhome.com/ctr/. mehr

The meet organizers have downloaded air space Open Air text files to our instruments. Unfortunately, we are finding on the Flytec 6030 (and I assume the Brauniger Plus) that this is causing a "scrolling" or "flashing" display at the bottom of the main display, displaying in turn and very quickly the next waypoint and three... mehr

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Weather:
The wind at the top launch.
The satellites.
The local weather service forecast here.

Also I am using XCSkies for the soaring forecast. You can sign up for a month for very little.
I spoke with Heather this morning and she said that the flying weather in... mehr

Lucas Ridley <<lucasridley>> writes:
I've created a ten minute documentary about a friend of mine, Eric Donaldson, on competition hang gliding (the Rob Kells Memorial and the Flytec Race and Rally). I have entered it into a video contest for which the top prize is $50,000, so I tried to go all out on this one. Unfortunately, voting... mehr

Scott Barrett, the designer, and Cameron Tunbridge are flying actual prototype hang gliders here at the Worlds (not those gliders that get defined be omission by CIVL as prototypes). There are three prototype Airborne Rev's and two of them are here.
I'm obligated through journalistic ethics to not reveal too much about the Rev. It is a prototype... mehr