http://www.slate.com/id/2219775/
Is it legal to set off in a flying house? Not without the proper certification. Most cluster-balloon systems, which carry a solo flier in a harness or chair, are considered ultralight vehicles, like hang gliders or paragliders. Under Federal Aircraft Regulations, the pilots of these vehicles must follow certain... mehr

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Today is the first day and it is blown out. Jonny reports that the same should be true for the second day. mehr

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Brian Harris at Chabre2009 <<worlds>> sends:
The local regulations for the Worlds in Laragne have been updated and are available on the website www.chabre2009.com Local Regs page. Major changes are:
Altitude Verification including an addendum describing how altitude in track logs will be checked for airspace & competition... mehr

FAI sends:
Type of record : Straight distance to a declared goal Course/location : Copperton (South Africa) Performance : 411.3 km Pilot : Nevil HULETT (South Africa) Paraglider : Mac Para Magus Date :14.12.2008 Previous record : 368.9 km (07.12.2006 - Aljaz and Urban VALIC, Slovenia)
Type of record : Straight distance Course/location :... mehr

The results:
http://soaringspot.com/2009ecc

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The results:
http://soaringspot.com/2009ecc

Tweets: http://ozreport.com/tweets.php

http://skyout.blogspot.com/

http://gottafly.blogspot.com/

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Steven Pearson <<Steve>> sends:
These are our upcoming East Coast demo dates. I'll have the trailer with a full fleet Falcons, Sport 2s, U2s and T2Cs at:
Fly High, June 20th through the 22nd http://www.flyhighhg.com/
Morningside, June 25th through the 28th http://www.flymorningside.com/
Lookout, July 2nd through the 5th... mehr

Andreas Kohn <<andy>> writes:
Thanks to John Heiney and Tomas Pellicci for showing off at the BaWü Airgames. You guys really spread the virus of hang gliding to so many people. Thank you and I hope we'll see even more hang gliding in the Black Forest next year. Of course, we are open for your ideas! Website: www.bawue-airgames.de.
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Lucas Ridley <<lucasridley>> sends:
This is a new video of mine from one of those blown out days of the Rob Kell's meet.
Http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HcwZ6cE39c
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http://ozreport.com/13.110#0

What can I (we) learn from yesterday (see description) above? What easy to use
(in the air) rules come out of what happened?

First, the day was forecasted to be weak. 100 fpm less on average than the day
before, which was a good average day. Also in the forecast, no cu's. Height of
the lift 3000' to 4,000'. So... mehr

The results: http://soaringspot.com/2009ecc
Tweets: http://ozreport.com/tweets.php
http://skyout.blogspot.com/
http://gottafly.blogspot.com/
The task (39 km), to the north west:

The forecast was for seventy percent chance of rain and thunderstorms. It cleared up in the morning and looked at first like it would be a reasonable day. The... mehr

John Matylonek <<john>> writes:
What makes a qualified safe hang glider pilot? There are about ten characteristics that lead to an independent, self reliant and safe pilot. I won't go over all them. Sure, money is a big factor. The average price of instruction at high volume schools is $1500. It takes lots of personal attention, in... mehr

Craig Dolwin <<british.nationals>> writes:
We will be running our British Hang Gliding Nationals (and the associated Open Competition) immediately after the Pre-Europeans (19th-25th July) in Ager, Spain. Further information can be found on the following web page http://www.rogallo.co.uk/ mehr

Lucas Ridley <<lucasridley>> sends:
This is a new video of mine from one of those blown out days of the Rob Kell's meet.
Http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HcwZ6cE39c
mehr

The results: http://soaringspot.com/2009ecc
Tweets: http://ozreport.com/tweets.php
http://skyout.blogspot.com/
http://gottafly.blogspot.com/
The task (40 km), to the north west:

The forecast was for southwest winds up to 14 knots at 2,000' with light lift (300-400 fpm) to 3,000' to 4,000'. A forecast for weaker conditions than the day before... mehr

http://www.ericbunch.com/ericbunch.com/Documentary/Pages/Hang_Gliding_High_Web.html
Paul Voight writes that the movie seen above will:
So there's a gig in Salt Lake where the movie theaters show "shorts" (news/human interest/local activities) before every movie in all the theaters. Ryan Voight got this one in. It's in every theater for... mehr

David  <<info>> writes:
For safety reasons the take off at Chabre will be closed for the period of the Worlds - 20th June to 4th July 2009, to non authorized pilots between midday and the opening of the start gate. There are several other sites in the region where pilots can fly including those at Aspres, Sederon, Colombis and... mehr

The results:
http://soaringspot.com/2009ecc

Tweets: http://ozreport.com/tweets.php

http://skyout.blogspot.com/

http://gottafly.blogspot.com/

The task (57.8 km), to the north:



With the forecast for a south wind up to 12 knots, we called a task straight to
the north as far as we could. We could have called a zig zag task, but with the... mehr

Gary Osoba <<wosoba>> writes:
This image of the silhouetted Space Shuttle Atlantis with the Sun as a backdrop was captured by Astro photographer Thierry Legault of France. The image of the transit of Atlantis across the sun was taken from Vero Beach, Florida on Tuesday, May 12, 2009 with a solar-filtered Takahashi TOA-130 refractor... mehr