https://www.facebook.com/groups/2379942232235288/
Larry and Robin flying. mehr

Over the two weeks of 2019 Nationals competition the one mistake
that I made too many times was to go out in "front" when it wasn't clear where
to actually go. Sometimes I would actually be in front of all the other pilots.
Sometimes I would just be in front of all the other pilots near me and there
would not be another pilot that I could... mehr

https://airtribune.com/2019-quest-air-nationals-week-2/blog__day_7 mehr

Dennis Yeomans writes:
No Americans in the top 20 World sailplane comp pilots because they
don’t allow points for USA comps.
http://igcrankings.fai.org/
I didn't see an American in the top 100. mehr

Steve Kroop <<info>>
writes:
As we have discussed previously, the 6030 will never sound like
the Connect/P1 since the sound drivers are different, much like a trumpet will
not sound like trombone. That said, you can alter some settings in the 6030 to
get its characteristics similar to the acoustic vario in the P1.First, you will... mehr

It turns out this didn't work:
http://ozreport.com/23.78#1.
I still got the warning for danger zones even after I made the change to not get
that warning on the Flytec 6030. That's because the danger zones in
Flytec Airspace formatted file for Florida don't have a designation after
AT.
See here:

AC Q
AT
AD
AN DZ PFL017 DAILY
AL 0
AH 4571
AR1... mehr

Steven Blackler <<stevenblackler>> sends:
https://www.cnbc.com/video/2019/05/02/the-world-economy-is-like-a-hang-glider-strategist.html

Thanks to Steven Blackler. mehr

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/autonomous-soaring-ai-on-the-fly/

He past few years have seen tremendous progress in reinforcement
learning (RL). From complex games to robotic object manipulation, RL has
qualitatively advanced the state of the art. However, modern RL techniques
require a lot for success: a largely deterministic... mehr

Over the last year I have been flying with two flight instruments.
The Flytec 6030 as my main instrument and the Volirium P1 (formerly Flytec
Connect) as my secondary instrument. The Flytec 6030 is next to my left side
corner bracket in an aeropod from Dustin Martin. I use it to see my average
climb rate, my distance from the center of the... mehr

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https://www.thecloudbasefoundation.org/campaign/assist-big-spring-texas-foster-kids?design-mode=TILE

Big Spring is an impoverished town with boom and bust times, with the expansion
and contraction of oil and gas drilling out on the Texas plains. Families often
struggle with uncertain job prospects and an unsure economic base.
The City and the... mehr

http://civlrankings.fai.org/?a=326&ladder_id=1&nation_id=235&


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w: 24

Zac Majors
CIVL ID: 10613

 USA
227.0
5 62.1
2019 Quest Air Nationals (week 1) (pre-Worlds) Class 1
3 57.4
2019 Quest Air Nationals (week 2) Class 1... mehr

When first applying for event insurance for our competitions at
Wilotree Park we were asked to apply for different sites depending on which
launch in the airfield we wanted to use.

This graphic understates the different places that we launch from based on the
wind direction.
We finally convinced the USHPA/PASA/RRRG that it was not necessary... mehr

https://sites.google.com/site/highlandchallenge2019/
The HC 2019 is a four day Race-to-Goal Hang Gliding fly-in based
out of Liverpool PA and held in memory of the Highland Challenge. The purpose is
for friends to gather, fly competitive tasks and learn from each other. It's
located within a 1 to 1.5 hour drive of 5 mountain sites facing all... mehr

http://digg.com/video/speedflying-low-level
mehr

http://civlrankings.fai.org/?a=326&ladder_id=1&nation_id=235&


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w: 26

Zac Majors
CIVL ID: 10613

 USA
215.7
5 62.1
2019 Quest Air Nationals (week 1) (pre-Worlds) Class 1
1 54.3
2018 Quest Air National Series Class 1
7... mehr

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1

 

Petr Benes
CIVL ID: 9764

 Czech
Republic
339.1
3 97.8
2018 Hang Gliding Pre Worlds
7 88.4
20th FAI European Hang Gliding Class 1 Championship
4 78.8
Forbes Flatlands Hang Gliding Championships 2019 Class 1
2 74.1... mehr

Luke Waters writes:
"1) Developed and implemented a Foundation For Free
Flight Grant system for a $500 award for anyone successfully completing PASA
certification to offset initial costs."

Just a partial refund. Being certified by PASA is required before you can apply
purchase RRRG insurance. I know of no other small aviation... mehr

Steven Pearson <<Steve>>
asks:
I’ve been looking through the PASA website looking for the
definition of a site. For example, in the case of our home site at Andy Jackson
we launch from at least 4 regular launches depending on wind and weather
conditions with a destination of the Andy Jackson landing area. My understanding... mehr

D. Randy Leggett, RRRG Customer Service Officer, <<randy.leggett>>
writes:
I had been unaware of your railing against the work we have been
doing to keep everyone interested insured and drive down the number of
accident/incident events.
Your Oz Report comments that we have done nothing to help the small instructors
is... mehr