I had been watching the forecast for a couple of days. With a front coming from the west (as they do) it looked like the winds would be good for going north up highway 301 into Georgia and maybe beyond, to try to beat the 283 mile record set by Jonny and Dustin.
The day opened with overcast and a few cu's that were quickly extinguished by the... mehr

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This is the pitch curve of the Aeros Combat L (don't know which size) with the new tail. It is not clear if the sprogs are set two degrees below the specification on all of these curves. I assume so.
If true the whole point of the tail could be to allow Aeros pilots to... mehr

On Monday morning a beautiful new Skyline Zero Drag FR harness showed up for me at Quest Air. I had traded Oz Report ads for the new harness and a Skyline Survive M PDA parachute which was already installed in the harness. I couldn't have asked for a nicer harness, and it even came with a drogue chute.
I took the harness out of its bag. The... mehr

http://www.tennesseetreetoppers.org/tc_re.asp
The Tennessee Tree Toppers Team Challenge may be filled up by now. This has been a consistently over subscribed and successful competition that is geared toward introducing pilots to competition. See here.
I asked a while back why doesn't the USHPA pursue a strategy of encouraging the replication of... mehr

Adam Elchin at Highland Aerosports Inc. <<email>> writes:
I'm happy to report that we've been approved for CIVL sanctioning for the 2009 East Coast Championship. We've also decided to extend the early registration discount another week. Until 4/22/09, registration will still cost $450 for the open and $375 for the sport (this... mehr

http://www.crestlinesoaring.org/forum/20090416/2154
Sat. May 2nd the club is hosting a free BBQ to honor the USHPA Presidential Citation awarded to Rob McKenzie this year. Rob and Dianne's contributions are legion and we wouldn't have the freedom to fly from great launches into a fantastic LZ without them.
This is a simple party to have fun.... mehr

The winds were 10 mph out of the east and the clouds didn't appear until starting around 3 PM. We had seen the RUC/Dr. Jack forecast and were prepared for the conditions that we saw, but the winds on the ground were lighter than expected, which we appreciated.
A line of cu's formed just to the north of Quest and Rhett took me over toward them a... mehr

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Evgeniya Laritskaya reports that she is 45th on the list for a tail for her Aeros Combat L 12. You saw the tail on Primoz's Aeros Combat in the pictures from Bassano. You saw the red prototype tail here.
So tails are available for existing Aeros Combats, not just... mehr

I have called for openness and transparency in the process of bringing about changes in the USHPA competition system.  Transparency means that you get to see what they are doing and how they are doing it in real time (or at least very soon after).
Openness means that all the interested parties are invited to the party and have a say in the... mehr

http://www.warrenwindsports.com.au/t-shirts-2009-world-championships.html
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Natalia Bonilla <<email>> writes:
I recently launched a website called Flygirls International http://www.flygirlsinternational.com. We are a social network committed to maintaining relationship and building awareness of women involved in extreme sports. We do this by providing the latest news, activities, and events geared toward... mehr

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Of course, he would appreciate your vote. he writes:
Click 5 stars if you like it and forward it on to friends! Voting ends at the end of this month. mehr

Are you concerned that all the Mexican pilots on their national team had to take a drug test in Mexico before they went to the 2007 Worlds in Big Spring, Texas? One pilot was very concerned about marijuana residues.
How about the Italian hang glider pilots penalized at the Europeans in 2008 for altitude restriction violations, restrictions that... mehr

Flavio <<email>> writes:
Manfred Ruhmer (Laminar Z9 14.8) came back in class 1 and re-started were he left off (his last competition was Millau 2004). He's the winner. He won the first task three minutes in front of Christian Ciech (on a new Laminar prototype).
Christian won the 2nd task (Manfred 2nd one minute and half behind) and... mehr

russ gelfan <<email>> writes:
Please let me know if you know of any good tricks for a harness that pooches up around your hips so the its really hard to zip the zipper in that area. I have that problem, know a few people who have the same problem, and would like to keep the harness, besides loosing those hip muscles.
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Manolis Andreadakis at Leonardo for Comps (http://ozreport.com/emailer.php?toName=info&code=696r666s206174207067636s6q707320646s74206r6574) <<email>> writes:
We have made it even easier for you to upload and present your events via http://pgcomps.net and http://hgcomps.net. We have lifted the limit for 'free' tasks up to 25... mehr

Apparently we aren't alone in this.
http://www.slate.com/id/2216162/
But it might surprise you to learn that one of the largest and most-celebrated new-media ventures is burning through cash at a rate that makes newspapers look like wise investments. It's called YouTube: According a recent report by analysts at the financial-services company... mehr

The Washington Post article
A mystery of flight is how animals keep from getting discombobulated and ankles-over-elbows as they swoosh around and interact with their environment. For example, scientists wanted to know how flying animals regain stability -- or "arrest the yaw" -- after initiating a turn.
The answer turned out to be... mehr

Sam Kellner <email> writes:
Site insurance is being made available thru North Texas Chapter #53, like it was '02-'05. Passed with no problem at their monthly meeting. Kent Robinson donated $100. Jeff Hunt $50 and Thomas Graham $50. mehr