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Dustin Martin translated a bit:
"I spent the European summer there, bought a car that I left in Switzerland, and for 5 or 6 years would go back and spend 3-4 months going from comp to comp. I think that it was this (travel) that I did that helped raise my skill level so much.... 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

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Wesley Hill <<email>> writes:
Birchip really turned it on this Easter with four superb days of flying. But it wasn't quite perfect...
Day 1 - A 70 km task with a light WSW saw pilots heading to Woolinen. It was a bit crosswind, but the wind was light enough that it didn't matter. 8 pilots made goal with Grant Heaney a lot faster than... mehr

http://www.klemencicmatjaz.blogspot.com/
Manfred Ruhmer is back flying a flex wing glider and winning the first day of the Bassano meet. He was second to Christian Ciech on day two.
Primoz is flying an Aeros with a tail. Remember, you heard about tails on Aeros gliders here first.
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Omega Pacific 7/16" Steel Modified D Quik-Lok Carabiner (Gold)
Gate opening 24mm. Strength: Closed - 53 kN; Open - 14 kN; Minor Axis - 9 kN; Weight: 7.8 oz / 220g
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Self locking - that's the key. mehr

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Oliver Gregory <<email>> writes:
The Tennessee Tree Toppers Hang Gliding Club (TTT) is pleased to inform you that registration is now officially open for Team Challenge 2009 (TC09). Everyone interested should check out our site at... mehr

The NAM via Dr. Jack's called for for good lift, but the local national weather service forecast was for clouds all night and mostly cloudy all day with a 20% chance of rain. I knew soon enough that the local forecast was wrong, as there were no clouds in the evening and no clouds that night as an orange moon came up over the horizon. It looked... mehr

The sky looked terrible (stormy) early in the morning and then there was the wind, which wasn't unsafe at a little over 10 mph, but looked like it would be rough getting out of the field. Mark Poustinchian showed up driving in from New Orleans. He hadn't flown his ATOS VR in eighteen months.
By 10 AM the clouds had cleared up, and the blue sky... mehr

The VeloNews article.
Lance Armstrong's 20-minute shower last month may be getting him into more hot water.
The French anti-doping agency, AFLD, said Thursday it may go ahead with disciplinary hearings against Armstrong for allegedly violating international anti-doping rules by leaving a French out-of-competition drug tester cooling his heels... mehr

I wanted to acknowledge the very generous support from Tommy Jacobsen and Jay Scovill. mehr

http://www.intervaltraining.net/index.html
Interval training is basically exercise which consists of activity at high intensity for a period of time, followed by low intensity exercise for a period of time. These 'sets' are repeated. Sprint Intervals
The high intensity portion are called Sprint Intervals. Sprint intervals are measured either by... mehr

Raymond Caux <email> writes:
Here is our selection for the moment : http://dl.free.fr/tXRo82t0i which I named Carolina. http://dl.free.fr/rnBe46aYV with Olli flying near Berlin. http://dl.free.fr/tciE9qMke plus vieux rêve means oldest dream. http://dl.free.fr/tmoNH8bcT allongé sur le ciel means lying on the sky. If you know... mehr

Lee Gardner <<email>> writes:
Date: May 9-10, 2009 Registration will be at Marina State Beach 8-10am.
Practice day May 8, 2009
Contestants will Start at Marina State Beach fly to a pre-determined Turn Point (TBD) and Return to Goal line at Marina State Beach. Race Winners will be scored on Fastest Time for each day, limit of 3 scored... mehr

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Dustin will be flying the 154 (the same one I was flying) in Arizona soon for a week, so maybe he'll have something to say about it.
On Wednesday I took the T2C-144 up for a spin, and flew around Quest Air for an hour and a half. It was 9 to 13 mph out of the west, blue with a hard inversion at 4,300'. It was cold, but I was dressed warmly... mehr

This year we've had about 180 pilots and friends provide support to the Oz Report (so far). Last year (over the whole year) we had 300 financial supporters. So there seems to be a bit of a drop off in these "hard times." That's understandable as donations to the Oz Report are discretionary, and some of you may be feeling the pinch of your... mehr

CIVL requires that we check everyone for an FAI Sporting License who wants to compete in a CIVL (FAI) sanctioned competition. Of course, if you don't have a sporting license we can just drop you from the final results sent to CIVL, but it is a favor to the rest of the pilots who want WPRS points (World ranking) to have an FAI Sporting License.... mehr

When Dustin Martin and Jeff O'Brien flew down from Quest Air to Wallaby Ranch last Saturday they both flew Wills Wing T2C-144's. Jeff was just getting use to his (he previously flew the 154). They were flying together and near each other at first.
At one point Dustin went one way and Jeff went the other and gained a bunch of altitude on Dustin.... mehr