Mike Meier informed me on Saturday that it is likely the case that the USHPA will pay for most if not all of the Steve Wendt/Blue Sky scooter tow clinic at Wallaby Ranch this week. Mike had contacted them after he decided to bring Steve down for the clinic. The USHPA has a great policy of reimbursing scooter tow clinics put on by approved... mehr

After 8 AM the rain started. It really poured at Quest and then later at Wallaby.
After the rain it cleared up at Quest for a nice day, but windy. The clouds lingered down at Wallaby:

No flying, at least not before lunch at Wallaby and not at Quest. Looks like it might be flyable and scooter towable on Saturday with light winds and blue skies. mehr

It is hard for me to give the definitive answer to any question about a given product. What I try to do it look at my reactions to a product as an interested observer, describe those reactions, try to understand them, and let you judge how you might feel in the same situation. I can't be omniscient, and give the true answer, but I can provide a... mehr

Over the last northern hemisphere spring and summer season I flew the Wills Wing T2C-144 (144 sq. ft.). Over the last Australian summer (in January and February) I flew the Moyes Litesport 4 (151 sq. ft.). Recently I have been flying the Wills Wing T2C-154 (154 sq. ft.) and a few days back I had my second longest flight of the year (starting... mehr

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Owen writes:
David Aldrich giving us a video tour of the John Wayne airport, as he moves through the airport on my modified (hands-free for juggling) segways. mehr

Moyes hat eine Sicherheitsmeldung für das Moyes Matrix Gurtzeug herausgegeben nachdem ein paar Piloten Schwierigkeiten beim auslösen Ihrer Rettung hätten. Das PDF Dokument findet hier. Ich bin mir nicht sicher ob das Moyes Matrix Gurtzeug nicht mit einem Skyline Model baugleich ist !? Via OZ Report mehr

The sky was again beautiful as seen here:

But the winds were blowing too hard for flying. Jeff and I have been selling National team tee-shirts and speed sleeves to the pilots on the ground.
Steve Wendt couldn't run his scooter tow clinic in the strong winds and postponed it to 5 PM. We left before then as our customers went off to do other... mehr

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One division that is apparent in the discussion about the Competition Workgroup proposals is between those pilots who feel that meets should have a value based on the points brought by the ranked pilots and those who feel that there should be points brought just by "warm bodies." Neither position is absolute.
The pilots who favor just... mehr

Vincent Detis <<email>> writes:
I saw the news about Rolex and the FAI, here is the point. Recently, a famous (in France) old man named Jacques Séguéla, a former advertiser and adviser of politics, was reported to have said a sentence that instantly gave him a new fame which he would have preferred to avoid. He said... mehr

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"Taking-off Into the Future", a business seminar based on a hang-glider pilot's approach
The newspaper "Gazeta Mercantil" founded in 1920 is the Brazilian equivalent to the American "Wall Street Journal" or the British "Financial Times", and, much like its... mehr

The weather forecast was for 50% chance of rain and thunderstorms. When I got up the overcast was thick and low. It looked depressing. I didn't even want to go down to Wallaby Ranch from Quest Air.
But around 10 AM it started to lighten up and I headed down to find lots of low levels cu's and threatening clouds but lots of sunshine also. It was... mehr

A picture from Chelan.
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What are the goals for competition of the 2005 USHPA Strategic plan? They can be found here: http://ozreport.com/12.238#1.
In short the goal is to increase participation in competition (and fly-ins) as a means of promoting a sense of shared community among hang glider pilots and thereby increase the USHPA pilot retention rate. Increased... mehr

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Maralys and Bob Wills take a tour. mehr

Vicki Cain <<email>> writes:
We recently had notice that some pilots were not able to deploy their parachutes from their Matrix harnesses. There were a couple of main reasons for the trouble. We have written a notice to warn others.
You'll find it here. mehr

Heute Morgen um 0:33 informierten die Betreiber des Paraglidingforums alle User in einer E-Mail über eine Hackerattacke gegen das Forum und Leonardo. Alle User werden gebeten zur Ihrer eigenen Sicherheit Ihre evtl. auch für E-Mail, Websites .. verwendete Passwörter zu ändern, es muss davon ausgegangen werden die Hacker... mehr

Das auf den Namen Thermofly getaufte und patentierte Gleitschirmtuch wird den Markt revolutionieren. Stefan Hörmann von gleitsegelwetter.de mit dem Entwickler des Segels gesprochen und die Informationen in einem Artikel zusammengefasst den ich euch nicht enthalten will. mehr

The first day of the Wills Wing Demo Days went well, with a couple of hours of soarable weather as the clouds cleared up and before the nearby cell got too big and the rains came through very quickly for ten minutes of pouring rain. With three Dragonflies pulling pilots up the wait in line was minimal, and while there are not overwhelming... mehr