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The CIVL Sprog Committee:
Koos de Keijzer, Raymond Caux, Oyvind Ellefsen, Klaus Taenzler, Gerolf Heinrichs, Dennis Pagen and the FAI lawyer.
In response to my question: How do we know that sprog settings are a major factor in accidents involving tumbling?
Dennis Pagen wrote:
We know that dynamic stability comes from static stability and... mehr

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Tentative dates for the Santa Cruz Flats Race in Casa Grande, Arizona, September 6th through 12th. I would think that it would be plenty warm then, there. I'll keep you updated as more happens on this meet. mehr

http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0/para/flightinfo.html?flightId=-225096668
Dustin, Paul Tjaden, and I did a 75 km triangle to the south mixing it up with the US Senior Nationals (Gliding) at Seminole. A few cu's, but mostly blue. Light winds, dry. Good lift.
You can view both flights on a map or the individual IGC files:... mehr

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It was great to show up here last Friday afternoon and see lots of folks flying and ready to go flying. The weather has been good, dry, light winds, cu's. There were plenty of pilots here for the weekend and passengers showed up for tandems on Monday as well as all weekend, so Dustin was busy.
Dustin and I took late flights on Monday to check... mehr

http://www.multinett.no/~stein.sorensen/body_gpsdump.htm
Pressure altitude decoded from Brauniger/Flytec/Flymaster/DSX.
Pressure altitude supported in .igc and .kml files.
Now, of course, this has a lot to do with the CIVL altitude issues. This is a fun little drama, like sprog and drug testing. World Views in collision.
I've mentioned to Stein... mehr

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http://www.ushpa.aero/documents/minutes/2008_02_Fall.pdf
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From the USHPA Fall 2009 BOD minutes:
Beginning in 2009, all Regional Directors, Directors-at-Large and Committee Chairs will receive a travel stipend for the two semi-annual USHPA board meetings, to reimburse reasonable airfare, hotel and travel costs up to $400. Moreover, beginning in 2010, the members of the Executive Committee will have 100%... mehr

The Competition Work Group has a plan. The USHPA has a strategic plan. They are attempting to implement their plan for competition, but it has run into a lot of resistance from the very people that we count on to run competitions. They are quite discouraged by the rules and regulations that are being proposed for competitions. They are thinking... mehr

The Dalby Big Air has been closed down due to a nearby hurricane. They are hanging tough as the wind blows.
The synoptic chart. mehr

Many article scraped by the Oz Report on its home web site. One article. Another. The tandem pilot was Geraldo Bean. mehr

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Cameron Tunbridge has reported flying 338 km, for the second longest task called and made in a hang gliding competition (longest in Australia). The longest was last August in Big Spring at 215 miles (346 km) and Cameron's task was 338 km (210 miles). Fourteen pilots made it to goal. Curt Warren is first, Conrad Loten is second, Adam Parer... mehr

http://www.ushgf.org/
Randy Leggett presents an overview of the Foundation for Free Flight. The endowment presently has a balance of $418,000. Approx. $20,000 annually comes from donations by USHPA; donations from USHPA members; and donations directly from directors of the Foundation. Total grants of $152,000 have been granted over the past five... mehr

The 12 MB PDF file: http://www.ushpa.aero/documents/minutes/2008_02_Fall.pdf
USHPA BOD meeting, Mar. 26-28, 2009 Colorado Springs, CO at the Doubletree Hotel
No dates yet for the Fall BOD meeting in Austin. mehr

Lucas Ridley <<email>> writes:
The direct link to the Jim Beam contest is: http://contest.jimbeam.com/jimbeam/index.php?play=11447.  Pick top 5 April 8th then voting really counts (slight mention of hang gliding).
The http://careerbuilder.com video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qDmQGjT87g.  Pick top 10 and voting March... mehr

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