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XC Open. They only get one task.
The day progressed as forecasted with some large development scattered in the region. A light southerly wind sent pilots north when the window opened at 12h30. Scratchy conditions early on saw a mega gaggle stuck at Borah bouncing in the iso-thermal between launch and 1300m. A small group risked an early start... mehr

The USHPA Executive Committee (the folks that actually run the USHPA) has voted to implement an alternative to the current formula for valuing the worth of competitions and an alternative to the original proposal from the Competition Workgroup that was presented at the Fall 2008 USHPA BOD meeting. This new valuation formula is to be applied to... mehr

Bob Grant <<email>> writes:
Hang Gliding Invasion 1997 Finger Lakes, New York filmed by Bob Grant. A group of Hang Glider Pilots coverge on a popular flying area of New York for a weekend of flying. The Rochester Area Flyers Hang Gliding Club has many take-offs in the area to the south of Rochester.
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Zac Majors sends in this historical reminder:
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Was die Bundesregierung bei alten Autos vorgemacht hat - mache ich bei eurem Drachen nach: Dem Käufer meines Aeros Combat L 13 zahle ich 50 EUR Abwrackprämie für seinen alten Drachen bzw. seine Schrottkiste. Sofern noch verwertbar werde ich den Drachen danach an eine armen Flugschüler, Anfänger, Museum etc. verschenken.... mehr

Gerolf with a touch and go.

Jonas Blecher just off launch.
You can almost always click on a photo in the Oz Report and see a higher definition version. More of Belinda's photos from Port Kembla here. mehr

I've opened up an Oz Report Facebook Group. At the moment the purpose of the group is provide a source for real time information about competitions, record attempts, and BOD/Plenary meetings, as well as other timely events. We'll see what it turns into. It may become a site where the members create all the content themselves.
I've already used... mehr

Torrey Pines May 19-24th
HANG GLIDING RACES
Be a part of Torrey Pines Gliderport history and fly your hang glider in this year's races! CLASSES:
* OPEN CLASS- Race anything. All H4's welcome!
Entry fee: $100.00
* KING POSTED CLASS - Need to have a minimum of 10 H4 Racers to form this class.
Entry fee: $100.00
* ROOKIE CLASS - H4's who are... mehr

Jim Rooney <<email>> writes:
The comedy never ends over here.
Apparently the cops are on the search for our favorite rouge hang gliding pilot, Gimpy. Up at the New Zealand Nationals, they're pulling over cars with hang gliders on them. They're also watching for pilots to land and then questioning them. Word has it that Gimpy is... mehr

Flavio <<email>> writes:
Thank you for your congratulations. It was hard to win because Vicki and Jonny did such a great job supporting Forbes.
Sure cost was a very important issue. You've also got to consider that European pilots have to work during their winter season. Consider that the budget for my team in Laragne will be about... mehr

Ich verkaufe meinen Aeros Combat L 13, Bj.01/2006 guter Zustand (Crashfrei) für nur 3200 EUR. Der Combat L 13 wir mit neuem Check verkauft und hat alle Optionen: Carbon-Basis, Carbon-Einschübe und als kleines Bonbon noch ein fast 1000g leichterer unlackierter Holm. Weißes Trilam-Obersegel. Untersegel weiß mit schwarzem... mehr

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By a vote of 16 to 13 Sigillo and Montecucco in Italy won the bid for the 2011 Class 1 Worlds over Forbes.
Italian bid Not much there. No discussion (denies) of the actual airspace issues. States that pilots can't use 2m radios, that's weird.
The mayor of Sigillo was at the CIVL meeting and... mehr

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Motion to add the following to the local regulation for HG worlds at Laragne 2009.
All competing pilots’ gliders sprogs should be measured at registration, using the procedures established by the sprog settings working group, manufacturer and certification bodies that have certified the glider being... mehr

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By a vote of 16 to 13 Sigillo and Montecucco in Italy won the bid for the 2011 Class 1 Worlds over Forbes. mehr

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Today the second half of the long list of topics was discussed, with one hang gliding and one paragliding group. Specially interesting the long topic in the end: sprog measurements. Dennis Pagen mentioned two major problems experienced so far by the CIVL:
1. How to find standards for the measurements.
2. How to... mehr

There have been quite a few serious injuries at the Tour of California, something that doesn't get much coverage. Today the King of the Mountain leader and winner of the first day, Francisco Mancebo, was taken to the hospital after hitting a rock going downhill at 60 mph. I don't want to be that close to the ground at 60 mph.
Injuries
Francisco... mehr

As I am flying in the competitions as well as scoring some of them using my script program in SeeYou for OzGAP 2005, I am very interested in having some one else downloading the day's flights so that they can be read later by SeeYou. The download program needs to create IGC files from the GPS download of each pilot's track log.
As a competition... mehr

I had a few opportunities to glide next to other pilots while flying the Moyes Litesport 4 at the NSW State Titles. I've taken the time to look closely at the flights and pick out times where there maybe a useful comparison.
On the first day I glided a couple of times with Jonas Blecher. He was flying an Airborne C4-13.5. On the first glide... mehr