http://www.paraglidingforum.com/leonardo/flight/2217308

https://www.xcontest.org/world/en/flights/detail:davisstraub/15.3.2019/17:16
https://www.xcontest.org/world/en/ranking-hg-national:US
Mick Howard, Greg Dinauer, and I decided to fly around the Green Swamp, 103 km,
given the forecast for lighter winds out of the southwest. Larry Bunner had... mehr

Thanks for the extreme support from Mike Harrington of Santa
Barbara and Attila Bertok, the Hungarian from Australia. Thanks also to David Lopez, partner in Wilotree Park for his generous support. Thanks to everyone who has donated and especially to those of you who have raised the bar by sending in
a bit more than $20. We appreciate... mehr

He was followed by Mick Howard and Cory Barnwell.https://airtribune.com/play/3935/2dIt shows me, Cory and Mick. I dropped out early along with Greg Dinauer. Cory
made it well past Williston on his U2- 145. Mick's track log doesn't show him
past the turnpoint at Dunellon, but we saw him heading for Gainesville (not a
good idea) earlier on... mehr

Thanks for the generous support from Rob Hibbard, Ron Gleason, and
Peter Holloway.About 250 people send in donations over a year, more than 90% of
them come during my little March fund raising appeals. About 160 have responded
so far this year to my tin cup. Thankfully I'm not out on the street rattling
the darn thing.Our week long Cross... mehr

http://www.paraglidingforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=p578331#p578331
1978, billowing spring day at Dunstable. Clouds racing. That's me
in the air, teenager, high, and so excited. The guy on the ground is just
hurrying off with the money I had given him for the hang glider. It was a
Spirit, and yes with the sunset the sky WAS that colour. 'it... mehr

Thanks to John Kennedy for his generous support.
You might notice that I send a thank you to everyone who sends in a
donation/becomes a subscriber. This is not an automated function. My PayPal
account doesn't just notice that you've sent in $20 or more. I'm actually
opening up the account, opening up my subscriber list, opening up my email... mehr

https://www.facebook.com/atcmemesofficial/videos/1576720845771400/
Turn on the sound.
Thanks for a Miraclepie. mehr

FAI - Record officer <<record>>
sends:
Sub-class : O-3 / Paragliders
Type of record : Free distance using up to 3 turn points
Course/location : Caicó (Brazil)
Performance : 550,2 km
Pilot : Michael Sigel (Switzerland)
Aircraft : Boomerang 11 / Gin Gliders
Date : 07.10.2018
Previous record : 476,5 km (16.12.2015 - Charles... mehr

I wrote to Steve Kroop and Joerge Ewald to see if this was
possible. I fly with both instruments and very much prefer the sounds coming out
of the P1. I find them to be more encouraging.Steve Kroop wrote:
I believe the pressure sensor and calibration process between the
P1 and 6030 are similar so it should be possible to get the resolution... mehr

They all look the same, but they are not the same. The cable
required is a USB Type A Male to Mini B Male Cable. But, that is not enough of a
specification. I do not know how to tell them apart other than to try different
cables.You must also install the Prolific USB driver first. It is found here:
http://flytec.com/software.htmlAfter you... mehr

Speaking of being a jerk
Thanks for the very generous support from Tom Nejames, who still thinks I'm a
dick, but that apparently is because we disagree politically.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=n7zfnbdyAW8
Thanks also to Robin Hamilton.
I get controversial in the article on foot launching.
So to continue...
This is the... mehr

"1971. Dave Kilbourne foot-launches and soars on ridge and thermal
lift (1 hour) at Mission Peak,
California,
US. This seems to be the first foot-launch of a flexible wing not using skis"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_hang_glidingIt's been downhill ever since.If you've got a brown treeless hill side with the wind coming up... mehr

Thanks to Brad Kushner. mehr

Alan Crouse, USHPA President, via http://ozreport.com/emailer.php?toName=communications&code=636s6q6q756r69636174696s6r7320617420757368706120646s74206s7267 <<communications>>
sends:
I’m writing to you from Golden, Colorado, where the USHPA spring
board meeting has just finished. We expected to elect the new board based on... mehr

My original source was a personal conversation with a pilot who had "spoken"
with Tom the day before. This spot is at Mirador. mehr

https://www.sacbee.com/news/state/california/article227386439.html
The younger man apparently made a sharp turn into the path of the
more experienced pilot before they collided, said San Diego Lifeguard Lt. Rich
Stropsky, KFMB reported.The paragliders collided about 35 feet in the air over the cliffs, but then
plunged another 45 feet down... mehr

Am I just a jerk?
Well someone else wrote in about my bad behavior. Then later that day I heard a
story about another person who was being a dick. A real dick. I realized that
I'm not a dick, just a jerk.
Thanks for the very generous support from Mark Tulloch, Efrain Garza, Oliver
Gregory, Ben Reese, Ken Kinzie, and Carlos Schmitz.
So to... mehr

https://youtu.be/2WGo4li2K0o


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Joerg Ewald <<joerg.ewald>>
writes:
In the night from the 6th to the 7th of April 2019, the GPS system
will experience a so-called date rollover. This means that devices which obtain
their date information from the GPS module will then return to 21 August 1999.
That is, unless the GPS module manufacturer has taken appropriate... mehr

https://www.xcontest.org/world/en/flights/detail:cantesanu/24.2.2019/19:10

Felix writes:
This was the warm up day for the El Peñón Classic Race, on Feb.
24, 2019 6 pilots went for the Volcano, 4 made it there, I was lucky to get high
enough to take a few turns inside at the rim and then make it back to take off.
The clouds were... mehr