https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2018/12/13/tornadoes-spawn-cloud-ground-right-probably-not-says-this-new-study/?utm_term=.effa756c6d3a

The study, presented Thursday at the American Geophysical Union
annual meeting in Washington, expands on previously published work that
investigated the massive El Reno tornado in 2013. It had winds up... mehr

Phill Bloom <<phillipbloom>>
writes:
Kip Stone and I were the American team, with people from nine
different countries, they also had a sport class, maybe 50 pilots total. It was
great fun, and so nice to travel and rent a glider take your harness only. Tom
Weissenberger rented to us both, RX 3.5 for me and RX 4 for Kip. Great... mehr

https://youtu.be/u608ErTNqEs
mehr

James Bradley <<jb183>>
writes:
For more than a year USHPA's strategic planning committee has been
evolving the proposal you’ve been reading about, to restructure the organization
for the next 20 years. While these efforts have developed a steadily stronger
proposal, one that now reflects the input of the members as well as... mehr

https://youtu.be/Lm3bnJs1-pc


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https://airtribune.com/east-coast-championship-2019/info/details__info
Ridgely, Maryland, USA.
mehr

Steve Kroop <<info>>
writes:
First I don’t think that Dick’s representations of the new
governance proposal (https://ozreport.com/22.246#1)
are quite correct (e.g., I don’t see where four people can pass a motion in the
new governance proposal). To say that the current BoD functioned for 44 years
without a problem... mehr

Sander van Schaik <<sander>>
writes:
Next year, the Dutch Open will be held at Kandel in Germany June
16th-22nd The location is in the Black forest. Registration information will be
published soon, maximum of 50 competitors. This location is chosen based on the
great experience during the German Open this year. Good atmosphere,... mehr

FAI Records <<record>>
sends:
Sub-class : O-1 / HG with a rigid primary structure / controlled
by weight shift
Type of record : Straight distance to a declared goal
Course/location : Dalby - Charleville, Queensland (Australia)
Performance : 500.00 km (311 miles)
Pilot : Scott Barrett (Australia)
Aircraft : C 4 13 / Airborne
Date :... mehr

https://youtu.be/XJ_aH9M0XVU


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https://youtu.be/aaOfdKVxPP0


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Early on in our discussions with Stephane Malbos, the CIVL
President, the desire on the part of the FAI not to have conflicting
international hang gliding competitions take place after July 2020 was an issue.
The CIVL Bureau went ahead anyway and approved the
1st FAI Pan-American Hang Gliding Championships for August 2020.  Now
the... mehr

http://questairhanggliding.com/https://www.wilotreepark.comThere is no need to be patient. There is not yet a new name for the aerotowing
business at Wilotree Park, the site of the former Quest Air Soaring Center, but
the aerotowing business continues while the owners of the flight park come up
with a new name for that business separate from... mehr

Saturday, December 8th
Last task:



#
Name
Glider
Time
Total



1
Manfred Ruhmer
Icaro2000 Laminar Z09
00:38:01
715


2
Christian Pollet
Aeros Combat C
00:38:37
694


3
Thomas Weissenberger
Icaro2000 Laminar Z09
00:38:39
693


4
Carlos Punet
AIR ATOS VQ Race
00:36:46
633


5... mehr

A brief report from a pilot in Dalby comes my way via Steve
Blenkisop.
Viv landed near Morven (400k’s) and Jacko at Charleville (505k’s).
Morven is about 430 kilometers (267 miles) west of Dalby and
Charleville about 530 (329 miles). Dalby is west of Brisbane, Queensland,
Australia. mehr

Friday, December 7th
https://airtribune.com/xxii-open-de-canarias/results
Task 5:



#
Name
Glider
Time
Distance
Total



1
Manfred Ruhmer
Icaro2000 Laminar Z09
00:55:29
24.00
407


2
Thomas Weissenberger
Icaro2000 Laminar Z09
00:56:18
24.00
400


3
Carlos Punet
AIR ATOS VQ Race
00:53:47... mehr

https://vimeo.com/303671014


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Richard Heckman <<hekdic>>
writes:
Many thanks for you and Matt for the input on this vote. We have
operated with our existing situation for over 44 years with no problem During
that time we have had 2 occasions where there were attempts to shift us to
including powered flight. In which the size of the existing BOD was... mehr

+1 352-429-0210 mehr

Thursday, December 6thhttps://airtribune.com/xxii-open-de-canarias/resultsTask 4:



#
Name
Glider
Distance
Total



1
Manfred Ruhmer
Icaro2000 Laminar Z09
17.96
154


2
Thomas Weissenberger
Icaro2000 Laminar Z09
14.87
135


3
Carlos Punet
AIR ATOS VQ Race
17.84
130


4
Wolfgang... mehr