Gerry F. <<email>> sends:
I was surfing for images of exotic trikes when I came across this circular wing. Unfortunately, there is no information on it in that web page:
http://www.trikebuggy.com/othertrikes/index.htm mehr

Dave Glover sends:
http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2008/04/seero_releases_live_video_with_gps.html
Seero - the new live geo-located video broadcasting site, which GEB mentioned two weeks ago went out of beta, has now released some KML content for their site that has interesting implications. First, they have KML files for each... mehr

Oz Report readers continue to send in subscription/donations to us via PayPal and we really appreciate it. I haven't received the mail yet (except for a few letters last week), as it has to be forwarded from my Pensacola, Florida forwarding address to my father-in-law's in Cathedral City, CA. Thanks to all of you who understand the need to... mehr

Olli.Barthelmes <<email>> sends:
The weather here in Bright, Victoria, Australia has been awesome the last week. Nearly no wind, smooth 3 m/s thermals, lift up to the clouds everywhere.

The other day Craig Collins, Phil Schroeder and I flew from Mystic to Mt. Bogong (second highest peak in Australia) and landed on top. Craig in his... mehr

http://www.dhv.de/typo/fileadmin/user_upload/monatsordner/2008-02/GO_2008Proclamation1.pdf (In English)
Henry.Maek <<email>> writes:
GERMAN OPEN 18.Aug - 23.Aug.08
I am the organiser of the German open in „Altes Lager” an old military airport which is about 60 km (38 miles) south of Berlin, the major city of Germany. The... mehr

Steven Pearson <<email>> writes:
I can't help but feel that the comments from Vicky, Gerolf and Steve Moyes are somewhat misleading and unfair, especially if they are intended to suggest that Moyes is the only company to innovate in hang gliding design, and that everyone else is merely copying.
As a matter of history, Moyes did not... mehr

Daniel Vélez Bravo <<email>> writes:
This is a new young hang glider pilot, trained by his dad, an old timer on hang gliding and parachuting. They were doing his first high altitude flight on an old Airwave Vision. As you can see, just as soon as the pilot is aloft, one of the side cables snaps and the pilot crashes hard just... mehr

Moshe Valenci <<email>> writes:
http://www.logelog.com/utils/
I wrote this little app which can be very useful for hang gliding and paragliding pilots. It broadcasts SMS with pilot position and allows a ground crew to locate the sender. I'd like to run a beta test for it and probe for feedback.
I have been beta testing this utility.... mehr

Oz Report readers keep sending in donations/subscriptions to the Oz Report and Scare and I really appreciate it. Not only do we need your contributions, but we very much appreciate the sign of support from you that encourages us to keep it up. Sometimes it seems very lonely out here isolated behind a computer screen. Sure we get to see a few of... mehr

Daniel Vélez Bravo <<email>> writes:
The Colombian Hang Gliding Nationals and Open Hang Gliding Competition is ready to go. It's on the process of getting the CAT 2 homologation from the FAI and it has it's own website now.
The dates: July 12-19 2008
The place: Roldanillo, Colombia.
Info and website:... mehr

Vicki Cain <<email>>, Gerolf Heinrichs, and Steve Moyes write:
Whether the Oz Report tries to compare top shelf gliders with top shelf gliders of different manufacturers, or tries to create an artificial standard configuration you still inevitably compare apples with oranges. Just take a short look at your “seriously... mehr

http://ozreport.com/12.068#7
http://ozreport.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=52764#52764 mehr

RAUL GUERRA <<email>> sends these videos from Ecudaor
http://youtube.com/watch?v=mW7IfiDI8sA
http://youtube.com/watch?v=3eEp1QTHRqo mehr

They wrote above:
Whether the Oz Report tries to compare top shelf gliders with top shelf gliders of different manufacturers, or tries to create an artificial standard configuration you still inevitably compare apples with oranges.
It is indeed, as I pointed out a couple of times, hard to "create" an apples to apples comparison. But... mehr

Mark Dowsett <<email>> writes:
I just posted some notes on using a GPS while flying. I've done many GPS seminars over the years at events I've hosted and have finally just gotten around to making some formal notes (I was about to do a presentation at my club's meeting on it).
It's a bit late/ironic as many of the notes will become... mehr

Where else are you going to get a publication with enough guts to publish the prices of hang gliders around the world? Have you ever seen it?
Not only did we do a comparison across manufacturers (most of whom advertise here), but across dealers and across countries - raising some real questions about who is charging what to whom.
Today we look... mehr

Roberto Nichele <<email>> writes:
Due to the always changing and very interesting US dollar, Wills Wing prices in Switzerland these days are quoted daily this way:
(The suggested US$ retail price plus approximately 500 US$ for packing and transport) times 1.076 (The Swiss VAT is 7.6%) times current US$/CHF exchange rate. This is... mehr

Gustavo - Volo Libero Bergamo <<email>> writes:
Italian Open Hang Gliding Championship 2008 Palazzago, Bergamo, 30th April - 4th May
This year the usual Bergamo Hang gliding Trophy (Trofeo Internazionale dell'Isola) has become the Italian Open Hang Gliding Championship. The Championship is open to foreign pilots.
The event will take... mehr

Scott Barrett <<email>> writes:
Great flying at Manilla and a great sailplane club with good attitude. Did you ever wonder what happened to Jenny Ganderton? Now an enthusiastic sailplane instructor who is very welcoming of hang glider pilots. Jenny was my back seater and patiently allowed me to do the flying. Thanks to training on... mehr

Gestern war Greifenburg der Ort an dem man hätte sein müssen. Liga-Chef Dieter Kamml flog ein 310 km Dreieck mit einem 68 km/h Schitt !!! Drei Schirme flogen über 200 km/h,  davon Stephan Wirgler 252 km mit einem 40 km/h Schnitt !! Im Parablog findet Ihr einen Flugbericht von Fraggle - aber nicht ärgern lassen [...] mehr