https://www.xcontest.org/world/en/ranking-hg-open/https://www.paraglidingforum.com/leonardo/league/world/2020/brand:all,cat:2,class:all,xctype:all,club:all mehr

https://vimeo.com/401781379


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https://www.fai.org/news/glauco-pinto-after-3-breaking-3-records-leave-comfort-zone?type=node&id=24473

On the 10th of October 2019 Glauco Pinto (Brazil) flew his epic flight in Tacima
- Paraíba (Brazil) on his Laminar 14 Icaro 2000, breaking several records for HG
with a rigid primary structure. On considering the applications FAI has... mehr

Thanks to Rob Lesser. mehr

https://wasatchweatherweenies.blogspot.com/2020/04/the-power-of-data-assimilation.html
As of 23 March, the ECMWF reported a 65% reduction in
European aircraft weather observations and a 42% global reduction.
Based on early studies, the ECMWF suggests that removing all aircraft
observations from their data assimilation system results in a... mehr

FAI - Record officer <<record>>
wrtes:
Type of record : Straight distance
Course/location : Tacima (Brazil) - Paraíba (Brazil)
Performance : 620,3 km
Pilot : Glauco Pinto (Brazil)
Aircraft : Laminar 14 / Icaro 2000
Date : 10.10.2019
Previous record : 612,0 km (13.10.2016) mehr

FAI - Record officer <<record>>
wrtes:
Type of record : Straight distance to a declared goal
Course/location : Caicó (Brazil)
Performance : 505,6 km
Pilot : Michael Küffer (Switzerland)
Aircraft : Boomerang 11 / Gin Gliders
Date : 09.10.2019
Previous record : 478,6 km (11.10.2018 - Jouni Makkonen, Finland) mehr

I couldn't get them all in the photo. They weren't eating, just
standing around. Most have been here all day.
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https://airtribune.com/dutch-open-hanggliding-championship-2020/infoAny sport in 2020?https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2020/04/04/how-long-until-sports-can-return-you-might-not-like-answer/
As fields, arenas and stadiums sit vacant and silent, the desire
for sports to return far exceeds the capacity among those who oversee them to... mehr

I don't recall all that bushy grass. mehr

Tonight "Safer at Home" starts in Florida. We don't quite know all
the ramification of this sort of "Shelter in Place" program. Having now read the
governor's order, we are an essential activity.
Section 3. Essential Activities
A. For purposes of this Order and the conduct it limits, "essential activities"
means and encompasses the... mehr

https://www.flgov.com/wp-content/uploads/orders/2020/EO_20-91.pdf
Section 3. Essential Activities
A. For purposes of this Order and the conduct it limits, "essential activities"
means and encompasses the following:
I. Attending religious services conducted in churches, synagogues and houses of worship; and
II. Participating in recreational... mehr

A chart from Syride shows how the French and international flying
scenes have crashed since the coronavirus lockdown started.
With most pilots unable to fly because of lockdown, activity in the paragliding
world has almost ceased completely.
The big peaks are the early weekend flying activity in early March. Orange is
the whole world, blue... mehr

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https://www.fai.org/news/test-event-cancelled-2021-fai-world-paragliding-xc-championships?type=node&id=24473
Although all parties within the organising committee (COPROJ)
tried to stay optimistic, the Covid-19 pandemic is ruling out the competition
that should have been the test event for the 2021 World PG XC Championships, in
Chamoussey,... mehr

Christian Ciech writes:
Icaro will try to produce masks. Tomorrow we should receive the
fabric-non-fabric and we will make the first samples for the approbation from
the University of Milan. Then we will start the production. They are going be
washable masks for multiple use. Our production can't be that big.In the meantime we already ordered... mehr

Keeping with our regime of social distancing we called an out and
return task south to the Fantasy of Flight thereby eliminating (hopefully)
putting pilots together in a retrieval vehicle.The forecast was for light winds but few if any cu's. The cu forecast was much
better than the two previous days, but there was still this layer of dry air... mehr

Felix Cantesanu <<ctsfelix>>
sends:
https://youtu.be/fYK4QZEiH6g


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