Gregg Ludwig <<gregg.ludwig.cfi>>
writes:
Aerotow tug pilots were just issued relief from the the FAA with
pilot medical renewals. "The Notice states that from March 31, 2020 to June 30,
2020, the FAA will not take legal enforcement action against any person serving
as a required pilot flight crew member or flight engineer who... mehr

Johnny Carr writes:
I have had a few low saves over the many years of hang gliding but
this is the only one with a camera on the glider. I managed to claw my way back
up and flew a reasonable cross country flight.
https://www.facebook.com/johnny.carr.357/videos/10158538771519701/


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Stephan Mentler <<stephmet>>
writes:
Just heard from Christian Ciech that an older Italian National
Team pilot, Stefano Bricoli, succumbed to Covid-19. He was 74. mehr

Belinda has sent out all the refunds for the 2020 World
Championships, the 2020 Paradise Airsports and Wilotree Nationals other than
three cases that require more information to allow the transfer to occur.Everyone gets their money back in full. We absorb the banking fees required to
send out the money.So far the 2020 Pan-American... mehr

Joerg Ewald writes:
Updates for 6020/Competino+, 6030/Compeo+ and Motor+
The world is almost at a standstill, it is unclear when we can take to the air
again. So now is a probably good time to update our equipment, for example with
the latest version of the software for the vario classics from Flytec and
Bräuniger.
We have been asked to... mehr

Patrick Kruse writes:
We had a good day on Pine last weekend, the first day of spring,
made it to 9100 feet and Charlie Baughman got to 9900'. Only got stuck in the
snow on the way from launch for about 45 minutes, snow was a bit deep for the
Subaru. mehr

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Your behavior threatens my life. My behavior threatens your life.
We are asked to do something that should be very simple, stand at least 6 feet
apart. I prefer 10' to 12'.
None the less I see people who continually stand or sit close to each other and
close to multiple others. This is crazy behavior. Do people not realize that we
are... mehr

We very much appreciate the opportunity to continue to fly here at
Wilotree Park and at the same time to keep our distance from other people and
pilots. This evening I asked our driver to please stay 6' away from anyone here.
I felt uncomfortable asking him to model appropriate behavior.
Belinda and I have been keeping our distance from... mehr

Kinsley Sykes writes:
This looks like the seabreeze fronts running into each other.
Assume there's good lift in the convergence? This is the 7:00 pm wind image from
Windy.com.
Indeed there would be very good lift in the convergence line. mehr

Special thanks to Tulio Gervasoni from Italy. Hard to imagine how
things are going there. mehr

This is what was soarcasted:HRRR 3:1 PM - 5,200' cloud base (55 F)Updraft velocity - 600 fpmB/S ratio - 10.0TOL - 6,200'Surface winds - E 2 mph4000' winds - NE 4 mphCloud cover - 42% going to 20%Mostly sunny, with a high near 89. West northwest wind around 5 mph becoming
east in the afternoon.We have a light wind day with cu's not going very... mehr

It's been in the upper eighties for a week now. On Saturday the
forecast for Groveland, Florida from the National Weather Service is for 95
degrees. This is still March. This is the first of Spring.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2020/03/26/record-heat-southeast/?itid=hp_hp-more-top-stories_cwg-sizzler-240pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory-ans

Is... mehr

Crestline in the background. mehr

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We wrote in the last issue that we didn't think it was fair to ask
people for money for the Oz Report because we are facing the possibility of a
second Great Depression (at least according the head of the St. Louis Federal
Reserve Bank). But unfortunately we didn't send that issue out until Tuesday
evening. So lots of pilots sent in money... mehr

Today was only our third attempt this season to set a task to the
northeast threading through airspaces and massive rivers and swamps and wildlife
reserve areas. We really haven't attempted this in a good number of years until
now.
Larry set up a task that would thread the needle and take us to Hammock Beach
north of Flagler Beach.

I was... mehr

Kevin Carter <<xckevinc>>
writes:
Making the most of my time on lockdown I came up with something
cool I thought was worth sharing.
Years ago an ace PG pilot Mike Jobin put together a KML file with a long list of
possible LZ's, and most importantly, do not land areas up and down the Colorado
Front Range.  I made a quick... mehr

Thanks to John Hesch, Alan Crouse, and those who helped us out on
Friday. It's pasta night and there is still rice pasta at the store.This is the month where I ask Oz Report readers for their support.  Your
contribution pays for hosting our web site and for Gerry's technical support to
keep it running.
Here are our supporters:... mehr

I set a 100 mile around the Green Swamp task. Normally it's a 100
kilometer task, but it is quite possible to extend it.

As usual I was pulled up first at 12:25 after we changed out the carabineer on
the tow rope.  I found 1,200 fpm on tow but when I went back for it it
wasn't there. After wallowing around in weak lift I headed to the a... mehr