The flex wing preliminary results (there are half a dozen or more screwed up track log files).
The rigid wing results (similar problems here).
At 2:30 pm (mountain standard time) a bunch of us were at the edge of the start circle and as high as we had been for the last hour so off we went racing toward the first turnpoint to the east, the first... mehr

Vom 10. bis 18. Mai 2008 organisiert Nova Team Pilotin und Flugschulleiterin Kay Tauscher aus Boulder/Colorado USA http://www.peaktopeakparagliding.com ein Streckenflug-Camp in Greifenburg.

Unterstützt wird sie dabei vom Nova Pilots Team. Parallel zum Camp bieten die Nova Team Piloten ihr Wissen allen interessierten Streckenjäger an auch... mehr

Wenn mal kein Berg, kein UL und keine Winde zur Verfügung stehe kann man auch auf eine Motorcrossmaschine ausweichen. Bob Wills hat das ganze schon in den 70igern erfolgreich probiert. mehr

On Friday I had the opportunity to test fly a Wills Wing T2C 154 late in the afternoon. I hadn't flown a "large" Wills Wing glider in many years, since it was the Talon. I had flown it at a Wills Wing Party at Wallaby Ranch and it seemed too big to me (at least on the ground) and I had a little bit of trouble landing it.
I had flown... mehr

The test flight above on the Wills Wing T2C 154 was my first flight that would include a foot landing since I ruptured my posterior cruciate ligament, torn my medial collateral ligament, tore up my hamstrings (muscle and tendons), cracked my tibia, and did soft tissue damage to my ankle on February 29th. I was a bit apprehensive hoping that the... mehr

The thick clouds came in early and stayed most of the day, although there were still a few weak thermals. The winds were 10 to 20 mph out of the southwest which made it hard to stay local, which all the pilots wanted to do on this practice day.
About a dozen out of seventy pilots flew on the practice day with the rest of us feeling that we would... mehr

Aufgrund der hohen Nachfrage hier der Link zur aktuellen DWD Segelflugwettervorhersage. Ich habe ja heimlich auf den Sonntag in Höxter gehofft aber die Wetterfrösche haben Ihre Vorhersage schon wieder korregiert
Gefunden bei lu-glidz mehr

Vor einigen Wochen habe ich davon berichtet das Seppi Salvenmoser und Guido Gehrmann das diesjährige Hahnenkammrennen mit einer Showeinlage eröffneten - jetzt gibts das aktuelle Video viel Spass.
Gefunden bei Bjørn Hammer mehr

I've had a report that the link to the coroner's report mentioned in Friday's Oz Report isn't working. I was worried about this link as it is a cached link to a report that is a doc file that seems to be missing. I've got a link to the report on my web site. Check here. mehr

In this issue we continue our discussion of light weight non locking aluminum carabineers and whether they deserve to be banished by Australian aerotow operations. No doubt this will bring up a lot of feeling on both sides of the issue. We aim to get at the truth of the matter, at least as well as it can be found.
If you like this kind of... mehr

Here's where we found the polars and/or data that can be made into polars:
http://www.willswing.com/Articles/Article.asp?reqArticleName=PolarData
175 fpm at 24 mph and 530 fpm at 47 mph, 6% increase in V2 for comp harness (which would give us 49.82 mph).
Converted: Minimum sink speed is 38.6 km/h, minimum sink rate is 0.9 m/s,  80.2 km/h at... mehr

While I've been told that the HGFA has or will come out with new towing rules, I haven't seen them yet, but will publish them when I do get them. In the meantime let's look at the existing rules in the HGFA towing manual which you can find here.
Section 3.2 of the HGFA towing manual states:
Weak links built into the bridle which trigger the... mehr

http://home.att.net/~jdburch/polar.htm
After eighteen years administering FAA practical tests, I have concluded that a lot of glider pilots and flight instructors are not entirely comfortable with the relationship between performance airspeeds and polar curves. If graphs look like way too much math for you, maybe the following explanation will... mehr

On Thursday late afternoon Belinda and I arrived at the Francisco Grande hotel a few minutes after Rob and Trish Kells who had also driven out from Southern California. At dinner that evening we found out from Rob, who is doing well these days and having a great time, that the desire for Wills Wing gliders is so high that they can't meet the... mehr

Tandemflüge, AkroShow, Sonnwendfeuer und EM-Viertelfinale Salzburgs Paragleiter laden auf ihren Hausberg ein Matthias Lanzinger als prominenter Schirmherr

Mit einem Sonnwendfest, wie es die Mozartstadt noch nicht erlebt hat, laden Salzburgs Gleitschirmflieger heuer am Samstag, den 21. Juni, auf ihren Hausberg ein. Unter dem Motto Gaisberg on... mehr

Die neuen Quick Out Trennkarabiner unterscheiden sich von den seit 1998 erhältlichen durch verbesserte Tastensicherungen, die die Bedienung des Karabiners mit Handschuhen wesentlich erleichtern.

Ouick Out Trennkarabiner wurden von Finsterwalder als Geitschirmkarabiner entwickelt um ein Abtrennen des Gleitschirms unter Last ermöglichen. Sie... mehr

Vom 10. bis 18. Mai 2008 organisiert NOVA Team Pilotin und Flugschulleiterin Kay Tauscher aus Boulder/Colorado USA (http://www.peaktopeakparagliding.com) ein Streckenflug-Camp in Greifenburg. Unterstützt wird sie dabei vom NOVA Pilots Team. Parallel zum Camp bieten die NOVA Team Piloten ihr Wissen ALLEN interessierten Streckenjäger an... mehr

The Santa Cruz Flats Race apparently is an excuse for a party. We're heading out this morning from near Palm Springs and should get there around 5 PM.
David Glover should be there soon. Steve Kroop from Flytec is coming for the weekend. Rob Kells and Trish are on their way this morning and will be there this evening. Over sixty pilots are... mehr

Light non locking aluminum carabineers are used almost universally for aerotowing operations. There are good reasons for that and their use has evolved over time as the risks have been measured by experience. We go back and look at the risks and the mandates from the HGFA.
The HGFA is about to make some changes. Let's examine those changes and... mehr

The latest NTSS class 1 ranking:



1

STRAUB, DAVIS

1234



2

SHAPIRO, JEFF

1015



3

SMITH, CHRIS

971



4

O'BRIEN, JEFF

951



5

WILLIAMS, MICHAEL

766



6

MARTIN, DUSTIN

716



7

WILLIAMS, PARIS

691



8

CARTER, KEVIN... mehr