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Jamie Shelden <<email>> writes:
Bobby’s trailer is all loaded with the last dragonfly and we are leaving in the next hour or so....should be there sometime Thursday evening!!
Jeff Nicolay at Morningside Flight Park <<email>> writes:
Rhett Radford left Quest on Monday flying... mehr

Where are you going to find an honest look at the issue of hang glider performance? Certainly not in the monthly magazine (although I looked at it a bit back in 1992).
All it takes is a willingness to look at the facts and try to make sense of them. But first get the facts together. That's what I'll be doing in the next few issues.
You can send... mehr

Andrej Kolar <<email>> writes:
SeeYou 3.81 (released just yesterday) has an option to declare a start sector as "start on observation zone entry" (you can set that up in Task properties > Options. That eliminates the need for designing a tube-type sector that covers the whole territory.
We have also followed the... mehr

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Wills Wing T2
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Airborne C4
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http://goflyxc.com/2008/cdnhgnats
A comp that will help Canadian pilots prepare for international competition while giving all Pilots a opportunity to learn new skills and compete in a classic location.
As the 2009 Hang gliding World Championships will take place in the southern French alps there is no closer match to this are in Canada as... mehr

Yesterday Stan Roberts flew his Aeros Phantom 177 miles.
http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0/para/flightinfo.html?flightId=1354416346 mehr

Das Pfingsthighlight in Oppenau bietet Fliegen zum anfassen
An Pfingsten bietet die Schwarzwaldstadt Oppenau wieder vier Tage lang Fliegen zum anfassen. Im Mittelpunkt der Veranstaltung steht der interessierte Zuschauer, der hier auf die verschiedensten Arten mit dem Flugsport in Berührung kommen kann ? von zuschauen bis selber fliegen.
Ein... mehr

Let's start somewhere. Let's look at glide performance. You want a glider that will have the best glide ratio and the "best" glide speed. The best glide speed will vary. The best glide speed between thermals may be slower than the final glide speeds (it depends on tactics). You'd like a glider that would have a better glide ratio at all "higher"... mehr

Attila Bertok <<email>> writes:
Your analysis on prices is not complete. For example, the resale value of the glider is not emphasized, but it is important. Some gliders might be cheaper and people quickly realize that there is a good reason for that. Usually this time comes when they try to get rid of the bird and people avoiding it... mehr

Russell Brown has brought the extra Dragonflies that normally hang out at Quest Air to the Francisco Grande hotel in Casa Grande Arizona in anticipation of the Santa Cruz Flats Race which begins this coming weekend. Russell brought a couple of tugs out last year also. Lori sends this picture:

I am really looking forward to this meet. Jonny... mehr

steve bellerby <<email>> writes:
Whether you're a hillbilly rigid pilot, a top ranked flexie flyer or one of the poke-a-long bottom feeders that learns from them, you've had nothing to complain about at Quest Air, this spring.

Dustin Martin helps a slowpoke to goal, at Quest.
Triangles, out and returns, and perhaps twenty pilot... mehr

We hear from Brett Hazlett over at the Oz Report forum and take a look at how what he says applies across the board. Another Moyes pilot, the World Champion, chimes in also.
You can send a mere $20 or more for a yearly subscription/donation. To pay for your subscription with your credit card or PayPal account:

If you’d rather just send a... mehr

Let's start somewhere. Let's look at glide performance.  You want a glider that will have the best glide ratio and the "best" glide speed. The best glide speed will vary. The best glide speed between thermals may be slower than the final glide speeds (it depends on tactics). You'd like a glider that would have a better glide ratio... mehr

Die letzten Tage war hier relativ wenig los -  sorry - ab sofort wird sich das wieder ändern. Mein Umzug ist abgeschlossen und ich wohne jetzt nur noch 5 Minuten vom Landeplatz entfernt, Blick auf Startplatz, Weser und Inline-Skate Strecke - alles in allem nen Traum und wenn alles klappt wie geplant teile ich diesen [...] mehr

Am Samstag fand bei uns ein DHV Sicherheitstraining für Drachen statt (wie im vorletzten DHV Info vorgestellt). Während ich die Reise zur FH antrat feilten fast 20 Piloten mit Fluglehrer Dirk Soboll an Ihrer Start- und Landetechnik. Auf der Website von Flightblogger Detlev Hoffmann findet Ihr ein schönes Beweisvideo - viel Spass. mehr

Our series of articles on hang glider prices have now led to a discussion about innovation and who was the innovator. Steve Pearson from Wills Wing has responded to a claim from Moyes: "...we were the ones to introduce carbon tubing and new Mylar alternatives,..." with claims of his own as well as a look at history.
I hope that out of... mehr

jon durand <<email>> writes:
I have been reading your discussion on glider prices and performance and could not help but make some comments myself.
First, I just want to make a few comments on the letters that have already been published from Moyes and Wills Wing. I think there are some misinterpretations from the letter Moyes sent... mehr

http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/1324
The VX-150 is not the smallest, lightest, most powerful or even prettiest radio on the market; but it has to be one of the most rugged. My VX-150 is about 4 years old and has been dropped, rained on, thrown in the car and buried in a rucksack. It still keeps going. I think that it was one the best... mehr

Steve Kroop <<email>> writes:

These kits come in several configurations to accommodate different radios, open face and full face helmets. The speaker/microphone harness has 2 ultra-thin speakers and microphone. The image above shows the large PTT switch, however, the kits that we stock have the compact finger PTT and a longer... mehr

http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001078.html
In general you want the "hybrid" or "pre-charged" varieties, and should ignore ridiculous claims about capacity.
Most bundled battery chargers are junk. Given the inherent compromises of charging, you need something smart. That's why I ended up tossing my generic... mehr