Steve Kroop <<email>> writes:
The 6020 is based on the highly successful 5020 with the very sleek and sexy form factor of the 6030.
Features:
* Larger high resolution display: 60% larger viewing area. * Significantly faster CPU and architecture: Faster change between pages, map draws and list scrolling * USB port: No External USB to... mehr

http://ozreport.com/ozweather.php
The results are up at the soaring spot: http://www.soaringspot.com/nswst2008/
With a bank of high clouds over us and extending to the north and east and a light to moderate (not good) north east wind, we can't launch from the favored west launch and are finally forced to go back to the northeast launch. A number... mehr

http://ozreport.com/ozweather.php
The results are up at the soaring spot: http://www.soaringspot.com/nswst2008/
The forecast was for south east winds going northeast, light with cirrus and then cumulus clouds, perhaps a shower.
When we get up to the hill at 11 AM, the only wind is coming up the northeast launch, and then it is mostly from the... mehr

http://ozreport.com/ozweather.php
The results are up at the soaring spot: http://www.soaringspot.com/nswst2008/
1.Jonny DurandMoyes Litespeed RS 3.553.71862.Davis StraubAirborne C4 - 13.540.11613.Dave SeibMoyes Litespeed RS 435.11514.Scott BarrettAirborne C4 - 13.535.11515.Conrad LotenMoyes Litespeed S34.31496.Sam PrestAirborne C4 -... mehr

http://ozreport.com/ozweather.php
Scott Barrett and other pilots have gone to fly at Mt. Borah (the one that is supposed to be blown out). My glider and flying equipment have gone off in the car with Belinda, far south east of Tamworth, so I can't go. The winds are quite light. We have been watching a hang glider pilot circle up for the last... mehr

http://ozreport.com/ozweather.php
There were a lot of low clouds here in the morning, but I had seen it go through three different cloud regimes the day before, and wasn't too worried about the morning clouds. The satellite showed that there was only a narrow band of clouds over us and the prognosis showed it going away quickly. It also showed a... mehr

http://www.drjack.info/cgi-bin/WEBBBS/rasp-forum_config.pl/noframes/read/1520#1520
The images are uploaded to my ISP, not served from the box that creates them, that's why they are quick (certainty a lot quicker than my upload speed could manage).
If your machine has enough memory to support both machines the performance hit of using a vm is not... mehr

Die Bodenspirale sieht verdammt spektakulär aus, wenn man Sie fliegen kann. Im nächsten Video seht Ihr wie es aussieht und was passiert wenn man sie nicht fliegen kann. mehr

Friday was the "practice" day for anyone that wanted the practice, but it turned out to be too windy, as forecast, out of the west.
Pilots have shown up here for registration on Friday night and to download waypoints to their GPSes. The pilot meeting is tomorrow at 9 AM for the New South wales State Titles. mehr

http://brauniger.com/english/products/iq_compeo_plus/downloads.html
Yesterday I reported on a new beta version of the Flytec 6030 firmware. It is not generally available from Flytec (which only lets a few folks test beta software), but you can find almost the same thing at the Brauniger web site (I'm assuming that it will just change the name of... mehr

http://www.flygliders.com/landmark_of_soaring.htm
The Marfa Dew Point Front: This is the “dry line” that separates the moist air of the Gulf of Mexico, 600 miles to the east, and the dry air of the deserts of northwestern Mexico and the southwestern United States. The convergence effect of this dry line can generate thermals early in... mehr

http://www.aero-kiev.com/demofly/index_e.html
Igor Cherkashin <<email>> writes:
Paraglider simulator DemoFly 4.0 – February 2008
The next, fourth version of simulator updated at 80%. Change concerned all aspect of the program. Greatly extended and are added new functions flight dynamic of paraplane, aerologic and indicator.... mehr

Dr. John W. Glendening <<email>> (of BLIPMAPS fame) writes:
The California Condor, having a 9 ft wingspan and flying as high as 15,000 ft, is slowly making a comeback after having been reduced to a population of 22 birds in 1982. It is awesome to watch one of these big birds soaring and thermaling in the wild.
I am working with the... mehr

http://judson.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/02/19/when-life-goes-cloudy/index.html
But the paper in “Geophysical Research Letters” went further. It claimed not just that microbes are traveling via cloud, but that some of them are actually living there — growing, metabolizing, reproducing — until plummeting back to earth when the... mehr

Bei Patricks Aviation findet man eine Menge schöner Segelflugvideos unter anderem “Smokin the finishline” mit Endanflüge von denen wir nur träumen können. mehr

On Wednesday we decided that the winds were too south at Beechmont and headed for Manilla, NSW, to get ready for the upcoming New South Wales State Titles.  I really enjoyed flying at Beechmont, especially the aspect of flying early in the morning. I was up at 5 AM or sometimes earlier to get ready to go up the hill, which would have been... mehr

I reported earlier on a bug that I encountered in my Flytec 6030 http://ozreport.com/12.012#2 (it would be the same in the Compeo, 5030, 5020, and Compeo +) that gave the wrong altitude for arrival at goal around a turnpoint. I reported the bug to Flytec and they believe that they have found the cause and fixed it. Erich Lerch... mehr

http://www.dhv.de/typo/Angerer_Open_2008_-.4748.0.html
This (the article at the above URL) is Regina Glas's article on the Open.
This was the thirteenth time that DCB Ruhpolding had held the Angerer Open, the traditional hang gliding glide angle flying competition. Around 100 pilots, competitive and amateur pilots from Germany and abroad, made... mehr

Jason Reid <<email>> writes:
Saturday, moderate easterly blowing, sun and cu’s popping at 8am. Paddocks were still soft but drying fast and there was a lot of water on the side of the road and in every low point.
Cam launched first at around noon, but had a weak link break at 200ft and came back to the launch point for another... mehr

http://windmapper.com/
WindMapper.com is a new weather site that provides comprehensive maps of the current wind speed and direction across the US. It also provides maps of current temperature, pressure, weather and visibility; all of which are updated every 30 minutes.
In addition, WindMapper also carries a detailed five day wind and weather... mehr