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This is a photo of Drew Harris and Flavia flying tandem at Quest Air.
Thanks to Andrew Harris and Jeff O'Brien. mehr

Back to not a Myth #4. See here: http://www.casa.gov.au/download/orders/cao95/9508.pdf Section 4:
Except with the written permission of CASA, and in accordance with any conditions set out in the permission to minimise hazard to other aircraft or to persons or property on the ground or water, a person must not fly a hang glider:
(a) at a height... mehr

March 25th though 30th at Wallaby Ranch.
While the Florida competitions have dropped off a cliff in 2008, the Wills Wing Party is going stronger than ever, with lots of folks coming down to Wallaby Ranch for a good time and the chance to demo the Wills Wing gliders. Rob reports that from advanced notice it looks like this will be the biggest... mehr

Bernard Baer <<email>> writes:
I have added the RASPtable viewer to the NSW RASP/Blipmaps page: http://blipmap.walsys.net/NEWSOUTHWALES/index.html
Thanks to Paul Scorer for the code !
The Oz Report Oz Weather page has been updated to include the RASP tables for Victoria and for NSW. Now, if we just had a RASP for just the Mt. Beauty,... mehr

Nick Purcell <<email>> writes:
There were the usual suspects out at Dalby for the Australia Day long weekend, Yodes, Cam, Barfly, Frodo, Blaino, Smokey and the best driver in the world, Karen and myself. We were treated to typical Dalby flying with amazing looking clouds on the Saturday. We set a task from Dalby Airport to Jandowae,... mehr

If you are driving up the Emu single track road in an overloaded minivan with five gliders on top and you are approached from behind by a four wheel drive Toyota old style land cruiser with two gliders on top which is obviously going much faster than you and you come to a place where the Toyota can pass you and you make sure that it can't it... mehr

Der österreichische Gleitschirmhersteller NOVA hat für die Saison 2008 Kooperationen mit GPS-Hersteller Garmin, dem Fluginstrumentenbauer Bräuniger Electronic sowie der speziellen Flugwetter-Website www.Gleitsegelwetter.info vereinbart.

Ziel ist die Nutzung von Synergien zwischen den Partnern. Das NOVA Pilots Team wurde 2007 ins Leben... mehr

Anlässlich des Stubai Cups 2008 fand das fünfte internationale PMA-Meeting statt.
Insgesamt waren mehr als 25 Hersteller anwesend.

Einer der Tagesordnungspunkte des PMA-Meetings mit Top-Priorität, war der Verzicht auf eine Selbstzertifizierung.
Die in der PMA organisierten Hersteller einigten sich darauf, mit den derzeit existierenden... mehr

The winds were twenty knots out of the south at the southeast facing Bald Hill just north of Stanwell Park. Curt had a full day of tandems ahead of him (and it looked like a great day for tandems) and I wasn't all that excited about the high winds, which looked to me like they might prevent cross country flying up the escarpment. After an hour... mehr

Die Flugschule Drachenfliegenlernen hat bei uns im Blog ein kleines Gewinnspiel gestartet: Einen Frei-UL-Schlepp in Neustadt-Glewe für denjenigen, der Peer?s Lieblingsfluggebiet im Google Screenshot erkennt (Tipp: das Gelände wird in der Szene einfach ?? (mit 2 Buchstaben abgekürzt) genannt. Viel Erfolg !! mehr

Gil Souviron <<email>> writes:
Here the life is rude, hostile. Rain is rare, precious and violent. The farms are immense and the life is in quasi self sufficiency.
People here know how to live alone. At Maltahohe, Roger and Christianne met Brian, a French guy who owns a restaurant in the village. Anne, his mother, lives alone in a... mehr

Carolina\'s photos and Joerg\'s. These links get you to the thumbnails and you can choose which photos to view (in their full resolution) from there. mehr

As we know already there is no Flytec Championship in 2008 at Quest Air, in Groveland, Florida. Now we have learned that there won't be a Florida Ridge meet in 2008. Rob Kells <<email>> writes:
I just talked to James Tindle about the comp he had planned in April at the Florida Ridge. He's decided that the time and logistics needed to... mehr

Last Thursday, I took the train from Coledale south of Sydney into the Moyes factory at Botany Bay, just south of Sydney. I took my bicycle along so that I could ride from the subway station to the factory, which was not all that easy given that I was carrying my Moyes Matrix Race harness and given the length of the harness bag (the bottom of... mehr

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http://ozreport.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10636 mehr

We spent a few hours on Friday clearing a small portion of the Lantana (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lantana ) growing on a small hill side next to the beach just south of Curt Warren's house in Coledale. Lantana is an invasive species here in Australia that out competes the native varieties. We were able to rescue a few of the native plants... mehr

Myth #1: There is controlled airspace at Dubbo.
Fact: http://www.dubbo.nsw.gov.au/public/content/default.asp?xcid=1587
The airspace in the Dubbo area is non-controlled and is available for use by aircraft under Visual Flight Rules (VFR) or Instrument Flight Rules (IFR).
Check the international airspace database as displayed in SeeYou:... mehr

Mit IGC Flight Replay könnt Ihr eure Flüge in Google Earth nochmal nachfliegen bzw. abspielen. Vielleicht sollte ich die Abtastung für die langen Winterabende auf eine Sekunde runterstelle mehr

Wir üben schon einen gefährlichen Sport aus Aber die Schönheitschirurgen von Nip/Tuck kriegen das sicher wieder hin Keine Ahnung ob die Folge schon im deutschen Fernsehen lief !? mehr

We've decided (tentatively) to ignore the Elvis Festival in Parkes that sends folks to find accommodations in Forbes and happens the second weekend of January. Therefore if you are thinking about coming to the Forbes Flatlands next January, you had better book now (no credit card or pre-payment required). I suggest January 1st through the... mehr