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New Years Eve we spent at the Forbes RSL (RSL's are "private" clubs with poker machines) listening and dancing to The Lees, a family of Australian musicians originally from Broken Hill, but now living in Parkes, just up the road from Forbes. As soon as they started playing I knew that they were... mehr

Zum Jahreswechsel wurde der DHV XC noch ein bisschen verbessert. Besonders freut mich das es jetzt die zusätzliche Kartendarstellung “Gelände” gibt, viele werden diese Kartendarstellung noch aus dem OLC kennen. Desweiteren wurde laut Richard Brandl die folgenden Punkte geändert: mehr

The Vandenberg hotel is full of pilots and we're all eating thin sandwich steaks off the barbie. Everyone has had a great time flying today in the light wind conditions with the super big, super soft, super strong thermals to well over 7,000' MSL. All the Dragonflies were operating. The tows were uneventful.
With light winds at the airport, it... mehr

Mike schickte uns vor ein paar Minuten dieses Video. Vielen Dank - In diesem Sinne euch allen ein frohes neues Jahr, lasst es euch gut gehen und landet immer heile ! mehr

The last day of the Moyes Race and Rally dawned windy and cloudless. I decided to drive to Forbes in order to see about getting a bit of work done on my harness on this day before New Years day. Some of the others stayed at the  glider port hoping for a lull in the winds to launch safely.
We reported back from Wellington, which is on the... mehr

The Russians have shown up with five pilots and five Aeros gliders. Maybe I've got them wrong. Looks like they paid for their slots at the pre-Worlds already. Maybe they are ready to compete.
Bobby Bailey is here having left his home at Quest Air in Florida just a couple of days ago. Bruce and Blaino from Dalby are towing folks up also. Pilots... mehr

Jeff O'Brien <<email>> writes:
I'd never seen any footage of John Heiney towing behind a helicopter until he sent me a couple of links today. You can find all of the relevant videos here. mehr

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First a disclaimer. I rewrote the first Flytec USA Flytec 5030 manual. When I got it it was an English sailplane pilot's translation of the original German manual from Brauniger. Brauniger manuals were well known to be awful (I remember my IQ manual) and this was no exception. The sailplane pilot didn't help much.
Belinda, my... mehr

The last day of the Moyes Race and Rally dawned windy and cloudless. I decided to drive to Forbes in order to see about getting a bit of work done on my harness on this day before New Years day. Some of the others stayed at the  glider port hoping for a lull in the winds to launch safely.
We reported back from Wellington, which is on the... mehr

The Russians have shown up with five pilots and five Aeros gliders. Maybe I've got them wrong. Looks like they paid for their slots at the pre-Worlds already. Maybe they are ready to compete.
Bobby Bailey is here having left his home at Quest Air in Florida just a couple of days ago. Bruce and Blaino from Dalby are towing folks up also. Pilots... mehr

Jeff O'Brien <<email>> writes:
I'd never seen any footage of John Heiney towing behind a helicopter until he sent me a couple of links today. You can find all of the relevant videos here. mehr

http://flytec.com
First a disclaimer. I rewrote the first Flytec USA Flytec 5030 manual. When I got it it was an English sailplane pilot's translation of the original German manual from Brauniger. Brauniger manuals were well known to be awful (I remember my IQ manual) and this was no exception. The sailplane pilot didn't help much.
Belinda, my... mehr

Tuck nach einem missglückten Looping. Laut Kommentaren ist das ganze um 1988 im Stanwell Park (Australien) passiert, Pilot war Ricky Duncan - er hatte Glück im Unglück und kam mit einer gebrochenen Nase davon. Auf dem Video kann man relativ deutlich erkennen das der Pilot nicht zieht - was den Tuck laut DHV (Christof Kratzner) [...] mehr

No one went cross country today as we did more of a clinic with Gerolf working on gliders (but to no avail, it appeared). Lukas gave a talk on towing techniques which Balasz should have paid attention to. He locked out at 300' and he had to let go of the bar with both hands to operate his release. He's got a new release now (like the one's we... mehr

The Race and Rally has moved north to Gulgong and we'll be towing out of here for a couple of days, maybe three, before we move over to Forbes on the 31st. I don't know about this business of moving the tugs along from place to place. It seems like a lot of work for them without much reason. And with the wind blowing the "wrong" way (from the... mehr

Oliver Barthelmes ist bekannt für seine Landeanflügen, einen habe ich heute durch Zufall bei youtube entdeckt. Schade das die Kamera kurz Richtung Boden schwenkt und man nicht sieht wie er hinter dem Auto auftaucht. Die Jungs haben sich auf alle Fälle fast in die Hosen gemacht mehr

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Steve Kroop at Flytec USA <<email>> writes:

We are pleased to announce the new Flytec Universal HG Bracket. This bracket is “universal” because the base is constructed of rubber molded over high impact plastic making the base supple enough to securely fit on round, standard airfoil... mehr

On the day after Boxing Day (December 27th) we met at the Rylstone airstrip (which Bill Moyes leases from the Mudgee Shire Council for $1000/year, the Rylstone Shire Council having been disbanded due to fraud) at 9:00 AM to get ready for the Race and Rally. The task for the day was local flying and given all the cu's around and local over... mehr

Photo by Belinda Boulter mehr

Carol Binder <<email>> writes:
Mt Beauty 12- 19 January 2008 Registration 4 - 7pm, Settlers Tavern, Tawonga South Kiewa Valley Highway
Notice to all pilots. Please note the new dates of the Bogong Cup which were originally 16 - 23 January 2008. The organisers would like to once again ask all pilots who are flying in the Bogong Cup... mehr