Armand Achione dislocated his shoulder on landing today at the Rylstone airstrip. Bill Moyes drove him to the local hospital. Hopefully the arm is back in its socket this evening. Rob Clarkson from Canada was scheduled to show up this afternoon. Hopefully he can drive Armand's car (and Armand).
The task was to Gulgong today. Only Gerolf and... mehr

Jamie Shelden <<email>> writes:
The Santa Cruz Flats Race is happening again April 20-26, 2008 (April 19th is a practice day). Head back down to Arizona this spring for the most anticipated meet of the year! We're working on USHPA and CIVL sanctioning now and registration should open late January.
We will be again flying out of... mehr

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Bisher hatte ich zwar schon von Muskelkraft-Flugzeugen gehört aber ich wusste nicht das die Entwicklung bereits so weit fortgeschritten ist. Auf dem Video oben seht Ihr einen Flug bei der Birdman Ralley 2005 über 18 km. Der Weltrekord liegt aber bereits seit 1988 bei 115 km der Flug ging entsprechend der Sage von Daedalus von [...] mehr

Bart Doets <email> writes:
The Belgian Nationals will be at Laragne from July 19 to 25. They do hope to get permission for the 26th as well - but that is the first day of the Dutch National. That might get busy, plus some people may want to fly both comps, which in that case would be impossible.
The Dutch Nat's at Laragne are set for July... mehr

http://williamolive.com/phpbb/viewforum.php?f=2&sid=ad7a19f5df3957e4024a57a20e118913
I grabbed my harness and jumped in the Sting when Ricky landed. In the strong conditions it still felt quite mellow. I flew through to Strezi and back a couple of times. The second time I remembered there was a rope so I did some speed runs and there was a lot... mehr

Gary Osoba <email> writes:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1638710914506519616

Watching this video of an eighteen kilometer human powered flight helps to place in perspective the magnitude of Bryan Allen's channel crossing nearly three decades ago, which was a two hour and forty nine minute herculean effort pedaling against... mehr

Jörg Bajewski ist von der Westfalenpost zur Sportlerwahl 2007 nominiert worden.  Verhelft Ihm mit eurer Stimme zum Sieg und gewinnt mit etwas Glück einen Reisegutschein, eine Ballonfahrt … Hier gehts zur Abstimmung mehr

Wir wünschen euch und euren liebsten ein frohes Fest mit viel Flug-zeug unter dem Baum. Geniesst die Feiertage aber denkt an euer Abfluggewicht mehr

Mit einer einfachen Schere, wie sie in jedem Haushalt zu finden sein sollte, kann man aus den Aufklebern auf dem DHV Info 149 noch richtig was machen mehr

Die Bilder und Ergebnisse der Kanarenmeisterschaft sind seit ein paar Tagen online. Die Bilder findet Ihr im Club Zonzamas Webalbum und die Ergebnisse auf der Zonzamas Website. Kiku Vinas Dot (Icaro Laminar Z8) konnte die Gesamtwertung vor Jon Gjerde (Moyes Litespeed S) und Pablo Gomez Trenor (AIR Atos) für sich entscheiden. mehr

http://www.cucco08.org
The site will be fully up by January 15th. mehr

Vicki sends:
Event-Date: 27-31.12.2007
The Project:
In previous seasons we experienced that before the big Flatland competitions after Christmas - the best time to fly cross country in Australia - many national and international pilots would like to test fly their new wings out there and/or get in shape for the upcoming event.
To make this... mehr

http://www.airborne.com.au/pages/ml_enews_latest.htm
Rob Hibberd <<email>> at Airborne writes:
Complying to Australian regulations is a tough business. To operate a viable aircraft manufacturing business in Australia it is necessary for the manufacturer to also create a viable export market. This is important, if there were no export... mehr

http://ozreport.com/11.238#3
NY Time Article here.
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Professor Lewin’s videotaped physics lectures, free... mehr

Die Einschreibung für die Mosel Open 2008 läuft. Am letzten Aprilwochenende 2008 richten der Verein der Moselfalken im Rahmen eines internationalen FAI Cat. 2 Wettbewerbes wieder die Landesmeisterschaften im Gleitschirmfliegen aus. Ein Video vom letzten Jahr findet Ihr auf der DHV Website. mehr

Die ADVANCE Thun AG Thun/CH, die Swing Flugsportgeräte GmbH Landsberied und die U-Turn GmbH Villingen-Schwenningen haben für den Bereich Rettungsgeräte eine strategische Entwicklungs-Partnerschaft vereinbart. Die drei Unternehmen bündeln ihre Ressourcen projektbezogen, um durch intensive Forschung und Entwicklung innovative Technik zeitnah... mehr

http://www.chabre2009.com/index.php?page=/compRego/pilot_list.php
A look at the pilot list for the pre-Worlds finds lots of "registered" pilot unregistered. These pilots were registered by their NAC's, but they haven't registered individually. That won't work. Or they haven't paid. That won't work. Or they have registered (but not individually... mehr

Can't get into the 2008 pre-Worlds in Laragne? Don't know if you will get in? Hoping to get some experience there before the 2009 Worlds?
Well, there may be three other Nationals there next year. David Owen, President Chabre 2009 writes:
The Dutch, Brits and Belgians have all requested to hold their events at Laragne in 2008 and are awaiting... mehr

http://www.willswing.com/info_bulletins/group_photo_2007.asp
All of us at Wills Wing wish you and your families a Safe, Healthy, and Happy Holiday Season! Wills Wing will close at Noon (PST) on December 19th and re-open on January 2, 2008. mehr