Ein 32-jähriger Mann aus Lienz stürzte am Samstagnachmittag im Gemeindegebiet von Bramberg mit seinem Gleitschirm ab und wurde schwer verletzt. mehr

http://gravsports.blogspot.com/2007/12/pdfs-and-film-festivals.html
Whoever invented the PDF file format should be sent to the same sort of hell reserved for whoever took the auto-fill thingamabob off of gas pumps. In this hell, Mr. PDF and Mr. "Stand there and pump gas instead of doing something useful like checking the oil" will... mehr

For the Flytec 5030 and Flytec 6030:
http://hang6.blogspot.com/2007/12/nenes-5030-and-6030-pods-thanks-again.html
Rotor Shadow harness:
http://hang6.blogspot.com/2007/12/rotor-shadow-photos-thanks-to-tom.html

Thanks to Scott Barrett and Jeff O'Brien and Tom Pierce.
Rotor hang gliding harness are distributed by Wills Wing in the US and by Jonny... mehr

Gilbert Griffith writes:
I'm waiting for the rain to clear before I fire up my powered ultralight and go out to search with a camera and GPS.
Last Friday I was returning from a flight to Mt Feathertop back to Mystic in Bright when I entered a good... mehr

Paolo de Nicola <paolo.> writes:
The French Nationals 2008 will take place in St Andre les Alpes from 7 to 13 July, organised by the Delta Club du Bar sur Loup with the help of Les Ailes du Loup. The comp is right after the Pre Worlds in... mehr

Flight reports here. At least they are getting big flights.
Thanks to David Kinlan. mehr

http://www.chabre2009.com/index.php?page=/compRego/pilot_list.php The exclusive team registration period ends on December 20th (noon GMT). I noticed that Australia had not registered a team and I knew that at least one Australian was heading for the pre-Worlds (or so he thought).
The individual registration period opens on December 20th. I... mehr

Paraglidetv.com
Geniales Motorschirmvideo von und mit Mathieu Rouanet. Ich glaube die Jungs hatten bei Ihren Flügen Glück das niemand nen Fenster oder ne Tür aufgemacht hat mehr

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLygZUrLv9M

The longest without a "kite": http://www.guzer.com/videos/longest_motorcycle_jump.php, is shorter than Bob's.
Thanks to David Glover and Steve Pearson. mehr

Ron Gleason <> writes:
http://ywtw.de/igcsim.html
This is a wonderful add-on to Google Earth to replay flights using IGC files. Due to higher resolution satellite images better than SeeYou.
I couldn't get this application to work for... mehr

nick <> writes:
The inscription is now open for the SWISS nationals being held in Stans from May 8th till May 12th (5 days). The inscription fee is approx 120EURO's (CHF200.-) This includes the retrieve by the organisation!
There will be also a... mehr

http://www.newsweek.com/id/74383
The contrast between the official U.S. forecasts and those of the new breed of meteorologists like Cohen illustrates a face-off in the small community of long-range weather seers.
In the official U.S. forecast, for instance, since recent winters have trended warm, due in part to the greenhouse effect, this one is... mehr

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7137905.stm
Noctilucent, or "night-shining", clouds appear as thin bands in twilight skies, some 80km (50miles) above the surface.
The AIM probe has now returned the first truly global pictures of these phenomena which appear to be increasing in frequency and extent.
Scientists say their... mehr

Matthias hat diesen genialen Ornihopter-Dinosaurier entdeckt, vielleicht brauch der ein oder andere ja noch nen Weihnachtsgeschenk !? mehr

It's just across the road from Scott and Monica's in Belmont and just a short drive down the street from the Airborne factory in Redhead. You've got to be prepared for a short drive through the sand, so let the air out of the tires and keep going.
Scott got off work early and later Russell Duncan joined us with his kids. The dune is about fifty... mehr

http://www.geocities.com/extopaflyer/US_SiteRecords.html
As an Excel file: http://ozreport.com/data/site_records_2007-12-06.xls. Great for sorting.
Or in HTML: http://ozreport.com/data/site_records_2007-12-06.htm mehr

http://www.restorationhardware.com/rh/catalog/product/product.jsp?productId=prod120019&navCount=0
Thanks to David Glover mehr

Die Schweizer Meisterschaft 2008 findet vom 8. bis zum 12. Mai im Raum Haldigrat- Stanserhorn- Engelberg statt. Der Veranstalter hat sich ein paar nette Details ausgedacht so findet Ihr auf der Website z.B. eine Google Earth KML mit Informationen zum Fluggelände könnt euch Aussenlandeplätze angucken … mehr

Her blog: http://www.ewawisnierska.com/map/aktuell_sa.php in German

The flight on the XCC on-line contest.
In South Africa:
By flying just over 300km from De Aar, Ewa Wisnierska sets the new German Open Distance Record.
Thanks to the paragliding forum. mehr

http://ozreport.com/ozweather.php
http://blipmap.walsys.net/NEWSOUTHWALES/univiewer.html
http://blipmap.walsys.net/NEWSOUTHWALES/index.html
Bernard Baer <> writes:
I've updated the NSW RASP pages to add the Univiewer functionality for the... mehr