Clouds have to be cirrus, at least 20k feet in the air, with just the right amount of ice crystals and the sun has to hit the clouds at precisely 58 degrees.
Thanks to Bill Greening. mehr

http://ozreport.com/recordHistoryFAI.php
Thanks to Scare's programming magic.
The link above will list all of the records that FAI has in their "Hang Gliding & Paragliding World Records" section, and you can sort them in many different ways. If any records were set on the current date, give or take a day, they will appear automatically on the... mehr

http://www.abc.net.au/newcastle/stories/s2111695.htm?nsw
We're at "Smithy's Airport", a wetlands area about 20 kilometres east of the Newcastle CBD, favoured by members of the Hunter's ultralight community, and blokes like Paul Roche.
With engine started up, and safety gear on (helmet, wrap-around sunnies, knees pads and a parachute, meters that... mehr

http://www.hydrogencommerce.com/extra/RACING.htm
Larry touched down at 8:29. He had been in the air for 9 hours and 50 minutes and had flown 221.5 miles from the world's foremost foot launch cross country site, Horseshoe Meadows road. His body ached where his harness had scuffed tight. But his arms were not even tired. Kudos to Roy Haggard,... mehr

The winds were just enough to sustain soarable flight when Armand Acchione and I made it out to Merewether on Wednesday morning. The wind was out of the south at this southeast facing site.
The winds had picked up by the time that Adam Parer showed up half an hour later and we were all setting up. Clouds filled the southwest quadrant of the sky... mehr

Kevin Grey <> writes:
Awesome Drop Off photos, but did you miss the video in another part of his blog Davis? It's a beautifully edited video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Q7_KhuldJA
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www.graybirdairsports.com
GrayBird AirSports, Inc. writes:
I am trying to arrange some paraglider clinics. I am looking for pilots that want an instructor's (or recert) clinic and or a tandem clinic. The instructors and tandem clinics will... mehr

Erstes Testvideo online

Nach dem die Musterprüfung für das von NOVA gebaute neue Gleitsegel Mentor L abgeschlossen ist, haben wir die Videos der Testflüge vom 17.11.2007 auf unserer Homepage online gestellt. Dort sind alle Manöver, sowohl mit minimalen als auch mit maximalem Gewicht, ungeschnitten gezeigt. Zum besseren Verständnis wird das... mehr

Jetzt ist es offiziell die German Open 2008 findet vom 11. bis zum 16.08.2008 wieder im Alten Lager statt. Ich freu mich drauf !! mehr

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=29b_1189136743

Thanks to a few Oz Report readers. mehr

Holger Selover-Stephan <> writes:
Bautek announced they will continue, despite the fatal accident of one of their GM's, Horst: http://www.bautek.com/FG/index.htm (German text)
http://www.bautek.com/FG/D/Aktuell/Shorties/shorties.asp#zukunft mehr

NY Times article on high end mobile homes. So unlike the Oz Report world headquarters. mehr

NY Times article on cats killing birds, and birders killing cats. mehr

For aero speed bars mehr

GIN Pilotin Louise Crandal gewinnt den ersten Preis mit Flying with Eagles, einer Filmdokumentation darüber, wie sie ihren gefiederten Partner Cossack, einen zwei Jahre alten Adler, trainiert. Der Film fesselte das Publikum und die Jury beim Coupe Icare Filmfestival und wurde mit dem ersten Preis gewürdigt. Die zweimalige Weltmeisterin,... mehr

La Nina hasn't been around since 1998/1999 (http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22849774-421,00.html). Now the waters off of eastern Australia are warm and the moisture from the increased evaporation is going inland bringing plenty of rain to the eastern half of NSW and Queensland as well as Victoria. We've had almost constant cloud cover from... mehr

http://ozreport.com/11.20#0
Airborne held a Fly-In for trike and hang glider pilots out at Pete's place west of Denman this last weekend. With lots of clouds and a high chance of rain (which did come late in the afternoon on Saturday), the Fly-in was sparsely attended. Which was too bad given that the flying was pretty good and many folks got to... mehr

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William Jacques writes:
Apparently, many universities are offering their most popular lectures FOR FREE on their websites. For instance, below is Stanford's Web Site. http://itunes.stanford.edu/
These lectures are listed in a part of the Apple... mehr

William Jacques <> writes:
Apparently, many universities are offering their most popular lectures FOR FREE on their websites. For instance, below is Stanford's Web Site. http://itunes.stanford.edu/
These lectures are listed in a part of the... mehr