... Upside down Down Under ...



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Jonny Durand skypes me this photo:

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... Each hour of air time is precious ...



Bill Buffam writes:
I'm a retired hang glider pilot. I miss it, but there are many reasons why I cannot get back into it, which I won't bore you with here. Anyway, it occurred to me that it might be... mehr

... Getting there by yourself in the flats ...



Paul Olson writes:
My fellow powered harness pilot Rik Bouwmeester of Waunakee, Wisconsin is really getting his money's worth at about 50 cents a flight, in fact he has yet to fill the tank. Plus... mehr

... After almost two years the USHPA President finds a Competition Committee Chairman ...



http://mphsports.com/
Lisa Tate, USHPA President, has appointed meet organizer and long time hang glider and paraglider pilot Mike Hailey to be the new Competition Committee Chairman for the USHPA.  Mike is the organizer of three USHPA... mehr

Am Samstag starten die Redbull X-Alps. Daher haben wir für euch ein paar nette Links zusammengestellt.

Hier seht ihr den aktuellen Stand der X-Alps. Alle paar Minuten kommt ein Update von den ersten drei
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In Voss (Norwegen) finden nächstes Jahr die FAI Aerobatic Worlds (PG und HG) statt. Im Juni fand im Rahmen der extreme sport week die Generalprobleme statt, aufgrund der Terminüberschneidung mit der Europäischen Meisterschaft gab es aber nur ein kleines Teilnehmerfeld. Ein weiteres Video … findet Ihr unter mehr

... Folks start entering their sites through My Maps ...



Scare writes:
Congratulations to Michael Husmann for being the first one to use the World Hang Gliding Site Guide mapplet in Google Maps to submit a site (Börry, Germany), followed... mehr

... Should the top 30 pilots be required to take the second start time? ...



We have been using the requirement that the top thirty pilots in the meet have to take the second start gate for a while now. It was suggested that it be used at the upcoming Worlds.
Since it was on my proposed amendments to the rules for the Worlds... mehr

... The videos and the results ...



Stein Edgar Strandli writes:
This year's extreme sport week in Voss, Norway was also the pre Worlds in aerobatics for both paragliding and hang gliding. And since it was held in the last week of June not... mehr

... Daniel scrapes it up ...



Daniel Vélez writes:
The committee decided on a fifty three km task on the best looking day so far. I took a late start (the third one) side by side with Mike Glennon, the leading pilot on the score board. But... mehr

... Fly in a really fun site. ...



Italo Tarasconi writes:
Come and fly in the Italian Championships August 6th through 12th at Montecucco. Have a summer holiday in the Umbria region. Of course, Montecucco was the site of the 1999 Worlds.... mehr

... Flavio sends some photos ...




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Angelo with Vicki Cains and Molly Moyes at the Forbes Flatlands.Discuss Angelo at the Oz Report forum
   
 
 
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... Going home soon ...



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Just spoke with Oleg on the phone. He is still in the Villah hospital, but today or tomorrow he will be transferred back home to Ukriane. From his own words, his health condition is now excellent and he can't wait to get home. He passed his greetings and... mehr

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Work less - fly more so wird man auf Klaus ‘ Blog skyfool begrüsst. Da sympathisiert man doch schon bevor es richtig los geht oder? Neben den aus dem DHV-Forum bekannten Lufträume für Google Earth findet man viele Urlaubsberichte die das “work less” untermauern, aber schaut einfach selbst. Die Antworten auf... mehr

Unter anderem mit dem Belgier Philippe Broers der schon im Mosel Open Video vom DHV für ordentlich Unterhaltung gesorgt hat. mehr

... Started too early ...



Daniel Vélez writes:
The day started out fine. Nevertheless, the task committee decided to call a small predefined task of 32 km. I decided to take off early and took what I thought was the first start time in order... mehr

... The west burns down each summer ...




http://mphsports.com/
Mike Haley, meet organizer and director, writes:
Due to the current Fletcher forest fire, 15 miles SW of Lakeview Oregon "Hang-on" hang gliding competition will be relocating to Woodrat Mountain, home of the famous Starthistle fly-in and the Rat Race Competition.
After... mehr

... A hole at the top ...



US Hang Gliding & Paragliding Assn. writes:
As you might be aware, the USHPA is doing a search for an experienced nonprofit executive to serve as Executive Director. The successful candidate will promote, manage and... mehr

... How far off the course line? ...



Steve Kroop at Flytec USA writes:
Version 2.24 for the 5030/Compeo and version 1.18 for 5020/Competino have been officially released. The new firmware has some new features, some improvements to existing... mehr