The coroner's report from February 27th, 2008 is found here.
The HGFA accident report from April, 2007 is found here.
The pilot was engaged in "static line towing." That is a fixed length of poly line (usually 2000') is connected (with a weaklink) to a cylinder (usually a brake cylinder) connected to the back of a car, usually the... mehr

I sent out requests for answers to various knowledgeable individuals in advance of publishing the article above. These are the answers I have so far:
Other questions to ask are regarding:
the mass of the rope / fittings stiffness of the rope aerodynamic fairings on ropes (covers over the carabineers)
These factors may play a part in knotting.... mehr

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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24162063/
An artificial foam cloud in the form of a peace sign floats in the sky. The formations, created by Flogo, are made of a soap-based foam laced with lighter-than-air gases.
The company uses re-purposed artificial snow machines to generate the floating ads and messages, dubbed Flogos. The machines can pop one... mehr

Mit der Größe XS gibt es den NOVA Mentor in vier Größen mit LTF in der Klasse 1-2. Das heißt, der NOVA deckt mit seinem neuen High-end 12er folgende Gewichtsbereiche ab Fluggewicht:

XS 7090 kg
S 80100 kg
M 95110 kg
L 105130 kg

Auf der Website www.nova-wings.com kann man sich die Videos von den Testflügen anschauen.

Im Wettkampf... mehr

Am letzten Montag 14.4. hatte das OLC-Team die Gelegenheit, im Rahmen eines Club-Abends beim Gleitschirmclub GSC Inntal die neue OLC-Generation vorzustellen.
Die Kernfragen waren: Wie funktioniert sie, was hat sie für Gleitschirmpiloten und Drachenflieger alles zu bieten und was macht sie vor allem so attraktiv
Die Veranstaltung war sehr gut... mehr

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/17/business/worldbusiness/17warm.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin
DENILIQUIN, Australia — Lindsay Renwick, the mayor of this dusty southern Australian town, remembers the constant whir of the rice mill. “It was our little heartbeat out there, tickety-tick-tickety,” he said, imitating the giant fans... mehr

Die Jungs waren einmal mehr fleissig und haben die Luftraumdaten auf den aktuellen Stand gebracht damit wir leichtes Spiel haben und sie auf unsere Geräte laden können. Die Daten für Garmin, MLR, Bräuniger und Flytec findet Ihr wie immer bei dfc-saar.de die Daten für Google Earth bei skyfool.de . Jetzt kann die Saison... mehr

Loading up your wing improves its glide performance. The Oz Report goes back to look at a set of earlier articles written for Hang Gliding Magazine to try to gauge the value of ballast, or being a big guy.
You can send a mere $20 or more for a yearly subscription/donation. To pay for your subscription with your credit card or PayPal account:... mehr

Long long ago (when I was a lot smarter) I wrote a few articles for the USHGA Hang Gliding Magazine about how ballast (and weight overall) affects your glide performance. They became available on Mark Forbes' Hang Gliding Magazine DVD's. They were just JPEG's on the DVD inside of the Adobe PDF format. Using Acrobat 8.0 I copied the pages from... mehr

Seedwings (Europe) wheels for Seedwings, Aeros, Moyes, Wills Wing and Icaro carbon control bars. Steve Pearson at Wills Wing states that the Icaro and Aero carbon base tube has the same profile as the Wills Wing carbon base tube, both the older one and the new one.

http://www.willswing.com/features/controlBars.asp
Wheels for the Wills Wing... mehr

http://www.warrenwindsports.com.au/blog/curt-warren/fun-stuff/flying-wild-west-wind-sydney.html
West Winds in Sydney are usually spent surfing the offshore waves. Last week, a few of us were looking for something different and headed to Frenchman's Bay of Sydney. Gerolf, Steve Elliot, and Noma, brought the new Moyes LiteSpirit proto for us to... mehr

Mark Dowsett <<email>> writes:
I've recently (finally) upgraded to the Flytec 6030 from my old long-time-broken IQ CompGPS so I'm new to the integrated flight-computer setup. I'm just wondering what fields most pilots put on their three different screens. I've set up a survey to take responses, and all results are public so you can... mehr

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Jamie Shelden <<email>> writes:
Bobby’s trailer is all loaded with the last dragonfly and we are leaving in the next hour or so....should be there sometime Thursday evening!!
Jeff Nicolay at Morningside Flight Park <<email>> writes:
Rhett Radford left Quest on Monday flying... mehr

Where are you going to find an honest look at the issue of hang glider performance? Certainly not in the monthly magazine (although I looked at it a bit back in 1992).
All it takes is a willingness to look at the facts and try to make sense of them. But first get the facts together. That's what I'll be doing in the next few issues.
You can send... mehr

Andrej Kolar <<email>> writes:
SeeYou 3.81 (released just yesterday) has an option to declare a start sector as "start on observation zone entry" (you can set that up in Task properties > Options. That eliminates the need for designing a tube-type sector that covers the whole territory.
We have also followed the... mehr

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http://goflyxc.com/2008/cdnhgnats
A comp that will help Canadian pilots prepare for international competition while giving all Pilots a opportunity to learn new skills and compete in a classic location.
As the 2009 Hang gliding World Championships will take place in the southern French alps there is no closer match to this are in Canada as... mehr

Yesterday Stan Roberts flew his Aeros Phantom 177 miles.
http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0/para/flightinfo.html?flightId=1354416346 mehr

Das Pfingsthighlight in Oppenau bietet Fliegen zum anfassen
An Pfingsten bietet die Schwarzwaldstadt Oppenau wieder vier Tage lang Fliegen zum anfassen. Im Mittelpunkt der Veranstaltung steht der interessierte Zuschauer, der hier auf die verschiedensten Arten mit dem Flugsport in Berührung kommen kann ? von zuschauen bis selber fliegen.
Ein... mehr