In Westendorf ist ein 60-jähriger Paragleiter beim Startmanöver verunglückt und verletzt worden. mehr

In Westendorf ist ein 60-jähriger Paragleiter beim Startmanöver verunglückt und verletzt worden. mehr

Und schon sind die ersten Bildeinsendungen da Detlev Hoffmann hat mir dieses Bild von meinem letzten Start geschickt “Da hast du wohl irgend etwas nicht ganz mitbekommen …” Auf diesem Weg vielen Dank !! mehr

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Yesterday I landed in Gregory coming back on my 50 km FAI triangle attempt. In town there was a little green street sign that pointed toward Hell.  Hell must have not been too far away. Turns out it was a few miles to the east. I could have easily flown over Hell.
How it got its name.... mehr

... Is it all over? ...



The Results
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Corinna reports:
If pilots can't fly, they get bored and start discussing flights and decisions of the previous days. So the Dutch team decided to complain about Wolfgangs decision to cancel day 4 instead of stopping it.
The Dutch came up with a new idea to equalize the disadvantages of the... mehr

... Another day of bad weather ...



The Results
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Day 6 and Day 7 of the competition were both non-taskable due to a forecast of strong winds (gusts up to 80km/hr) and thunderstorms in the flying area. After the weather briefing at the campground most pilots chose to go sightseeing or explore the beautiful area through hiking or... mehr

... The fine weather continues here in Michigan ...



Today was a magic day. The RUC forecast called for a blue day, or maybe just a few wispies, so we were surprised to see the cu's popping at 11 AM. I rushed to get stuff together, given that the forecast was also for north northeast winds over 10 mph. The only fly in the ointment was the... mehr

Laut Spiegel Online wurden dieses Jahr bereits mehrere Gänsegeier in Deutschland gesicht. Ich stell es mir unglaublich schön vor mit den riesigen Vögel (bis zu 2,8 m Spannweite) zu fliegen. Wer schafft es als erstes mit einem Gänsegeier Themik zu fliegen ? mehr

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David Glover <> writes:
Bill Moyes called this evening and would like to know if anyone would like to get a tug or tugs at a discount. These tugs would be built Bobby... mehr

... Curt Warren goes to a maneuvers clinic ...



Curt Warren <> writes:
I just spent five days of my USA vacation paragliding in Bear Lake, Utah with Chris Santacroce of Superfly. If you're ever considering flying a paraglider on... mehr

... The foehn. ...



The Results
Corinna writes:
The weatherman predicted a strong south wester and also huge storms ahead of the cold front. At the moment, we have changing wind directions at the landing field, a clear sign of the foehn. Lucky that we didn't have to test the day today.Discuss pre-Europeans at the Oz Report forum
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... Cool maps and pictures from the successful Turin bid ...



Jean-Marc BADAN <>, FAI World Air Games Coordinator, sends two documents taken from the original bid book:
http://ozreport.com/docs/CIVL3.pdf... mehr

... Cancelled not stopped, after all. ...



The Results
Daily News:
Day 5 results (task 4): The task was stopped 1hr 55 minutes after the first start gate opened due to the heavy storms on course near Lienz which had developed extremely quickly. There were reports of pilots going to land being hit by hail and seeing lightning in the... mehr

Bei Ebay wird der Gleitschirm von Schlagerstar Chris Wolff versteigert. Chris Wolf sang Hits wie Palma di Mallorca, Am Strand von Maspalomas, Gina Marina und ist laut Website der wahre König von Mallorca. Also schlagt jetzt zu und erbeutet einen ca 10 Jahre alten UP Soul M mit ca. 20 Flugstunden. Laut Angebot gibt [...] mehr

... The stopped task, why is Gerolf scored at zero? Is there a cut? ...



The Results
The fourth task on this fifth day is stopped. The pilots are scored based on where they are at a specific time (15:05?).
Totals:
1118BONDARCHUK, Oleg(Aeros Combat L)UKR8599089959063668241GRICAR, Primoz(Aeros Combat 13)SVN9298739249053631395REISINGER,... mehr

... Overdevelopment "stops" the task. ...



The Results.
The meet is called the "Big Task." As I pointed out earlier, the size of the tasks weren't all that big, given that they were equivalent to the ones we were calling at the East Coast Championships, where 4,000' AGL was super high and 300 fpm was strong lift.
On... mehr

... The dates are set November 18 through 24th - 6 days ...



Billo <William.> writes:
This year will be the sixth 2007 Airborne Gulgong classic hang gliding aerotow comp. The comp will be held on the last week in November for a... mehr

... The world wide web of photographic and textual information ...


Photosynthesis, all the photos on the web finding each other and relating.
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/129
I just want that big screen. Thanks to Christian Williams.Discuss Photos at the Oz Report forum
   
 
 
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24´000 Franken: So viel kostet ein Unfall mit dem Gleitschirm im Durchschnitt. mehr

... Don't worry about the rain or the cu-nimbs ...



The Results.
Daily News:
A 103km task was set with most of the turnpoints out to the east and with some valley crossings to get away from the straight ridge runs. Huge clouds out in the task direction once again failed to materialize into anything dangerous. Goal was at Annenheim (58km... mehr