... Ole gets high in Rodeo ...



John 'Ole' Olson writes:
"Shoestring" Bill Cummings has been lurking around my hangar and re-introducing me to the thrill of static line towing, which I have not experienced in at least twenty years. I... mehr

... From down under into the land of the DHV ...



Rob Hibberd writes:

Airborne has a new German Hang glider distributor. The C4 13.5 has completed German DHV certification. The full range of C4 gliders will be available in Germany soon.... mehr

... If you are small you can maneuver quicker ...


sends:
Alan Stankevitz got photos of a red-tailed hawk while it was being harassed by... mehr

... If you have a dream ...



NY Times Article.
Just over 10 years ago, Fruita was a depressed agricultural town with an oil refinery being shut down by the Environmental Protection Agency. Then, Troy Rarick, a 44-year-old cyclist from nearby Grand Junction, conceived a plan to transform Fruita by giving it a new identity: ecotourism hub.... mehr

Drei, zwei eins und dann musst du nur noch laufen, laufen, laufen, okay?« Die Kandidatin nickt tapfer mehr

... Andreas Olsson wins day two ...



The Results.
Andreas Olsson, flying a Wills Wing T2 - 148 (prototype), won the second day of the pre-Europeans. Given that there are only five or six T2's in the competition, this says something (although it is unclear just what, perhaps just that the T2 is a competitive glider):
181OLSSON,... mehr

... Stalled his AIR ATOS VR and smacked his knee up good ...



http://ozreport.com/otherblogs.php#ifly4funn.blogspot.com
On a more somber note, Ollie Gregory, pilot and all around great guy, stalled his rigid today off of Whitwell. He blasted his knee terribly, and has to have surgery this evening. Jackie, his wife, said he was going to be... mehr

... Do slow pilots rule? ...



http://ozreport.com/otherblogs.php#gottafly.blogspot.com
...the tortoises shall inherit the earth.
I wrote earlier about the East Coast Championship: "Linda Salamone is in second. Again, not a fast pilot, but one who sticks with it and gets as far as possible."
Linda was very consistent and did well... mehr

... Life on the air strip ...



Speaking of the East Coast Championship, we had a great time in Ridgley. Adam and Sunny (and Kristin) live in the bubble of a down at the heals private airstrip surrounded by soybeans and corn, getting by year round on their proceeds from giving tandem "discovery" flights during the season. The... mehr

... This fellow showed up at our camp site in Pennsylvania on the way to Michigan (the Pennsylvania turnpike is beautiful) ...



Belinda gets a shot of this friendly not-so-wild turkey that came up to us next to our trailer:

Click on the photo to see how friendly this guy is.Discuss Turkeys at the Oz Report forum
   
 ... mehr

... The biggest paraglider flight in Scandinavia ever ...



http://lokkilok.blogspot.com/2007/05/arska-flies-303-km.html
Cross Country Magazine reports:
On May 16 Ari "Arska" Sahlström flew a whopping 303 km through the flatlands of Finland. The flight, which began at Oripää airfield took over eight hours to complete, and is by far the... mehr

... Flying the new no name Moyes single surface tandem glider ...



Jonny Durand reports that he set a local (Beechmont) tandem flight record recently with a 95 km flight on a "new" Moyes single surface tandem glider. He said that these tandem gliders are a lot of work to fly.
The Moyes single surface tandem glider doesn't have a name yet.... mehr

... The policy has been in place for three years ...


http://ozreport.com/11.119
Pascal Darré <> writes:
First of all, if you are not happy about any part of our products, I can understand that you are disappointed. Nevertheless I... mehr

Corinna Schwiegershausen berichtet in Ihrem Blog von den Pre European Championship in Greifenburg. Die aktuelle Ergebnisliste findet Ihr hier mehr

takeoff berichtet am Dienstag den 19.6. um 16.30 und 2:10 Uhr, sowie am Donnerstag den 21.6. um 0:30 auf n-tv über die BaWü Airgames. Alternativ könnt Ihr euch die aktuelle Folge auch online anschauen. mehr

... Could there be anything more fun than drifting in 0-50 fpm and then landing at the golf driving range? ...



http://members.aol.com/cloud9sa/home.htm
Over the weekend Cloud 9 was packed with locals and Jamie Shelden was up from Quest Air looking forward to the sweet air I've been talking about. The forecast on Saturday was for good lift... mehr

... The results ...



The Results.
146 pilots. Two launches.
1FRIESENBICHLER, Michael(Moyes Litespeed)AUT13:30:0014:58:0501:28:059552REISINGER, Robert(Moyes Litespeed)AUT13:30:0014:58:1301:28:139463GRICAR, Primoz(Aeros Combat 13)SVN13:30:0014:58:4301:28:439294MEIER, Richi(Aeros Combat)CHE13:15:0014:50:2501:35:259025SEIB, David(Moyes... mehr

... Speed gliding and aerobatics only, made to order for the press ...



http://www.fai.org/hang_gliding/node/1019
For Hang Gliding and Paragliding the CIVL bureau has decided to concentrate on four disciplines: PG Aerobatics, PG Accuracy, HG Aerobatics and HG Speed Gliding.
For the next edition of the World Air Games the FAI has decided to... mehr

... He's fine, but the glider is destroyed. ...



This was the first day that they have flown a task at the pre-Europeans, as it was raining on Saturday, the first day of the competition. Oz Report readers may remember that there were two tumbles at the women's worlds in Greifenburg. Kari Castle has only intermittently flown a hang glider... mehr

... So we'll just take off and then see what the storm has in mind ...



http://ozreport.com/otherblogs.php#corinnaflies.blogspot.com
After we started into the task, it was called before the window opened because it rained over take off, on course, and there was a serious storm above the last turnpoint that affected our landings with very... mehr