Am Pfingst-Wochenende wird Oppenau zum Mekka für Gleitschirmflieger. Vom 25. bis 28. Mai finden die 5. BaWü-Airgames statt. Die Stadtverwaltung und viele Oppenauer Vereine sitzen mit im »Organisationsboot« und unterstützen die »Profis« um Remo Kutz. mehr

In Judenburg ist ein 27 Jahre alter Paragleiter rund drei Meter abgestürzt. mehr

... Buy cool stuff to help out the guys. ...



Steve Kroop at Flytec USA writes:
We would like to announce that US Men's World website is up at:
http://flytec.com/worldteam/index.html.

Making it on to the Word Team is a costly endeavor. Competing at the Words is
also expensive. Some of the guys on the team are hanging on by a financial... mehr

... Karly's video ...



Steve Kroop at Flytec USA writes:
The critically acclaimed 2006 Flytec Championship video is finally
available on DVD. This film is truly one-of-a-kind and stars the world famous
Bobby Bailey in a dual role of "lift" and "Sink". This masterpiece received a
standing ovation at its debut. The... mehr

... Lots of help ...



Lauren Tjaden writes:
There are some great people in this sport. When my harness zipper
blew out (this week at launch at the Florida Ridge Nationals), Belinda Boulter
was there, offering to sew me into it. I declined, but James Tindle burnt holes
into my harness with a hot nail and finally got it zip tied... mehr

... Fire ...


The link is
here.

This is from the link:
Fire in the boat shop next to the molds for the Silent fuselage
and ATOS leading edge molds. Molds destroyed. I believe the Silent fuse is used
in the APIS too.
Jim Lamb has asked Felix about this issue. Thanks to Danny Brotto,
Ron Gleason and others who reported this issue to me. mehr

... Windy ...



Too windy. The day was called. mehr

... Pilots here report on the meet ...



http://hang6.blogspot.com/ (Jeff O'Brien)

http://skyout.blogspot.com
(Tom Lanning)

http://fly.benyl.com 
Bernard Winkelmann

http://scottgravelle.blogspot.com Scott Gravelle

http://canadiannationalteam.ca  Mark Dowsett and others

http://canadiannationalteam.ca/feeds mehr

... Blown out ...



A short violent storm passed through Quest Air in the late morning
followed by strong winds after the frontal passage. It looks like the winds
might be a little strong tomorrow also. mehr

... The view from above. ...




Paul Voight took this photo from above:



Click on the photo for a more detailed view. mehr

Das Drautal ist sicherlich eines der zugänglichsten Gelände für angehende Streckenflieger - wenn auch nicht unbedingt im April. Etwa 20 junge Piloten zwischen 16 und 28 Jahren haben sich bereits auf dem Fliegercamp in Greifenburg eingefunden, als ich Mittwoch Nacht dort aufschlage? mehr

... We attempted to set new cross country records on Saturday ...




The flight.

We had been watching the wind's forecast for two days and it looked like
Saturday would be a day to attempt to set not only the site records for the
Florida Ridge but also the state and east coast records. Dr. Jack's NAM and then
RUC based forecasts... mehr

Ab sofort neu bei uns, Speedarmjacke aus hochwertigem Material, wie Windtexärmel und Lycra, ermöglichen einen hohen Tragekomfort. Sie ist für diejenigen Flieger die keine typischen Speedarms mögen und doch auf hohe Funktionalität und Design setzen. Sie macht auch abends noch eine gute Figur!!

Preis: 85,00 mehr

Durch starke Windböen geriet der Lavanttaler mit seinem Schirm ins Schleudern und wurde in einen Fichtenbaum gedrückt. mehr

... The last race is a race. ...




The flight and the task.

The task committee under called the day. The forecast was for strong lift, and a
4,500' cloud base, but with a 10 mph east or east northeast wind. We were
concerned that the wind going over Lake Okeechobee would cut the lift.

With an east wind we would have to do a cross... mehr

Ein 16-jähriger Tiroler ist am Samstag mit dem Gleitschirm gegen die Heckscheibe eines Busses geprallt. Der Bub wurde schwer verletzt ins Krankenhaus geflogen mehr

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Meine zweite Baumlandung mit dem EasyGlider war leider nicht so sanft wie die Erste. Mit mächtig Überfahrt habe ich den Flieger in den Baum gejagd, unglaublich wie laut ELAPOR krachen kann Die neue Fläche ist schon bestellt mehr

... Wow, forget the forecasts, just go for it. ...




The flight
but not the task.

At 7:15 we rise to see the eastern sky full of mammatus clouds (see here:
http://skyout.blogspot.com).
There was a line of thunderstorms that were about to hit us. The winds were not
too strong, but we got a nice bit of rain. After the rain we could see... mehr

... Even more aerobatics in Norway (along with a lot of music) ...



jon gjerde jon.
writes:
We will arrange the PRE-WORLDS of HANG GLIDING AEROBATICS in Voss,
NORWAY, during the EKSTREMESPORTSVEKO 2007, 24th - 30th of June.

On Saturday... mehr