... Hang giding, but not really. ...


paul olson <>
writes:
If anyone has a Second Life account I invite them to visit my
hanger (Ceilostomo 92/187/90) and take walk around my 3D model of a Mosquito. It
is a work in progress... mehr

... Get your maps here ...



Jim Rooney has placed all the maps that I've created for Quest Air
and the Flytec Championships on the Quest Air web site:
http://questairforce.com mehr

... It's in German ...



Joerg sends this link to the Bassano meet:
http://www.dhv.de/typo/Meeting_Montegrappa.4356.0.html
(translation). mehr

... Long glide at Flugtag ...




http://youtube.com/watch?v=D4imPDyIVlE&mode=related&search=

Thanks to David Glover. mehr

... Can the robot soar? ...



Martin Jaeger sent
this link.
Dan Edwards a student at NC State University, is attempting to
break two records by creating an autonomous glider. The project goal is a 142
mile cross country flight and a 25 mile flight with return flight without human
intervention. The glider finds thermal updrafts and... mehr

Wir suchen, zur Verstärkung unseres Teams einen Fluglehrer oder Assistenten.

Bei Interesse einfach ein mail an infoparagliding.at

Schöne Grüße aus Tirol mehr

Es ist ein gutes Gefühl, Weltmeisterin zu sein?, sagt Petra Slívová nicht ohne Stolz. Sie ist Erfolge gewohnt, hält gegenwärtig zwei Weltrekorde und hat schon den einen oder anderen Pokal zu Hause in der Vitrine stehen. Den Spaß am Gleitschirmfliegen entdeckte Slívová 1993, als sie mit ein paar Freunden einen einwöchigen... mehr

Eine 33-jährige Frau hat am Ostermontag in Baden-Baden einen Absturz mit ihrem Gleitschirm überlebt. Auch in Unterschneidheim (Ostalbkreis) kam es zu einem Zwischenfall mit einem Gleitschirm, bei dem sich eine 37-jährige Frau verletzte. mehr

... A pretty exciting ride ...



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iBjqFJsraM&NR=1

This also happened to George Sturtevant years ago on Chelan Butte. Thanks to
David Glover for finding this gem. mehr

... An hour or maybe more of great conditions ...




The flight
and task.

Oh my god, the forecast. It was for 9 to 17 knot winds out of the southwest
(right to Lake Okeechobee). The lift was predicted to be 250 fpm (then subtract
your minimum sink rate), falling to 166 fpm at 5 PM. The height of the lift was
forecast to be 2555' but... mehr

... No wonder we threw up our hands ...



We spoke up about some problems we had with the BLIPMAPS and Dr.
Jack got on the case. He wrote:
I read your Monday report about wildly differing forecast winds
between the BLIPMAP RUC and other models. Such large wind differences between
models should not occur (particularly between the NCEP... mehr

Mir stehen die Tränen in den Augen. Susi und Calle fahren zum Frühlingerwachen (DHV Jugend) nach Greifenburg- jetzt gleich - und ich ? Ich sitze hier in der Firma und arbeite fleissigst an den neuen Prospekten. mehr

Der Flugschüler wollte in Kirchbach auf dem Landeplatz einer Flugschule landen und streifte versehendlich ein Dach. Er erlitt schwere Verletzungen. mehr

You can find restaurants and waypoints at
www.questairforce.com

Jim Rooney <>
writes:
I've put together a local Google map of Quest for visiting pilots.

I've tried to include the essentials and all the little secret places the locals... mehr

... Four days in a row of good flying. ...



Wesley Hill <>
writes:
Results for the 2007 Birchip Flatter than the Flatlands are
available at: http://www.hgfa.asn.au/~fttf

Birchip turned on one of its best years, with 4... mehr

Shaded, cu's and lift in the dark, great buoyant, air then a wall
of rain to the north.


The flight.

Cu's were already forming at dawn. There were high clouds shading the ground
from early in the morning and the clouds just continued to grow, and thicken and
spread out with more high clouds. The forecast was for a 50% chance of rain.... mehr

... What about the Laminar? ...


Peter Batey writes:
We hear an awful lot about the Australian gliders and Wills Wing.
They're obviously going very well. I wonder if you could ask your readers to
tell us how the Icaro2000 Z8 is performing and handling.
You can answer, of course, in the Oz Report forum. mehr

Mit dem Google Maps flight sim könnt Ihr über ein paar ausgewählte Städten eure Runden drehen. Viel Spass dabei mehr

... A hard slog upwind on the first leg. ...




The flight.

The task was longer than the flight above. Campbell Bowen was the only one to
make the task.

With weather forecasts that were all over the map, we threw our hands up in the
air and just called a task as though we didn't have a forecast. It was a 63 mile
FAI triangle to the... mehr

... Thin strong spectra hang loops ...



"Diver" Bob Maloney <>
writes:
Before the Wills Wing Demo Days at Wallaby last spring I made a
set of Loops out of Spectra microline 1500lb test. My idea was to be able to
quickly and... mehr