... Memorial Day at Woodrat in Oregon, USA ...




Jim Tibbs, RVHPA President writes:
Spring is right around the corner, which means not only the best
flying of the season, but also RVHPA’s 31st annual Starthistle fly-in at Ruch,
Oregon’s legendary Woodrat Mountain over Memorial Day weekend, May 26th through
the 28th.
We’re still... mehr

... There is still no word on the Skyline web site about what the problems were with Andreas Orgler's harness at Forbes ...



http://www.skyline-flightgear.de
http://ozreport.com/11.005#1
I also don't have access to any "official" report whether from the police, the
meet organizers, the HGFA, or from Skyline. I have contacted Ollie... mehr

... Combines Google Calendar with our standard version ...


http://ozreport.com/calendar.php
The upcoming flying season has been updated on the Oz Report calendar. Notice
the embedded Google Calendar version of the Oz Report events calendar at the top
of the page. You can add comments to various events. mehr

... It's been dry there. ...



keishya salko writes:
The Puerto Rico 2007 Competencias Nacionales began this weekend.
The event kicked off with a public relations effort with the Mayor of Las
Piedras which is the hosting town where the main flying site CUBUY.
Our club the FVLPR is trying to develop stronger relations with the surrounding... mehr

... Your Aeros Combat awaits you ...



Robert Hagewood <>
writes:
Flytec competitors who don't want to worry about shipping can
purchase one of two Combat-L's on site. My two year old model for $3000 and
Oleg's winning glider from... mehr

... The weather finally finally breaks ...



http://gravsports.blogspot.com/
Despite the sprinkles in the morning and the general air of, "No
way in hell we're going flying," all of a sudden we're up on top of the hill as
the air clears out.
Launched and spent the next 45 minutes doing circles at cloud base with the
entire... mehr

Ein Großteil der Top-Piloten kam nicht ins Ziel, selbst von den Favoriten schaffte es kaum einer über die Ziellinie. Den österreichischen WM-Teilnehmern erging es nicht viel besser, alle fünf wurden diesem 48 Kilometer langen Task vorzeitig gegroundet. Am besten lief es noch für die beiden Salzburger Alex Schalber und Helmut Eichholzer, die... mehr

... "Where the creeks run dry or ten feet high." ...



http://gravsports.blogspot.com/
Day Three Worlds
The Paragliding World Championships are underway, but we've yet to fly a task.
People are starting to joke about the "Curse of Pinzgau," a town in Austria that
hosted the Worlds a few years back. They flew two tasks there in dangerous... mehr

... How about hanging out in a hang glider paradise? ...




http://www.williamolive.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?p=1345 A letter to the
Newcastle/Hunter valley pilots:
During my wonderful stay in the Newcastle area this year between
the Bogong Cup and the NSW Titles, I had the notion that it would perhaps be a
good idea to invite northern... mehr

... Similarities ...



Farell-Baril, Gerard FarellBaril.
writes:
I came across these old Russian hang gliding photos:
http://virag.h1.ru/kabina.html. Of particular interest is the boat
pay-out winch (photo # 6) and the trike dated 1992 - 1998... mehr

... What I learned ...



Ryan Coppola writes:
The Blue Sky Scooter Tow Clinic at Quest was very well done. Steve
gave participants all the information needed to construct, use, and teach
beginners using a scooter tow. I think it is a great teaching method for the
following reasons: It's so easy you could fly a bag of rocks in good wind... mehr

... Hang gliding is a safer sport ...



These are our partners in the fight against terrorism.
Story
here.
An annual kite festival Sunday in eastern Pakistan has left at
least 11 people dead.
Officials said two died after their throats were cut by metal kite strings. Kite
flyers often use string made of wire or coated with ground glass... mehr

Auf der Website vom ID Studio findet Ihr ein paar schöne Bilder von den Forbes Flatlands.
Dank für den Link geht an Bernd mehr

Bei Ermittlungen im Bezirk Rohrbach hat sich nun herausgestellt, dass ein 34-jähriger Freistädter nicht, wie zunächst behauptet, mit einem Mountainbike, sondern mit einem Gleitschirm verunglückt ist.
Den kompletten Pressebericht findet Ihr bei nachrichten.at mehr

Die Regenmengen, die während der Nacht gefallen waren und auch für den Tagesverlauf prognostiziert waren, machten dem Veranstalter die Entscheidung leicht: Der Tag wurde bereits am Vormittag abgesagt, womit den Piloten auch die mühsame Auffahrt über verschlammte Straßen hinauf zum Startplatz erspart blieb.

Team Austria blieb somit nichts... mehr

Die deutsche Gleitschirmfliegerin Ewa Wisnierska (35), die ein Gewitter in fast zehn Kilometer Höhe knapp überlebt hat, will bei den Laufenden Weltmeisterschaften in Australien starten. Das teilte die Sportlerin in Australien mit.
Den kompletten Pressebericht findet Ihr bei Schwäbische Zeitung Online mehr

... How could it all go so wrong? :-) ...




http://canadianparaglidingteam.blogspot.com/
The World's Start
Or do they? They were suppose to start yesterday and as of now Monday Afternoon
we still have not had a task. The weather has been epic since I arrived almost 2
weeks ago. But yesterday things went bad weather wise.
We were really... mehr

... High above Mt. Borah ...




http://www.azoom.ch/fotos/suchergebnisse.php?shooting_no=422 mehr

Kurz bevor das Startfenster für das Race aufgehen hätte sollen, hieß es: Task cancelled. Die Mannschaft ist natürlich enttäuscht, aber so, wie sich vor uns die Wolkentürme aufgebaut haben, war für den Veranstalter gar keine andere Entscheidung möglich, fasst Teamchef Josef Josi Lanthaler das australische Dilemma zusammen: Die... mehr

Ein Drachenflieger ist am Samstagnachmittag in Bruck am Ziller aus vier Metern Höhe abgestürzt. Der 56-jährige Mann wurde schwer verletzt.
Den kompletten Pressebericht findet Ihr bei tirol.com mehr