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Der Winter kommt. Auf dem Weg zur Arbeit ist es jetzt schon dunkel heute Abend wird die Uhr umgestellt und via Google News kommen keine Meldungen mehr übers Drachenfliegen sondern übers Drachen steigen lassen Wer kann reist dem Sommer hinterher, z.b. nach Australien dort begann gerade die Saison mit den Canungra Hang [...] mehr

Auf der Grundlage dieses Videos plant Calle seine Streckenflüge für 2007. Während ich fest davon ausgehe das das Video von einem Videokünstler getunt wurde, ist sich Calle sicher das unterschiedliche Windschichten / Windrichtungen die Ballone im Kreis fahren lassen. Was meint Ihr ?? mehr

Auf der Grundlage dieses Videos plant Calle seine Streckenflüge für 2007. Während ich fest davon ausgehe das das Video von einem Videokünstler getunt wurde, ist sich Calle sicher das unterschiedliche Windschichten / Windrichtungen die Ballone im Kreis fliegen lassen. Was meint Ihr ?? mehr

http://www.zupy.net/Canungra06/
Overall results:

PlaceNameGliderTotal
1JON JNR DurandMoyes Litespeed S 43762
2DAVID SeibMoyes Litespeed S 53619
3RICK DuncanAirborne Climax C4 13.53223
4STEVE MoyesMoyes Litespeed S 43219
5ATTILA BertokMoyes Litespeed S 53130
6SCOTT BarrettAirborne Climax C4 13.53103
7CORINNA SchwiegershausenMoyes Litespeed S... mehr

Matt Tabor writes:
There are inexpensive marketing efforts that the USHPA could
invest in and in fact the BOD voted to engage in these activities -- provide
funding etc. It didn't happen because the plug was pulled by either the previous
executive committee or the ED. I don't really know. I feel that there is a lack
of confidence within the... mehr

Ed Stone  
http://www.synernet.com writes:
August 26, 1997
Having read many discussions of the USHGA and some of the issues at hand, a few
points seem crucial, in my opinion.
First, it seems to me that there is dancing around the central... mehr

When Lisa Tate was chairman of the USHPA Planning Committee she
put the following into the strategic plan:
More competitions at the local and regional level need to be
fostered and encouraged. This will require examination of USHGA’s current
competition structure with evaluation and modification to focus on growth of the
sports.
Action:... mehr

Big time mountain flying is ten minutes away from your home.
Everything is ten or fifteen minutes away.
Here in Carpinteria you'll find the world's oldest Torrey Pine. It's right
downtown next to the Rincon bicycle shop.
I was very surprised to see all the beautiful pasture lands to the west of Santa
Barbara. The absence of sprawl was almost... mehr

http://www.zupy.net/Canungra06/
jon durand <>
writes:
Day 1: was a 44km task with very challenging conditions with only
4 pilots making goal.
Day 2: Was cancelled due to strong wind.
Day 3: This was probably the best day I have seen... mehr

I have just finished a great book. Perhaps you'll enjoy it as much
as I did.
The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason by Sam Harris.
I’m simply saying that believing propositions on bad evidence is
never a good idea. If there were sufficient reasons to believe Jesus will be
returning to earth like a superhero, this... mehr

You can check out Ed Levin in the
Oz Report world wide
site guide. It's in the Northern California folder under the San Francisco
Bay Area.
Lionel Marks <> writes:
Come and hang out with the Berkeley Hang Gliding club, we are
focused on... mehr

So how did the USHPA President respond to my indictment of the
USHPA leadership on the question of support, leadership, and guidance for hang
gliding competition in the US? Well let's say that she wasn't pleased. While I
won't quote her as I haven't asked for permission to do so (and won't), I'll
accurately paraphrase what she said.
She... mehr

Anne-Odile Thomas <>,
president of the Santa Barbara hang gliding and paragliding club, writes:
Our guide service is FREE (you don't get much for free anymore).
Our main concern is that pilots get briefed on the local sites to maximize... mehr

Vrezh Tumanyan <>
writes:
Check this video out (5 min).
Http://shga.com/forum/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=452 mehr

Jeff O'Brien <>
writes:
Flying over Mt. Timpanogos 11,750ft, north east of Orem, Utah. The summit shed is visible in
the lower left on the ridgeline. Taken 9. 13.2006.

Click on Photo. mehr

Das Video ist in Utah am Point of the Mountain entstanden. Erinnert von der Landschaft ein bisschen an Lanzarote und bei dem was die Piloten in dem Video zeigen muss der Wind ähnlich laminar und gleichmässig sein. Besonders die Nachtszenen (nein nicht Nacktszenen Calle) und die ungewöhnliche Landetechnik sind beeindruckend. Viel Spass... mehr

http://ozreport.com/dataSXGC.kmz
Bernard Baer writes:
10% Discount to HGFA members
Southern Cross Gliding Club is offering a 10% discount to members of the Hang
Gliding Federation of Australia who sign up for one of the forthcoming five day... mehr

Keith Olbermann writes:
We have lived as if in a trance. We have lived as people in fear.
And now, our rights and our freedoms in peril, we slowly awake to learn that we
have been afraid of the wrong thing. Therefore, tonight have we truly become the
inheritors of our American legacy.
For, on this first full day that the Military Commissions... mehr

And Russ Locke is responsible for calculating NTSS points.
Let's party like it's 1999 or 1989 or 1979.
I wonder if he is going to encourage any meet organizers to put on any hang gliding meets in the US in 2007. mehr