Billo writes:

I attended the opening ceremony and day one of the paragliding
worlds. I have to say, Godfrey has done a marvelous job of organising the show.
The opening parade was well attended. I have never seen so many people in the
Manilla main street before, and there was an equally impressive crowd to watch
the air display. As the F18 roared overhead and climbed vertically on full
afterburners, accompanied by a thunderously loud fireworks mortar, one could
only wonder at what all that noise might be doing to the horses in the adjacent
paddocks. The owners of these horses complain about the relative whisper from
the trike's Rotax.


On the first day there were so many people going up Mount Borah that there was
an actual traffic jam. So much so that the meet organiser was late getting up
the hill. We watched as the great looking sky full of Cus developed into Cb and
started raining. The day, of course, was cancelled, just prior to the 1st
competitors starting. Such a shame, it's always good to start a comp with a good
round.


I've posted an HTML album of pics at;


http://www.williamolive.com/nhgc/gallery/manilla-pg-worlds-2007/manilla-pg-worlds-2007.html 


But of course, no actual PG worlds competitors in flight.