The issue this month is the last paper issue. mehr

Aaron Swepston writes:
Another fun day at Dog. I launched at whatever time it was, 5:15
or so? I didn’t check the time. First off for the evening round.
I got up to a reasonably low couple hundred over and headed for Elk. I wanted to
give the Sport 3 a good glide and penetration test. I crossed to Elk with a bit
of sink on the way, and... mehr

Joe writes:
We are still waiting on word on when we can reopen lessons at the
beach and mountain. Now is a great time to get your equipment inspected and tuned.
Andy is still available to fix up your gear at the shop. But as of right now we
are still unsure about when we can reopen. When we do open back up it will be
with limitations that... mehr

SYDNEY, Australia — Some have taken to baking to while away the
hours during coronavirus lockdown; others embraced gardening. For Farvardin
Daliri, it was the perfect opportunity to complete his magnum opus: a
15-foot-tall replica of a bird known as a laughing kookaburra.
He said he just wanted to cheer people up in these gloomy times.... mehr

First flight with my "new" Falcon 4 195 off the 800 foot Shaw
Butte in Phoenix. As you can see, they're a real bitch to land. mehr

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Philippe Michaud
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Rich Reinauer.

First Place:
https://www.xcontest.org/world/en/ranking-hg-national-teams/ mehr

http://fs.fai.org/trac/wiki/FS2020R1.1"Joerg Ewald" <<joerg.ewald>>
writes:
We just released FS 2020 R1.1, which includes the following
changes:·         Additional scoring formula: GAP 2020
·         Optional separate... mehr

https://youtu.be/DMj6AqcDBU4


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Larry Bunner writes:
Rich went 195 miles yesterday from Alamogordo. More details soon.
His flight from the day before:
https://www.xcontest.org/world/en/flights/detail:Richreinauer/23.5.2020/18:47142.5 km.The world ranking of nations:https://www.xcontest.org/world/en/ranking-hg-national:USKrzy flies for Poland. mehr

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All winter and spring we at Wilotree Park had huge flocks of
Sandhill Cranes up to over 50 at a time. Most days at least thirty there most of
the day. They are smart and avoid all aircraft.
They always looked like juvenile gangs, often playing "I'm dominant" games. I
felt that there was only one couple. Maybe, maybe not. It is not clear... mehr

https://youtu.be/scW0-gzWH3U


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Krzysztof Grzyb <<doitkg>>
writes:
It was hot and humid but some Cu's showed up late.
I had two tows. First time, I was fighting for about 20 minutes and finally gave
up. Second flight, I was able to go for a 50 mile triangle visiting Cullom
paraglider activity.... mehr

Robin Hamilton writes:
It was a good day. Pretty much exactly as forecast though it was
later starting and slow and low (~3200 TOL) getting away from the airport at
Wharton, Texas and for the first 20-30 miles. Lift was a little chopped up in
the breeze (>20mph at TOL) but the abundant clouds were pretty much always
marking something.... mehr

Ken de Russy <weflyuniv> writes:
Here are scans of a magazine that Keith Nichols just donated to my
collection. mehr

Get the sticker at:
https://www.willswing.com/product/sticker-hang-gliding-glider/
Good no matter which hang glider you fly. mehr

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=260042842073188


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https://www.glidernet.org/
The objective of the Open Glider Network is to create and maintain
a unified tracking platform for gliders, drones and other aircraft. Focused on
tracking aircraft equipped with FLARM and OGN trackers, OGN is also open for
integrating of other data sources (e.g. PilotAware, SPOT, FANET (paragliders),
Spidertracks,... mehr