https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/wisconsin-couple-saved-parachute-plane-192702455.html
Tyler was able to call a county deputy on his cellphone, and
reported that the plane had crashed into a heavily wooded area on a steep
mountainside — but that he and his wife had managed to deploy the plane’s
built-in parachute beforehand, the... mehr

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http://williamolive.com/comps/manilla/2020/gap_task_result_2020-02-18.html
Task 1:



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Name
Glider
Distance
Total



1
Jon Durand Jnr
Moyes RX 4 Pro
39.86
442


2
Shigeto Ishizaka
Moyes RX 3.5 pro
31.45
384


3
Bruce Wynne... mehr

https://ozreport.com/24.34#1Steve Kroop at Flytec USA writes:
I am not sure why the STF value is off, I have not received any
reports until reading this.  I am copying this to Naviter."Unlike with the Flytec 6030 the pilot sets the McCready value before flight,
but they can change it in flight if desired.  On the Flytec 6030 the... mehr

So far no competition flying on the first two days.Manilla caravan and water park.Rain at the Royal Inn. mehr

A few weeks ago I purchased a Naviter
https://www.naviter.com/oudie/ Blade from Flytec USA,
http://flytec.com/oudie4.html. I was already familiar with the Oudie
4/Full/Pro having customized it to replicate the functionality of a Flytec 6030
and having flown with it. The Blade is an Oudie 4/Full/Pro in a streamlined pod.You can see my earlier... mehr

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Today I was the one to screw up with the radio, so I couldn't talk
to Larry or hear from him, which turned out to be okay.
Larry went first as I fiddled with the connection to the radio from the helmet
and then damaged it. Tim pulled me up at 12:45 as we again saw plenty of dark
bottomed cu's, hopefully higher than on Tuesday.
I had Tim head... mehr

On Tuesday I launched the first time at 12:10 PM just like the day
before, but found cloud base 1,000' lower at 2,400' with lift so weak I didn't
stay up. The clouds were thick with black bottoms, but none of the ones Larry
and I went to produced anything.
We waited for a later launch and at 1:30 PM I launched after Larry. We saw him
and... mehr

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The day started with bright sunshine and a blue sky with an east
wind that was forecasted to become south southeast. Larry and I got ready before
9 AM for a early start. We were looking at a noon launch, after launching at
1:05 the day before. A few weeks ago we were launching at 2 PM.The cu's started at 10:40 am but we had also seen a few... mehr

https://www.fai.org/sites/default/files/civl/documents/2020_civl_plenary_minutes_v2.pdf mehr

Filippo is red, Jonny is blue. The blue vertical line is just before the edge of
the goal cylinder. Pilots are flying at about 60 mph just before the goal cylinder.
There is a strong head/side wind from the west as they approach from the south
east increasing to 16 mph as they get closer to goal and lower.





Time
Altitude... mehr

Larry Bunner said that he was going to give it a try so I said
okay and never looked at the forecast. The wind seemed to be about ten mph out
of the east northeast on the ground. There were no cu's but around noon they
started to form to our south. By 12:45 they were overhead and we were getting
ready as fast as possible.
I was off at 1:05... mehr

https://www.fai.org/sites/default/files/civl/documents/2020_civl_plenary_minutes.pdf mehr

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-australia-bushfires/australia-celebrates-as-heavy-rains-dampen-huge-bushfires-idUSKBN2002XM
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Much of Australia’s wildfire-ravaged east coast
was drenched on Friday by the biggest rainfall in almost 20 years, dousing some
of the most dangerous blazes and providing welcome relief to... mehr

Robin Hamilton writes:

Seeing a video today of a drug runner's confiscated
private jet being launched from a dirt track in a forest made me recall my
dodgiest takeoff last year. We were aerotow launching (uphill) from the dirt
track running down to Kevin Christopherson's ranch, set halfway up the mountain
above Casper, WY. The track also... mehr

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