Jim Rooney <<jim>>
writes:
I'm in the Buffalo area visiting family. My brother John, a local
here, flies as well, so we've been spending a fair bit of time with the
Rochester Area Flyers. http://Rochesterareaflyers.com.
Linda Salimone and Mark Frutiger have been instrumental in plugging us into the
local scene (thanks guys!)
This... mehr

Randy Brown <<randolph.j.brown>>
sens:
Kip Stone does 59.5 miles in a Sport 2. Sunday, June 24, 2012.
Kip has been knocking out some great flights this year in New England, and
Sunday he topped them all with a 59.5 mile flight over New England's densely
wooded terrain. Launching from Mt. Ascutney on the border of Vermont and New... mehr

Jacques Bott <<jacques.bott>>
writes:
When? The full month of July, starting Tuesday July the 3rd.
Where? Serres (Klaus Ohlmann's airfield) in the southern French Alps:
http://www.quovadis-aero.com/?_Lang=_en and Aspres; the two airfields
are 8km away each other.
For who? Any Class 1, 2 or 5 hang gliders and new this year:... mehr

Ready to go on a day (three das in a row) that look like record
days
Watch the spots (only I don't have one):http://chorlton.homeip.net/spotmap/zapata.html mehr

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Why not have landing clinics at competitions as well as flight
parks
38 58 10.92 N,75 52 0.00 W,Highland Aerosports, Ridgely,
Maryland, USA
Mitch Shipley held a landing clinic during the East Coast
Championship. It was well attended.Mitch Shipley <<elektratow>>
writes:
There have been nice recent Oz Report threads and articles on... mehr

David Giles <<davidg>>
writes:
Well folks, I really hate to do it, but business conditions
dictate that I must sell my beloved launch-site on the eastern brow of Lookout
Mountain in northwest Georgia (about 17 miles due south of LMFP). It is 4 acres
with 400' of brow frontage that overlooks the historic McLemore Cove, and offers... mehr

Miller Stroud <<vrodtn>>
writes:
The Memphis Flyers have relocated our platform tow operations to a
site near Pakin, Arkansas for our southwesterly flow days. It puts us right in
the middle of a corridor of land known as the Mississippi Delta Flood Plain. It
consist of agriculture type real estate that stretches from Lake City... mehr

"...for the purpose of sport, training, and recreation."http://ozreport.com/docs/DOC062912.pdfNew USHPA tandem exemption operating limitations
here. mehr

http://chorlton.homeip.net/spotmap/zapata.html
http://www.jonnydurand.blogspot.com
http://wre500.blogspot.com/
Saturday flying, Gary Osoba writes:
Enjoyed a short flight which began with a few lightning strikes to
the NW. Moved SE for a while until lightning strikes and OD began in that
sector, then to the NE for a bit. When lightning... mehr

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9ad_zArZBg mehr

This tenth in a series of articles is taken from here:
http://ozreport.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=26379
Jim Rooney <<jim>> writes:
It's the cardinal rule of landing (and taking off for that
matter), wings level. Wings level is above all else. Keeping your nose down on
takeoff is at the end of the day, all about keeping your wings... mehr

Ricker Goldsborough <<gci>>
writes:
The Cloudbase Foundation is scheduled to make donations to
projects in Big Spring, Texas, during the upcoming competition. In order to meet
our goals we will be conducting another Calcutta fund raiser event. These have
been lots of fun and add another level of competition to an already... mehr

The place is filling up, which of course we weren't sure of a few
days ago. Glauco Pinto and driver from Brazil are here. Jonny Durand from Australia, with
Timothy Ettridge, driver, is here. Pete Lehman, with David Glover
driving, is here. Glen Volk, is flying in tomorrow, with Mike Degtoff his driver
now in Austin. Andre Wolf is scheduled... mehr

This tenth in a series of articles is taken from here:
http://ozreport.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=26379
Jim Rooney <<jim>> writes:
So where does the fear come from? (We all know)
It comes from that first early and weak flare. That one that doesn't stall the
wing, but instead zooms you up much higher than you intended or wanted. Then... mehr

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Before you go, sometimes your mouth gets dry and your heart beats
faster. When you takeoff, you get airborne very, very fast, and the earth
shrinks beneath you into a patchwork of farms and swamps and lakes. Sometimes
the air is perfumed with oranges, and it’s so sweet and vivid you can taste it
in your mouth.... mehr

http://federalgovernmentjobs.us/jobs/Aviation-Safety-Inspector-Operations-318960800.htmlThanks to Ole. mehr

This ninth in a series of articles is taken from here:
http://ozreport.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=26379
Jim Rooney <<jim>> writes:
The following are some of the most common fallacies regarding landings,
let me explain.
First, no one should be whacking. Students or otherwise. There's a raft of
reasons it's considered... mehr

Finbar Sheehy <<finbarsheehy>>
writes:
Your recent landing posts are interesting and instructive, but
don't mention a key point: the importance of the legs in the landing flare. The
key piece of advice I received, that really improved my landings in a
night-and-day way, was this: "on final approach, get your legs underneath you -... mehr

http://www.npr.org/2012/06/26/155761670/lake-lures-fishermen-and-drug-traffickersAs Debby makes land and heads to the north east, the south southeast winds look
to come back to Zapata and the World Record Encampment. Right now the GFSx
forecast for Sunday on looks spectacular.http://ozreport.com/wre.php mehr