Der offene XC Wettbewerb des Flieger Club Achental DFCA ist mit der großen Preisverleihung am 30. August zu Ende gegangen.

Die strahlenden Gewinner sind:
Peter Achmüller
Günter Porath und
Corinna Schwiegershausen

Mit dem weitesten Flug von 285 km und einer Landung am Weßner Hof konnte Peter den XC Wettbewerb des DFCA für sich... mehr

George Stebbins <<email>> writes:
This from the SHGA web site:
Kagel is CLOSED by Marek Fire October 13, 11:00 AM
There is a NOTAM that closes airspace including the Kagel launch and LZ for fire fighting until further notice. The Marek fire that started at 2:00 AM Sunday burned the area between Trash and Lances yesterday, and is... mehr

http://www.designbydave.net/blog/
"Andy Jackson Tour Part 1." This is basically a visual (in flight video, Google Earth, SeeYou) tour of my local flying site. In the video I fly the basic Marshall - Crestline - Pine lap (see here and here) and try to point out the thermal hot spots, altitude required to get to the next spot, landmarks... mehr

http://cloudbasecafe.com/ mehr

I often think of myself as a fish swimming in the ocean. But I envision it as a metaphor for my fulltime RV (trailer)ways. Going from town to town, like going from reef to reef. Around me are all those folks who live where I am visiting. They tend the RV and the flight parks where we rent a little space.
They are all the folks in all the nice... mehr

http://www.renowheelmen.org/cross/sagebrush/2008/2008RenoCX.pdf
On Thursday, I began looking around to see if there was a cyclocross race coming up on the weekend in the Sparks/Reno area. It turned out that the Reno Wheelman were having a race right down the street, in fact in a park right near where I had been riding my road bike up hill climbs... mehr

raef mackay <<email>> writes:
http://goldcoasthgpg.com.au/index_files/Page445.htm
On day five the thunder turned into isolated storms. We checked the weather maps and contacted a few pilots at home. The weather was worsening there and we decided it would be better to stay here then drive into the worsening conditions. I headed... mehr

Mark Gaskill running as the (unelected) incumbent for Regional Director in
Region 4
I was the meet director for the 2006 Paragliding National in Sun Valley, Idaho. Mark Gaskill was assigned to be the scorekeeper by the meet organizer.
It is my opinion that Mark is not a person who should have any responsibility in the USHPA. He caused me no end... mehr

http://ozreport.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=13470
Big Blue Sky is a feature length documentary about hang gliding, the first Extreme Sport, and how it started. mehr

Connie Locke <<email>> writes:
This past Sunday and Monday we had an incident here where pilots landed on the Dunlap Elementary School grounds after being specifically asked not to. Sunday the LZ was being utilized by a church group and Monday school was in session.
Monday the incident caused the Principal to place the school in a... mehr

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=VhH1CHgfaVM
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raef mackay <<email>> writes:
http://goldcoasthgpg.com.au/index_files/Page445.htm
Having a good time. Day three was ok, a little windy. We waited, but it wouldn’t back off, so we flew for an hour hanging around the western launch until a massive sink cycle came through. Many of us got hammered.
Dave and Matt had a bit of height... mehr

http://www.hanggliding.org/viewtopic.php?t=8833
So what am I going to buy? I'm not sure yet. If I were to have only one glider, it would definitely be the Sting 3. But as I fly a combination of floater plus higher performance (for big coastal sites or for XC) I'm tending towards the U2 with a dacron (hydranet) LE and TE (lighter, better in rain,... mehr

Even if nothing happens:


Rank
Name
Points


47

Davis Straub
198,6


53

Jeff O'Brien
191,9


54

Dustin Martin
191,3


56

Glen Volk
189,4


72

Jeff Shapiro
174,2


89

Zac Majors
156,0... mehr

A while back I received a great story from Orlando Stephenson and he asked me if I thought USHPA's Hang Gliding and Paragliding Magazine would publish it and whether he should send it in. I encouraged him to do so. You'll find it in the latest issue.
Orlando Stephenson <<email>> writes:
You were right. They loved my story and... mehr

C. David Gibson <<email>> writes:
I seem to remember taking the photo in the sequence with a camera borrowed from LeRoy Grannis, at Lake Elsinore where I lived from 1979 until 1989. It would've been about twenty one years ago this week, October 1987, while I was still working part time in the Wills sail loft, right about the last... mehr

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Sander van Schaik <email> writes:
For the 3rd time I will publish a Hang Glider Calendar. The calendar is made out of beautiful pictures send from all over the world by competition and recreational Hang glider pilots. Last year, everybody who sent a picture found at least one on the calendar.
The success of the calendar depends on the... mehr

raef mackay <<email>> writes:
http://goldcoasthgpg.com.au/index_files/Page445.htm
We have started the tour. We had a little trouble shaking the wives off but its amazing what a big stick can do.
We didn't leave till Monday and a trough was passing over Manilla headed for Canungra. After viewing the weather map we decided on heading... mehr

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/05/us/politics/05wyoming.html?ei=5070&emc=eta1
ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. — There are any number of ways to gauge an economic boom, and here lap dances may be a pretty good measure.
http://records.fai.org/hang_gliding/history.asp?id1=o-1&id2=1&id3=12 mehr