Oggy <<email>> writes:
Last summer six Swedish pilots drove 1200 miles to the northwest part of Bulgaria. We flew five days from two different flying sites to get to know the terrain and the air. Weather was on our side and we rigged five gliders at the ramp start near the town of Vratza. One of our wing was being repaired after... mehr

Gary Osoba <<email>> writes:
http://trade-a-glider.netfirms.com/picturepro/nfpicturepro/index.php
Many interesting sections, such as the Horten Flying Wings:
http://trade-a-glider.netfirms.com/picturepro/nfpicturepro/thumbnails.php?album=38 mehr

Gary Osoba <<email>> writes:
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Den Mentor, der aktuelle 12er von Nova, gibt es ab sofort auch in Größe XXS. Das Besondere dabei: der kleine Neuling hat gleich zwei Zulassungen:

Von 6080 kg Fluggewicht hat der Mini-Mentor LTF 12 / EN B und eignet sich perfekt für leichte Piloten, die mit viel Sicherheit weit fliegen wollen. Man darf ihn aber auch bis 100 kg belasten... mehr

andrew harris <<email>> writes:
Came across this website, pretty cool. www.steepandcheap.com They do awesome deals on gear, one deal at a time until it's all sold out. Everything from altimeter watches to tents to windproof zip-ts. mehr

andrew harris <<email>> writes:
Came across this website, pretty cool. www.steepandcheap.com They do awesome deals on gear, one deal at a time until it's all sold out. Everything from altimeter watches to tents to windproof zip-ts. mehr

http://www.flightblog.de/2008/10/01/doppelter-spas/
Thanks to Peer Hoffman mehr

John Olson <<email>> writes:
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Better yet, they come with the following MONEY BACK GUARANTEE: If you read my novels but you find yourself not compelled to hurry down to Ol' Mexico and huck yourself off a cliff, the author will personally refund your dinero. mehr

Trent Brown <<email>> writes:
Why head out to Forbes anyway???
All you end up with is a long weekend like the last one...
It goes a little something like this:
Saturday
Karl, Scott, Dave, Andrew B, and I meet Steve at Forbes airport after dropping some gear off at my old's place "Munjal" near Grenfell on the way through.... mehr

andrew harris <<email>> writes:
Came across this website, pretty cool. www.steepandcheap.com They do awesome deals on gear, one deal at a time until it's all sold out. Everything from altimeter watches to tents to windproof zip-ts. mehr

Nach Problemen mit dem Service in Deutschland meldet Ozone auf der Firmenwebsite den Wechsel des Importeurs für Deutschland und Österreich:
http://www.flyozone.com/paragliders/de/news/headlines/3767 mehr

I point out two cases lately where our betters seem to be our lessers. As I recall from a recent article trust in government was high (85%) through the early sixties and has been for the most part quite low since. This is not just an issue in the US, but in Europe (at least ) also. Trust in institutions is low across the board relative to what... mehr

Die Flugsaison ist vorbei und die Flieger sehnen sich die warmen, sonnigen Flugtage zurück. Da kommt der Fernsehbeitrag auf Takeoff TV gerade richtig:

Das Flugsportmagazin des Senders NTV berichtet über die BaWü Airgames in Oppenau, das Free Flying Highlight des Jahres. Wer das Pfingstevent im Schwarzwald besucht hat, ob als Pilot... mehr

http://ozreport.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=13389
The magazine Psychology Today had an article about how we don't estimate modern risks very well.
Our brains are still worried about snakes, spiders, and lions. mehr

Eric Troili <<email>> writes:
http://www.the508.com/2008web/index.html
Check out the webcast for the 508 starting with the race preparations at noon Friday. The 508 begins Saturday at 7:00 AM..
I'm not doing the race this year. After my successful 508 completion in 2007, I'm taking this year a bit easier (going to Maui instead). Next... mehr

Mike Meier <<email>> writes:
I wanted to let you know that we did sell Rob's truck, to Walter Whiteside, a hang glider pilot from the San Francisco area. He called us as soon as he saw the story in the Oz Report, and then followed the link to our news item. He flew down today and picked it up, and is now on his way back to the Bay... mehr

http://lucasridley.blogspot.com/
Today was a later day, as usual for this NW facing site. My team was able to launch around 3 after about 20 other gliders. The day was called to be a good, albeit blue, day with the inversion rising to 6,500'-7,000', which is good for this site and 500 avg fpm climbs.
Lucas Ridley <<email>> writes:... mehr

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95326343
Political coverage leading up to the debate had focused so squarely on Palin that Biden would have had to paraglide nude onto the White House grounds while plagiarizing passages of the Communist Manifesto in order to get full-blown gaffe coverage. mehr

http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/10/google-earth.html
Moments after authorities discovered the plane wreckage of Steve Fossett, a millionaire pilot missing since last year, a blogger managed to zoom in on a virtual view of the crash site using Google Earth.... mehr

I've published two articles on the use of height restrictions in competition over the last few days, here and here. And there is an ongoing and much involved discussion going on here.
3D GPS's have become a requirement for some high level competitions lately. We made them a semi-requirement for the 2007 Worlds so that we could use them to see if... mehr