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We're staying at On the River RV Park, at the Western Idaho Fairgroundsin Garden City next to Boise, next to the Greenbelt and the bicycle path along the river (see here). The path along the river provides great bicycling opportunities (if you don't go too fast) and is great for commuting to downtown.
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In Zusammenarbeit mit einem örtlichen Betreuer wird Olly im März 2009 07.03. - 20.03.2009 mit einer überschaubaren Gruppe bis maximal 17 Personen verschiedene Fluggebiete in Brasilien entdecken.

Oliver Rössel, Weltcup Gesamtsieger 2004 und amtierender Deutscher Meister, kennt die Fluggebiete in Brasilien vom PWC-Wettkampf und hat... mehr

There is an on going conflict at Torrey Pines, near San Diego, California and one forum for that conflict is the vote for USHPA Regional Director. Bob Kuczewski, founder of Torrey Hawks, is running against the incumbent, David Jebb, who has the hang gliding and paragliding concession at Torrey Pines.  But what is really funny (as in... mehr

Bruce Kavanagh <<email>> writes:
Over the years there have been several cases of pilots infringing airspace altitude limits in international competitions with no effective control of this. One of the most significant was at the 2006 Europeans in Croatia where a whole task was thrown out as a result. From May this year GPSs that... mehr

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Article here. This is from Adweek.
...Shows a group of buff young men driving an H3T across a mountain range and onto a rocky beach, where they unload a motorcycle, a surfboard, a hang glider and fishing equipment. The spot reveals all of them using the gear for outdoor activities. mehr

oliver gregory <<email>> writes:
www.tennesseetreetoppers.org
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We had a great talk on 'Scratchin' last night by Dennis Pagen and got to try some of it out today.
Tasks for C pilots was Henson's to Dr Dale's for 8.3 miles. The B's task was Henson's to Dr. Dales then turn into the light winds to goal at... mehr

http://www.fai.org/hang_gliding/WXC
Agust Gudmundsson CIVL Vice President writes:
CIVL is delighted to announce the launch of the first trial season of the World XC Online contest (WXC) starting on 1 October 2008 and running through to 30 September 2009. All Online contest organisers are welcome to join the WXC network. Already several contests... mehr

http://goflyxc.com/events/future/all
Combines: http://events.fai.org/calendar.asp?id=11, http://events.fai.org/calendar.asp?id=2, http://www.hgfa.asn.au/Competition/compcalendar.htm
Mark Dowsett <<email>> writes:
I added/updated the upcoming events calendar on the site. There are over 40 upcoming events listed to help you plan your... mehr

http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/3630856/
Linville, N.C. — The state government plans to buy Grandfather Mountain and preserve the private park and popular tourist attraction against development.
North Carolina will gain ownership of the nearly 6,000-foot mountain and its surrounding 2,600 surrounding acres in Avery, Watauga and... mehr

oliver gregory <<email>> writes:
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First day of Team Challenge and we had weak lift below beautiful skies till about 3PM. Then people started getting up to cloud base about 3000' over take off. Several pilots made their goals, but I'm not sure who made where yet.
Mark Stump gave a great talk last night and... mehr

I have written about the issue of altitude restrictions in competition and the problems that come with these restrictions when it comes to using flight computers like the Flytec 6030 and Brauniger Compeo+ (they are exactly the same). You can review those articles here and here.
The cause for concern is that these instruments display pressure... mehr

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16th FAI European Hang Gliding Championship. This is a video for Russian TV from Greifenburg. mehr

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For the next five days, a couple of hundred contestants from 12 countries will race around Beckett's purpose-built asphalt track on a flat, windswept country block off Parton Rd. It's not the Olympics, but it's not bad either for a bloke who began sewing his own sails in... mehr

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William Olive <<email>> writes:
Steve has the Corryong cup website up now at http://www.corryongcup.com
All three comp websites and registration, the Airborne Gulgong Classic, the Corryong Cup and the NSW Hang Gliding State Titles can be accessed from http://www.williamolive.com. mehr