http://www.intellicast.com/Storm/Hurricane/Active.aspx?storm=4&type=track
http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=Zapata&state=TX&site=BRO&textField1=26.8943&textField2=-99.2621&e=1
http://www.goes.noaa.gov/ECIR4.html
Forecast shows the tropical storm heading to our south and we may be ready to go again on Friday. mehr

You'll be able to download it here. 410.4 miles (or 660 kilometers). Dustin's average glide ratio over the ground was 25:1. Gary's was 53 to 1. mehr

Nach dem bemerkenswerten Erfolg des MASALA SM, schiebt skywalk jetzt, passend für die kommende Bergsteigersaison, die Variante für leichte Piloten hinterher.
Der MASALA XS spricht mit einem Startgewichtsbereich von 55-90kg alle Bergfexe an, die das geringe Gewicht des XS mit der hervorragenden Alltagstauglichkeit eines MASALA... mehr

You'll be able to download it here. It looks like about 492 miles (or 792 kilometers). Gary thinks that 1000 kilometers is possible here in a Carbon Dragon (foot launched) or Woodstock. mehr

http://visitflorida.com/experts/sports_and_adventure/action.blog/id.513
http://www.redbullflugtagusa.com/TampaBay2008
Three minutes of nonsense, five seconds of flight:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1sFOYZDbJw mehr

This product is recommended by Wills Wing for use on your keel (to make it easier to haul back the cross bars with your VG) and on your battens to put them in easier.
Sailkote is typically five times as effective, and lasts much longer than, wax, oil or Teflon® based lubricants.
Sailkote is the easy to apply high-tech, high performance dry... mehr

http://ozreport.com/12.119#0
While at the pre-Worlds I spoke with Richard Lovelace, UK competition pilot. Richard was a witness to Richi Meier's accident. Contrary to earlier repots (see link above), Richard states that Richi had plenty of altitude to throw his chute, that he wasn't too close to the mountain. In addition, as I recall, Richard... mehr

The WRE is suspended for a few days while we wait for the hurricane to form and come in at Brownsville. No cloud streets this morning. mehr

Vom spannenden Mannschafts-Triathlon bis zum einzigartigen Crazy Pilot Contest, beim Fliegerfest des DFC Lungau geht es am 16.17. August auch diesen Sommer wieder hoch her.

Am 16. geht es gleich sportlich los: Beim
Punktlanden, Laufen und Mountainbike-Rennen fi ghten
die Teams des Mannschafts-Triathlon um die Plätze und
um attraktive Preise.... mehr

He lands at Sonora on I-10, 260 miles out. No cu's up on the plateau. mehr

He has a chance at the Swift record. Will he beat Gary's ultra light sailplane record set yesterday? I'll update the Oz Report as soon as I hear.
Robin holds the current official Swift world record at 715 km (http://records.fai.org/hang_gliding/current.asp?id1=o-2&id2=1). 444 miles. But Manfred has the unofficial record at 483 miles... mehr

Gary is standing by the road and the sheriff says he has driven by that area twice and can't find him. It's getting dark. I'm sure he doesn't want to sleep in the Woodstock tonight. mehr

Dustin says that he just couldn't climb the extra 2000' that he needed in the last thermal to get to this special cloud north of Big Spring. The cloud was still there at 9:45 PM (in the dark) and had turned into a storm. He said that if he had made it to the cloud he would still be in the air.
The sheriff found Gary and he was in the patrol car... mehr

There is still plenty of wind. The record is 435 miles and Mike's flight was 438 miles. A little over fifty miles to go in the next hour to hour and a half. mehr

http://records.fai.org/gliding/current.asp?id1=DU&id2=1
Current record:
Free Distance : 627.60 km Date of flight: 09/07/2004 Pilot: Leonardo R. BENETTI-LONGHINI (USA) Course/place: Zapata, TX (USA) Glider: Silent II Registered 'N210DU'
New record:
Free Distance : 783.75 km Date of flight: 19/07/2008 Pilot: Gary Osoba (USA) Course/place:... mehr

Dustin didn't quite break the almost unbreakable record. He no doubt went over 400 miles. More soon.
Gary is putting away the glider in a barn and leaving a note for the farmer. The sheriff is going to drive him to Crosbyton so that he can stay the night there. He'll get a plane ride out of there tomorrow.
He said the highest he got was 11,000'.... mehr

Gary Osoba landed his Woodstock light sailplane at 7:30 PM at Cone, Texas. That would make it by a rough distance calculation, 487 miles, which we believe may be the new world record for a light sailplane. Gary claims the Woodstock gets about 25:1 glide ratio. Charlie, the airport manager here in Zapata, is prime to go pick him up in an airplane... mehr

His driver Laura is keeping us up to date. mehr

Can it get any better? Maybe. Andre didn't fly on Saturday because the forecasted winds (RUC) were too light (the NAM under called it also, but not by as much). We got 19-22 mph winds, when the RUC said 8 mph.
A forecast is fine, reality is better. Be prepared to go and see what reality brings. That's the lesson here in Zapata, while Dustin goes... mehr

Kent is flying a U2.
Dustin is under a cloud street heading for Big Spring. I am keeping Laura up to date with the latest radar readings and she radios them up to Dustin. mehr