Dustin is heading for Big Spring and the clouds look good. mehr

Dustin was 250 miles out at 5 PM.
Gary called from in the air. He was 5 miles east of Big Spring (390 miles out)  at 10,000' at 5:22 PM. Looks like he's got the new light sailplane record in his little Woodstock.
The whole state of Texas is full of cloud streets. The forecast was good, but the reality was better. I got off first again at... mehr

Das Erste schenkt Götz George zum 70ten Geburtstag 4 Filme in einer Woche. In dem neuen Schimanski träumt Schimi dann von alten Flugszenen (mit denen er sich damals aus dem Tatort verabschiedet hat). Ein Bild findet von Götz Gerorge mit Gurtzeug unter dem Drachen findet ihr bei Tatort-Fundus.
Sendetermine im Ersten (ARD):... mehr

Andre Wolf is on a record pace well ahead of Manfred's pace to set a new world distance record. We'll see if he can keep it up. There is weather ahead near Big Spring.
News Flash. Andre puts it down at Rock Springs, 225 miles out. He felt that the winds were too light (12 to 13 mph) and that there was weather ahead, cirrus clouds. He wants to... mehr

Die Märkische Allgemeine hat aus der German Flatlands gleich eine Deutsche Meisterschaft gemacht. Den kompletten Pressebericht findet Ihr bei der Märkischen Allgemeine mehr

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Need a way to move your hang glider down the runway without carrying it? Have a smooth runway? Take a look at these photos:

The Velcro straps above are not enough to hold the casters (and wood plates topped with neoprene) on the base bar. I originally thought I needed a couple of straps to do the job and indeed I... mehr

Earlier I wrote about my adventures getting ready to travel with my glider to France. Perhaps you'd like to know how things turned out and what lessons I learned, so that you can learn them through me, without the pain.
The Jeff's on short packing: http://ozreport.com/12.080#2
My lament: http://ozreport.com/12.110#3
Jeff O'Brien picture of his... mehr

Ende Juni feierte die Flugschule Aufwind mit einem riesigen Jubiläumsfest in Schladming ihr 20jähriges Bestehen.

Das Aufwind-Team hatte das Motto Der Himmel wird bunt ausgegeben und das wurde er tatsächlich: Das Wetter und die Flugbedingungen waren perfekt und insgesamt wurden an den zwei Flugtagen rund 800 Starts verzeichnet.

Bereits zur... mehr

Russell Brown had the tug all set up on Wednesday for any pilots ready to go. The winds were out of the southeast consistently (the direction that we love here) but the overall weather pattern to the north in Texas wasn't favorable for a record attempt on that day. Lauren Tjaden and Pete Lehmann flew and got used to the area.
The weather... mehr

http://www.bigspringherald.com/content/view/129795/1/
Little said the recent shortage of hotel and motel rooms in the Big Spring area did little to deter the association from scheduling the hang gliding meet.
“We warned them there's a severe shortage of lodging in the city,” said Little. “In the end, I suppose the flying... mehr

Tom McGowan <<email>> writes:
I placed an ad in the Big Spring Herald for drivers and have more leads than I can use. Let me know if anyone needs a driver or would like to share one with me. mehr

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Chris Valley <<email>> writes:
I used the new antenna the I purchased from the Oz Reports store today at King for the first day of the meet. I now have much clearer transmission and reception capabilities than the stock Yaesu antenna. Just wanted to let you know the product is well worth the money. mehr

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My current configuration is my fingerless bicycle gloves (race bike) and Wilson Ultra Wrap on the base tube. I'm now using the pink fluorescent colored version.
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http://www.bigspringherald.com/content/view/129795/1/
Little said the recent shortage of hotel and motel rooms in the Big Spring area did little to deter the association from scheduling the hang gliding meet.
“We warned them there's a severe shortage of lodging in the city,” said Little. “In the end, I suppose the flying... mehr

Tom McGowan <<email>> writes:
I placed an ad in the Big Spring Herald for drivers and have more leads than I can use. Let me know if anyone needs a driver or would like to share one with me. mehr

Tisseau Vianney <<email>> writes:
Only five rigid pilots came to the French championship in St André last week (including Gil Souviron, Pascal Lanser, Jacques Bott and myself). When we saw the weather conditions were turning good for a big flight on July 10th, we convinced the organisation committee to let us set up a big task.... mehr

A reader from Australia (which adds a bit of irony to this story) wrote in to critique the Oz Report on many different levels. He also wrote:
I want to know how it feels when you are racing against another top pilot and I want to hear about some of those amazing climbs while in thermals.
...to show up an coming pilots what it is like, e.g. how... mehr

Drove from Vicksburg, Mississippi through Louisiana and those east Texas pines today. There was a bit of rain 100 miles west of Austin. Gary Osoba was at the intersection of interstate 35 and highway 85 just north of Laredo where he saw cu's at 8,500' streeted up.
Here's the weather for Zapata: http://ozreport.com/txweather.php
Doesn't look for... mehr

Tim Martin <<email>> writes:
The top three finishers in the Region eight Sports Class sailplane competition in Ephrata this year are former hang glider pilots. 3rd, Martin Dennis; 2nd, JC Hauchecorne; 1st, Tim Martin. mehr

Am 5. und 6. Juli 2008 gewann Nova-Team Pilot Steve Nash England den Event X-Lakes, benannt nach der Austragungsregion, dem englischen Lake District.

X-Lakes ist ein Gleitschirm-/Running-Wettbewerb, bei dem die Teilnehmer möglichst schnell einen Dreiecksparcours zurücklegen müssen. Das Rennen startete am Samstag Morgen um 6.15 Uhr im Ort... mehr