Jeff Shapiro in the foreground and your editor in the background at Aspres.

Setting up on Laragne-Chabre. mehr

Video von der Pre-EM 2005 in Kroatien. mehr

Die Firma Icaro 2000 in Italien freut sich, wieder 2 neue Flughelme speziell für Paramotor- und UL-Piloten, vorstellen zu können.

Rollbar

Durch die immer wiederkehrende Nachfrage nach einem Integralhelm für Paramotor- und UL-Piloten hat sich Icaro 2000 Italien entschieden, einen neuen Helm zu entwickeln. Der Rollbar ein Helm mit großem... mehr

Schwere Kopfverletzungen hat ein 45-Jähriger aus Bad Kötzting bei einem Flugunfall erlitten.
Den Pressebericht findet Ihr bei der mittelbayrischen mehr

Konrad Heilmann <<email>> sends:
News from Chelan.
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Jeff O'Brien's blog
Jamie Shelden's blog
Tuesday, July 1st
The forecast was ominous. 47% chance of rain (in Gap, morning forecast). The XCSkies (which unfortunately doesn't show over development potential unlike BLIPMAPS and RASP) showed cumulus cloudbase all over the valley not just in the... mehr

Michael Coetzee <<email>> writes:

Over the past three years I have been swamped with emails regarding the Scooter Towing Winch I manufactured for my hang gliding school. This all came about after I sent out a mail to Davis Straub three years ago and he featured the winch in one of the Oz Reports.
The interest has grown so much that... mehr

http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/192109/airplanes
A lean quiet man pushed his way through the crowd into the open of the parade-ground at Fort Myer, and perched himself uncomfortably in the midst of bundle of sticks. A weight crashed down from the top of a derrick, and the bundle, with droning, whining propeller, was thrown into the air, and... mehr

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http://trustbut.blogspot.com/2008/06/requiem-for-champion.html
Floyd is my hero because in the face of the biggest travesties of “justice” I have ever seen, he stood proud, determined, true to himself and his family and did not bow to those who define “the game” by making its rules, prosecuting... mehr

Like your mother said, stand up straight. Open up your chest and throw back your shoulders. This will provide you with the proper platform for the apex of your control frame. If you do this, your glider will have a much better base upon which to rest. You won't have to hold up the glider with your hands, but (in no wind) it will rest securely on... mehr

Photo by Rick Walker, local rancher.
The World Record Encampment.

The WRE will be July 16th through 30th in Zapata, Texas. Contact Gary Osoba at <<email>>.
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Results
The official pre-Worlds blog
Jeff O\\'Brien\\'s blog
Jamie Shelden\\'s blog
Monday, June 30th.
With the wind reported to be 1 km/h north at Laragne-Chabre we went back up the hill next to Laragne hoping for thermals to give us a breeze to launch in, up the southeast face. The forecast also included cu-nimb later in the afternoon.
The... mehr

Mit dem Success2 bringt Advance ein leichtes, bequemes Allround-Gurtzeug auf den Markt. Mit dem Hike wird ein Schirm angeboten, der gewichtssensiblen Piloten eine echte Alternative bietet.

Advance Success 2

Mit dem Success2 bringt Advance ein leichtes, bequemes Allround-Gurtzeug für den Freizeit- und Genusspiloten auf den Markt. Die... mehr

Ein 43-jähriger Gleitschirmpilot ist gestern im Engelbergertal abgestürzt. Nach einer mehrstündigen Suchaktion fanden ihn die Rettungskräfte ? sie kamen zu spät.

Den kompletten Pressebericht findet Ihr bei Blick mehr

Results
The official pre-Worlds blog
Jeff O\\'Brien\\'s blog
Jamie Shelden\\'s blog
Sunday, June 29th.
In spite of the very steep and forgiving launch site on Saturday there was at least one, if not two crashes, on launch. One pilot suffered broken bones. I haven't heard about the other pilot yet, if any. I can only imagine what would happen... mehr

Results
The official pre-Worlds blog.
Jeff O\\'Brien\\'s blog
Jamie Shelden\\'s blog
Saturday, June 28th.
Tricky call today for a task and for a launch site. The organizers are trying to deal with the fact that they've got to get 120 pilots off the hill reasonably safely. The wind forecast for 2 PM is for four knots northwest at Laragne-Chabre,... mehr

Tony Brown <<email>> writes:
Crested Butte Aerial Weekend is back! Advance rated pg and hg pilots with current high altitude foot launch skills are invited to join the fun. There will be camping in the LZ next to town, bus/chairlift access to launch, bbqs and an informal comp. We should have a 24,000' ceiling available, launch is at... mehr

Gegen 21.35 Uhr stürzte am Donnerstagabend im Bereich der Gemeinde Bernhardswald ein Gleitschirmflieger kurz nach dem Start ab.Den kompletten Pressebericht findet Ihr bei Die Donau Post mehr

Ali Gali took this panoramic of the old gliders set up in the campground LZ, click for the bigger (1.6 MB) version:
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With a forecast of northwest winds at eight knots at launch level (4000'), the meet organizers say that launching at Laragne-Chabre will not be possible (for 120 pilots) so we headed to the southwest facing launch at Aspres. The idea was that the winds will calm down and turn west during the... mehr