Oswalder als Erfinder: ?Elektro?Swift? soll nächstes Jahr in Kleinseriehergestellt werden und ermöglicht Fliegen mit sehr geringen Betriebskosten.Den kompletten Pressebericht findet Ihr bei Rundschau Online mehr

Ein Bürger meldete am späten Dienstagabend einen verunglückten Ballon oder Gleitschirm im Hang unterhalb der Marksburg.
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Nach dem dritten Worldcup-Durchgang in den spanischen Pyrenäen ist der Tettnanger Gleitschirmprofi Torsten Siegel auf dem fünften Platz in der Gesamtwertung.Den kompletten Pressebericht findet Ihr bei suedkurier.de mehr

Our wonderful friend Alex Ploner came by last evening as we were updating the Oz Report and carrying on at the campground headquarters. We were all happy to see Alex and looking forward to a full Italian team contingent.
Alex has been reading the Oz Report and was interested to see Gerolf's comments on the altitude restrictions and penalties in... mehr

Laragne-Chabre, the video, thanks to Bernard Minguet:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7kkRtlDxio

A short film showing a few moments chosen about training that Alain Chauvet organizes there, with some splendid views of the region and the well-known actors (eg. Stella!).
The American team hosts the Australian team at Oz Report world headquarters... mehr

http://ozreport.com/12.9
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Gil Souviron <<email>> writes:
This is the trip I am organizing. My wish is to have strong teams in Rigid and also in Flex. It is open to "experienced pilots" in aerotow. This is the price figure for Europe.
This is the summary of the cost for the expedition we did in Namibia last... mehr

Randy <<email>> writes:
Lumby Air Races 2008 ends on a High note
On Sunday June 14th over 70 pilots from all over western Canada and NW USA, filled the Lumby Valley sky for hours on end at altitudes of over 10,000 ft. In light and variable winds to conclude a very successful 3rd annual 3 day Lumby Air Races.
Some Hang Glider and... mehr

My forecast (I may be the only one using XCSkies here) was for generally light lift, low top of the lift, no cu's, basically stable. The winds were going to be 10 knots out of the south at altitude. The meet organizer's forecast from meteo France was significantly different, but looking around you could see that it wasn't going to play out,... mehr

Team Langer sends:
Team Langer: The Irish assault on the title for World Champion Sky God suffered a slight setback last night. Team Langer HQ received a call from top Irish pilot Daryn Clements to say that his car's engine had exploded on the motorway while driving down through France to Laragne. Stranded outside Dijon with his wife,... mehr

oliver gregory <<email>> writes:
After all the great feedback from Team Challenge 2007, we've enjoyed exceptional interest in our fall teaching meet this year. The Tree Toppers hope to outdo themselves with an even better experience this fall. Team Challenge will start Saturday September 27th with a pilot meeting at 7PM. The meet... mehr

stephen parson <<email>> writes:
http://nanaimo.shawtv.com/LR/index.htm
TV shows "dangerous" stunts in Canada. Click on current episode. mehr

Mark Webber <<email>> writes:
Lakeview Oregon finally got some warm weather. I've been tossing pilots off mountains every other day trying to find some thermal activity. We got some Wednesday (6/18/2008). One more week of sunlight and things will be normal.
This is a FUN fly-in and we strive for repeat customers.
A few additions this... mehr

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2L5wSqWxbK8
Thanks to Andre Rebelo.
The word here is that the DHV team came in a few days later to try to make their case for sprog measurements and associated rules and the pilots, fully informed of the issues by Dennis Pagen, Gerolf and others laughed in their faces and then walked out on them. mehr

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2RWsOPviTY
Thanks to Matt S. mehr

71-jähriger Ebenseer stürzte kurz nach dem Start am Feuerkogel ab Verletzter Hobbysportler musste mit Seilen geborgen werden.Den kompletten Pressebericht findet Ihr bei Neues Volksblatt mehr

The wind is forecasted to be southwest, but it is coming straight in on the southeast facing launch. Weak when I first get there, but better as the morning wears on. After a few trips to check things out I carry to the top because it is steeper there and the wind is coming in.
Many of the pre-Worlds pilots have now shown up and the launch tie... mehr

The flying continues to be spectacular here in Laragne, with light west southwesterly winds Saturday and cu's filling the sky. I unfortunately broke a downtube and scuffed my leading edge material (UVM Mylar - that will cost me) on an aborted launch on the south side in light conditions, so I didn't get to enjoy the flying today. I'll be ready... mehr

Gary Wirdhan been having great flights here and got this shot of Mart's glider shortly before Mart recovered it:

Click for the bigger version.
I spoke again with Mart. He says that his launch was fine, but he shouldn't have launched at all. All three flags showed the breeze coming straight in at Mart's northwest facing launch, the launch at the... mehr

Gerolf Heinrichs <<email>> writes:
So it’s all over now, and people seem happy about it. Three tasks in twelve days is not a lot in return for the hefty entry fee, and a rather mediocre performance of a meet conductor (I wouldn’t call him a meet director), who just isn’t up to the job of running a big CAT-1 meet.... mehr

Wesley Hill <<email>> writes:
Earlier this year I scored a paragliding where we checked pilots heights and applied a warning or penalty for breach's. This can be easily done with CompeGPS. Load your first tracklog, right click on it and select 'colour track by...' and 'GPS height'. Then right click on the GPS Altitude display area... mehr