Tony de Groot <<email>> writes:
FYI Robert Millington flew from Pine to Victorville on Saturday, 110 miles. Tony De Leo flew from Pine to 29 palms 207 miles on his Atos.
Pine Mountain is a cross country site back from Santa Barbara. Also three pilots flew from Kagel to 29 Palms, 140 miles, to set the site record.... mehr

Österreichs Drachenflieger - mit den beiden Steirern Michael Friesenbichler und Gerolf Heinrichs - holten bei der EM in Greifenburg Gold im Teambewerb.Den kompletten Pressebericht findet Ihr bei Kleine Zeitung mehr

Eine 41-jährige Deutsche prallte bei einem Übungsflug mit dem Gleitschirm am Zwölferhorn am Sonntag gegen einen Felsen
Den kompletten Pressebericht findet Ihr bei den Salzburger Nachrichten mehr

http://rich-lovelace.blogspot.com/2008/06/day-12-cancelled-end.html
We were to have a task today of 90+km but this was canned soon after the first few pilots got off due to weak conditions on launch then the over development happening a lot quicker than expected. mehr

For some weather related reason, which one I'm not sure as this all took place in French, all the other pilots signed up for the shuttle bailed, leaving only me to go up, and I was not enough of a load to make it worth the time to take me up. Funny, the other van with Stella as the driver, was full, in spite of her reputation of fast driving (I... mehr

The wind at the top launch.
The satellites.
The local weather service forecast here.
Of course, XC Skies, for the soaring forecasts. mehr

Vicki Cain <<email>> sends:

http://www.moyes.com.au/productdetail.asp?id=116
Utilizing the technologies and expertise derived from the most successful manufacturer of competition gliders in the world, the Moyes crew have created the new Moyes Malibu - an open frame floater hang glider.
The new Moyes Malibu offers a frame built from... mehr

Gerolf told me that he wanted to create a great dune soaring glider, one that could stay up in lighter conditions that was the case with the Airborne Fun. This would extend the conditions that allowed for pilots to have a good soar at the beach. Also he wanted higher performance at the top end with better penetration in higher winds.
Of course,... mehr

Results here.
The Lienz weather forecast here.
Corinna's reports here. Norwegian here. Richard Lovelace here.
No results as of 7 PM UTC +2.
Gerolf Heinrichs <<email>> writes:
Finally a task, and a good one too. 150km triangle, a bit rough in the first part, very nice towards the end. Looks like Tom will lose his overall lead to Elio,... mehr

Françoise Dieuzeide-Banet and Gil Souviron are here and flying on Wednesday. Here's the hill (pictured after 6 PM on Wednesday evening) that serves as the launch :

The darkest cu's are over this hill and there are scattered cu's around throughout the valley. The forecast is for good weather for the next four days. You're seeing the east... mehr

Gerolf Heinrichs <<email>> answers my questions regarding how altitude penalties work:
When we approached this altitude penalty rule of course we also debated the potential inaccuracies of the 3D-GPS altitude recording and how to counteract it.
What we do right now is, going by GPS-altitude, not barometric reading, because every... mehr

Wills Wing Inc. <<email>> writes:
We have a selection of commemorative shirts from this Spring's big event at Wallaby Ranch in Florida. Golf shirts, short sleeve and long sleeve tee shirts, and ladies scoop neck shirts are available. Sky Blue shirt with spectacular Wills Wing / Wallaby Ranch artwork on the back.
Adult: S, M, L, XL... mehr

Richard Hunt <<email>> writes:
Just short note to let you know IGC2KML is now at version 2.7 following a minor bug fix to missing characters in the generated description field. This could previously have resulted in "malformed" xml if you embed html tags, in addition to being annoying.
Download as usual from... mehr

Results here.
The Lienz weather forecast here.
Corinna's reports here. Norwegian here. Richard Lovelace here.
Gerolf Heinrichs <<email>> writes:
The Swiss team decided to leave today. They were not in the right mood for more flying as it seems, or shall we say, for more hanging around here in Greifenburg waiting waiting waiting for... mehr

We've arrived at the LZ-campground for the hang gliding and paragliding community here in Laragne. Three members of the US team will be staying here:

The launch area is the mountain behind the trees and the LZ is about ten feet to the left of the trailer just behind the trees. A pilot took a late evening sled ride and here he is landing in the... mehr

http://ozreport.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12223 mehr

About 1,800 Oz Report readers have registered with the Oz Report forum, but, of course, not nearly as many are active participants in the ongoing discussions, which is fine by me. 1,800 talkers is way too many, and I'm happy if many remain lurkers coming around every now and then to see how things are going. Of course, some have never come back,... mehr

Vom 16. bis 19. Juli 2008 findet der Paragleit Weltcup im
Akrobatikfliegen in Zell am See / Österreich statt.

Der Paragleit- und Drachenfliegercub Ikarus Pinzgau veranstaltet bereits zum 4. Mal einen internationalen Wettbewerb im Akrobatik Gleitschirmfliegen, die
PARAnoia ACRObatixx. Der weltweit anerkannte Bewerb wird auch heuer wieder in der... mehr

Results here. No new news, not since the death of Richi Meier. The results are published in PDF. Excuse me, but can't we stop this madness? (See here for how results should be posted.)
Also, why are they using the unsupported CompeGPS software? Don't they want to use FS? I mean, let's get with the program.
Is this grief, the rain, or people who... mehr

We arrived at the LZ, camping area in Laragne-Montéglin in the early afternoon driving through pouring rain. They've had one day of flying here in the last week. It is supposed to be sunny and flyable tomorrow. It has been raining for a month. The pilots here are about to commit suicide.
West Texas is in drought and Iowa is flooded,... mehr