While I didn't do well at the Santa Cruz Flats Race, I can't blame the glider I was flying. In fact, I was able to make two really low saves with it (and get myself out of other low situations), when you might think that this glider would have a tough time with those low saves as it had a relatively high wing loading with me on it.
I found the... mehr

Vicki Cain <<email>> writes:
After a busy start to the new season we are now back to regular production. With more streamlined production and quality control, for the first time, we are able to offer "off-peak" glider delivery. We can have a stock colour combination glider, test flown and in the box in 4 weeks! Custom... mehr

One pilots that we missed at the Santa Cruz Flats Race with John Simon, from the east coast. We knew John from his flying in the Sport Class at the East Coast Championship a few years back and he was flying at Big Spring in 2006.
Turns out on his first flight in his new Wills Wing T2C he crashed on landing at Highland Aerosports, breaking an arm... mehr

oliver gregory <<email>> writes:
Our Tennessee Tree Topper Revamp the Ramp project is going great. The decking on the new radial steel structure is almost finished. People say it looks like a cathedral from underneath. It is incredible. We are truly proud and honored that so many people helped out. We'll soon have it all done except... mehr

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Moshe Valenci <<email>> writes:
Uploaded a CAB installer and fixed several bugs. To install, copy the CAB file to the device and click on it. After install, you should be able to see an icon on your start menu and you should be able to change to feet and mph. I also resolved the ambiguous menu items. For... mehr

The flight record
A photo log showing my 171.5 mile XC Phantom flight across four states of the United States: starting in Ellenville, New York, crossing the entire state of Connecticut and Rhode Island, and then landing in Acoaxet, Massachusetts.
This time it is in thumb nails for easier viewing and loading, mehr

http://jonnydurand.blogspot.com/2008/05/davis-is-back.html
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Erstmalig findet heuer parallel im Rahmen der BaWü Airgames am kommenden Pfingswochenende am 11. und 12. Mai das Thermik-Testival statt. Neben der wohl größten Auswahl an Testschirmen sind auch ideale Bedingungen geboten: Oppenau kann mit nunmehr 4 großzügigen Startplätzen aufwarten. Eine Besonderheit sind die Leichtschirmwandertage.

Die... mehr

Time for a review of my disastrous (although it doesn't "feel" that way) Santa Cruz Flats Race with an eye toward providing the Oz Report reader with applicable lessons (as I don't seem to have the emotional makeup required to "learn" them) regarding how to do well in a competition.
At my last competition, the New South Wales State Titles, I was... mehr

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wjcc3qCnSK8

Thanks to David Glover mehr

The flex wing results.
The rigid wing results.
The Swift result.
Just click on their pilot number to download their tracklog for that day. mehr

Http://www.hangglidingspectacular.com/
The Hang Gliding Spectacular and Air Games is a true example of what hang gliding is all about, fun! Originally named the 1st Annual Tactile Meet, the Spectacular has endured over 30 years of continuous years of fun flying, good times and the creation of life long friends. The competition is scheduled each... mehr

William Jacques <<email>> writes:
Check out this guy's instructions (especially the one labeled "Crater Lake Flight". Seems to me to be good stuff re soaring strategy.
Http://hdsoaring.blogspot.com/ mehr

http://ozreport.com/weather.php
XC Skies.
XC Potential
This parameter attempts to identify the locations where cross country is possible based upon a comparison of four different criteria. They are the following:
1. Red. Buoyancy/Shear is greater than 6, average wind speed within the boundary layer (ground through thermal tops) is 10 MPH or... mehr

http://ozreport.com/12.085#2
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/02/travel/escapes/02american.html?hp
Slide show
This is the Eastern Shore of Virginia, the southern tip of the Delmarva Peninsula, two skinny counties strung between Maryland’s own Eastern Shore and the Bridge-Tunnel. It’s only 65 miles long and no more than 10 miles at its... mehr

Zac Majors had a bad landing on the practice day at the Santa Cruz Flats Race landing in stiff winds behind the eight story hotel at the Francisco Grande. We got to watch the whole thing and I spoke with him later. At the time he felt that he might have broken his thumb on landing.
From our point of view it looked like he was coming in with his... mehr

http://ozreport.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=11760
There comes a time that you want to fly a little bit faster. Maybe you’ve been to a contest or two and you’ve seen what amazing speeds the top pilots achieve – and often in surprisingly bad conditions. Maybe you want to go for a badge, or just cover a little more territory in your... mehr

Derrick Turner <<email>> writes:
As you have recently posted on the Oz Report, I pulled off a very fortunate 5th place finish in the recent Santa Cruz Flats competition. So was it glider performance?
The first day was my 2nd flight on this brand new out of the box glider with no special comp tuning. My only adjustment was to turn... mehr

You might have noticed that the dollar is not worth so much compared to the Euro. I've mentioned this a few times in the Oz Report. Well, now we find out that it is having another effect other than just sending us Americans to the poor house. Europeans are buying the comparatively inexpensive American goods (like Wills Wing hang gliders) and the... mehr

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOWTfTaUh0s
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