http://blogs.motorbiker.org/blogs.nsf/dx/airbag-motorcycle-helmet.htm
Thanks to Carlos Rizo mehr

It was fourteen years ago that Willie was in the cradle at the Road house near Dog Mountain in Washington state, as hang glider pilots had dinner after a day of flying.

As Willie knows, his dad, Bob Reich, has a twisted sense of humor, that had him send a clown to Willie's school for Willie's birthday. The clown frighten some kids and made one... mehr

Riker Davis <<email>> writes:
The Lincoln National Forest in southern New Mexico closes indefinitely on May 1st due to extreme fire danger. The 28th annual Memorial Day Weekend Fly-in at Dry Canyon near Alamogordo has been postponed for a future date, possibly Labor Day weekend or in the fall. Any pilots interested in attending this... mehr

http://goflyxc.com/livetracking
So I was excited heading to Arizona for the Santa Cruz Flats race to get this working....I got all my friends to get Boost phones in hopes of making this work. Manolis even has Live Tasks rigged so you can watch a race. I haven't seen that in action (in Europe) but apparently it works.
There was only one thing to... mehr

http://ozreport.com/12.21#2
2008 Canungra Classic - AA - 25th October - 1st Nov (precise day and rego 24th)
2008 Gulgong Classic - AA - 23rd - 29th November (practice and rego Sat 22nd)
2008 2009 Deniliquin ??? Dates not set.
2009 Forbes Flatlands - AAA - 3rd - 11th January (practice rego Friday 2nd)
2009 Corryong ??? Dates not set.
2009 Bogong... mehr

http://ozreport.com/weather.php
When I was in Australia I had the option of using RASPs that were built for each state by sail plane pilots to forecast the soaring conditions or XC Skies. Both use the US NOAA modeled weather values from the GFS database. This data allows one to predict the soaring conditions for any where on earth (well, I don't... mehr

raef mackay <<email>> writes:
I would like to say that I tuned my Flytec 6030 really well by adjusting Max. Pitch for the vario audio to 25 m/s. See this display from the FlyChart program:

Here the Max. pitch is 2165 fpm (11 m/s), and I would set it to 4615 fpm (24 m/s).
I have found that it stabilizes the pitch for most climbs up... mehr

http://blog.wired.com/cars/2008/04/electric-airpla.html
The Taurus Electra mates an electric motor to a glider with a 48-foot wingspan. The lithium-polymer battery pack weighs 101 pounds and provides enough power to climb to 6,000 feet at a climb rate of 560 feet per minute.
Thanks to David Glover mehr

http://www.newschannel5.tv/2008/4/29/990447/Congressman-Wants-Border-Wall-North-of-Brownsville
Maybe Tom feels that all those brown faces in the audience belong in Mexico. I suggest that south Texas is very much influenced by Mexico and the Spanish empire from 1700.
I'd hate to have to start in Mexico and fly over the wall first to get those... mehr

The Flytec 6030 (and Brauniger Compeo Plus) use the simpler FAI spheroid method for determining whether you are within the turnpoint radius or not (and thereby beeping at you), while the scoring system probably uses the WGS 84 Ellipsoid method. This can cause a problem. See here.
There are different methods to calculate distances on the... mehr

I scored a couple of meets in Australia in order to test my SeeYou scoring system against the FS scoring system. I was able to squash a couple of bugs in each program using these comparisons.
http://ozreport.com/12.067#2
Even though both programs gave the same competition results, I never did get the programs to give exactly the same distances... mehr

raef mackay <<email>> writes:
The Canungra Record Challenge has finished and we have a WINNER
Best overall WARREN SIMMONSEN 669.09 pts
Second TREVOR PURCELL 632.52 pts
Third SCOTT TUCKER 526.26 pts.
Full results are at http://goldcoasthgpg.com.au/index_Page398.htm
Thanks go out to all those that entered. The enthusiasms from the... mehr

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEau4wC51m0&NR=1
Eagle takes down a mountain sheep (or goat), and has an incredible wing loading!
Thanks to Aaron Swepston mehr

Gary Osoba <<email>> writes:
George Steinmetz, Zapata WRE photographer, shot much of the featured stories on China in the May National Geographic. Page 189: His "teeth were pushed through his cheek" in a powered hang glider crash which occurred during filming.
George's aerial photos, usually from powered paragliders but... mehr

We are on the road to Florida and the spring fund raising drive has ended. The Oz Report may be a little thin for the next few days as I have to drive and write and it is hard to do both at once.
I hope that you are looking forward to reports on Blue Sky and scooter towing instruction, Highland Aerosports and the East Coast Championships. All... mehr

Drought Monitor
http://ozreport.com/wre.php
The WRE is planned for July 16th through July 30th. Russell Brown is dropping off the Dragonflies in the next few days and he will come back to tow us up by the 16th of July. Pilots who want to try for long flights, personal bests, or World Records should contact the WRE organizer, Gary Osoba at... mehr

http://aerosports.net/ecc.html
Twenty five pilots have signed up for the open competition (five short of the current limit) and twelve for the Sport Class competition. This will be the biggest Sport Class competition (in any meet) so far. Sunny Vennesky says that this is quite a few more pilots that have signed up than in previous years by this... mehr

http://ozreport.com/12.072#5
While there seem to be a few minor bugs, the program is now working on my Samsung Blackjack II, a Windows Mobile 6.0, 320x240, phone. I haven't enabled the SMS yet nor tried it in flight yet. That will come next week when I get to Florida.
It gives your altitude. That's a pretty sophisticated GPS output. It's finding... mehr

Be sure to check out Stan's flight here, you won't be sorry as long as you have a broadband connection.
An amazing opportunity presented itself on April-14-2008 in Ellenville, New York. I Stan Roberts, completely unexpectedly, set the new, New York State cross Country Rigid Wing Hang Gliding record of 177 miles from Ellenville, NY to the Jersey... mehr

http://chabre2009.com/ mehr