On Thursday late afternoon Belinda and I arrived at the Francisco Grande hotel a few minutes after Rob and Trish Kells who had also driven out from Southern California. At dinner that evening we found out from Rob, who is doing well these days and having a great time, that the desire for Wills Wing gliders is so high that they can't meet the... mehr

Tandemflüge, AkroShow, Sonnwendfeuer und EM-Viertelfinale Salzburgs Paragleiter laden auf ihren Hausberg ein Matthias Lanzinger als prominenter Schirmherr

Mit einem Sonnwendfest, wie es die Mozartstadt noch nicht erlebt hat, laden Salzburgs Gleitschirmflieger heuer am Samstag, den 21. Juni, auf ihren Hausberg ein. Unter dem Motto Gaisberg on... mehr

Die neuen Quick Out Trennkarabiner unterscheiden sich von den seit 1998 erhältlichen durch verbesserte Tastensicherungen, die die Bedienung des Karabiners mit Handschuhen wesentlich erleichtern.

Ouick Out Trennkarabiner wurden von Finsterwalder als Geitschirmkarabiner entwickelt um ein Abtrennen des Gleitschirms unter Last ermöglichen. Sie... mehr

Vom 10. bis 18. Mai 2008 organisiert NOVA Team Pilotin und Flugschulleiterin Kay Tauscher aus Boulder/Colorado USA (http://www.peaktopeakparagliding.com) ein Streckenflug-Camp in Greifenburg. Unterstützt wird sie dabei vom NOVA Pilots Team. Parallel zum Camp bieten die NOVA Team Piloten ihr Wissen ALLEN interessierten Streckenjäger an... mehr

The Santa Cruz Flats Race apparently is an excuse for a party. We're heading out this morning from near Palm Springs and should get there around 5 PM.
David Glover should be there soon. Steve Kroop from Flytec is coming for the weekend. Rob Kells and Trish are on their way this morning and will be there this evening. Over sixty pilots are... mehr

Light non locking aluminum carabineers are used almost universally for aerotowing operations. There are good reasons for that and their use has evolved over time as the risks have been measured by experience. We go back and look at the risks and the mandates from the HGFA.
The HGFA is about to make some changes. Let's examine those changes and... mehr

The latest NTSS class 1 ranking:



1

STRAUB, DAVIS

1234



2

SHAPIRO, JEFF

1015



3

SMITH, CHRIS

971



4

O'BRIEN, JEFF

951



5

WILLIAMS, MICHAEL

766



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MARTIN, DUSTIN

716



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WILLIAMS, PARIS

691



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CARTER, KEVIN... mehr

The coroner's report from February 27th, 2008 is found here.
The HGFA accident report from April, 2007 is found here.
The pilot was engaged in "static line towing." That is a fixed length of poly line (usually 2000') is connected (with a weaklink) to a cylinder (usually a brake cylinder) connected to the back of a car, usually the... mehr

I sent out requests for answers to various knowledgeable individuals in advance of publishing the article above. These are the answers I have so far:
Other questions to ask are regarding:
the mass of the rope / fittings stiffness of the rope aerodynamic fairings on ropes (covers over the carabineers)
These factors may play a part in knotting.... mehr

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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24162063/
An artificial foam cloud in the form of a peace sign floats in the sky. The formations, created by Flogo, are made of a soap-based foam laced with lighter-than-air gases.
The company uses re-purposed artificial snow machines to generate the floating ads and messages, dubbed Flogos. The machines can pop one... mehr

Mit der Größe XS gibt es den NOVA Mentor in vier Größen mit LTF in der Klasse 1-2. Das heißt, der NOVA deckt mit seinem neuen High-end 12er folgende Gewichtsbereiche ab Fluggewicht:

XS 7090 kg
S 80100 kg
M 95110 kg
L 105130 kg

Auf der Website www.nova-wings.com kann man sich die Videos von den Testflügen anschauen.

Im... mehr

Am letzten Montag 14.4. hatte das OLC-Team die Gelegenheit, im Rahmen eines Club-Abends beim Gleitschirmclub GSC Inntal die neue OLC-Generation vorzustellen.
Die Kernfragen waren: Wie funktioniert sie, was hat sie für Gleitschirmpiloten und Drachenflieger alles zu bieten und was macht sie vor allem so attraktiv
Die Veranstaltung war sehr gut... mehr

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/17/business/worldbusiness/17warm.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin
DENILIQUIN, Australia — Lindsay Renwick, the mayor of this dusty southern Australian town, remembers the constant whir of the rice mill. “It was our little heartbeat out there, tickety-tick-tickety,” he said, imitating the giant fans... mehr

Die Jungs waren einmal mehr fleissig und haben die Luftraumdaten auf den aktuellen Stand gebracht damit wir leichtes Spiel haben und sie auf unsere Geräte laden können. Die Daten für Garmin, MLR, Bräuniger und Flytec findet Ihr wie immer bei dfc-saar.de die Daten für Google Earth bei skyfool.de . Jetzt kann die Saison... mehr

Loading up your wing improves its glide performance. The Oz Report goes back to look at a set of earlier articles written for Hang Gliding Magazine to try to gauge the value of ballast, or being a big guy.
You can send a mere $20 or more for a yearly subscription/donation. To pay for your subscription with your credit card or PayPal account:... mehr

Long long ago (when I was a lot smarter) I wrote a few articles for the USHGA Hang Gliding Magazine about how ballast (and weight overall) affects your glide performance. They became available on Mark Forbes' Hang Gliding Magazine DVD's. They were just JPEG's on the DVD inside of the Adobe PDF format. Using Acrobat 8.0 I copied the pages from... mehr

Seedwings (Europe) wheels for Seedwings, Aeros, Moyes, Wills Wing and Icaro carbon control bars. Steve Pearson at Wills Wing states that the Icaro and Aero carbon base tube has the same profile as the Wills Wing carbon base tube, both the older one and the new one.

http://www.willswing.com/features/controlBars.asp
Wheels for the Wills Wing... mehr

http://www.warrenwindsports.com.au/blog/curt-warren/fun-stuff/flying-wild-west-wind-sydney.html
West Winds in Sydney are usually spent surfing the offshore waves. Last week, a few of us were looking for something different and headed to Frenchman's Bay of Sydney. Gerolf, Steve Elliot, and Noma, brought the new Moyes LiteSpirit proto for us to... mehr

Mark Dowsett <<email>> writes:
I've recently (finally) upgraded to the Flytec 6030 from my old long-time-broken IQ CompGPS so I'm new to the integrated flight-computer setup. I'm just wondering what fields most pilots put on their three different screens. I've set up a survey to take responses, and all results are public so you can... mehr