Oscar Plange <oscar> writes: EVENT International Hang Gliding Challenge Location Groblershoop, Northern Cape Province, South Africa Venue Thuru Lodge http://www.kalaharibigskychallenge.co.za/2014KBSCInvite.pdf Please indicate by end of April 2014; • Number of pilots interested The major weather engine for the Southern African region is a strong high pressure system over the Atlantic Ocean,...
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http://soaringcafe.com/2014/04/grus-americana-by-gary-osoba/ Discuss "Osoba on records" at the Oz Report forum link» ...
http://www.ul-segelflug.de/blog/336-peter-eicher-back-to-2-place-in-olc.html With an excellent FAI-Triangle and a distance of 248,05 km, Peter Eicher fought his way back to the 2. Place of OLC-World-Ranking-List. The difference to his wife Marlies, still remaining at 1. Place, is 1/2 point only. With Peters comeback to the top, first two places are back again to the Australian Archaeopteryx-Team,...
http://lagunasecaopen.com/ Laguna Seca Open, competencia abierta FAI 2, que se llevara a cabo del 28 de Abril al 4 de Mayo de 2014 en San Marcos Evangelista, Jalisco, México. https://www.facebook.com/lagunasecaopen A solo 40 minutos de Guadalajara! Discuss "Laguna Seca Open" at the Oz Report forum link» ...
England’s Southern Club is hosting the inaugural Southern Foot or Fly XC competition during July and August this year. The competition challenges pilots to link all eight of the Southern Club’s flying sites by flying and hiking only, a distance of 65km by air or 85km on foot. Organisers say there will be prizes […]...
I had the opportunity to "speak" with a member of the French Sport Class team going to the Worlds. One of the things that we "discussed" was the state of French hang gilding instruction and the use of king posted gliders in France. He stated that in France pilots go very quickly from training to topless gliders unlike in the US where we lay out a staged approached from single surface...
Flytec have said they will release the first batch of their new 7030 flight instrument by the end of April. In an email announcing the release they said they plan to release 100 units by the end of the month. They have also announced costs. The Flytec 7030 GPS for paragliding (without pitot sensor) […]...
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U-Turn have announced the Lightning, a lightweight wing based on their successful Blacklight. The company said: “Based on the successful XC wing the Blacklight, U-Turn has designed a full lightweight wing with stunning performance and comfort. The Lightning is for ambitious pilots who want to go XC with ease without sacrificing comfort.” The company […]...
You can fly there for a couple of days without being in the competition http://ozreport.com/2014BigSpringNationals.php You can come to Big Spring and fly without having to register for the competition. You don't even have to pay for your aerotows if you seriously help out with the launch. You can launch before or after the competition launch period. Big Spring offers great cross country flying with...
I've shown this picture before, but it is nice to see it on the cover http://westcoastbrit.blogspot.com/2013/05/a-couple-of-weeks-ago-i-had-experience.html But thought this one was cooler: Discuss "Ben on the Cover" at the Oz Report forum link» ...
http://www.williamolive.com/dalby/2014/ Original scoring: http://ozreport.com/18.66#9 # Name Glider Last Dist. 1 Alt. 2 Dist. 3 Total 1 Adam Parer Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 37,66 1081 48,47 480 2 cameron tunbridge airborne rev 14.5 37,79 1039 48,18 478 3 Konrad Heilmann Moyes Litespeed S 5 37,71 972 47,43 472 4 Tim Osborne wills wing u2 37,68 955 47,23 470 5 Curt Warren Moyes Litespeed RS4 37,75 926...
The cu's showed up again, just like the last two days and that called for another day of flying. Armand (Canadian Swift pilot and electrician) got to try for the 100 kmh Swift record (Robin Hamilton holds it). The place was packed as usual with new and old pilots flying as much as possible. We were getting to over 5,000'. Dean Funk took this shot also. He is having trouble with the pollen so not flying....
http://www.williamolive.com/dalby/2014/ # Name Glider Dist. Total 1 Guy Hubbard Moyes Litespeed RS 4 23,76 121 2 Steve Blenkinsop Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 21,12 113 2 Curt Warren Moyes Litespeed RS4 21,13 113 2 cameron tunbridge airborne rev 14.5 21,14 113 2 Konrad Heilmann Moyes Litespeed S 5 21,08 113 2 adam stevens airbone rev 13.5 21,14 113 2 Tim Osborne wills wing u2 21,07 113 8 Adam Parer Moyes...
The cu's showed up again like on Friday and quite frankly it is a lot better here when there are cu's rather than an inversion and blue sky. There was also high clouds from the north that crept south just over Quest and then retreated. I pinned off at 1,000' at 1:30 PM and got up right away to almost 4,000' before heading south to the turnpoint at Dean Still and 33. The wind was west southwest at...
Dean Funk took this photo: We didn't take off until late in the afternoon and Mark Stump flew for ever as it was his last day here. Nice to have the cu's back after a week inversions and blue skies (with nice light winds). The winds were a bit stronger at 9 MPH out of the west. I flew to the southwest corner of the cultivated lands and then out into the Green Swamp to get under a nice cu. Bruce and...
Nova have gone retro in celebration of their 25th anniversary this year – by producing a limited edition version of the Ion 3 and Mentor 3 in hot pink. Set up in 1989 the Austrian company made its first wing, the CXC, in bright pink with yellow stabilos. Nova say: To celebrate the company anniversary, Nova […]...
French company Syride have launched a new website dedicated to their range of riser mounted instruments. The company’s instruments range goes from a simple audio only mini vario to the riser mounted SYS’GPS, which as the name suggests includes a GPS and logger. The company have announced the forthcoming SYS’Nav aimed at competition and cross […]...
This is brilliant. Andras Vizler has mashed up a whole bunch of paragliding films with a Living Planet David Attenborough voice-over from 1984. It really works… • Got news? Send it to us at news@xcmag.com Buy and sell gear on Skyads.aero Home...