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Hang Gliding Photos From Norway
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courtesy of deshuth\ I thought you might enjoy reading about the hang gliding event. You can read the post here or if you really love photos do directly to this page and check them out. I can't
Wednesday, 27 August 2008
Competition Can Be Fun
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I've been reading that there are not enough pilots registered to the hang gliding competition in Lakeview. If you think you can save the day and prevent the competition from being canceled you can r
Monday, 28 July 2008
These Russians Know How To Have Fun
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No the photo has nothing to do with a stunt show in Russia but it is really sweet so I just decided to bring it. I've read Curt Warren's recent post and found myself thinking these Russians certa
Thursday, 17 July 2008
...ile previous adventurers have used boats or planes to cross the Atlantic, this robot will make it's way by gliding beneath the ocean's surface. Follow along as students from the Coastal Ocean Observat...
Thursday, 17 July 2008
Paragliding in Hopfgarten
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WoW!! I've recently got an email from a friend that went on tour in Europe and while in Austria took the time to paraglide with a guide from this amazingly beautiful place. According to the email I
Sunday, 16 March 2008
Military remote controlled aircraft
(Forums / General Discussions)
...s), and came up with some stuff. The Predator has been around for a while. I recall mention of it in Hang Gliding magazine. The Boeing ScanEagle is relatively new. I have seen stuff that could be si...
Wednesday, 27 August 2008
2 Meter Radios
(Forums / General Discussions)
Not in my experience. When hang gliding on a non-XC flight I kept my radio on lowest power setting because anybody I wanted to talk to was within a few miles line of sight. On the days when we got to
Friday, 08 August 2008
Looking for Gliding Clubs
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Consider Marfa, west Texas. Site of the 1970 World Soaring Contest and where 'The Sun Ship Game' soaring movie was filmed. 150 miles southeast of El Paso (ELP). Major airlines also serve Midland, TX (
Tuesday, 05 August 2008
...he the Stemme driver was not familiar with powered aircraft procedures, I believe that he came from a hang gliding background and was not familiar with the class C airspace. Because he was a very acco...
Sunday, 03 August 2008
What glider if not a Speed Astir?
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
...hould be cheaper. The ASW-19 was the machine of choice for the U.K. team in the Junior Sport Class World Gliding Championships this year, it has also been bought by the Surrey & Hants. gliding club ...
Friday, 01 August 2008
hang gliding position
(Forums / General Discussions)
I just took my intro hang gliding class. I noticed that I was 'hanging' from the glider in a standing position. I was expecting to be more in a laying down position. Is this just a quality of the type
Sunday, 27 July 2008
Jantar VNE
(Forums / General Discussions)
...in g.co.uk/bgainfo/technical/datasheets/jantarstd2.pdf), but as mentioned below and on other international gliding club websites, many quote 154kts!? hmmmm.... Storey....
Wednesday, 23 July 2008
Gliders in the New Dulles NASM
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I was discussing gliding with a fellow at work. He had a silver badge. The unusual part was that he was a Spaniard and his glider training was around the time of the Spanish civil war. He told me that
Monday, 21 July 2008
Twin Astir For Sale / Astir CS 77 for Sale
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SOSA Gliding Club is selling a G103 Twin Astir and G102 CS 77 Asking $42,500 Cdn (about $32K US) C-GGLA S/N 3804 Approx 2310 hrs Basic Instruments - both seats in feet and kts ILEC SB-7 elec vario f
Saturday, 19 July 2008
High tow vs. low tow for rough tows (long)
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Within 18 years of gliding I have not heard of a single tow rope break (nor a weak-link break) on my home airfield. We are doing high tows, we seldom practice slack line corrections, we have pretty tu
Friday, 18 July 2008
Instruction Idea
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...ine. The only email I have is the advertising person Fiona Rowe Email fr...@optusnet.com.au or try the Gliding Federation of Australia sales at Adminoffi...@gfa.org.au www.gfa.org.au If you ha...
Saturday, 12 July 2008
Briegleb 12B - Opinions?
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...at most potential buyers for BG12's or similar typically 'cheap' gliders are there because they are new to gliding and looking for a cheap glider...and most pilots who would have the experience and en...
Thursday, 10 July 2008
Overstocked on PDA's
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the 3950 is **clearly** the best of these for gliding . . jk We have too many iPaq's on hand. All models: 31XX, 36XX,3765, 38XX and 39XX Cables/GPS units (with iPaq cable and power converter), Col
Monday, 07 July 2008
Westerboer ?
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
...erboer's published address and not received a reply. Does anyone know if they are still in the business of gliding computers?...
Friday, 04 July 2008
One Design viability?
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...e problem with this idea is that the difference in 'performance' in sailing has a different impact than in gliding. I used to race Lightnings as well as Sunfish. Two very different boats, one MUCH hig...
Thursday, 03 July 2008
...proval are in the approval document itself, all of which documents are at the end of: http://www.fai.org/gliding/gnss/igc_approved_frs.pdf It is true that there is not yet a list of recorders at t...
Wednesday, 25 June 2008
...ing Club will officially observe a Day of Mourning on the centennial of the day Wilbur and Orville gave up gliding. Assuming we're not buried under 20 inches of fluffy water, we'll make as many glider...
Thursday, 19 June 2008
Taking a Glider from the US to NZ,,,,
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Can I put in my two cents for the Omarama Gliding Club also. www.omarama.com (email contacts on the temp www. page)
Friday, 13 June 2008
The power of RAS
(Forums / Tips & Tricks)
On the 10th of November, I started a thread about our gliding clubs new web site - and gave the URL for the website in the post (www.ggc.co.za). Yesterday - I checked with the webmaster to see if he h
Wednesday, 11 June 2008
...C be disclosing all known or suspected cases of 'trace fraud?' ( If there have been any ) then the general gliding community can get a grip on how the system is working. Ian Molesworth...
Saturday, 07 June 2008
Help-Flying in France
(Forums / Off Topic Discussions)
...have your own glider you can fly at Vinon, Gap, Puimoisson, ..... not only St Auban ..... Web site about gliding in France . www.planeur.net Regards, Fred...
Friday, 06 June 2008
Can anybody recomend a good gliding club in the South East? I'm keen to get back into gliding after getting to the post solo stage and lapsing for several years. I'm looking into a club that would r
Saturday, 31 May 2008
On 12 Nov 2003 16:48:02 GMT, Ray Lovinggood Indeed... and I have to admit that I forgot to mention that these friendly people are active pilots (this is the nasty side of my club... lol): Anyone has
Friday, 30 May 2008
Best Gliding Club Web Site
(Forums / Professionals)
One of the Gold Fields Gliding Club members took it on himself to re-create the club's defunct web page. I think the result is the most comprehensive web page for any club currently on the internet. I
Friday, 23 May 2008
First Post: Hello!
(Forums / General Discussions)
... found this whole news group thing and was very happy to find a soaring newsgroup (though I haven't been gliding for several months due to school and huge lack of funds! No!) which is very bad as ...
Saturday, 17 May 2008
Wave Off on Early Tow Question
(Forums / Off Topic Discussions)
...00' in gliders all day long, but with power, I hope the Blessed Lady of Internal Combustion gets me within gliding range of a soft spot....
Friday, 16 May 2008
Newbie question
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Perhaps it's good to know why this is important, too. In training and gliding, often in smooth air, you'll fly the min sink speed or the best L/D speed and think that is great. In soaring, there may
Friday, 16 May 2008
Winching - Reverse Auto Tow
(Forums / Professionals)
...me? I was an instructor at North Weald from 1972 till 1978 when I went to the LGC (a bad move) and gave up gliding when they refused to ratify my instructor's ticket (I only had 1000 launches instruct...
Sunday, 11 May 2008
Cutting plasma rope
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
...ng from the winch and looking for your cutting tool? Yes it could. See above. BTW: In my 18 seasons of gliding I am not aware of the winch cable ever been cut in an emergency. And that's in about ...
Friday, 09 May 2008
Intensive Courses (non-UK)
(Forums / Tips & Tricks)
I live in the UK and am interesting in intensive gliding training. I have already attended two such courses in the UK. However, due to our unreliable weather, my progress has been much slower than I w
Tuesday, 29 April 2008
SparrowHawk Sailplane
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
...getting up on the wrong side of the keyboard Well, I think it's unlikely to be as wild and wooly as hang gliding was in the early 70's, when people who should have known better were publishing artic...
Monday, 07 April 2008
The Sailplane and Glider (cross-posted to RAS)
(Forums / Off Topic Discussions)
... 1934, with a handful also missing from 1935, 1936 and 1944. I am also missing one issue of the magazine Gliding, S&G’s other forerunner, for 1955 (Volume 6, Number 1). I have bought duplicate c...
Sunday, 06 April 2008
...ht well do something 'punchy' just for you. I'm sure you intend paying well because he's a music teacher/gliding instructor and neither of those pay at all. Now don't be miserable, Jason. Ask Matt...
Tuesday, 01 April 2008
Pawnee part (USA)
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...n button color). We haven't found anyone with stock yet and build to order takes over 3 weeks. Mile High Gliding...
Wednesday, 26 March 2008
... the aviation community * rec.aviation.answers Frequently asked questions about aviation rec.aviation.hang-gliding Hang-gliding, paragliding, foot-launched flight rec.aviation.homebuilt Selecting, des...
Saturday, 22 March 2008
...o not work in a very fundamental way that is 'conveniently' *not* mentioned! (I am not necessarily talking gliding products here, but gps units with displays that cannot be easily read by folks over 4...
Thursday, 20 March 2008
Glider clubs on public airports (USA)
(Forums / Off Topic Discussions)
...ade it difficult to find a suitable site that is actually available. Some day though, we will have our own gliding field. All the best,...
Monday, 17 March 2008
Sanderson relected to IGC
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
So, the US gliding community dores not want to be a member of the world gliding community?
Monday, 17 March 2008
OT - But Interesting - Sea Gliders
(Forums / Off Topic Discussions)
...PTION: Soaring birds inspired man's first successful attempts at winged flight. It is well understood that gliding flight in the atmosphere can be achieved with the conversion of potential energy into...
Saturday, 15 March 2008
Motor Gliding
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Is there a two place motorglider? If so does anyone know of a website with a picture and preformance charts? Does anyone recommend/not recommend two place motorglider's? Is there anything on the web o
Tuesday, 11 March 2008
'The world sailplane (glider) record is 12,800m, New Zealand gliding expert Bill Walker said today.' Taken from the IGC website (http://records.fai.org/gliding/) : 'Absolute altitude : 14 938 m
Monday, 03 March 2008
Peak Soaring Gone?
(Forums / General Discussions)
AFAIK, everything in Colorado (Peak Soaring included now) is a part-time club operation except Mile High Gliding in Boulder, www.milehighgliding.com . Salida (B&J) will offer tows for the rest of the
Wednesday, 13 February 2008
...y are all complete nutters. Better thermal pilots than me though. regards Roy Garden btw The _new_ hanggliding record is over 700km (also set this week) 19-1 glide good old sifow flying....
Sunday, 10 February 2008
Fathers Day Dog House....
(Forums / General Discussions)
So anyone else somehow manage to go gliding today and end up in the Dog House with the Wife and Kids? I'm about to leave for the field, and would appreciate hearing any good defense strategies for whe
Thursday, 07 February 2008
Disaster over Lake Constance - Air Regs
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
...le, as recommended by the official french teaching method, is : beginners in local flight should remain in gliding range with glide ratio 10:1, more experienced and cross country rated pilots use the ...
Monday, 04 February 2008
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