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...iaders are no different. One of the most important competitions that paragliders have is the paragliding world championship, Corinna from Corinna's sky writes about her friends getting ready for the c...
From The Digital Aviator: A UK-built solar-powered plane has set an unofficial world endurance record for a flight by an unmanned aircraft. The Zephyr-6, as it is known, stayed aloft for more than
...ty to listen to podcasts of a test pilot and lot's of cool stuff. I can't say that I know much about the world of demo flights, but when I found this blog I got sucked in to the stories. So if you lik...
... is carried with such huge investment of time, money and effort. Bringing participants from around the world and doing a complex event like this on a professional level is something that most counti...
...en it won the Ansari X Prize and anecdotes such as this. Before it was ever named SpaceShipOne, the world's first private-sector spaceship was designed for a splashdown if necessary. And when the...
...ustry leading, all-glass integrated flight deck." "As a pilot, you sit in a cockpit and experience the world in ways others can only imagine. So naturally, as leaders in technology and innovation, C...
... of this war’s most spectacular and significant developments, and may be a means of preventing a third world war. “The day will most assuredly come,” says Maj. Gen. F. A. M. Browning, command...
When thinking about the modern world with all its technology and achievements it can be amusing to see how the newspapers dealt with the expansion of the use of technology during WW II. This po
Further to the post a little while ago about electric flight. I think what the world is waiting for is the hybrid. Imagine a hydrogen fuel cell powering a generator that charges accumulators topped
On the 1st December 2003, H. Miranda (Argentina) flying Jantar Standard 2 has set a new World Record over the 100km triangular course in Open and 15-metre classes. The speed was 249.09 kph.
...nd Glider, a forerunner of today's S&G, was published from 1930 until 1955, with a three-year gap during World War Two. Thanks to a great deal of help from several kind glider pilots, I have almost ...
... fellow gliding pilots at the club where I fly do not follow RAS as actively as I do, and I imagine that worldwide - most pilots do not check RAS on a daily basis. But for ~30 000 extra hits to be gen...
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 (
Polaris - Low Cost GPS Tracking System CloserWorlds introduces Polaris, a low cost product / service for tracking an object's physical location in real-time over the Internet and displaying its posi
...ed by the promoter after they changed their minds on how good an idea it was. So when the FAI didn't put World Class in the world championships, the class folded, leaving a bunch of one design guys no...
...n't find it now. So my apologies for repeating it: For how long is the PW-5 the official glider of the World Class? Are there any provisions in the FAI or IGC rules for the eventual retirement of th...
...pproval adjusted to the new 'all IGC badge and distance diploma' level. This level excludes evidence for world record flights. Originally the date on which this was to take effect was 1 January 2004...
...ance boats. Very strict rules on planform and construction. IMHO there are much better race boats in the world than what theey use. The key is that they use them, have contests and promote it as a cla...
...the exclusive right to publish it. They pay for the website and the bandwidth. I draw if for the soaring world to...
...g-e.html Please note this sentence: Let's wait for the price list.. maybe we are finally getting our World Class glider. Bye...
... considers $1500 for shipping of Apis, it's still a whopping $4000 cheaper. And if you don't want to set world records, you save another $2000 by just buying Apis WR. Just curious,...
...e problem by dividing the globe up into areas with somewhat similar conditions. We could have a R.A.S. World Championship...
...t. > I'm not really after Sorry, he hasn't recorded any crap - but he plays brilliant ragtime on the world's worst piano (saloon bar of the Koorawatha pub) when the ridge isn't working just to kee...
...ndsurfing & Kitesurfing Here we go again - another chance to save access at one of the best spots in the world: Aruba. HOW OFTEN do we get that chance? This is serious and we need your help. Please ta...
...er you are learning to fly under the constraints of club rules or competing against your colleagues in a World Championship, your skillfulness as a pilot will be put to the test. Learning: The simulat...
...peed. If I am up, I at least have a chance. I crawl across Mono Lake, and summon all the patience in the world to get up on the other side, but I am not going to get high enough. I might as well glide...
...nd neck for the lead with his Uncle Tom Beltz. Other pilots under 26 at Hobbs are Liz Schwenkler, 2-time World Junior pilot, and Garret Willat in his first FAI Nationals. Congratulations to recent g...
.... Does anyone know if LS1-0, #001 is still flying, or do I have the oldest LS Glas Soaring-glider in the WORLD? Regards Erik Bennekou...
According to John Roake's latest figures, the world gliding population is down about 14% over the past 12 years (leaving out countries with less than 12 years of data). But, over the same period, Pola
...rmal required it. You could figure Joe to do the right thing. I don't know who survives him in the other world. In the air, it is us....
Apologies that the website is currently down as we change around our IP (the joys of sponsored sites) to contact the contest organisers for information email roy at internet-auditor dot com PS.
.... Yep sure could retype everything - but its a pain in the ........ Roy Edwards Contest Director www.worldclass2003.com Matamata, New Zealand February 2003....
...eam members, is one of the very best of many initiatives - We've got great Teams going to Poland, to the World Class and to the Juniors competitions this summer - they deserve our support...
...d of the balloon flight, Peter Jennings (ABC News in USA), said that Steve Fossett would be attempting a world record glider flight. As this was being told, they showed footage of a vintage Fauvel win...
...ider.info a new service where you can share your IGC files with buddies and other pilots from around the world. On the home page click the login link and make yourself a user account. After creati...
...om the webpage however I have included some of the information below. I want to thank the MANY people, world-wide, who have helped with this version either directly through actual coding or indirect...
...ect, including books, stories, articles, or other sources. Also any info or narratives about the current world record holder, Robert R. Harris. Thank you in advance for your help. Geoff Schaaf...
This is getting ridiculous, already! Has anyone else also paid for and not received the video from South Africa? Last I was told, it was promised by September. Still no video. But the charge wen
...llions of dollars into our sport, and bring us into the consciousness of a substantial percentage of the world's population. The least we can do is spell his name right. Sorry if I'm being a bit tes...
...lack of preparations for the 2002 Preparatory Contest, the IGC Bureau has decided that the venue for the World Gliding Championships in 2003 will be moved to Leszno in Poland instead of Rieti in Italy...
...ome everynight to build his own house. also the guys at the club all (for the most part), understand the world, how and why things work. so it was kind of odd, these guys were telling him how electron...
4th Worldclass Champs - New Zealand Feb 2003. The website is finally back up again. www.worldclass2003.com So far we have heard from Great Britain India France USA Canada Brasil Australia Portug
... Ka-8. www.soarcsa.org/ssa/ssay/byfs.htm SSA was happy to subsidize Mike Westbrook's entry in the 2002 World Class Nationals with a contest entry grant. Kudos go to the World Class Soaring Associati...
I have been hit daily by a virus that seems to come in on email from people in the soaring world. Usually it is in an attachment. I won't give you the whole name, but it included 'Klez.' Fortunately
After a shaky start it looks like we are getting better luck with the weather than the World Club Class Championship :o) So far two contest days in each competition and both classes are on task toda
...h this topic. I am fortunate to operate from one of the excellent airfields built by the military during World War 2. It has three intersecting 5 to 7,000 foot long runways, little traffic, and is unc...
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