Norwegian Hanggliding

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This year’s flying in Bassano was the best I’ve had there so far, but sadly it rained the last few days so the competition was cancelled.
We drove for about 30 hours from Oslo, including a stop at Skyline in Übersee to pick up Nils Åge’s new harness. I got a new set of the “old” [...]

Sorry for no news from Bassano, the Italian GSM providers have not improved their data services. Weather was good, but it rained for the comp. More news and pictures when I get back online with broadband

We drive to Bassano in Northern Italy later today. Kjell Chr. Krane drove from Narvik yesterday, he will pick us up in Oslo in a few hours. We are 8 people in his bus, should be around 24 hours of driving to get to Bassano. We might stop at Skyline in southern Germany to pick [...]

Yesterday Fritz and I went to see some BASE jumps from a building in Oslo. Radical stuff, it was a kick just watching it, I can really understand why people want to do it. The jump off point was 60-70 meters over the ground. Nice conditions with clear skies and a setting sun, jsut a [...]

Nice weather, but way to windy to go flying the last few days. The weather station at Sundvollen reported 26m/s on Friday. Sunday was better, but I had some other plans. Today seems nice though…

I’ve been flying with a Icaro Skyrunner helmet for quite a few years now. I got my first one when I started flying, and it saved my life when I flew headfirst into a rock after a failed takeoff from Vole. The one I fly with now have been with me since easter 98, and [...]

Just downloaded CompeGPS 5.0 and played with yesterdays tracklog, most of the new features are in the 3D mode of the program. The thermals are calculated and marked from the tracklog, and you can view the flight in “realtime” with a glider that turns and banks like real. Update and evaluation version can be downloaded [...]