Norwegian Hanggliding

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The hanggliding club in Oslo will as usual run a beginners course this fall. I have been one of the main instructors the last few years, and I will help out in this course too, but not as much as before. I have to prioritize my time differently this winter with work and the worlds [...]

Some users have problems opening the IGC files in GPSDump when there is more than one day of tracklog. You can open the IGC file directly in a text editor like Notepad, and remove the lines of log from the wrong day. Save as IGC file again, not .txt.
It should then be possible to open [...]

Manfred Ruhmer said he would probably not go to Australia to fly the worlds when I talked to him in Millau. Now it’s confirmed according to Gerolf and the Oz report. At least there will be some competition about 1. place again.
Lihtuania
A pilot with .lt domain emailed me asking about my glider. I asked [...]

Fredrik and I went to Ringerudkollen today as the weather was really good, and forecast for easterly winds. Over the takeoff it was good clouds with high cloudbase, but we could not see of feel much thermal activity. It was 0-2 m/s, and too warm. I took off and found the air to active but [...]