Norwegian Hanggliding

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I think this picture of (the remains of) my Icaro “kevlar” flying gloves illustrates that we flew a lot, and also that the weather was warm :-) Guess which finger I use to hold the VG rope… I’ll need to start looking for new warm-weather gloves. The Skyline Cosy gloves I have are very [...]

We got another really good day with forecastet weak winds and good lift. The task was a 109km triangle, start time 13:30. The rigids started 15 muntes before us, and then the flex start was delayed 45 minuted because of no clouds and weak lift. Once we got underway it was really nice clouds developing, [...]

Another day with really good conditions, good clouds and no wind. We got a 136km task flying around the green swamp with 5 turnpoints. It was really strong and good conditions around Quest after takeoff, and we spent 30 minutes at cloudbase waiting for the first start gate. Originally I wanted to wait for the [...]

We woke up to a gray and still morning, it seemed like a no fly day at about 09:00, but it cleared up and became a really good day for competition flying. I was out flying the tug with Bob again in the morning, landings are improving but still need the be smoother.
We got a [...]

Another out and return today, but shorter task (80 km) than yesterday because of predicted slower conditions. Davis does the weather, and predictet slower climbs and no clouds. I was out taking flying lessons on the tug with Bobby Bailey in the morning, and thermalled the tug in a nice core at 11:30. Flying the [...]

We got a 106km out&return task, south and back north to Quest along highway 33. It would be strong to moderate crosswind the whole task. I took the last startgate on the second, and had an OK flight until the TP where it was shaded from thick cirrus. We all slowed down and it was [...]

It was windy, with a forecasted stable an low day. The start was delayed 30 minutes, and then we went ahead to start the 109km crosswind task. The tug pilot dropped me downwind off track, thanks a lot… I got up in weak lift together with some other struggling poilots drifting way off course, top [...]

Blown out. Moyes storyteling night with lots of funny stories.
Today looks better with lighter winds in the morning, the forecast is still a bit on the strong side. We’ll se what happens, I guess it will not be cancelled in the morning like yesterday.

The wind switched to NE and became quite strong last night. We had a pilot meeting at 18:00, and then went for dinner with Finn and Truls. We got in to the Thai resturant without a reservation, and had some really great food.
Today is windy, the task commitee think it will be blown out. We [...]

Yesteday it was too windy for any good flying, so Olav Opsanger and I decided to be tourists instead. We went to Kennedy Space Center to have a look at some of the stuff there. Unfortunately we were a little to late to get on the bus ride to see the space shuttle where it’s [...]