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US Nats - the blogs

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Other commentators(Florida Ridge)

You'll find other views of events here: http://jonnydurand.blogspot.com/, http://bretthazlett.blogspot.com/, http://xckevin.blogspot.com/, http://www.naughtylawyertravels.blogspot.com/, http://skyout.blogspot.com/

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Glider carrier locks

Straps with locks.

Dirk Darling <ddiggler> writes:

A friend of mine bought a pair for his surfboard.  Very well made. Why didn't someone think of this earlier. http://www.stickprotection.com/pro_surf.htm

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Oh, to be in England

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Winter doesn't give up easily

David Williamson <postmanexpat> writes:

Oh, to be in England, Now that April's there,

This is what we woke up to this morning at only 250' above sea level.  Only five days ago, a couple of flex wings did a 100 km out and return with a 5000'+ cloudbase, and the day before that an Atos did a good size triangle.  Is it snowing in Florida?

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Cloud Appreciation Society

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Many photos

http://www.cloudappreciationsociety.org/

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Burmese Pythons in the Everglades

Careful when you land out

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12267540/

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Jacques Bott doesn't fear the new 15 meter ATOS

The glider is too big and the pilots weigh too little for it to do any good

Jacques Bott is one of my sources and has seen the new 15.4 meter span ATOS at the AIR factory.  It doesn't concern him because he feels that heavier pilots that now have an advantage over him on the "regular" ATOS (he is thin and not that tall) will now have the same disadvantage that he has (lower wing loading).  Of course, they can ballast up (Jacques does have a lead vest) and get back the advantage that they may have lost with the lower wing loading.

Maybe the big glider is only for pilots as big as Felix.  Maybe Robert Reisinger and Alex Ploner won't be the pilots flying the big ATOS.  Maybe AIR is saying to the French pilots, and to Jacques, that the "regular" (145 sq.  ft.) is for the "smaller" pilots.

We still don't have the sail area for the new glider.  We also don't know if it has been on the DHV truck or not.

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US Nationals - Day 6, no task

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Strong winds out of the northeast abate a few knots(Florida Ridge)

The forecast for the afternoon is 15 mph with gust to 20 mph on the ground.  The forecast for the boundary layer winds is 20 knots at 11 AM, 22 knots at 2 PM and 24 knots at 5 PM.

The winds are measured at 14 mph in the field and 21 mph gusts.

The meet has been extended by one day to Friday.  It appears to be quite possible that we will be flying tomorrow.

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