Monthly Archives: February 2006

Somewhere nearby, I haven’t looked at a weather map, a cyclone is hanging out sending unstable moisture all across the continent and numerous troughs sit over NSW. The past 3 days have been weather days and this morning I awoke … Continue reading →

Task 2 was an interval start from Borrah to 4Ways to Manilla with goal at Godfrey’s house with a distance fo 56km. Upon arriving at launch in the Scooby Doo Mobile, our retrieve mobile that David bought, we headed to … Continue reading →

Today was task 1 of the Kiwi Open here in Manilla, New South Wales, Australia. Sun and cumulus clouds made everybody smile today. We flew off the East launch and pilots fought to stay climb out and stay up as … Continue reading →

These are a couple of pictures I took the one day I flew with my camera. It was the only not so windy day and on windy days 6l of water ballast gets priority over the camera in my flightdeck.

Yesterday was the final day of the Australian Paragliding Nationals here in Bright, Victoria. We had a total of 5 tasks, with 3 weather days due to strong winds. Nikolay Shorkhov of Russia won followed by Takagi Nozomu of Japan … Continue reading →

Today was task 1 of the Bright 321 paragliding comp. The 321 stands for $3000 for 1st $2000 for 2nd and $1000 for 3rd. Today I flew 20.96km and I finished in the top third overall for the day, and … Continue reading →

I’m traveling S from Killarney to Bright with two other pilots, Max from Greenland and Matt from England. We stopped in Manilla for some flying on the way, and there’s a hang gliding competition going on. Keri, Cookie and Brian … Continue reading →

The final task of the Killarney Paragliding Classic was stopped at 4:30pm due to overdevelopment and rain. I made goal at appx. 4:40, but due to the stop task no-one made goal. I had my best finish today finishing 8th … Continue reading →

Strong winds prevented us from flying days 5 & 6. We monitored the conditions from town, and every 30 min pilots were updated via radio until the tasks were called around 1pm each day. FTV. Fixed Total Validity is a … Continue reading →

Goal! Today I finished 12th, and only 16 pilots made goal. A few pilots landed just short of goal today as the winds switched and created a headwind shortly after I landed, eliminating the sweet tailwind we all had coming … Continue reading →