The Lumby Air Force is hosting their first Hang Gliding Nationals since the mid-nineties.

Torrey Pines Gliderport is hosting it's 12th Flight Fest this May 19th - 24th of the year 2009!!

This exciting multiday event consists of:
* $6,000.00 in cash prizes.
* Paragliding and Hang Gliding air races.
* Acro event.
* Tandem event.
* Try-n-Fly Expo
* Free evening lectures
* And much much more!

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Bart Doets <<email>>, editor, Delta Magazine, Holland, writes:

Holland is a small country, with a hang gliding population of about 500 pilots. Nevertheless, there have always (since the late seventies) been a number of quite active hang gliding schools, that were backed up by dealerships of the world's most important hang gliding manufacturers.

One day during the NSW State Titles I watched Blay and Jonny launch the west side at Mt. Borah near Manilla. They put their bodies so far through the control frame that their backs were essentially horizontal. Their gliders maintained their same angle through out their runs, and they were pumping with their feet way back (but obviously not behind them, as their feet were still attached).

If you're on the site and waiting to register for the Flytec Rally, you'll need a user account on the site. So please visit here to get an account and logged in so you don't have to do that when registration opens (in two hours).

Jamie and I worked on getting the course plotted on Google Maps today. You can see the 624 mile course line on the map beside us here and on the Event info page.

The goal....go 500 miles in a FlexWing Hang Glider