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Hang gliding competition news and information from all over the world - as published monthly in Skywings!

By Gordon Rigg

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Updated 9.5.04

British open 2004 flight task animations NEW

Task 1 – picture of Richards task winning flight in 3D
Task 2 – top 25 flights
Task 3 – top 25 flights

British Hang Gliding Series 2003 flight animations:

Task1 - Merthyr to Gloucester
Task2 – Wether Fell not quite to Rufforth!
Task3 – Tailbridge to Nappa scar and a bit further for some!
Task4 – Merthyr – Hay bluff – Malverns (one of the best UK tasks ever – for those who got up!)
Task 5 – Pandy – Hay bluff - Builth

Useful documents: Speed to fly theory
All about GPSs for hang gliding

Gordon’s 91km triangle on Saturday April 12^th 2003

Animation of Gordon and Steve’s triangles

Easter Monday: A much smaller triangle in 20mph wind…

NEW – September triangle 53km leads the XC league?

Taking your glider on a plane somewhere?
It finally happened! Gordons glider got completely mangled on the way back from Oz

No Sh*t there I was... An accumulation of stories from the world of competition hang gliding

Flying in Derbyshire - Derbyshire Soaring Club includes DSC XC League!

Wave pictures from above Derbyshire!

Learn to fly in the Peak District

A guide to weather forecasts on the net

Thinking of taking a day off next week to Fly in the UK?
You must check out http://freespace.virgin.net/jack.harrison/STARS and http://www.weatherjack.co.uk

Weather right now at Manchester Airport

Whats the flying like in St. Andre Les Alpes?

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FOR more news, dates of comps etc for UK competitions and UK teams visit the official UK Hang Gliding Competitons Site: http://www.rogallo.co.uk.htm/

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