This weekend had some good flying if you were in the right spot.
Forbes hosted 10 or so XC addicts that had a solid go at some fun flying. Due in part to the recent heavy rain it was a little tough to go big. But base was high at 8000ft, and lift was strong so the keen pilots that turned up which included Atilla, Kathryn a few canberra boys and more had a sweet time that as usual was well worth the trip.

This is my first ever Blog entry. I plan to keep my blogs short and sweet!!
The idea for is to summerize my free flying and competition flying with friends all over the Globe. I'm lucky enough to frequently fly and hangout with some of the best pilots in the world, and i will pass on any tips i learn along the way. So for the odd laugh, hot tip, flying news or flying fun, stay tuned.....

I have been neglecting my old blog in preparation for this one to launch(that's my excuse and I'm sticking with it); now that it's up I have some catching up to do.

WWS crew enjoying a bald hill sunset

The Hinterlands Drifter Tour mission was: "FLY, TRAVEL, LEARN".  Well...mission accomplished! Jonas Lobitz and I teamed up to always provide one instructor on the ground and one in the air.  We started our hang gliding tour in the Gold Coast at Mt Tamborine, stopped in Manilla for a big chunk of heavy-hitting thermals and then rinsed off the dust at Stanwell on the last evening of the tour. 

FLY, TRAVEL, LEARN!

I've been staying busy lately planning plenty of clinics, comps, and events for the

Check Anton's video below of his first flight back home in Tasmania. He recently learned to hang glide with us here at Stanwell Park, and is already slaying the coast in his Moyes Malibu!

Photo: Flying Tasmania!  Screen capture from Anton's video below, thanks to "Shark"

We're now on tour, away from our hang gliding base at Stanwell Tops, Australia.

Well....our European hang gliding/honeymoon is going great!

Below: Three days ago, at the main take-off area, Laragne-Chabre, FRANCE, for the upcoming 2009 Hang Gliding World Championships

BELOW: 80 kilometers later, at Monts du Chaval Blanc, very incredible.

“High-Alpine Adventure, Low Stress”

Austrian Michi Friesenbichler, assisted by Curt Warren, guides pilots across the premier gliding sites of Austria in the peak flying season.

When: 5th – 9th of August 2009  

The very best month to fly the Austrian Alps

The Region:

As the winter flying slows down a bit, I'll sneak away...
Tomorrow I'm flying UP and AWAY from Stanwell Park to...... Moscow, Russia to hang glide at a water/aerial stunt show.

We've got a great group of ol' mates going... Team members from USA, Australia, France, and Russia will converge together to perform a 30-minute show for a private party of high profile guests. Each member of the 14-man squad holds either a World or National championship to their credit. The show will include jet-skiing, wakeboarding, barefoot-skiing, free-style jumping, and hang gliding…all choreographed to music and pyrotechnics.
The private-event will be held at the Olympic Stadium once used for the rowing events during the 1980 Olympics in Moscow.