Lithuanian Paragliding AL championship 2010 – RESULTS/MEDIA
Posted by Gediminas Siutilas in championship on February 18th, 2010
Results
Results can be found at paragliding.lt >>
MEDIA from event
DAY 2/3
Photos by sparnas.lt >>
Photos by http://savam.name >>
DAY 1
Training Day
Live/Recorded video
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Lithuanian Paragliding AL championship 2010
Posted by Gediminas Siutilas in championship on February 13th, 2010
DAY 1
Training Day
Live/Recorded video
Live TV by Ustream
Event Details
Place and Date:
13-16 February, 2010. Trakai, Galvės Lake
Training days (to be announced)
Organisers:
* Lithuanian Hanggliding and Paragliding Sports Federation (LSPSF)
* “Laisvo skrydžio” sports club
Partners:
* Trakai Municipality
* Trakai historical park direction
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Black Shore (Juodkrantė) / oct21-24
Posted by Gediminas Siutilas in flights, juodkrante on October 30th, 2009
Juodkrantė (literally: Black Shore, German: Schwarzort [Black Place]) with permanent population of about 720 people is a quiet Lithuanian seaside resort village located on the Curonian Spit. A part of Neringa municipality, Juodkrantė is the second largest settlement on Lithuania’s part of the spit and the first and only one place for dreamy soaring:
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SALOS’09 prisiminimai – Miunhauzenas
Viena, antra, trečia diena … ant žemės. Aukščiausia vieta, į kurią teko pakilti – dvaro antrasis aukštas. Atsivežti neužbaigti darbų likučiai panaikinti, žaliasis NATO karininkų miegmaišis išbandytas, visos dvi vietinės parduotuvės aplankytos. Dangus vis dar rūstauja, o termikų dievas pučia į ūsą arba laiko jį įmerkęs alaus putoje. Kai tokie reikalai, parasparnistai daro tą patį…
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September-1 at XContest world daily charts
Posted by Gediminas Siutilas in flights on September 5th, 2009
For those who didn’t checked the XContest world daily flight chart for September 1st, here’s:
The flag of Lithuanian waving starting from the #5 (and furture of course) from 140 registered flights.
Position #5 in world daily – Tadas Grinevičius:
Flight details at XContest.
Trip time: 03:50:37h
Trip distance: 138km
Max altitute: 1617m
Max climb:3.0m/s
Start point: Birštonas
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2009 JAV parasparnių čempionatas, 2-dalis.
Taigi, šių metų rugpjūčio 16-22 dienomis, Jutos (Utah) valstijoje, netoli Salt Lake City vyko US parasparnių čempionato antrasis etapas (iki šių metų būdavo tik vienos varžybos).
Po pirmo etapo nusprendžiau, kad su Axis Vega-2 (DHV-2 klasė) man jau gerokai nuobodu, todėl šį parasparnį nedelsiant pardaviau tik grįžęs iš varžybų. Taip jau likimas lėmė, kad vėl nusipirkau [...]
liotcik at Vern’s Hill, Kansas
Posted by Gediminas Siutilas in flights on September 1st, 2009
August 29
A nice hill “Burr Oaks” was named in memory of hang-glider man Vern. A hill is a perfect place for gliding (para/hang) which is few km from at St. Joseph and ~70km from Kansas City.
Wana glide at Vern’s Hill?
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Mad Mike Küng Dances With Paragliders
Posted by Gediminas Siutilas in paravideo on September 1st, 2009
According to the net “The one and only Mad Mike Kung performs more death defying acro paragliding thrills!” A fun video with Mad Mike Kung which is avaible at paraglider.lt now.
Also some of tube video for Mad Mike:
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SPEED TO FLY
Posted by Gediminas Siutilas in paravideo on August 28th, 2009
Join Jocky as he takes you on a world tour of some of the best flying sites and offers gems of advice from some of the world’s best pilots. A full instructional is given in XC flying, including finding thermals, speed to fly, dealing with fear, assessing clouds, competition flying, and XC decision making. Sites [...]
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