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Flying site access at risk (western US) (lemmy.zip)
submitted 4 weeks ago by PodPerson@lemmy.zip to c/freeflight@lemmy.zip
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Not getting into politics here, but regardless of which side of the aisle you sit on if you’re in the US, it’s time to reach out to your congresspeople to advocate for protecting the forest service and BLM land that you care about keeping open (and preventing business and developer interests out of it). The site I fly at the most (Marshall/Crestline in Southern California), access to multiple launches in the Owens Valley, and several others are all potentially up for grabs.

Map, based on data from the Senate Budget Bill:

https://wilderness.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/basic/index.html?appid=821970f0212d46d7aa854718aac42310

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Tucker Gott visit at Ozone R&D centre (www.youtube.com)
submitted 1 week ago by Ziggurat@jlai.lu to c/freeflight@lemmy.zip
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CW : This is obviously totally not an ad for Ozone (But if you're OK with some ads, it's still interesting. Also the videast focuses mostly on paramoter, but still interesting for free pilots

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Aaron Durogati wins Red Bull X-Alps 2025 (www.redbullxalps.com)
submitted 3 weeks ago by Ziggurat@jlai.lu to c/freeflight@lemmy.zip
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Coming a bit late, but considering that we're so much used to see Chrigel winning the race was getting less interesting, but there was a change

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X-Alps 2025 - Prologue (www.youtube.com)
submitted 1 month ago by PodPerson@lemmy.zip to c/freeflight@lemmy.zip
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Prologue from Markus Anders' POV.

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X-Alps 2025 - Prologue (www.youtube.com)
submitted 1 month ago by PodPerson@lemmy.zip to c/freeflight@lemmy.zip
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Prologue from Markus Anders' POV.

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PG first aid with Dr Matt Wilkes (www.youtube.com)
submitted 1 month ago by PodPerson@lemmy.zip to c/freeflight@lemmy.zip
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Excellent common-sense approach to first aid in a PG setting.

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Rucksack and concertina bag zipper repair (www.youtube.com)
submitted 1 month ago by PodPerson@lemmy.zip to c/freeflight@lemmy.zip
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I had a concertina bag whose zipper stopped working one day. Tried out the fix in this video which only took a few seconds, and that concertina bag has kept on ticking for the past 2 years without issue.

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Speedflying: The Death Star Line (www.youtube.com)
submitted 1 month ago by PodPerson@lemmy.zip to c/freeflight@lemmy.zip
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How-to: Brake Handle Bowline (www.youtube.com)
submitted 1 month ago by PodPerson@lemmy.zip to c/freeflight@lemmy.zip
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Paragliding XC Stories: Northern Alps FAI Triangle (www.youtube.com)
submitted 1 month ago by PodPerson@lemmy.zip to c/freeflight@lemmy.zip
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Another great video from dynamoid.