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Volume 19

CONTENTS

Issue No. 2

(USPS 017-970-20)

Features

Columns

14 Pilot Profile-Colin Perry

10 USHGA Chapter News

by Lynda Nelson

by Raean Pennenter

One of the sport's more colorful oldtimers.

18 Flying Un-Gonzo

A report on the big Maryland Hang Gliding Assn. World Team fund raiser.

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© 1989 by Dennis Pagen

12 USHGA President

by Russ Locke

Last in a three-part series on safety.

Thoughts on a new year.

22 Plaskett Creek Fly-In

by Briggs Christie photos by l.Arry Tudor

Departments

The first-ever Women's World Team benefit fly-in at one of the nation's most beautiful flying sites.

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28 XC Metamorphosis

by Rick DeStephens and Kurt Ziegler The trials, tribulations and successes of Team Gator. Two pilots decide to get serious about cross-country flying.

Airmail Update Calendar of Events Ratings Classified Advertising Index to Advertisers Stolen Wings

32 The 1988 Arizona XC Contest

by Bob Thompson The final results and some amazing stories.

37 Drag and Hang Glider Performance

by Kevin Caldwell The first in a three-part series of "how-to" articles on hang glider performance.

Page 28 COYER: Bob Lowe and Marlys Stupar launch a 220 Dream at High Rock, Mary!arid. Photo

by Danny Brotto.

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES IN PUBLICATION S: The material p resented here is published as part of an information dissemination service for USHGA members. The USHGA makes no warranties or representations and assumes no liability concerning the validity of any advice, opinion or recommendation expressed in the material All individuals relyi?g upon the material do so at their own nsk.

Copyright © 1989 United States Hang Glidirlg Association, Inc. All rights reserved to Hang Gliding and individual contributors.

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A great gift that shows off the sport you love. Order two or more and we'll pay the shipping!

Please rush me _ _ 1989 USHGA Hang Gliding Calendar(s) at $9 .95 each.

Calendar Subtotal Californians please add 6% sales tax Add $2 .00 postage and handling for 1 calendar (no charge if ordering 2 or more) Total Enclosed (Please make checks payable to USHGA)

Mail to: USHGA P.O. Box 500, Pearblossom, CA 93553

AIRMAIL GIi Dodgen, Editor/Art Director Jane Dodgen, Editorial Assistant Dave Pounds, Design Consultant John Heiney, Doug Rice, Leroy Grannis, Bettina Gray, Phofographers Harry Martin, illustrator Office Staff

Liz Sharp, Coordinator Joyce Isles, Ratings Lynne Parton, Member Services Cafhy Moyer, Member Services USHGA Officers and Executive Committee.

Russ Locke, President Dick Heckman, Vice Pres/dent Gregg Lawless, Secretary Dan Johnson, Treasurer REGION l: Ken Godwin. REGION 2: Ken Brown, Jay Busby, Russ Locke. REGION 3: Bill Bennett, Walt Dodge, Gregg Lawless. REGION 4: Bob Buxton, Jim Zelset. REGION 5: Mike King. REGION 6: Ron Kenney. REGION 7: John Woiwode. REGION 8: Bob Collins. REGION 9: Pete Lehmann, Jeff Simms.

REGION 10: DlckHeckman,MattTaber. REGIONl l: Carl Boddie. REGION 12: Pete Fournia, Paul Riker!.

DIRECTORS AT LARGE: Dan Johnson, Dick Heckman, Mark Bennett, Joe Greblo, Dennis Pagen.

HONORARY DIRECTORS: Liz Sharp, Mike Meier, Bob Thompson, Tom Kreyche, Jan Johnson.

The United States Hang Gliding Association Inc. is a division of the National Aeronautic Association (NM) which Is the official representative of the Federation Aeronautique Internationale (FAI), of the world governing body for sport aviation. The NM, which represents the U.S. at FA! meetings, has delegated to the USHGAsupervlslon of FAl-related hang gliding activities such as record attempts and competition sanctions.

HANG GLIDING magazine is published for hang gliding sport enthusiasts to create further interest in the sport, by a means of open communication and to advance hang gliding methods and safety.

Contributions are welcome. Anyone Is invited to contribute articles, photos, and illustrations concerning hang gliding activities. If the material Is to be returned. a stamped, self-addressed return envelope must be enclosed. Notification must be made of submission to other hang gliding publications. HANG GLIDING magazine reserves the right to edit contributions where necessary.

The Association and publication do not assume responsibility for the material or opinions of contributors.

HANG GLIDING magazine (USPS 017-970) is pub· lished monthly by the United States Hang Gliding Association, Inc., whose mailing address is: P. 0.

Box 500, Pearblossom, CA 93553 (805) 944-5333.

FAX (805) 944-1905. Second-class postage is paid atPearlblossom, CA and atotherenlries. The USHGA Is a member-controlled educational and scientific organization dedicated to exploring all facets of ultralight flight. Membership is open to anyone Interested In this realm of flight. Dues for lull membership are $30.00 per year ($42 foreign); subscription rotes are $29.00 for one year, $53 for two years, S77 for three years. Changes of address should be sent slxweeks in advance, including name. USHGA number, previous and new address, and a moiling label from a recent Issue.

POSTMASTER: SEND CHANGE OF ADDRESS TO: UNITED STATES HANGGLIDINGASSN.,P.0. B0X500, PEARBLOSSOM, CA 93553, FEBRUARY 1989

AIRCRAFT RADIOS Dear Editor, A few months ago in Hang Gliding Jim Zeiset addressed the ever-recurring subject of radios for hang gliding use. While he made several good points, I believe he reached the wrong conclusion in promoting commercial band radios, using a frequency in the 150 MHz range. He's to be congratulated for his great effort in obtaining permission to use such radios on hang gliders without a license, but I feel the effort was misspent. Here's why.

Jim's argument centered around the correct assertion that we need an alternative to CB radios, which are cheap but suffer from poor range and too many users. Jim looked at aircraft radios as an alternative, but concluded that they were too expensive.

He went on to promote the commercial band radios. However, Jim's solution ignores several factors. The proposed radios aren't that much cheaper than aircraft radios (which you can get for $300 or so), and aircraft radios have several points in their favor that more than offset the difference in price, in my opinion.

First, when you have an aircraft radio, you can talk to other aircraft. If you fly near a sailplane port you can tap into those pilots for information on lift nearby. You can radio the nearest Flight Service Station (or U.S. equivalent name) for weather information. After the disaster in Italy last year, this would appear to be a major advantage, I feel. And you can call pilots of other powered aircraft in the vicinity to alert them of your presence, lessening the risk of mid-air collision (recall the recent article in Hang Gliding on military jets in the Owens).

You can also call your ground crew, of course, and if you happen to go down in a wilderness area a long hike away from civilization, you can reach the search and rescue aircraft that pass overhead looking for you (remember the pilot who was lost in the mountains of Montana?). In addition, you can reach air traffic control. In Prince George, BC, the local club got permission to fly inside a positive control zone, since the pilots were equipped with aircraft radios.

Obtaining your air radio license and

learning what frequencies are used where, willed ucate you about the airspace in your area. You'll be a safer, more knowledgeable pilot as a result.

Airspace is like land; they're not making any more of it. Restrictions will increasein direct proportion to the volume of air traffic and the public's fears about air safety. The limits on hang gliding can only increase. One way to delay those limits is to become better integrated with the rest of the aviation community, so the government can't single us out easily as oddballs.

One way to fit in is to start communicating with other airspace users on their own terms, on their own frequencies, when we're in the air together. Using aircraft band radios identifies us as pilots, worthy of sharing the air with. Using commercialband radios identifies us as ... foot-launched couriers?

Stewart Midwinter President, Hang Gliding Association of Canada Calgary, Alberta THANKS JAN SISKIND Dear Editor, I'd like to make some comments on Marc Friedland's article, "U.S. Women's World Team," in the December, 1988 issue.

The article gave a lot of recognition to the USHGA and the first six members of the U.S. Women's World Team. However, the article gave no recognition to Jan SiskindJohnson, the one lady who spent months and years working to make this dream come true.

Jan originally pulled a great percentage of the U.S. women pilots together when she (and a few other local women pilots) created L.I.P.S. (Ladies International Pilot Society).

It was through that organization that Jan heard from women all over the U.S. The more popular the L.I.P.S. organization became the more Jan heard about women and competitions. She even received calls and letters from women's teams in Europe.

They were concerned about the fact that the U.S. had no team to compete in the first women's world meet.

This prompted Jan to investigate why there was no effort being put into forming

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AIRMAIL a U.S. team, and she eventually convinced the USHGA board that they needed to recognize this need.

These are just a few of the things that Jan did which helped lead to the first U.S. Women's World Team. I believe she deserves a round of applause. She accomplished what she set out todo, and I'm glad there are people like her out there who are willing to put so much time and effort into such a good cause.

Gayle Bartlett Lake Elsinore, CA WHEN A MAN SHINES BRIGHTLY Dear Editor, As you know, hang gliding recently lost one of its very own in the death of Dick Cassetta. Dick became caught in a mountain pass and suffered a violent landing.

No excuses, because he chose, and in a grand manner fulfilled, his great dreams of flight. He flew often, superbly, and was one of the awesome original pilots of our generation.

Dick also possessed a contagious excitement for competition flying. He attended many meets at all levels, offering color and his unique wit wherever he went.

He had a reputation for being able to" come from nowhere" and knock off top-seeded pilots. But to his family and friends Dick was far, far more than just a great pilot. He was known for being an extraordinary lover of people.

I don't think anyone will forget the moment they first met the ''Deek." I recall many years ago, after a particularly nice flight, hearing a voice behind me say, "Hey man, you were terrific up there!" I turned and gazed into this incredibly smiling face I didn't know. He continued to chat with me as if we had been bosom buddies for years. That was Dick's way. I was soon to be befriended, like so many others, by this crazy, wonderful guy.

And crazy he was! Who else could experience an involuntary loop right after takeoff at Gunter, laugh, and keep right on thermaling. Who else would try to put a tarantula in Eric Raymond's car at the Nationals, in order to make him nervous before a competition round. There are a thousand Dickie stories; he could cause 6

more "fun trouble" than anyone I've ever known. It was all part of his natural outpouring oflife, that combined with humor, competitive skill and an incredible and sincere personal warmth.

Dick also had a passion for helping others. He was always in the middle of the action helping to solve other people's problems. One of his greatest joys was helping disadvantaged young people, many of whom had never experienced the genuine care and concern of others. When he would walk among children they would pull and tug just to get close enough to hold his arm.

The stories could go on forever, but Dick didn't like that kind of thing. So it should just be said that we shall miss him badly. So, Dick, for now, it's "So long, dear friend."

Steve McQuilliams

to all involved that the USHGA is serious about self-regulation.

Greg Tettemer Redondo Beach, CA BALLOON DROP CORRECTION Dear Editor, Dennis Pagen' s article in the December '88 issue titled "A Hang Gliding History Lesson-Accident Trends" had a mistake.

Dennis wrote about a balloon drop in Florida, where a parachute was not used, that ended in disaster. The photo was of Dennis Kulberg, Christmas day, 1975 over Livermore, CA. The flight went off well breaking a world altitude record. The flight was FAA approved, and if you look carefully you can see that he was wearing a parachute on his back.

Phantom Wing is now defunct. That part is true.

RATING SUSPENSION Dear Editor, I would like to respond to the letter in the December issue by the Region III directors on the Elsinore, CA fire incident, and add my voice in condemning the pilots involved.

We must view hang gliding as a privilege and not as a right. This privilege can be revoked by others such as the FAA, lawmakers, local residents or land owners.

Personally, I'm tired of having my privilege to fly threatened by unthinking pilots whose only concern is for a little extra airtime.

Most incidents can be handled by explaining the situation to the offending pilot. But we should consider penalizing pilots for gross errors in judgement. I have long wondered why rating suspensions have rarely been used in the pastto punish pilots for serious misconduct, and to discourage others from committing similar offenses.

In my view, a rating suspension is warranted if a pilot seriously jeopardizes a flying site or hang gliding in general. The possibility of rating suspensions would further encourage pilots to learn all the applicable FAA, USHGA and site regulations when they fly.

I support the actions being taken by the Region III directors. This will demonstrate

A loyal Phantom pilot, Ken Hark Dixonville, OR

Thanks for identifying the photo. I dug it up in the "historic photo file" just to illustrate what a standard Rogal/o under a balloon looked like. It was not intended to depict the actual incident described in the article.-Ed. MAILING LABELS Dear Editor, The cover photographs on each Hang Gliding issue are truly exceptional. However, I feel it is an insult to the artist as well as a disappointment to the subscriber that a mailing label is inconsiderately slapped on the photo. The solution is simple: put the label on the back cover.

Barbara Girlack Billerica, MA

Unfortunately our back cover advertiser wouldn't go for that. However, there are other options, like mailing the magazine in a plastic bag, but that costs money. Get your flying friends who aren't members to join USHGA, so we'll have some spare bucks for those kinds of projeds.-Ed. HANG GLIDING

UPDATE UP AXIS 13 ADVISORY UP International advises all Axis 13 and Axis 15 pilots to check and maintain the reflex bridle compensator and reflex bridles on their gliders.

Proper adjustment of the compensator and bridles is required to maintain adequate levels of pitch stability in any high performance glider design, and the Axis is no exception.

An illustrated guide to maintainingyour reflex bridles and compensator is available from either your UP dealer or direct from the UP International factory in Lake Elsinore. Contact: UP International,560-4 Birch St., Lake Elsinore, CA 92330 (714) 674-7005.

MAGIC I, II & III ADVISORY Airwave Gliders, U.K., advises owners of Magic Is, IIs and Ills to inspect and replace the heart bolt on their gliders. These gliders are now four to eight years old, and somemayhavea problem with thekingpost base/heart bolt connection. The heart bolt on some gliders has fatigued either side of the roll pin hole.

They advise that a new AN5-24a bolt be fitted and secured with Locktite and not with a roll pin.

AIR TECH NAME CHANGE Achim Hageman announces a name change for his former Air Tech Electronics.

The company is now Advanced Air Technology, Inc. The company specializes in the distribution of hang gliding instruments and is the exclusive U.S. distributor for the Afro instrument line. The address and phone remain unchanged: Advanced Air Technology, Inc., 29 State St., Santa Barbara, CA 93101 (805) 962-8999.

THERMAL TOURS European Thermal Tours has changed its name to "Thermal Tours" and is offering hang gliding expeditions to the French, Swiss and Italian Alps in June, July and August, as well as trips to New Zealand in November and December, and Australia FEBRUARY 1989

in January and February of 1990.

The tours cater to both hang gliding and paragliding pilots with skill levels from beginner to advanced. Fourteen-day tours cost $1,799 plus airfare ($1,549 if the pilot supplies his own glider). Contact: Thermal Tours, 351 Pleasant St., Suite 175, Northampton, MA 01060 (508) 885-6073.

FIRST LAKE McCLURE BENEFIT FLY-IN With the help of the Motherlode Sky Riders, Sierra Sails and the town of Coulterville, CA, and with the cooperation of the Forest Service, what is already being referred to as "the fly-in of the century'' will be held the weekend of April 8 at the Horseshoe Bend Recreation Area near Coulterville, which is located about 35 miles east of Yosemite National Forest.

There will be several flying sites available, and the spring has been known to yield large altitude gains and a great view of Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. A Hang II rating and current USHGA membership are required and the cost will be $20 I pilot, which covers site fees, camping on Saturday night, door prizes and a World Team fund donation (what a deal!). Many of the major manufacturers have already committed to participate and are expected to supply demo gliders galore and raffle items.

Many members of the World Team, along with factory pilots, top-notch aero pilots and some great surprises are anticipated, so plan on attending. Our goal is to make a $2,500 donation to the strongest hang gliding team in the world. Contact: Briggs and Susan Christie (408) 757-9924 and don't be put off by the electronic voice on the answering machine.

six or more candidates need it. (Instructor candidates can take the Red Cross Multimedia First Aid course in their own area, either before or after the ICP. ) The tensession "apprenticeship" (required to be certified) can be completed at Lookout Mountain either before or after the ICP, or at a later date (or even at another school).

The cost of the ICP is $99, with an additional $25 for the Red Cross course (if it's taught). For preregistration or more info contact: LMFP at (404) 398-3433 or (404) 398-3541.

"RISK" Steve Boga's new book "Risk" explores the lives of athletes on the edge of their respective sports. Individuals such as rock climber John Byachar, triathlete Dave Scott, motorcyclist Kenny Roberts, hang gliding's Jan Case and others are profiled. The book is well written, providing insight into the individual sports as well as an in-depth examination of the personalities. It may be ordered form the USHGA office for $9.95 plus shipping.

RADIO FREQUENCY CORRECTION On page 8 of the November issue one of the approved radio frequencies was listed incorrectly. The correct frequencies are: 151.625 151.925 151.955 The USHGA radio licensing procedure is now in effect. Contact the office or your Observer for details.

LMFP INSTRUCTOR CERTIFICATION PROGRAM

NEW MEMBERS SUBMITTED BY BUSINESSES DURING DECEMBER, 1988

After successfully completing an Instructor Certification Program last October, Lookout Mountain Flight Park has scheduled its next ICP for Friday, Saturday and Sunday, April 7-9, at Lookout Mountain Flight Park, near Chattanooga, Tennessee. A Red Cross Multimedia First Aid Course (required to be certified) will be taught at Lookout on Monday, April 10, if

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GREAT RACE SET FOR MARCH

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If pulled-in flat-out ridge racing is your kind of fun, the 1989 Great Race should be your type of competition. Set for Easter weekend, March 25-26 at Lookout Mt. Flight Park (near Chattanooga, TN), the race is a 21-mile speed run above the famous ridge.

Fastest time takes the trophy.

USHGA Intermediate or better pilots will compete in two classes: Sporting and Competition, depending on the glider flown. Novice pilots may compete with special permission. Free flying is welcomed.

Saturday night is the Great Race dinner (free for competitors, $5 otherwise). Contact: LMFP (404) 398-3433, 3541.

On Easter Day, March 26, 4:30-6:00 p.m. on ABC, "Tim McCarver's World of Adventure" will feature Larry Tudor in a segment titled "Superflight." This film was made in 1981 at the Point of the Mountain in Salt Lake City, Utah and was not aired in the U.S. until now. Hold on to your seat and get ready for a soaring experience.

REGION 9 REGIONALS

The Odyssey is a rigid wing hang glider of composite construction that obtains a glide ratio of approximately 17 /1 and a minimum sink rate of 130 feet per minute, according to the manufacturer. They also claim easeoflaunch and landing combined with excellent slow speed characteristics.

Tip rudders are used for lateral control and glide slope control. Contact: Bright Star Hang Gliders, 4391 Panorama Dr., Santa Rosa, CA 95405 (707) 576-7627.

SPECIFICATIONS 141 sq. ft.

Area: Span: 40 ft.

Aspect Ratio: 11.4 Sweep: 22° Weight: 85 lbs.

Pilot Weight: 100-230 lbs.

Max L/D: 17 /1 @ 26 mph Min. Sink: 130 fpm@ 22 mph Price: $4,495 FOB Santa Rosa, CA 8

The 1989 Region 9 Regionals will be run as a weekend XC meet between the weekends of March 24 (Good Friday) and May 21 inclusive. Contestants may fly from any Region 9 site as well as Laughery Creek in Indiana. There will be two classes, Open, consisting of all entrants, and a Rookie subgroup composed of those who have never flown further than 25 miles within Region 9 as of Jan. 1, 1989.

Winners to be determined on the basis ofthe total mileage of their best three flights.

An awards ceremony and fly-in will take place at Hyner View, PA over the Memorial Day weekend. For detailed rules and entry form contact, after Feb. 15: Pete Lehmann, 5811 Elgin St., Pittsburgh, PA 15206 (412) 661-3474.

JOE BOSTIK RANKED #1 IN THE WORLD American pilot Joe Bostik, flying a Wills Wing Sport 167 in Europe last summer, earned the #1 ranking in the world in the international PIRS pilot ranking system, according to the latest ranking published in the French magazine Cross Country. Joe finished first in the 1988 French Nationals, and second in the Swiss Open in Fiesch. Joe also won the 1988 U.S. National Championships, and is nationally ranked number one by the USHGA World Team Selection system.

TEXAS/LOUISIANA XC LEAGUE RESULTS This is the second year of the Texas/ Louisiana XC Competition and it has really helped to unite a region which is 1,000 miles east to west and 800 miles north to south. All flights were made from truck tow launch. This is not a requirement of the competition but we are informed that this is Texas flying now! The mileage is the total of the best three flights of the season.

If anyone is interested in how this contest is run contact: Bob Fisher, 11003 Oasis, Houston, TX 77096.

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Pilot Jeff Hunt Mike Degtoff Dave Duecker Jim Neff Vic Toce Tom Gaw Jerry Forburger Paul Basil Rick Wilson PaulBanken

Mileage 209.0 207.6 179.5 143.1 113.0 112.4 109.4 79.8 76.2 54.8

FLYTEC INSTRUMENTS AVAILABLE INU.S. Flytec AG, the Swiss manufacturer of flight instrumentation for hang gliders and paragliders, has appointed Dodeca as their exclusive U.S. distributor. Flytec manufactures a range of high-tech varios and vario I altimeters.

Flytec instruments are available directly from Dodeca or from a number of dealers across the country. Dodeca also offers in-

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MORSE TUTOR Many pilots have found that two-meter FM is an excellent medium for radio communication between hang gliders. Unfortunately this amateur band requires a license, which requires learning Morse code.

In response to this need Keith Nichols (old-timers will remember his name) is marketing Morse Tutor, a computer program which teaches code. It runs on an IBM PC or compatible. The program generates Morse code, is menu driven and self-calibrates each time it's run. It features dropdown menus and on-line help, and includes material that is representative of that found on the FCC test.

Price: $17.00 plus $2.50 P&H. To save the $2.50 you can send a self-addressed, stamped rigid disk mailer and an MS-DOS formatted 5.25" floppy. Contact: Keith Nichols, 1819 Lamont St. NW, Washington, DC 20010 (202) 462-6751.

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April 7-9: Instructor Certification Program, Lookout Mtn. Flight Park,Chattanooga, TN. April 16: Parachute clinic. Contact: (404) 398-3433, (404) 398-3541.

April 8-9: First Lake McClure Benefit FlyIn. "The fly-in of the century," near Coulterville, CA, east of Yosemite. $20 I pilot, Hang II and USHGA membership required. World Team benefit.

Contact: Briggs and Susan Christie (408) 757-9924.

April 8-11: The Scott Challenge. In memory of Jeff Scott. Sanctioned meet at Sylmar, CA, Jeff's home town. Contact: Erica Koesler (818) 767-4851.

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admission, they next a raffle table featuring irresistible opportunities at a fortune.

A $1.00 raffle ticket gave you a chance at a donated latest edition,completc,autographcd set of Dennis Pagen's Hang Gliding & Flying Skills book series.

Dennis himself was there to award the winner and many, many tickets were sold, bought by those hoping to absorb some of the knowledge of one of the East Coast's best. Suspended alx>ve the table was a raffle prize of such magnitude that it caused rivers of drool. Thanks to Wills Wing's generous doTudor introduces himself to the East Coast pilots before presenting nation, $2.00 (or three tickets show and talk on in China, the Owens and Mt. Everest. for $5.()0) gave a pilot a chance to take to the air in his own vi duals whose culinary gifts added so much Wills Wing Z-II pod harness! The suspended sample harness endured much to the festivities, but when Capitol Hang Association (CHGA) members touchie-fcelie as it was examined in depth volunteered their assistance, the evening while pilots with crossed fingers purchased their raffle tickets. I believe there was not a was rewarded with a heavily laden free body in the place whose name was not buffet food bar. written on a stub being tossed about in the Though schcd ulcd to run from 8:00 p .m. drawing basket at end. through 1:00 a.m., pilots began to arrive at the lodge as early as 6:30. They were greeted It was almost 10:00 p.m. before the hall settled down and the lights dimmed. For mixed drinks, beer a cash bar wine, a fantastic sound sysh~m prothe next hour, through Lany, we viewed vided by Danny Brotto for their musical hang gliding at its ultimate. If you had merous rml:!-cve111t n1eEitir1gs and kept in dosed your eyes you might have thought entertainment, and home and recorded constant communication planvideos you were present at a Fourth of July fire-· works display. Ooo's and ahh's echoed ning out refreshments and entertainment sueabouttheroom while heads shook in disbelief and envy. was made posLatTy took us on a guided tour through contributions of China, introduced us to the splendors of Several opportunities and mixers and condiments. I for pilots to part with their money were the Owens Valley, and walked us up the side of Everest. Almost everyone there had unfo11-tunately cannot name all thf! indiIn addition to a $S.OO door 10

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the backbone of this Without these high level the entire would falter. Supporting the World .:11r,nr11·h,YOUR flying. would like to thank the following MHGA members for their donations toLarry Dave Brian Bob Tolbert, Mike Kotarba, Kathy John Herr, Brian McLeod, Holly O'Breck, Bob Stilwell, Fred Permenter Brad Tom Jones, Danny Brotto, Rich Bob Leath Brudeshaw, Leslie Dell.

We wish to extend thankstoCHGA members for the eats, Dennis for his books, Fiona for designing flyers, and, most of all, Wills Wing and Larry Tudor for making it all possible. Ill

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USHGA PRESIDENT

Thoughts On A New Year

by Russ Locke

In looking back at last year's article, it's obvious that our focus has changed significantly. In 1987 we were working on a number of problems that needed to be solved. Last year, the things we were looking at couldn't really be classified as problems.

Lady pilots were more in the spotlight last year. The first U.S. Women's World Team was formed. We began to see equipment and glider manufacturers respond to the smaller pilots. When we get the results of this year's questionnaire it will be interesting to see if there are really more women in the sport or if they are just becoming more active as a group (or both).

The Men's Team did well in Australia.

We've had indications for a couple of years now that our World Team is as good or better than any of the other national teams.

Their performance in the World Meet left no doubt as to their capabilities. They came very close to bringing back both the Team and Individual Championships.

It was a good year for World Records.

Four new National and World records were set by U.S. pilots. Kevin Christopherson set an open distance record of 223+ miles across the center of Wyoming only to have Larry Tudor eclipse the record with a 243+ mile flight in the Owens valley.

Larry also jointly set an out-and-return record of 191+ miles in the Owens Valley with Geoff Loyns. It's unfortunate that the USHGA office lost a couple of Larry's record packages in 1987, but that setback has not stopped him from becoming the most dominant record pilot since George Worthington. Terry Reynolds installed some spoilers on an HP which changed its

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classification to a rigid wing and allowed him to set a new rigid wing open distance record of 139 miles.

There was more discussion about rigid wings this past year. Rigid wing designers have been pretty quiet for a couple of years but in 1988 we began to see some of their latest designs on the hill.

Fly America completed its crossing of the U.S. this year without the fanfare that these types of events usually have. Nevertheless, this was a significant achievement.

And you can't talk about significant achievements without commenting on Bill Bennett's twentieth anniversary in the sport.

It's nice to see that some of these ole' kite flyers are still having a significant impact on the sport.

Paragliders have been hanging around in Europe for a number of years, but their growth in this country has been slow. The American Paragliding Association was formed in 1988. Hopefully, their growth will remain slow enough for them to esta blish good safety programs.

So what's in store for this year? I think we can expect another strong performance by our World Team.It's impossible to predict who will win the individual and team championships, but we should be in the hunt for both those titles. It's unfortunate that the Women's World meet was canceled, although I don't think that will stop the European Women from having a meet somewhere. They've overcome bigger hurdles in the past. I only hope we're able to get our Women's Team there. We have some very good lady pilots, but, as a group, they do not have a lot of formal competition experience.

We will continue to hear more about rigid wing development. I have flown in the same air with the Odyssey enough times to be convinced that it has a superior sink rate, especially at higher speeds.

However, we have not seen strong performances in competition by these wings.

It is, I believe, because the difference in glider performance is not enough to make up for the differences in pilot skill. I think we've finally recognized this. In looking through the manufacturers' ads, they no longer list the success of their gliders without giving the pilots credit. If the rigid wings do well in competitions this year, it will be because of the pilots flying them.

Similarly, I think that we can expect to see a 250-mile flight in 1988, but I'm not sure that we haven't reached something of a limit with flex wings. I think it's going to take a very strong tailwind or a Larry Tudor type pilot (there are some out there) on a rigid wing before we see a 300-mile flight. I do expect to see several world records set in the rigid wing class, The existing records are so far behind today's performance standards that several of them should be easy targets. So far, no ladies have set any rigid wing records, so these categories are completely up for grabs.

We've focused on safety type issues for manyyearsnow, but Mike Meier's USHGA Safe Pilot Award Program is the first formal attempt we've made in some time to make safe flying a definable skill. If we can institutionalize this program in 1989, we should see a continuing decline in accident rates in the years to come.

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His hang gliding carefir began at ag(~ eight, jumping from the roof of his garage holding a pillow case above his head. This of activity continued to expand to kites, bridge-diving, and for a while (until he was the girl whose daddy owned he first saw people flying

billow cruisers from the Eliminator in Santa Barbara, California. He was a student at the university there and had a great view of the landing field from his home---a shed in an avocado field. (Honest! I'm not making this up.) He knew immediately that these big kite-things were the "way to go." So he bought a garage-sale Standard and proceeded to ground skim and eat occasional rocks for the next two years.

A Phoenix 60 was his first "real" glider purchase, some years after totally trashing the helpless Standard. He took 1-1/2 lessons (I didn't mention lessons before because there weren't any), and chewed up the sky at any unregulated site he could find for the next few years before going HANG Gumm;

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Accessories legit, joining the USHGA, and playing the ratings game. After wearing out the Phoenix, Colin bought an ugly Wills Wing Harrier,moved to New Mexico, and started doing some serious thermaling. He's been back in the San Francisco Bay area since 1984 and now flies both a Turbo Sport, with his patented auto-thermal option, and a 220 Dream when he can find a willing passenger, or, as he puts it, "cooperative ballast."

Sow here has he been during the span of all these years? How did he get to the 100th site? By doing a lot of driving! He has flown 14 states from the east to west coasts, Canada, and Mexico. Along the way he's gotten his Advanced, Instructor, and Tandem II ratings. What's his favorite site?

Telluride, Colorado with its beautiful scenery, booming SK thermal altitude gains, and tear-the-town-up post-flight parties.

Maui's Mt. Haleakala is a close second, with its landing zone cluttered with topless Hawaiian girls.

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PIiot: Jamie Lasser

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Hang glider pilots are a breed apart. Only one out of every thirty five thousand people chooses to fly hang gliders; all the others fulfill their recreational needs through more conventional means. It takes a special kind of person to reject the conventional wisdom and choose the path that seems right for them.

In business it takes a special kind of company to be a leader. Followers are plentiful; they can be recognized by their adherence to the conventional wisdom, and their tendency to do whatever the others are doing, regardless of · the specific merits involved. Leaders distinguish themselves by consistently following their own judgements; which often lead them down a different path from that of the larger group.

Throughout the history of hang gliding, Wills Wing has demonstrated such leadership time and again.

PRODOCT DESIGN In 1979, Wills Wing pioneered the use of larger diameter thinner wall 2" by .049" tubing to provide the necessary strength for deflexorless leading edges without adding unnecessary weight. In the early eighties, Wills Wing innovated once again with the first use of lighter weight 2 1/4" diameter by .049 wall tubing in place of heavier sleeved crossbars. In 1986, with the 167 Sport, Wills Wing introduced the use of high strength 7075 T6 alloy tubing in the main airframe spars, allowing us to achieve an unprecendented combination of extraordinarily high strength and true high performance in a glider weighing just over 60 lbs. Over the years, the imaginative application of sound engineering principles has allowed us to consistently offer gliders which are simultaneously among the lightest and strongest available.

PRODUCT TESTING Between 1974 and 1976, Bob Wills pioneered the practice of formal structural testing; first by flying a Wills Wing Standard with four people aboard, and later by flying six people on a Wills Wing SST. Since the first inception of a formal industry standard glider testing program, Wills Wing has led the way in compliance with and participation in that program; by testing and certifying to that standard every production glider we have released, and by being the only manufacturer to have done so. Wills Wing also, in 1973, pioneered the quality control concept of factory test flying each individual production glider, and fought for years, against virtually universal resistance from the rest of the industry, to make such test flying a standard industry practice.

Today, Wills Wing is again expanding the frontiers of structural testing, by being the only manufacturer to conduct positive load tests at speeds significantly above the industry standard for positive loads of 65 mph. Using a specially designed test vehicle powered by 100 octane aviation fuel and nitrous oxide injection, Wills Wing has conducted positive load tests to 82 mph, and plans to go even faster in the future.

SALES AND SERVICE Wills Wing has also lead the industry in establishing sales and service policies that promote pilot safety. Wills Wing products cannot be purchased factory direct, they are sold only through authorized dealers. Wills Wing actively supports the USHGA instructor certification program, by sponsoring Instructor Certification Clinics and requiring all of our class one dealers to be USHGA certified instructors. Wills Wing further supports its dealer network with comprehensive service manuals and bulletins, dealer seminars, and glider demo days.

PERFORMANCE - COMPETITION PROVEN In 1973, a Wills Wing glider won the first U.S. National Championship ever held. Wills Wing repeated in 1974 and won again in 1975. Over the years, more than three times as many U.S. National Champions have flown Wills Wing gliders than those of any other manufacturer. In 1988, Wills Wing gliders won National Championship titles in the United States, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, and France. Wills Wing gliders currently hold all three World Distance Records.

STANDING our IN THE CROWD At virtually every point in time during the past sixteen years, Wills Wing has been doing something that was out of step with the rest of the industry; whether it was formal structural testing, factory production test flying, aggressive support of professionalism at the retail level, designing weight efficient structures, introducing no keel pocket sail designs, or bucking the lastest design "fashion trend." In the past, our approach has often been criticized, but many of our innovations are now being openly copied by the rest of the industry.

As a hang glider pilot you have had the self assurance to express your own individuality through your participation in this unique form of free soaring flight. You don't need to follow the crowd. We invite you instead to fly with a leader. When you're ready for the best, we've got your glider.

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Emilio had often stood transfixed, gazing over the sunny Italian countryside and longing to float free like a bird.

Tonight Emilio would get his chance.

He had fashioned a beautiful set of wings from sailcloth and pine. He would be the first man in history to truly fly.

The sun was low on the horizon when Emilio, along with several friends and admirers, hauled the awkward wings up the tower's winding stairs. When they reached the top a soft breeze was passing to the sea. Emilio strapped on his wings of freedom and climbed the parapet to seek certain glory. He bid ciao to his buddies, then bravely leaped to his fate.

Unfortunately, Emilio's technologywas not equal to his enthusiasm. His wings folded above him while he continued to accelerate downward at a rate of 32 feet per second per second, which he began to realize about two seconds too late. He splattered on the piazza. It is rumored that Emilio's remains were the inspiration for the invention of pizza, but that's another story. What is important here is that his surname lived on to become a descriptive adverb for wild and crazy behaviorgonzo.

What we have come to realize over the years is that gonzo behavior and flying do not mix. Pilots who continually flaunttheir prowess and tempt fate have a greatly enhanced chance of becoming statistics.

Partofthe problem maybe due to ignorance. Most of us know that a certain amount of aggression has probably been bred into our personalities to insure survival of the species. What we may not realize, however, is that survival of the species does not necessarily guarantee survival of the individual. For example, a dominant bull moose may get so worn out defending and servicing his harem that he doesn't survive a severe winter. His aggressive nature is passed on to his offspring, but he is wolf bait.

In aviation we must learn to tame our natural aggression to a certain degree, or our fate will be no better than that of the overachieving chief moose. Our aggression must be tempered with wisdom.

There are syndromes at all phases of the learning process that lead to gonzo behavior. Here is a true story. On September 29, 1985 a group of about 30 pilots gathered at McConnelsburg, Pennsylvania for a regional meet. Unfortunately, the wind beFEBRUARY 1989

gan tailing, which prompted experienced pilots to set about folding their wings.

Someone looked like he was ready to launch.

A number of pilots went over to investigate. It turned out that he was a beginner going for his Hang II and had driven two and a half hours to launch, and wasn't going to let this opportunity pass him by.

Never mind the downwind on the short ramp with ugly rocks tumbled below.

Never mind the flock of advanced pilots who had refused to launch. What he did have to mind, however, was the group that refused to budge from the end of the ramp until he backed off. I am not sure he saw the light at that point, and I hope he eventually learned the error of his ways. What I am sure of is that had we not taken action he would have attempted to launch, and most certainly would have ended up bouncing off the boulders below.

"Our job is not complete as long as fell ow pilots continue to have accidents."

SAFETY GUIDELINES

And so we realize that there are limits that must be set and understood. To that end we offer the following safety guidelines. These guidelines may vary somewhat with the individual, but should be carefully considered by each pilot throughout his or her flying career.

This list of ALWAYS and NEVERS may duplicate some oflast month's rules, but in general we are concerned with outer limits here, while last month's piece concentrated on technique. Again, we present the guidelines in short form first, leaving the discussion for later, so that you can copy them and paste them on your helmet, control bar, log book or mirror.

SAFETY GUIDELINES ALWAYS: 1)

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Fly one step below your limits.

Perform a hang check 15 seconds before launching.

Assess conditions carefully before moving to launch.

4) Clear wire crew with certainty.

Stabilize your glider before climbing into your harness.

6) Clear all your turns.

7) Wear a helmet and parachute.

8) Fly the correct size glider.

9) Remain within reach of a safe landing field.

10) Plan ample time for landing setup.

11) Use extra speed on landing approach.

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Launch downwind.

Fly in winds over _ _ (fill in blank).

3) Fly in gusts over _ _ (fill in blank).

4) Fly when poor! y rested, under undue stress, or under the influence of alcohol or drugs.

5) Let others push you into flying when you normally wouldn't.

6) Add more than one new thing at a time.

7) Perform aerobatics in turbulence or below _ _ feet (fill in blank).

8) Fly near thunderstorms.

9) Fly in clouds.

10) Land in water.

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ALWAYS EXPLAINED 1) This is the primary rule. Ifwe always know our limits and leave a reasonable margin we will fly safely.

2) We keep harping on this item because only an infallible routine will prevent failure-to-hook-in accidents. Distractions and nervousness on launch seem to be the culprit here and only hypnotic-like auto suggestion will serve as a reminder in these problem situations.

3) Conditions are one of three factors that determine the safety of flying (the other two being the pilot and glider). The best policy is to check conditions before setting up, after preflighting and before moving to launch, then after moving to launch and before lifting your glider. If you worry about conditions during setup you may miss a step. [f you move to launch without checking conditions you may not like what you see and be pressured by other pilots or your own ego to go anyway.

4) Train your wire crew well and give them time to jump out of your way. Your commands should be short and CLEAR! 5) Concentrate on flying your glider away from the hill before you start messing around with your harness or gear. You can only focus all your attention on one thing at a time.

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,------------, The Next 6) This rule is so important that we repeated it from last month.

7) Wearing a helmet is a reasonable thing to do whenever you're moving near such a stubborn object as the earth. Make sure your helmet is Z90 or D.0.T. approved.

Hockey and bicycle helmets do not absorb shock well enough to handle our potential crash speeds.

Parachutes have saved enough lives to render their use mandatory for sensible pilots. Learning to care for and repack your parachute is part of this good sense.

8) A glider too big for you can get you into trouble in high winds or turbulence (sometimes you encounter these conditions unexpectedly). A glider too small can result in fast takeoffs and landings, increasing the potential for accidents.

9) You must learn your glider's glide ratio in all conditions and understand speed-to-fly concepts (see Hang Gliding Techniques by this author) in order to know how to handle headwind and sink conditions. Since these conditions can occur unannounced, you should always keep a good margin of altitude for safety.

10) Last month we offered a basic rule to arrive over your landing field with at least 500 feet. This will allow you ample time to set up your landing if you have a pre-set plan and don't encounter unexpected complications. A standard setup pattern will greatly ease judgement requirements.

11) The most common mistake inexperienced pilots make on landing is approaching too slowly on final. Extra speed affords you good control and helps prevent a stall in the wind gradient.

NEVER ILLUMINATED 1) Although experienced pilots may get off a good slope in a light tail wind, you will not be hurting yourselfif you set a policy to avoid downwind launches.

2) You should fill in the blank with your own limit. An experienced pilot may write 30 mph coastal and 20 mph inland, for example. An intermediate pilot may drop five or ten miles per hour from this number. The point is to consider the question, then set your own limit at a safe level.

3) This guideline or limit must also be assessed by the individual. A gust of more than five mph in less than three seconds should be everyone's upper limit at launch.

Less than advanced pilots should set lower limits.

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4) Lack of sleep, the distraction of outside emotional problems and the effects of chemical substances can affect your judgement and alertness. All of these items have caused and will cause accidents. Don't mix them with flight.

5) Peer pressure can be a great danger if it induces us to do something against our better judgment. Set your own limits concerning conditions and flight requirements in a carefully considered manner. Then abide by these limits.

6) A new harness, new glider and new site add up to three strikes against you. Try one new thing at a time and you will have the familiarity with the other two to fall back on.

7) This is a difficult guideline to fill in without a lot a qualifications. For one thing, the definition of aerobatics has been taken to mean anything beyond the placarded limits of HGMA-certified gliders. We're talking 30° pitch and 45° roll. An oftenmentioned rule of thumb is to not perform wingovers below 1,000 feet. This is to allow a parachute ample opening time. The point here is to carefully think about the problem, set your own limits conservatively and live by them.

8) Again we have some ambiguity, for we must decide what is "near" and this will vary with the region. We can set the arbitrary distance in light winds at ten miles.

However, in some conditions thunderstorms can expand or develop overhead rapidly. The only truly safe guideline is to avoid flying if you can see a thunderstorm upwind or if you hear thunder.

9) Cloud flying is illegal and too dangerous due to air traffic, turbulence and disorientation. Pilots have flown in clouds and suffered no consequences, yet others have encountered serious problems.

10) Your glider is not a water bird. It will sink rapidly, dragging you down with it. Even if you can unhook under water you may find yourself entangled in the rigging.

Moving water creates more force on the glider than you can resist.

This completes our three-part series on safety, but in reality our job is never complete as long as fellow pilots continue to have accidents. The view from here is that accidents can be prevented with the right attitude, the proper equipment and sufficient skills. Flying safely is a learned behavior. The first step is to learn to fly ungonzo. •

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"Thanks for bringing me here. God, it's beautiful!"

---Dave Smith, standing on launch at Plaskett Creek.

"I don't know, I close my eyes." when asked how it looks to glider straight down.

"Me,too." ··-Aaron ·'""'"''"u"' question.

the same

know, we had it all out. My wife and I would have a little fly-in at Big California. H would be so simple: It's for the so all we had to do was charge per person, more than nine people to attend, and we'd make some money for the Women's World Team. Our only worry was getting the nine necessarytopayforthecampground. Little did we know. things started getting out of hand, though none of us knew it, when Tudor and Jamie Lasser strode into the shop at Western Gliders. Mark Kline didn't having never met him, and proceeded to launch into the stock lecture for visiting II pilots on site protocol and Unfortunately for Mark, he was the only one in the shop who

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and we one of the to tdl one of the

While the bubbles burst around us menand found out that he tioned had been to due the to weather ""' ''"''"""''· was in. wasn't another one of life's you want the world to know <:rnr,wH,•m tell it to Mission

and even ton!

As luck would have it, Aaron s,.crnn,<:frm was south to join us at Pncific Airwnvc was willing to his plnns to attend the fly-fa for a chance at over 3,000' of smooth air to do his loops in.

With two weeks to go were shaping up There were now at least 20 to attend, including volwe had at least two of the aerobatic pilots we the and at least one the Women's World would be showing up. This (Note the into real wns

at8a.m.on thanks to Coxon for putting up with it. One of those calls was from a certnin Mr. Tudor

If never driven from California down the coast on missed one of life's pure ures. The road is nasty one, cliffs and scenery make it more than worth it. Several convoys of pilots rode in down the sunny coast drive, breeze slowly diminish at the Plaskett Creek camp-, to see the first pilots of the on

weather was destined to beat us down. A Part of flying this ritual in with the Edwards. Not only is she a no-nonsense kind of person who rules the flying site with she is also the source of more (continued on page 26)

three weeks I was to receive from all over northern and central CaliforFmnmARY 1989

to go south. departure time I wasn't the Pacific Airwave phone

CENTERSPREAD: Lasser's HP H. Photo

buzzes Jamie La1Ty Tudor. llk'l!i~

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good stories than even the most colorful of pilots. If you get a chance to spend a few minutes with her ask about the motorcycle rider with the fake leg. It's a classic.

I could ramble on for pages about the flying that first day. The weather was crisp and clear, the wind was straight in and light, the drivers kept things moving at an incredible pace, and Larry Tudor had obviously brought some of that famous Southern California lift with him, because he managed to soar in canyons that I never found a bump in.

Larry and Aaron both "wrung out" their flying machines to the delight of not only the pilots in attendance but the local populace as well, some of whom reacted a little differently than others. Louise received a panicked call about a hang glider "spinning out of the sky out of control." I guess they had never seen an Aaron Swepston landing approach before-seven loops and two flat spins.

Demo gliders, provided by Larry from Wills Wing and Ken Brown from Pacific Airwave, were everywhere the entire weekend. I think that it's worth mentioning at this point how easy it was for the two competitive groups from Wills and PacAir to work together during the whole fly-in.

It's unique, in a business that can be as competitive as this one, that two of the major forces can work so closely in a spirit of friendship and cooperation. Ken and Larry graphically displayed this spirit when, in mid-flight Sunday morning, they top-landed on a remote spine and traded gliders, just for fun. I won't mention who liked what or who did best, because that's not what this weekend had been all about, but it sure was confusing in the landing area, since nobody knew that the switch had been made.

There were some notable achievements throughout the weekend and at least some of them deserve mention. Congrats to Kathy Dalton and Kelly McKay for whining enough to get two tandem flights each, and to Kathy's husband Doug, who didn't get one and kept a smile on anyway. Ground denting honors go to Lynda Nelson and Frank Proctor, who made severe divots in the LZ. Frank, of course, knew better than to pound his own glider and chose instead to do it to a demo.

The first day of flying was drawing to a close when Larry and Aaron decided to do a sunset aerobatic demonstration, and Ken Brown, driver for this adventure, decided

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to recruit some folks to gather firewood. As you might imagine, the view from the ground of the aerobatics was absolutely breathtaking, but took a back seat to the wood-gathering efforts. ThePacAir Mazda groaned into the campsite with considerably more wood in the back than it was designed to carry and a bonfire of monumental proportions came into being almost immediately.

Sunday morning dawned clear and cool with a gentle east wind, so my wife and I headed for the top to soar her radio-controlled sailplane on the back side, only to discover gentle cycles wafting straight in to launch! Another unlimited visibility kind of day that stayed flyable until dark was off to a great start. This day turned out to be slightly more soarable than the previous, with Larry Tudor once again floating around until he felt like coming down, and a member of the E-Team, known simply as "Rotor" (boy, I'll bet there's a good story in tlwt one), maxing the day with the only flight over an hour. Nearly everyone extended their sled rides in the smooth bouyant air and the atmosphere in the LZ was a jovial one.

I was one of the last of the day to launch and, with the sun low and the wind starting to drift over the back, just sort of aimed my glider west and let it do the flying for me in the glassy air. This last flight served to sum up the whole weekend for me. I had shared a few laughs on launch with new friends

and old, flowed easily into the air and rode out toward the sea. A ha wk landed in a tree below me and watched me pass overhead, fairly disinterested in what I was up to. In the quiet of minimum sink flying I circled lazily over a herd of deer munching some supper along a ridge at 2,000', and then flew out over the ocean. I rounded a large rockabouta third ofamileoutand watched what must have been sea lions sunning themselves under a gaggle of seagulls, then flew back to the front ridge and descended slowly to a smooth landing. I was greeted by warm smiles and cold beer and was thrilled to be alive and a part of the day. The whole trip really was something else.

We actually came out ahead, by the way. After the campsite was paid for we had raised nearly $150 for the Women's World Team, the ball had started to roll toward a springtime blitz for the Men's Team, we made lots of new friends and basically had a blast. I have to thank Ken Brown and Larry Tudor for their participation and support, Mrs. Edwards for putting up with us, Doug Day, Cathy Dalton and Carmella Moreno for their incredible driving efforts, Aaron Swepston for showing us the top of his sail so much, and the staff of the Plaskett Creek Ranger Station for not having us all committed.

Be looking for word of a monstrous flyin this spring to give our World Team our support. If it goes half as well as this one did, it'll be well worth it, believe me. •

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Team Gator: L to R.---Kurt, driver Scott, Biff the Wonder Roo and nick. Photo by Paul Hillel.

was tormenting. All we were able to eke out of the bountiful Arizona were a few 40- to 49-mile flights.

40 miles. Kurt combs the

down after a miles. Once on the Monsoons hit the next

Sall In TI1e Wounds Kurt arrived home and told m{! of Hans and Bob who flew

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218.5.5 rado that weekend. The Arizona record was broken and others had the 100-mile barrier. teredall as my pox oozed didn't need to to Jive down the Fiasco." It was then that we dewas about to take a gliding careers. would we be XC weenies. or seems like distant and I would like to put it the back of our minds. At the

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The Seed Vowing to be competitive during the 1988 XC season, we sat down to brainstorm on several occasions to map out the plan that would catapult us into the big time. For most, shoot·· for a hundred-mile flight would have But we ration· alized thatifwccould become good enough that certainly a 200-milc flight to was only a matter of conditions. And if 200 miles, why, the world record would be a few thermals away.

I hear you thinking, "Bold talk. Less than two years of XC and no flights over fifty miles. Sure!" Alright, alright, it was a stretch. But our motto was this, "If you think you can't, you won't." And besides, we didn't tell anybody our plans; we didn't want to get laughed at.

Stock There was much work to be done. We first had to list our weaknesses. It was a HANG GumNC;

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Question: Which model glider is flown by the #1 ranked pilot in the world? a) Moyes GTR "Worldbeater" b) Sensor 510C VG Full Race c) Wills Wing HP II d) Magic Kiss

very long list. Briefly, we decided on the need for top equipment, fine tuning our cross-country thermaling techniques, especially over the flatlands, and a knowledge of routes. It was time to break out the maps.

In 1987 Kurt was flying a 166 Lite Mystic with top-of-the-pack sink rate and cushy handling, but a glide that seemed unworthy of his XC goals. I on the other hand was flying an oft-bonked ragged-out 162 GTR with great glide and speed but ... Well, I hooked in at a bulked up 240 pounds! Yes, that's 10 pounds over the weight limit. My sink rate sucked. I would have to buy a bigger glider or lose weight.

First, the gliders: Rather than rely on dealer I factory hype and pilot bias, "The Great Glider Search" was born. We saw too many people buying HPs, Sensors and the like based on gossip-without a test flight!

Ourothermotto: "Fly it, before you buy it."

Between us we flew everything that was available, hoping that we would find the one. In the end, after an exhaustive fivemonth search, two World BeaterGTRs were ordered.

FEBRUARY 1989

Other equipment was upgraded as well.

Kurt started flying with his new Bennett Airstream pod harness while I got comfy with my refurbished Raymond pod. Our radios were tinkered and tweaked (both roomies are engineers). And Kurt and I bought miniature 0 2 systems for high altitude safety. Kurt stayed with his trusty 1980 Litek vario but complimented it with Ball's far too expensive M21 wrist altimeter, replete with gobs of useless functions.

I stayed with my nearly new Ball 651barely audible, but it hadn't let me down yet.

My old gas guzzling '71 Scout was not up to snuff either. Kurt was coaxed into dumping his hard-earned electrical engineering dollars on a 1986 Toyota 4-Runner. The rack was a work of art designed to protect our soon to arrive Gator Racers and to be a fashion statement that wouldn't offend the neighbors.

New Toys, New Name Newly decked out in our XC finery, we dubbed ourselves ''Team Gator," after our GTRs. With that grand gesture behind us,

we decided to get down to business so that when our gliders arrived we would be ready to do some damage.

Weeks before we had taken Hans' lead and started on a running program to get into shape. We began to seriously think of this as athletic competition. We were running 5.5 miles three or four times a week.

Our diets improved and Kurt found himself down to 150 pounds. I was no longer the 200-pound Clydesdale either. With the help of the "Ricky D. Sink Rate Diet™," March found me weighing in at a puny 153 and my flying pals warning of anorexia.

Not to worry, heredity won. I couldn't hold it and muscled up to near 165.

Even before our new gliders were shipped, Kurt and I started to show our stuff at Shaw Butte. We stated to each other that each flight would be taken seriously.

Every flight was a competition flight. Sinkouts would not be met with a whimsical shrug. Even the shortest XC flights would be preferable to another Butte landing.

Sounds a bit hardball, but it was just a mechanism to set our psyche into com petition. In the end, we thought, thermals and 29

town names, rivers, mountains, mesas and It wasn't but us on this season served up the first tai;tythen11a,Js,Tcam Gator flew somewhat On our new Gal:or Racers, we were able to have the first or second best on any but never toWhile one sank out, the other flew on and on.

Our

and out front.

mals were cored. There was a certain glim·· mer in our eyes, One was Sometimes taken too marg1mu lift at the Butte with my Paul. His Sensor balked at

some said. But Kurt and I knew that it was not them with whom we were cm:npeUng. It was ourselves and that 200-milc And 200 miles we nc-eded

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With (l <ehm,1 nP\A1(i·rmor' up to be our official" driver. Scott was no adolescent when it came to hang grew up at the foot of Shilw and knew the routes better than we. rm~p.~rz1tH)n, our tnilp was feeble to nonexistent.

the heart of the season was apprc)ac·h111g. We would be forced to learn the air, back the

have to fight my ancient 21D pound sink out fears at times and as he did--·race along ifthe lift was plentiful. And he would have to milk it if the ternpering his new desire to We It was time lo utilize it.

Are We for Real?

In I sensed that Kurt did not pra1chcal. I did my en,co11n'tl~C him as I soared past the while ing the drift, sunk out. Not only po:ssilJle, I cc)achec:l, it was damned if

Kurt, after :153 miles, in bliss and exhausted in Monument Valley, Utah. Photo by Rick DeS!ephens.

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the conditions would allow and we were at the right site-Elden. Kurt, the pragmatic engineer, listened only politely.

Then on May 14th, out of nowhere, Kurt and Jim Grissom leave Elden 147 miles behind on a flight just short of Window Rock, New Mexico. Hans Heydrich and I were bewildered after sinking out past Merriam crater. Suddenly Kurt was euphoric and it was I who was left to ponder if I had the right stuff.

The Arizona hang gliding community was at once stunned and happy at Kurt's success. They also knew that the race was on. I was morose. I tried to be happy for him but it was damned tough. I was lagging behind. Hang III Steve Kuenzi, the ex-F16 pilot, tracked his metal cloth HP II 92 miles.

My 62-miler at the end of May into Hopi country just didn't cut it; John Johnson (J.J.), on a standard cloth HP II, flew 104 miles to Pifion.

XC Detente

June was here and Kurt still wasn't sure about 200 miles. I, after recent successes, had renewed faith. Another weekend, FEBRUARY 1989

another try: The drift was to the north off Elden on June 4. Rowdy, nasty thermals had everyone bitching as they scratched low ten miles down range. I couldn't find the zero sink as the others ventured into no-man's land over Sunset Crater.

Soon on the ground, I figured (hoped, I'm afraid) that their flights would also be short as they attempted to catch J.J. and my roomie, Paul, some 45 minutes ahead. Just as Hans was on the ground near Tuba City after 62 miles, the cloud street, with the drift appeared. Kurt, Magic Jim and his buddy John Erickson from San Francisco, zoomed to some of the most beautiful landscape in Arizona.

Flying at 15K-18K for three hours, the pilots complained of frigid temperatures and watery eyes, 75 miles short of Kayenta.

They stuffed their bars to get to warmer levels. John Erickson was having major problems with this airspeed. Both contact lenses gushed out of his eyes and adhered to his sun glasses.

Blind as a bat? Yes. Completely helpless?

NO.John is just too nice aguyto let sink out on the way to his first hundred-miler. He

was vectored into lift and guided through colorful Kletha Valley which he mistook for a mountain range. We found him a fantastic LZ, huge and grassy-rare for Arizona. Meanwhile ... Kurt was alone in the air, his yellow GTR World Beater gliding over Kayenta at the 125-mile mark.

Down below was J.J., who was packing up his HP II. J.J. confirmed that the surface winds were heading north into Utah. Expecting to be on final glide, Kurt bumped into the fabled '1ast thermal of the day," a slow 150 fpm marshmallow that took him from 7,000 feet (2,000' AGL) to 16.SK. Tired and hypoxic, Kurt directed us to drive past the" giant cow pies" that guarded Monument Valley. We figured that he had completely lost it and told him to go on 0 2 • Then we saw them, dozens of impressive hundred-foot rock cow plops. Fossilized remains of Paul Bun yon' s faithful pet steer.

Amazing. Driving home, Kurt recounted while I, in depression, reread my copy of I'm OK, You're OK. That weekend Kurt jumped into sole possession of first place with all the top (continued on page 33)

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Do1l1gl,,s and Geo.ff off and headed

we can say that most of in the season, and the mc>ist:ur,e, storms and unusual. wind direc-

and Pl'C:)C(!edet1 was

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person this to cross the Mazatzal Mountains from winning the ::;n,mrt:on,

contest, and there are several stories that

Russ and as well.

was While Russ was thermal Geoff radioed landir1g back at the craters. t,cotlt ar·e 11:re.~t friends so Russ found some sink arid spiira:ted down.

About 600' above the he then

h~iard Geoff on the

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with Geoff going about 194 miles and landing in Colorado, for which he claimed the British distance record. To top the day off, Geoff was quoted in a subsequent Hang Gliding magazine article as referring to Arizona XC flying as "no-brainer," which was not exactly received very well by AZ pilots, particularly those who did not know a no-man's land could be considered "no brainer."

(See Geoffs letter to the editor in the last issue.-Ed.) The next day Hans, Jim and I, along with a bevy of others went to Elden.

Hans' wife Meng and I drove chase and could barely keep up with the pilots. Stupendously unstable air with resultant snow virga, gust fronts and hairy CuNims caused the leaders, Hans, Jim and Kurt to detour and fly a route not flown before, except by me. It was tour guide time again as I tried to radio up what I could as we raced up dirt roads and cow paths. I knew we would get behind at that point, and sure enough, it was not until we were in Utah that we finally managed to get back under the gliders, while they were flying over Monument Valley. Kurt got a bit low and had to land there. His landing spot was the easiest to mark of all the flights this year, with a sign in front of his glider saying "Welcome to Utah" and one behind saying "Welcome to Arizona."

Hans and Jim continued on, with Jim finding one last thermal to 17,200' and Hans riding it up to only 12,000' before it frittered. With black skies above the final glide was on. They both gave it their best, and with the kinks in the road ahead, and hills, and such, Jim ended up with 176 miles. Hans landed on the top of a massive hill for 174, good enough for second and third respectively in the contest.

In the SO-mile class there was lots going on too. Pilots not only broke out of their category, but blew it to pieces. Kurt Ziegler showed his stuff with 153 miles on June 4. The flight was no fluke as he had several 100+ mile flights on his CTR. Rick DeStephens required a few epic retrieves (including one from the Navajo boondocks where he got to try dog stew), but finally managed to fly his way to second place with a 120-mile flight. Steve Kuenzi persevered to capture third with a 92-miler. Actually, he had several flights FEBRUARY 1989

to within a few miles of that LZ. Not bad for a pilot working on his third year in the sport!

TheT-shirtsandawardswerehanded out at the December meeting of the AHGA to the rousing applause of all.

Wills Wing provided awards for the pilots flying their gliders. Many thanks to them for their continuing support of our contest.

A final note of concern: I have been writing about the virtues of Mt. Elden for several years but unfortunatelymany visiting pilots have not heard the rest.

Yes, Elden has good XC potential on the few good days of each season. It also has many more not-so-good to outright dangerous days. The launch can only handle about a dozen gliders per day and is not tolerant of bad launch technique. The site is also "fragile." Some folks who work at the local FAA tower at Flagstaff airport are just looking for an excuse to shut the whole site down. One unknowing errant visitor could very easily ruin things for everyone. •

RESULTS Open Class Place Pilot 1)

Glider

Distance

HP II Magic 4 HP II Kurt Ziegler* CTR Rick De5tephens* CTR Don Jones Sensor Steve Kuenzi* HP II Andy Rockhold HPI

187 176 174

John Johnson

2) Jim Grissom 3) Hans Heydrich 4)

5) 6) 7)

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1) Kurt Ziegler CTR 2) Rick De5tephens GTR 3) Steve Kuenzi HP II

153 120 92 44 36 26 23 20 16

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Corey Poore

5) Brian Johnson 6) Jerry Dalen 7)

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Bob Jackola Mark Stockwell Scott Sindelar

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pilots flying the same site. I wanted to jump from a tall building; my ego had taken what might be its worst beating. No. There were a few more experiences yet to be served up.

The Meek Shall Get Screwed We had heard that many California and Arizona pilots would be paying Elden a visit onJune 11th. Bad news. Elden, with its one launch, doesn't support big crowds.

With the forecast of marginal blown-out conditions, we deduced that we might be stuck on top. Thinking we were sly, Hans Heyd rich, Bob Thompson,Jim Grissom and Team Gator drove south to that summertime inferno, Oatman Mountain, to explore untapped record-breaking potential.

At an average of forty miles, the only records we broke were for perspiration and sour grapes as J.J. and Geoff Loyns flew Elden (through separate routes) for 185 and 192 miles respectively. And local pilot Don Jones Sensored his way to a personal best of 106 miles.

"Marginally blown out" often means awesome XC, we would relearn. It seems pilots were scattered all over from the craters to the Painted Desert to Utah and Colorado. Sunday found a befuddled Kurt and I, in the 4-Runner, Flagstaff bound.

Hypoencephalic Aviation The crowd had thinned that Sunday leaving a hard blowing but manageable launch. Not as strong as Saturday, Kurt and I understood our limits and decided to go for it when it lulled. We stepped off the 9,200' MSL rock and headed to the craters in a gaggle. I had a feeling this would be my day.

Nasty sink and marginal lift was my companion as I contemplated sinking out near all the training pilots soaring Sheba Crater. If I zero sinked the fast drifting air I might be able to glide to and soar Merriam crater just on the other side of the road. I squeaked to the 1,200-foot cinder cone at about 200' AGL. I crossed my toes and hoped for the best.

I shot up. Was it a thermal? Nope, just ridge lift. I stayed there, thrashing about,asKurt, leading the others, cruised to the Painted Desert trying to out distance the ever building dark clouds. All alone, they left me behind in some cruel air. Ever the show boat, I hoped the Hang Is were en joying my performance.

"Here I go again," I grunted, as I felt 33

cra1c1<1ing of the rad lo, D. sunk out at tlw Craters." 1'heyc,on.tinmcid the radio chatter, Kurt asked. offered.

That did it. "This ls I'm in the my butt at Merriam ...

I'm not gonna land here, dammit."

our she dkl··-45 minutesofrotten thermals and BOOM. surrounded by inquisitive Navajo kids, 125 miles northeast of Fl.1gsraff, ChrisW11H.

The season was

One must be aware of the fine line.

season was over. The weatherman told of condiour chutes first XCs in

towards

it's full bore into June If the conditions are right, to do it. we'll send

tor my driver into It didn't matter. The lower-

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and who was raised in

He learned to

in Arizona. Kurt cornr<~tition pilot

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electrical who was raised in where he learned to fly

1'11,;hi"'""the limits. Flying over unfamilnow rare sink-out at the Ar'1zcm,1-LJtan 147 miles was little consolation as he looked Hans

iar deserts. fate turbulent launches, entering dust devils or All are common. oc;il )'.>llc,tsc:tiscu:ss this and offer knowing,

un.comturltat,Ie, winks in response to Kurt was

bum)'.ledto s,eccmctp1<1ce,mct then to fourth. fine. And it was

found The Colorado l lang Gliding Center QOlDEiN, CO

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ally span the nation, and if the weather looks it usually is! pc:rs<m,11 note, the team members Hansen and Ian Huss met and talked with hundreds if not thousands of "civilians" and discovered that America is literally full of warm, wonderful

and who made

We'll be looking forward to an article or t·wo on Fly America's adventures in upcoming issues.-·-

to be str,t,ssful, weeks in bad weather with less than 30 miles to go was almost unbearable.

were ac1:uallv counted). In 14 states and 243 tow sites the two vehicles logged ap·· priox1.m,1tc1y 55,000 miles.

America's success at projecting a nrn,iti1ve of the of hang gliding in the short term, but po:sltlve 1mectia covci·age from 75 (including the York and USA 40 radio interviews (in·· Voice of America)and 42 TV interviews (including CNN and NBC) will have some long-term benec1v,~n,whe1re will notice. that with an

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is limited the factors men" The other to in·" is to decrease the In this article we will examine and known increases obtained by using them. We'll also look at some other obtained reduction. A brief look at shows that, when

no para· ratio would have a maximum of over 28!

In Table 1 I have listed the

lines and an external

for the with a cocoon harness and round downtubes. This number with the lift. coefficient. Best occurs when the induced

difference between contcm"" A fow ies:s-1:na,n-o'~'"'~""~ turns in a race, or blowing that low save on a distance make far more difference than the But this may not of

will remain the, same. increments since the introduction of the Comet in 1980" In most"'"''<'""""""""'"' much more F1mRUARY 1989

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tested airfoil section this technique would yield very good results. Unfortunately, the lack of good airfoil section data and the large spanwise flow, caused by the large sweep and washout angles of a hang glider, compromise the accuracy of the results.

Nonetheless, I think this polar is reasonably accurate, and limited in-flight measurements agree reasonably well with that assumption.

Higher wing loadings will shift the polar down and to the right; lighter wing loadings will do the opposite. Higher altitudes have the same effect as higher wing loadings. In all cases the best L/D remains essentially the same, but the speed at which it occurs increases with the higher wing loading and altitude.

As an indication of what can be achieved through drag reduction, polar' A' represents a baseline glider with a cocoon harness and round downtubes. Best L/D of 10.1 occurs at 25 mph; minimum sink of 186 ft./min. occurs at 19 mph.

By switching to a pod-type harness we achieve polar 'B' -best L/D increases to 11.0 at 26 mph and minimum sink decreases to 178 ft./min. at 20 mph. Significant increases can be noted at higher speeds.

By replacing the round downtubes with airfoil section tubing (even the low fineness ratio stuff) we get polar 'C'. Best L/0 is now up to 12.0 at 27 mph and minimum sink down to 169 ft./min. at 21 mph. Not bad! And the high end looks much better, with a 200 ft./min. decrease in the sink rate at 45 mph.

The airfoil tubes should be canted to align them with the airflow for maximum drag reduction. The drag coefficient will be relatively insensitive to angle of attack, remaining essentially the same ±8° from alignment with the airflow at the Reynolds numbers at which they will be operating (Re = 40,000 at 20 mph; Re = 110,000 at 50 mph). The proper angle will be approximately 10° trailing edge out, but will vary with the geometry of the A-frame on each glider design. To determine the optimum angle requires some measurements. The first is easy; just measure the angle the downtubes make with a perpendicular from the control bar, in the plane of the Aframe (in degrees). This is the same as 1 /2 the included angle at the top of the Aframe. This measurement will be angle 'a'.

The second measurement will require some in-flight photos with some long wool tell-tales attached to your front and rear wires and downtubes. Try to set the camera 38

Drag by Source Component

% of Total

Cd

(Round DT, Cocoon)

Wing (best L/D, 25 mph) -Induced -Parasitic

.0457 .0110

50 12

Pilot -Cocoon -Pod

.0151 .0075

17

Two DownTubes -Round -Airfoil

.0076 .0005

8

.0038 .0035

4 4

.002 .0011 .001 .0002

2 1 1 0.2

Structural Wires BaseTube Miscellaneous (Interference drag, etc.)

Luff Lines Fittings Kingpost-Aitfoil

.0910 .0834 .0763 .0691

Total Cd-Round DT, Cocoon (A) -Round DT, Pod (B) -Airfoil DT, Pod (C) -Possible Reductions (D)

8.4% reduction 16.2% reduction 24.0% reduction

TABLE 1 so that it is in the plane of the A-frame, that is, so that the farther downtube is hidden by the closer one. Take some shots flying at slightly higher than best L/ D speed; I would suggest 30 to 35 mph on a calibrated airspeed indicator. Once you have the pictures, measure the angle between the downtubes and the tell-tales as shown in Figure 2. This is angle 'b'. Plug these two numbers into the equation in the figure.

The number that comes out is the trailingedge-out cant angle from the normal perpendicular position that is required to bring the airfoil to zero angle of attack at that airspeed. The ±8° window will then keep the drag low across the entire speed range.

Polar 'D' represents a glider with some further reasonably easily obtained reductions in pilot, structural wire and basetube drag. Now best L/D is 13.4 at 28 mph and minimum sink is down to 158 ft./ min. at 22 mph. Better than that mystical 13/1! And

compared to the baseline polar we can fly at 45 mph instead of 40 and still have a better sink rate-all without doing a thing to the wing. All our drag reduction work on other areas has reduced the total wing drag coefficient at best L/D from 0.0568 for our baseline glider, to 0.0312 for our clean polar 'D' glider. That's a 45% reduction in wing drag coefficient at best L/D, far better than any new glider is likely to achieve, and we're flying 3 mph faster to boot.

A short note about airspeeds under the wing. I have not taken into account the flow velocity differences above and below the wing and the effect this will have on the actual drag generated by each component.

This may make my results on the optimistic side, since most of the drag reduction is occurring in the slower-moving air underthe wing.

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the free stream velocity (airspeed a long way from the glider) on a modem glider.

The only measurement of the difference was done a very long time ago by Tom Price I believe. His tests indicated that the airspeed measured by an indicator on the downtube may be as much as six mph lower than that measured with a trailing probe, when the glider is flying slowly and the wing is developing high lift coefficients.

At higher speeds this effect largely disappears, and the polars would be correct in any case. Modem gliders have longer downtubes, more forward mounted A-frames, much better airfoils and much less drag, especially with airfoiled downtubes and pod harnesses. I suspect that all these factors result in the airspeed measured at the typical instrument position being substantially the same as the free stream velocity.

My limited in-flight airspeed measurements would tend to confirm this. That would mean that the predicted performance increases are close, and that you can believe your airspeed indicator after calibration and correcting for density altitude.

My particular Ball 652 reads 11 % high, very linearly across the speed range.

Even in a pod harness a pilot has about three times as much drag as an entire FEBRUARY 1989

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We have a lot of room for improvement. • Next Month: Improving Your Glider's Performance.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Kevin has been hang gliding since 1974. He has a Bachelor of Applied Science degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Toronto where he specialized in aeronautics. He has worked at

DeHavilland Aircraft (now part of Boeing) for two years. He presently works in fiber optics research and development. He has a homebrewed, half-finished foot-launchable sailplane in afriend's garage. He also has a pilots license.

Kevin is also an accomplished competition pilot. He finished sixth in the '87 Canadian Nationals flying against Randy Haney, Larry Tudor, Joe Bostik and Jim Lee (who didn't all finish ahead of him).

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RATINGS BEGINNER RATINGS PILOT: City, State; Instructor /School Region 1 MARK MEYERS: Fairbanks, AK; Alan Chuculate/Univ of AK Region 2 JOEL BUCK: Livermore, CA; B Barnett - CARLOS DAUGELO: San Jose, CA; R Palmon/ Mission Soaring Center - WILLIAM DIETRICH: Sunnyvale, CA; R Palmon/MSCROBERT FEATHERSTON: NASMoffett Field, CA; R Engom/Mission Soaring Center- STEVE GLAZENER: Santa Gara, CA; D Burns/MSC DENVER JOHNSTON: Palo Alto, CA; C Whitehill/Chandelle - BOB KELLER: Santa Oara, CA; R Engom/Mission Soaring Center GA RY MINK: San Francisco, CA; C Whitehall/ Chandelle HG- DAVID OLSEN: Fremont,CA; D Bums/MSC- BILL SHA UCK: Palo Alto, CA; R Palmon - MICHAEL SLEATOR: Woodside, CA; Gregg Pujol/ Albatross Aeronautiques THOMAS POPPITZ: Sunnyvale, CA; R Engom/Mission Soaring Center - RANDALL REED: Milpitas, CA; R Engom/Mission Soaring Center - THOMAS TUFTS: Sacramento, CA; S Perry /Pure Flight - MARIO WATKINS: San Rafael, CA; J Greenbaum/ Airtime of San Francisco Region 3 DEBBY BLACKSTEN: Livermore, CA; S Lome/Mission Soaring Center - WERNER BRAUN: Glendale, CA; M Spinelli/True Flight - ANTHONY DESANTIS: Lakeview Terrace, CA; D Quackenbush/True Flight - COLIN FITTON: Los Angeles, CA; H Bittner /Windsports Int'!- DAVID HESSLER: San Diego, CA; Gregg Pujol/ Albatross Aeronautiques - RANDALL HUFBAUER: Pasadena, CA; J Greblo/ Windsports Int'! - KEVIN LARSON: Vandenberg AFB, CA; K DeRussy /Hang Gliding Emporium - LISA MENDES: Costa Mesa,Ca; D Engel/Southland HG - JOSEPH NAGI Ill: Kailua, HI; N Kjar /Hawaii Air Sports - BRENT SPINNER: Canyon Country, CA; M Spinelli/ True Flight - KENT AYLOR: Lancaster, CA; D Renshaw-Armenta/Natural High- BRANDYN WEBB: San Diego, CA; Gregg Pujol/ AA Region 4 KENNETH BRUDER: Mesa, AZ; R Gelfan GEORGE CRAGO: Boulder, CO; G Greer/ Colorado HG - JAMES HOLLEY: Morrison, CO; T Hackbart - ERNEST RESCHKE: Colorado Springs, CO; R Wilkinson /Eagle's Nest HAROLD WEA VER: Bailey, CO; R Wilkinson/ EN Region 5 ALAN BARKER: Meridian, ID; M King/Treasure Valley Hang Gliding Region 6 RICHARD CAMPBELL: Atkins, AR; L Haney I Sail Wings- BARRON MCKINLEY: Little Rock, AR; L Haney /Sail Wings - STEVE SMITH: Mabelvale, AR; L Haney /Sail Wings

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Region 7 MICHAEL HUNT: Nashville, TN; J Reynolds/ Lookout Mtn Flight Park - DAVID KITTAKA: Ft. Wayne, IN; J Reynolds/Lookout Mtn Hight Park -TIM THOMSON: Columbia City, IN; G Ball/Lookout Mtn Flight Park Region 8 DAVIDDEMARS:Winchester,MA;TCSearle/ Aeolus - MELVIN GIRLACK: Billerica, MA; R Hastings/Morningside HG - BILL JORDAN: Derry, NH; TC Searle/ Aeolus - WILLIAM NERI: Warwick, RI; R Bachman/Kitty Hawk Kites, East - CLIFF NULMAN: Providence, RI; R Oark - KENNETH WINIECKI: Amherst, NH; TC Searle/ Aeolus Region 9 CHRISTY HUDDLE: Rockville, MD; J Middleton/Silver Wings - BILL MARTIN: Morgantown, WV; J Rowan Region 10 ANTHONY ABBRUZZESE: Palm Beach, FL; Matt Taber/Lookout Mtn - TODD BRADEN: Merritt Island, FL; J Reynolds/Lookout Mtn TOM CHURA Y: Hixson, TN; GW Meadows/ Sequatchie Valley Soaring - BUDDY CUITS: Montgomery, AL; Joanne Reynolds/Lookout Mtn - MICHAEL HUNT: Nashville, TN; Buzz Chalmers/Lookout Mtn - SAM RIGGS: Lawrenceville, GA; G Ball/Lookout Mtn - THOMAS SNUGGS: Garner, NC; G Reeves/Kitty Hawk Kites East Region 11 BOB BROWN: Humble, TX; H Bittner/Windsports Int'! - CYNTHIA COLE: San Angelo, TX; GW Meadows/Sequatchie Valley Soaring Region 12 CLAY JOHNSON: Rochester, NY; R McGovern - BEV NULMAN: New York, NY; R Oark

LIP MERRELL: San Francisco, CA; D Bums LARRY SMARIT: Benicia, CA; C Whitehill/ Chandelle - RICHARD STEELE: Berkeley, CA; Brian Smith Region 3 MARC AUBIN: Los Angeles, CA; M Spinelli/ True Flight Concepts- BILL BRING:San Diego, CA; R Chase/Ultimate Hi Aviation - TERRY BRIITAIN: Simi Valley, CA; J Greblo/Windsports Int'! - ADRIAN CURTIS: Los Angeles, CA; J Greblo/Windsports Int'! - MAHYAR FAZLIAN: Los Angeles, CA; D Quackenbush/ True Flight Concepts - DAVID FISHER: Ojai, CA;JWoods Region 4 GREGORY MOREHOUSE: Magna, UT; Oaudia Holbrook/Southwind HG RONALD HOCUTT: Holtwood, PA; F Permenter /Maryland HG Assoc. - DERMOT MC DERMOTT: Annopolis, MD; G Reeves/Kitty Hawk Kites, East Regi.on 10 PETER KELSEY: Atlanta, GA; B Chalmers/ Lookout Mtn - MICHAEL WILLIAMS SR: Greenville, SC; B Burril Region 11 KEN DOUGLAS: Austin, TX; B Holmes Region 12 DAVID CHELLE: APO,NY; Gary Elhart/Nova Air - DOUG MEYERS: Grahamsville, NY; G Black/Mountain Wings

INTERMEDIATE RATINGS PILOT: City, State; Observer/School

Foreign SAM ROBERTS: Manangua, Nicaragua; G Reeves/Kitty Hawk Kites

NOVICE RATINGS PILOT: City, State; Instructor /School Region 1 JOSEPH DEE BEACH JR: Fairbanks, AK; A Chucalate/U of AK - DARIEN BORGIAS: Ashland, OR; W Roberts/Oregon HG - KENNETH CHANEY: Fairbanks, AK; A Chucalate/ V of AK - BEN DEPTULA: Fairbanks, AK; A Chucalate/U of AK - ROBERT MCLEOD: Seattle, WA; D Chadwick/Airplay'n - THOMAS STRATFORD: White Pass, WA; K Blevins/Free Flight Sky Surfing Region 2 CHRISTOPHER CHU: San Rafael, CA; J MottBOB FENER: Reno, NV; R Leonard/High Sierra Sports - RALPH HALLETT III: San Jose, CA; R Engorn/Mission Soaring Center - NEIL LEASH: Sac, CA; S Perry /Pure Hight - PHIL-

Region 1 DA VE BALERIA: Medford, OR; T Tibbetts JOHN DAWSON: Spokane, WA; L Strom MIKE PATTEN: Grants Pass, OR; TTibbetts Region 2 MARC DANIELS: Salinas, CA; J Williamson/ Western HG - DONALD ETZBACH: San Francisco, CA; C Whitehill/Chandelle - DONALD HURD: San Jose CA; Jose A; J Walker Region 3 CHRIS CARPENTER: Canyon Country, CA; Joe Greblo/Windsports Int'! - ARMIN ENGERT: Paia, HI; D Darling/Maui School of Soaring - KENNETH HOLBERT: San Marcos, CA; WJB Hemy /HG Center of S. D. - JAMES LA CROIX: Van Nuys, CA; J Greblo/Windsports Int'l - TODD QUAYLE: Oxnard, CA; T Truax - BRET WARREN: Newbury Park, CA; K DeRussy /Hang Gliding Emporium Region 4 RANDY KRAMBULE: Farr West, UT; D Rodriguez

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RATINGS Region 7 R JAY SCHULTZ: Fishers, IN; R Sacher Region 9 RON DIVELY: Alexandria, VA; R Cobb NICHOLAS KIRK: Washington, DC; B Ha~ MARK KOMER: Charlottesville, VA; R tten our Region 10 CHARLES BROWN: Raeford, NC; B Chaimers/Lookout Mtn Fli~ht Park - DOYLE HARTBARGER: Sale reek, 1N; M Taber/ Lookout Mtn - RICHARD HEALY: Louisville, 1N; B Hawk/Hawk Air sirrs - TERRY WALLACE: Rising Fawn, GA; Chalmers/Lookout Mtn

ADVANCED RA TINGS PILOT: City, State; Observer/School Region 1 PAUL GALLAGHER: Bellevue, WA; M Daily

Region 5 JEFFREY WOODY: Boise, ID; R Altig Region 11 JEFF HUNT: Austin, TX; C Boddie - JOHN MURPHY: Shreveport, LA; L Haney /Sail Wings CLASS ONE TANDEM RATINGS

Region 2 BRENTER THOMPSON JR: Oakland, CA; C Chen

PILOT: City, State; Observer /School

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Region 3 MIKE HOPKINS: Saugus, CA; D Quackenbush/True Bight Concepts - SCOTT KURTH: San Diego, CA; M Gillis - DOUG MILLASICH: San Diego, CA; W Henry /H G Center of S. D. - MATI SPINELLI: San Fernando, CA; D Quackenbush/True Flight Concepts- ARNULF STENZL: Pacific Palisades, CA; A Hageman/Santa Barbara H G - DA VE WILD: Sunland, CA; M Spinelli/True Bight Concepts

Region 12 SCOTI GRESSITT: Mendham, NJ; K Baier/ Torrey Flight Park

Region 4 TONY FAUSTO: Ogden, UT; D Rodriguez JOHN FOWLER: Tucson, AZ; E Smith

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CLASSIFIEDS CONSUMER ADVISORY: Used han~ gliders always should be disassembled before flying or the first time and inspected carefully for fatigue or bent or dented down tubes, ruined bushings, bent bolts (especially the heart bolt), re-used Nyloc nuts, loose thimbles, or rusted cables, tangs with non-circular holes, an on Rogallos, sails badly tom or tom loose from their anchor points front and back on the keel and leading ed~ts. If in doubt, many hang gliding businesses will be appy to give an objective opinion on the condition of equipment you bring to them to inspect.

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PACIFIC AIRWAVE - MK N 19, great handling glider, good shape, many options, supine or prone rigging, low airtime, $1695, call Paul at (716) 394-1254.

PROFIL 17 - White w/green spectrum 4.5 oz sandwich cloth, MLE, optional double French. $1100. (318) 981-8372.

RAVENS 229 - two in stock. Excellent shape, rigged for tandem, multi-colored. Sequatchie Valley Soaring, (615) 949-2301.

ROGALLOS 172 AXIS 15- Two-tone blue, w I airfoils, near new, 2 hrs., will ship. $2,000 OBO. Treasure Valley HG (20B) 376-7914.

COMET 2-1/2165 -Half ribs, 43 hours airtime, original owner, immaculate condition, speed bar $870. (602) 893-2523.

SENSOR 510 B - VG, blue to yellow spectrum. 19 hours airtime, excellent condition. Must sell. $1600 firm, will ship, (603) 673-2616.

1987 SENSOR 510-B - Full race. Mint, vel low hours, with half-ribs, 4.5 calandered TE, red Tri- am LE, yellow BS. $1895 or best offer. (404) 398-3541, 398-3433.

DEMON 175 - Low airtime, well maintained, excellent condition. $700. (704) 455-6082.

SENSOR 510 3/4 B - Excellent condition, 60 hours.

Red leading edge and under surface. $1400- deal! Call Danny at (301) 852-2358 Leave message.

DREAM 165- Never used. $1400. (315) 724-4400.

SENSOR 510 C -

DREAM 205 - Excellent condition, supine or prone rigging. $1195. (916) 265-9284.

SENSOR510 C-Full race, low hours, $2175, (805) 9628999

DUCK 160 - Excellent condition, great hang II-ID glider $700. Pete (619) 480-1321.

SPORT- $1750, Sport full race $2300. Kiss, 2 new in stock, 3 Harriers, 4 Comets, Attack Duck, tow winch, CG 1000 harness for 6'1" pilot. All riced to sell.

Rattlesnake Hang Gliding. Richland, W . Bill Morgan (509) 588-4807, Byron Jones (509) 627-3624.

Dealer demo $2175 (805) 962-8999.

COLORADO HANG GLIDING Glider Bags .................... $65 Bell Helmets ................. .In Stock 50 used gliders .............. $400-$2,000 Paragliders ..................... $1480 Brand New Chutes ....... $325 Used Chutes .................. $200 Steel Carabineer, Rated, $16. Stubai 11,000 lbs.

All equip. inspected; shipped anywhere (303) 278-9566 TORREY FLIGHT PARK, INC. (619) 452-3202 WINTER SPECIALS All Airstream Harnesses 10% off.

Ball Varios 20% off with trade in.

Dreams - we have all sizes new & used, 10% off.

UP Axis 15 ................... New ....................... $2800 VG ~stic 155 ............ New ....................... $2700 Lite ystic 166 ........... Demo ..................... $2300 VG Mystic 177 ............ Used ....................... $1800 VG Mystic 177 ............ Used ....................... $2100 Super Dream 185 ___ ................................. $2300 Super Dream 145 ___ ................................. $2100 Up Over New Mexico, Inc. (505) 292-0647 New Gliders: Vision MN 17,19 .................................. $2,000 188 Skyhawk .......................................... $1,700

HP I - Excellent condition, no flutter. Low hrs. Red L.E., orange, yellow. New wires. Faired downtubes, speedbar. Recent annual. Must sell. $995. (505) 2935165.

SPORT 167 - Excellent condition blue LE, rainbow, white TE, speed bar, $1700 (818) 357-9479.

Used Gliders: 1988 Sensor 510C FIR .......................... $2,500 1986 HP I ................................................ $900 1987 HP I ................................................ $1,000 1988 240 Dream ..................................... $1,700 185 & 165 Dream ................................... $1,500 ea

SPORT 167 - 7075, race. Joining Convent. New July '88, $1495 or make offer. (805) 965-3733.

Ultralights: Pterodactyl w /340cc Kiuna

l-ll' 1-1/2 - Red, ~old, white, excellent performance for $800. Mike (61 ) 576-2098.

SPORT EUROPEAN 167 - Rainbow colors. Hardly used. $1500, firm. (714) 841-3329.

WESTERN HANG GLIDERS USED AND DEMO GLIDERS

HERMES 14 M - (151 sq. ft.) Padded speed bar, turbulated safety down bars, w/unused extra set, 4.5 oz. white main body w/kevlar leech line. Blue L.E., yellow wedge below. VG. $1250. Consider trade for smaller glider. (512) 266-3605.

SPORT 167 -17 hours airtime, 1-1/2 hour on annual ins~ction. $2000. Ball vario 652, $500. Parachute, $250.

(70 875-3623.

PACIFIC AIRWAVEMAGIC IV FR 166 (DEMO) $2495 PACIFIC AIRWA VE GENISIS ........................... $1595 PACIFIC AIRWAVE MKIV 17 .......................... $1795 PACIFIC AIRWAVE MKIV 17 .......................... $1750 PACIFIC AIRWAVE MKIV 17 .......................... $1750 PACIFIC WINOCRAFT ECLIPSE 19 ................ $1495 PACIFIC WINOCRAFTECLIPSE 19 ................ $1195 PACIFIC WINOCRAFT ECLIPSE 17 ................ $1295 PACIFIC WINOCRAFT VISION20 .................. $1195 PACIFIC WINOCRAFT ESPRIT 18 ................... $950 MOYFS CTR 162 .................................................. $1995 DELTA WING DREAM 220 ............................... $1495 DELTA WING DREAM 165 ............................... $1095 WILLS WING HARRIER II 147 ......................... $950 UP GEMINI 164 .................................................... $850 UP GEMINI 134 .................................................... $795 FLIGHT DESIGNS DEMON 177 ....................... $725 PROAIR PRO AIR 142 .......................................... $595

GTR 210 - $1700. Raven 229 $600. Dream 220, GTR 151, several others, Owens Valley Soaring, (619) 8720219 /872-0247.

LIGHT DREAM 145 - Excellent condition, Bell He!met $1100. (303) 278-9566.

LIGHT DREAM 185 $1550. (303) 278-9566.

Tight sail, 5 hours, will ship

166 MAGIC IV - Full-race w/ tri-lam, metal main, aerofoils, comfort bar. 20 hrs., like new, will ship. $2,000 OBO. Treasure Valley HG (208) 376-7914.

166 MAGIC III, 185 C-2, 208 Javelin - All need a little TLC, but we'll take ANY offers & ship FREE! Treasure Valley HG (208) 376-7914.

SPORT 167 - Solid red like new $1650. Spaghetti harness & chute $250. Terry (714) 533-9850 or (213) 2929300.

SPORT EUROPEAN 167 - Low airtime, excellent condition, $1850. (818) 761-0085.

VISION ECLIPSE 17-Excellent condition. $1200 (501) 224-2186.

VISION MK IV 19 - 1988 model, very low airtime, f,ristine condition, trilam LE, 4.4 oziJ6'.tion, for Hanf 11V, see DEC. 1987 review, $1795/ , call Larry ( 16) 381-8251.

MAGIC IV - Racer, 166, safe-edge d.t., excellent performance and handling. (801) 254-6141.

9 Z-1 - 2.oom demo w I VG, safe-edges, speedbar. 40 hrs., looks, flies clean & fast. Will ship. $1,500 OBO. Treasure Valley HG (208) 376-7914.

MAGIC IV 166- VG, 1 /2 ribs, 4.4, white L.E., blue L.S., excellent condition. $1400 OBO. Pat (818) 332-3639.

CASH FOR CONDORS (any condition) - and other equipment. Hang Glider Emporium. (805) 965-3733.

MAGIC IV 166 - White, yellow LE. Well cared for.

Delivery south available, $1000. (206) 794-9032

CASHFORSUPERLANCER-MaxiIII,IV,Skyhawk, Omega, Lin Richards, 1971 Cascade Dr. Waukesha, WI 53188 (414) 542-0171.

$2,500

Will ship anywhere in the U.S. Call Western Hang Gliders (408) 384-2622.

SCHOOLS AND DEALERS ALABAMA

MOYFS MEGA 170- Good condition. Great for training or soaring. With harness and parachute, $750. (501) 521-2221.

MYSTIC LITE 177- VG, low hours. $1000. Greg (213) 519-7096. · LIGHT MYSTIC 177-Sherbert colors, like new, $1700.

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DREAMS WANTED - Af:&i size, any condition, will pay fair price or trade for Dream. (312) 360-0700.

WANTED - Used hang tiding equipment. Gliders, instruments, harnesses an parachutes. Airtime of San Francisco , 3620 Wawona, San Francisco, CA 94116.

(415) SKY-1177.

LMFP - Two hours from Birmingham (see our ad under Tennessee. (404) 398-3541.

ARIZONA ARIZONA WINDSPORTS - Largest Hang Gliding center in the southwest. Certified Instruction utilizing the world's first man-made trainer hill. INEXPENSIVE prices on lessons and equipment. Dealer for Pacific Airwave, Wills Wing, Seed wings, Moyes, High

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CLASSIFIEDS Energy, Ball and Seagull classic parts. 1327 E. Bell De Mar Drive, Tempe, AZ. 85283. (602) 897-7121.

SOUTHLAND HANG GLIDING - USHGA certified school. Pacific Airwave, Delta Wing. Try a "Magic Kiss." 28882 Woodspring Circle, Trabuco Canyon, CA 92679. (714) 589-0109.

DESERT HANG GLIDERS, USHGA Certified School.

Supine specialists. 4319 W. Larkspur, Glendale, AZ 85304. (602) 439-0789, 938-9550.

TORREY FLIGHT PARK, INC - At the launch of the world famous Torrey Pines Glider Port, one of San Diego's highlights! Unmatched convenience for pilots and spectators. Refreshments and souvenirs at the Cliffhanger Cafe. Certified Training program featuring tandem soaring lessons. New, used, rental and demo equipment by Delta Wing and UP. 2800 Torrey Pines Scenic Drive, La Jolla, CA 92037 (619) 452-3202.

ARKANSAS OZARK MOUNTAIN HANG GLIDERS -Sales, service and instruction. Dealer for Wills Wing, Moyes, Eric Raymond harnesses. 8 Blue Jay Way, Conway, AR 72032. (501) 327-0698.

SAIL WINGS HANG GLIDING - Certified instruction. Authorized agent for Pacific Airwave, CG 1000.

FLY ARKANSAS. 200'-2000' sites. 5-day tours, spring and summer. Guide, transportation, accommodations.

1601 N. Shackleford #131-4, Little Rock, AR 72211.

(501) 224-2186.

CALIFORNIA AIRTIME OF SAN FRANCISCO - (formerly San Francisco Windsports), Gliders and equipment, sales, and rentals. Private and group instruction by USHGA certified instructors. Local site information and glider rental. 3620 Wawona, San Francisco, CA 94116. (415) SKY-1177.

BRIGHT ST AR HANG GLIDERS - Sales - service restorations. All major brands represented. Santa Rooa, CA (707) 576-7627.

CHANDELLE HANG GLIDING CENTER- USHGA Certified school., "The best damn hang gliding shop In the world." Dealers for Wills Wing, Pacific Airwave, Delta Wing, Moyes, Seed wings and High F.nergy. Five minutes from Fort Funston. 488 Manor Plaza, Pacifica, CA 94044. (415) 359-6800.

HANG FLIGHT SYSTEMS- USHGA Certified training program featuring the combined talents of Dan Skadal and Erik Fair. We sell and service all major brands of gliders and accessories. New and used. S-MLG Sport, Skyhawk, HP II, Genesis Vision Mark IV, Magic Kiss. Demos available to qualified pilots. 1202 E. Walnut Unit M, Santa Ana, CA 92701. (714) 542-7444.

HANG GLIDER EMPORIUM - The best training hill in the west is in Santa Barbara, a hang gliding VACATION PARADISE. High quality PERSONALIZED instruction focusing on the skills that most affect your SAFETY, Call for vacation info and glider inventory.

Tues.-Fri. 10-5, Sat. 10-4. 613N. Milpas, Santa Barbara, California 93103 (805) 965-3733.

HIGH ADVENTURE-Full service facility located on site at Southern California's famous mile high mountains, Crestline. From sand hill to XC thermal flying, our 20 tandem accelerated training program is quick and thorough. Instructor Rob McKenzie. Dozens of new and used gliders for sale or rent. Other services include, weather information, mountain shuttle, towing seminars, XC trips, repairs, ratings. (714) 883-8488.

THE HANG GLIDING CENTER- Located in beautiful San Diego. USHGA instruction, equipment rentals, local flying tours. Spend your winter vacation flying with us. We proudly offer Wills Wing, Pacific Airwave, High F.nergy, Ball and we need your used equipment. 4206-K Sorrento Valley Blvd., San Diego, CA 92121 (619) 450-9008.

WINDGYPSY - Certified tandem instruction, daily, year-round. Only full service facility in LAKE ELSINORE. Gliders and equipment new/used from Delta Wing, Moyes, UP, Wills Wing. MEXICAN HANG GLIDING SAFARIS 33041 Walls St., Lake Elsinore, CA 92330. Call Paul Bums, (714) 676-5418.

WINDSPORTS, INTL. -Hang Gliding School-Since 1974. Largest and most complete HANG GLIDING CENTER in Southern California. Large inventory of new and used gliders including Sports and Lite Dreams.

Accelerated training program features Tandem instruction and minimizes course time. 16145 Victory Blvd., Van Nuys, CA 91406. (818) 988--0111.

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MISSION SOARING CENTER - Serving the flying community since 1973. Complete lesson program with special attention to quality take-off and landing skills.

All major brands of gliders, parachutes and instruments sold. Sail repair and air frame service available.

1116 Wrigley Way, Milpitas, CA 95035. (408) 262-1055.

NATURAL HIGH - Hang Gliding school. Personalized instruction and tandems. Glider repair, annual inspection and parts service. Dealer for Delta Wing, Moyes gliders and Wills Wing. P.O. Box 193, Green Valley Lake, CA 92341 (714)867-7961.

SANTA BARBARA HANG GLIDING CENTERUSHGA CERTIFIED SCHOOL 29 State St., Santa Barbara, CA. 93101 (805) 962-8999 COMPLIITE FLEXIBLE INSTRUCTION PROGRAM BEGINNER TO ADVANCED, HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTION, VERY HIGH SUCCESS RATE, BEST SAFETY RECORD, RENTALS AVAILABLE, CALL FOR QUOTE ON NEW AND USED EQUIPMENT OR VISIT OUR SHOP RIGHT NEXT TO THE BEACH AND WHARF IN SANTA BARBARA.

COLORADO HANG GLIDlNG - USHGA Certified School, dealer all brands. Towing and paraglider inst.

Bell helmets. (303) 276-9566.

FLORIDA LOOKOUf MOUNTAIN FLIGHf PARK under Tennessee. (404) 398-3541.

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GEORGIA LOOKOUf MOUNTAIN FLIGHTP ARK-See our ad under Tennessee. (404) 396-3541.

HAWAII MAUI SOARING SUPPLIES- Guided rentals, Pacair, Genesis, Mark IV, Wills Wing Sport. Certified Instruction. Box 780, Kula, HI 96790 (808) 876-1271.

TRADEWINDS HANG GLIDING - dual instruction, rentals, equipment. (808) 396-8557.

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CLASSIFIEDS ILLINOIS

l~~iiilmll Your han~gliding success company. Representative for Wills ing, Delta Wing, Seedwings, Moyes and Pacific Airwave. State of the art training with mobile flight simulator and dual instruction. Let a USHGA CF! leau.ou to your flight success. 1600 Carmel, Zion, IL 600 . (312) 746-1944.

MICHIGAN PRO HANG GLIDERS - Serving the flying community since 1978. Michigan's only USHGA Certified school, specializing in towing. Step Towing available to qualified pilots, given by Advanced Instructor, Examiner, Observer Norman Lesnow. Representing Wills Wing, Seedwings, Delta Wing. Contact 569 W. Annabelle, Hazel Park, MI 48030, (313) 399-9433.

NEVADA HIGH SIERRA SPORTS - dealers for Delta Wing, Wills Wing, Pacific Airwave. USHGA certified training and ratings including tandem. Sierra tours and rentals available. Carson City and Reno locations. 2303 N. Carson St., Carson City, NV 89701. (702) 885-1891.

NORTH CAROLINA KrITYHAWKKITES,INC.-POBox340,NagsHead, NC 27959. 919-441-4124. Learn to fly over soft sand dunes just south of the site where the Wright Brothers learned to fly. Beginning and Advanced packages; complete inventory of new gliders, accessories and parts. Windsurfing sales and instruction also available.

SAURATOWN KITES - Winston Salem (919) 9452327. Hang Gliding School w I certified instructor.

Dealer for Wills Wing, Pacific Windcraft & Delta. New and used equipment.

NORTH COAST HANG GLIDING - Certified Instruction. New & used gliders. Specializing in Pacific Airwave gliders. Mike Del Signore, 1916 W. 75th St., Oeveland, OH. 44102 (216) 631-1144.

FLY UT AH WITH OKLAHOMA HANG GLIDING CENTER- USHGA Certified instruction. Wills Wing, Seedwings, Delta Wing and other major brands. New and used equipment, instruments, parachutes, and service. OKC, (405) 943-5484.

PENNSYLVANIA SKY HIGH - Certified instruction, tandem, service, PacAir. S.E., PA (21!;) 527-1687.

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TENNESSEE

FLY HIGH HANG GLIDING, INC. - Serving N.Y. City I Albany, Jersey, Connecticut areas. (On Ellenville Mtn.) Area's exclusive Wills Wing dealer/specialist.

Also all other major brands, accessories. Certified Instruction. 10 years experience. Quick repairs. Area's most INEXPENSIVE prices. ATOL truck towin~ Contact:Paul Voight, RD 2, Box 561, Pine Bush, 12566, (914) 744-3317.

HAWK AIRSPORTS - New and improved hang gliding! Allcntion Novice and beginners! New 360 degree training hill designed and built specificalluor you. Conveniently located. Fun! Fun! Fun! 0inch tn.

- The longest ridge, two launches. The popular light wind indicator Windsok. Brochures available. Your satisfaction is the key to our continued growth and success. Hawk Air Sports, Inc., 251 North Boyd's Creek Rd., Sevierville, TN 37862, (615) 453-1035.

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AUSTIN AIR SPORTS-Still the one in central Texas, quality service since 1978. Instruction, sales, rental, and a complete airframe & sail repair facility. 1712 Waterston, Austin, TX 78703 (512) 474-1669 UTAH

UP OVER NEW MEXICO, INC. - Instruction, sales, service. Sandia Mountain guides. Wills, Seedwings, Pacific Airwave, Delta, Moyes. Albuquerque, NM (505) 292-0647.

THERMAL UP, INC. - Most complete h ~ gliding shop in area. Located on top of Ellenville ountain.

USHGA Certified Instructor and Observer. Concen!rating on hang gliding instruction with emphasis on launchin and landing techniques. Dealer for all major brands. Hering expert sales and service with lowest price in area. Large mail order inventory. Tom Aguero, P.O. Box 347, Cragsmoor, NY 12420. (914) 647-3489.

Tired of being a test pilot? Move up to the finest in proven towing equipment. Info pack $2.00. Trust your airtime to the ~ofessionals, ATOL, Inc.! 501 82nd St., Lubbock, TX, 404 (806) 745-9633.

OKLAHOMA

SOUTHERN OREGON HANG GLIDING - USHGA certified instruction. Our students have doubled their airtime since we started using a small ATV to pull the gliders back up the hill. Scenic lakeside training site with camping near Ashland, OR. (503) 479-9531.

SUSQUEHANNAFLIGHTPARKINC.-Centra!New York'sHangG!idingCenter. Certified instruction, sales & service for all major manufacturers. Training hill O160', jeep rides, 600' NW soarableridr, c~~RD 2, Box 432, Cooperstown, NY 13326. ( 15) 1 .

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MOUNTAIN WINGS, INC. - Visit our new hang gliding center at the foot of Ellenville Mt. USHGA CF! with tandem training. Five training hills, factory trained repair specialists, area's exclusive Seedwings dealer/ specialist. Delta Wing, Pacific Airwave, UP with demo gliders. The cost complete line of hang gliding accessories in stock. Many new and used gliders. Mail orders, VISA, MasterCard and Discover Cards accepted. Greg Black, 150 Canal Street, Ellenville, NY 12428. (914) 6473377.

TEXAS

LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN FLIGHT PARK - Since 1978, Soulheast's largest USHGA-certified mountain flight school. Complete training, from grassy, genl!ysloping training hills to soaring high above Lookout Mountain. Our specialty: getting you your first mountain flights. Lesson packages, USHGA ratings, glider and mountain bike rentals, camping, local site information. Largest inventory of new and used hang gliders and mountain bikes, harnesses, helmets, inslruments, T-shirts. Repair services. We buy used gliders, equipmentl Send $1.00 for brochure, rales, directions, accommodations Information. Twenty minutes from Chattanooga, Tennessee. Route 2, Box 215-H, Dept. HG, Rising Fawn, GA 30738. (404) 3983541 or 398-3433.

SEQUATCHIE VALLEY SOARING SUPPLIES Dealers for all major brands. Small training classes so you can learn to fly easily. Come fly over 100 miles of ridges and enjoy challenging thermals. Located next to the TIT Henson's Gap site. For personal service you can trust call Valley Soaring, Rt. 2, Box 210, Dunlap, TN 37327 (615) 949-3384, (615) 949-2301.

IT'S WINfER (801) 943-1005 OR561-5208, 9173 PALCON ORCLE, SANDY, UTAH 84092.

WASATCH WINGS, INC.- USHGA certified hang gliding school, dealers for Wills Wing and Pacific Airwave. Flight operations at Point of the Mountain. (801) 571-4000.

VIRGINIA SILVER WINGS INC. -Certified instruction & equipment sales. N. VA. (703) 533-1965.

WASHINGTON RAITLESNAKE HANG GLIDING - Magic, Wills, Delta Win~. We stock new /used, Richland, WA. Bill Morgan (5 9) 588--4807. Byron Jones (509) 627-3624.

AIRPLA Y'N PRO SHOP & Hang Gliding School. The largest full time, full service hang gliding shop in Washington. All major brands sold and serviced. 800 Mercer, Seattle, WA 98109. (206) 467-8644.

INTERNATIONAL DEALERS JAPAN

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~~1/l/C Dislribu tor major brands hang gliders (Airwave,Magic), instruments, parachutes. Tokyo 03/447/5560, Yugawara 0465/63/0173, KurumayamaHan~ School0266/ 68/2724 (April - November).2-19-63 oi, Yugawaramachi, Kanagawaken, Japan 141. FAX 0465 636641.

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Fly hard, fly safe, fly with High Energy Sports To reduce risk of bodily injury or death while hang gliding you need a complete safety system. From your glider to your hang straps you need to know you have the best system for you. We at High Energy Sports specialize in harness-parachute systems designed for the worst circumstances.

COCCOONS, PODS, PARACHUTES, etc.

• Aat Circular Solid Gore Construction • Vent Cap Covering Apex Hole • 1/2" Tublar Nylon Reinforcement At Apex • All Seams Reinforced With Type ill Webbing • V-Tabs At Each Line Attachment • Type XVill Bridle • Parachute Safety Lock System • Continuous Webbing Sewn With Five Cord Thread • Each Harness Custom Sized • Safety Back Strap • Adjustable Padded Leg Straps • Two-Week Delivery • Custom Options • Your Choice Of Colors

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CLASSIFIEDS BUSINESS AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

SWITZERLAND SWISS ALP HANG GLIDING SAFARI-For quick, easy flying May to October, call or write Ron Hurst, Jostenstr. 21, 8854 Galgenen, Switzerland, Dir. Dial USA 011 41 55 645229.

EMERGENCY PARACHUTES ALL BRANDS- Bought, sold, and repacked. Inspection and repack $20.00 - Kevlar, nylon, s/s, bridles installed and replaced. Airtime of 5.F., 3620 Wawona, San Francisco, CA 94116. (415) SKY-1177.

Brand new 20,22 gore parachutes $325. Colorado HG. (303) 27S.9566.

PARTS & ACCESSORIES QUICK RELEASE CARABINER - Breaking 10,000 lbs. $24.95. Extra5/16 ball lock pin$10. Dealers wanted.

Patent pending. Thermal, 19431-41 Business Center Dr., Northridge, CA 91324.

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BELL HELMETS - in stock. (303) 27S.9566.

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The cruise XCsuprone pod. Total comfort and customized to yourneeds. For details contact Steve Dyer, P.O. Box 4504, Federal Way, WA. (206)383-4675.

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Glider bags - Generic, light, strong, 22' length. $65.

(303) 27S.9566.

TUBING, WHEELS, BOLTS, BRACKETS, DACRON plus much more. Free tubing price sheet or send $5 for complete catalog. Leading Edge Air Foils, Inc., 331 S. 14th Street, Colorado Springs, CO 80904. Phone (719) 632-4959.

SYSTEK III VARIO - New compact design, mount included, rugged meter, long battery life, optional down audio, altimeter, earphone jack. Price $159. Repair I replacement warranty, dealer incentive program.

SY-STEMS TECHNOLOGY, Inc. P.O. Box 585, Seymour, TN 37865.

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WANTED - Full-time shop/service employee, Mission Soaring Center in beautiful Milpitas, CA. Position available now! Mechanical experience a must. Glider maintenance experience a plus, but not necessary. Call (408) 262-1055.

Experienced USHGA Certified Instructors needed NOW! Lots of students .... not enough instructors. Send resume to: Mission Soaring Center, 1116 Wrigley Way, Milpitas, CA 95035.

PRIMO AIRMTITS- standard with shiny Lycra exterior. $28.50 per pair. Plush or terry cloth interior, $35/ pair. Shipping $2.00 per pair. Mills in stock for fast delivery. 8 Blue Jay Way, Conway, AR 72032. (501) 3270698.

Grade A sheepskin hand fairings. Designed specifically for warmth and comfort throughout all temperature ranges. Stops the problem of sweating, which leads to frozen hands. Tested by XC record holder, Kevin Christophersonin the trying conditions of Whiskey Peak: "I flew with a pair all summer and never once had cold hands. These fairings are so vastly superior to gloves or the neoprene version that I can't believe this wasn't tried years ago." Guaranteed satisfaction or your money back. Send just $47.00 to WYO, Aerolites, 1739 South Mitchell, Casper, Wyo. 82601, (307) 2654621, and stop your misery now. One million sheep can't be wrong.

Most respected name on the world market today, seeks dealers/ schools. Swept 3 of top 6places at 1988 World Championships, holds world open distance record of 23.5 miles. Holds world duration record of 11 hours 23 min. - certified with most stringent stamp of approval: the German Gutesiegel.

Contact ITV USA (Mark Chirico), 351 Pleasant St., Suite 175, Northampton, MA 01060. Tel: (508) 885-6073.

INSTRUCTORS WANTED - Prefer certified but will train qualified people. Advancement opportunities include tour guiding and management. Western Hang Gliders, P.O. Box 828, Marina, CA 93933. (408) 384-2622.

PUBLICATIONS & ORGANIZATIONS BINDERS FOR HANG GLIDING MAGAZINE Brown vinyl with wire centerfold spines to allow library reference organization of your issues. Keeps up to 16 issues tidy and handy. Only $9.00 from USHGA, P.O. Box 500, Pearblossom, CA 93553.

The Great Race . . . ... just for the fun of it!

LINDSAY RUDDOCK, PROBABLY THE FINEST INSTRUMENTS AVAILABLE Standard features: volume control, lift and sink cut-in control, dual range, very sensitive and very stable, fully compensated altimeter, altimeter millibar setting, flight levels switch, 8 hr. batte~warning, 1 year warranty, money-back guarantee. ion:totalenergy. Bob Fisher, 110030asis, Houston, T 77096 (713) 728-4146.

STEEL CARABINERS-$16.20. Stubai 11,000 lb. Colorado HG. (303) 278-9566.

Come \'oin the fun and fly the most famous flight in the East: ' o the Point" of Lookout Mountain (overlooking Chattanooga, Tennessee) and back-a 21-mile rouna trip along Lookout's incredible ridge. Or soar high above Lookout !ill your heart's content (free-flying will be allowed at Lookout during the event). The Race is on for Easter weekend (March 25·26, 1988). And eV&rJ· one is welcome to attend the Great Race dinner party Saturday night. Call • • • • • • • • • or write us for information. •

ookout Mountain Flight Park A full-time, full service dealer!

RI. 2 Box 215-H, Dept. HG, Rising Fawn, GA 30738 (404) 398-3433 or398-3541. LMFP BROCHURE send $1.

Year-round Lessons Sales & Service HANG GLIDING

CLASSIFIEDS SOARING - Monthly magazine of The Soaring Society of America, Inc. Covers all aspects of soaring flight.

Full membership $35. Info kit with sample copy $3.

SSA, PO Box E, Hobbs, NM 88241.

MANBffiDS:Supply Limited. $7.95 /1, $4.95/5 or more, $1 ea. shipping. 1811 Beverly Glen Dr., Santa Ana, CA 92705.

VIDEOS & FILMS

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S & H) (S/M/L/XL) 1st TIME ORDERS - $2.00 OFF! You supply shirt, $200 off! Computer process, BEAUTIFUL colors, HIGH resolution, wash resistant. TERRIFIC WA YTO SHOW OFF YOUR FAVORITE GLIDER SHOT! For quantity discounts, dealer inquiries, call (818) 792-8504. Graftek, 2245 E. Colorado Bl. 104-109, Pasadena, CA 91107.

'1 SOAR" - Bumper sticker, 3 colors with picture. $200 plus .50 cents postage/handling. Ron Smith, Box 394, West Frankfort, IL 62896.

HANG GLIDING IN MEXICO - We do the organization, you do the flying. Enjoy country and people especially in winter. For information E. Heyer, Apdo.

Postal 1416, Pueblo, Mexico.

COLLECTOR BOXES for Hang Gliding Magazine.

Blue vinyl, heavy duty, with clear label inserts on spine.

Holds up to two years issues. Only $9.75 from USHGA, Box 500, Pearblossom, CA 93553.

SAlLMAKING SUPPLIES & hardware. All fabric types. Massachusetts Motorized, P.O. Box542-G, Cotuit, MA 02635. (413) 736-2426.

MOUNTAINS HIGH-is a professional VHS videotape by the producer of TELLURIDE! Includes footage of the 1988 hang gliding festivals at Telluride and Silverton, CO. Watch aerobatic highlights, ATOL truck towing and incredible flying, including aerial footage. $35 plus $3 shipping. Calif. residents add state tax.

TELLURIDE! also available, $35. Robert Reiter, 1539 63rd St., Emeryville, CA 94608 (415)6.55-0615.

PAUL'S VIDEO PRESENTS -Tom Tatum's "DaredevilF1yers" with Chuck Yeager £eaturing'82 aerobatics in Telluride, $45.00. '88 World Meet ''USA in Australia" $40.00. 'f57 Telluride Festival & Aerobatics $35.00 P.O. Box 1662, Telluride, CO 81435. (303) 728-3217.

MISCELLANEOUS LEARN MORSE CODE - for FCC Amateur license.

Tutorial computer program makes it easy! For IBM-PC (or compatible) computers. Send $19.50 (save $2.50 include 5.25" disk with pre-stamped disk mailer) to: KEITH NICHOLS, 1819 Lamont St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20010.

FOREIGN PILOTS! - Visiting the USA? Order your new UP Axis now, and take delivery at UP's Lake Elsinore factory! Custom colors available. Great prices!

Call J.C. Brown (505) 294-8697 or (714) 674-7005.

Domestic inquiries welcome.

CRYSTAL AIR SPORT MOTEL at Raccoon Mountain; Bunkhouse, private rustic rooms, regular & waterbeds, video in-room movies, private jacuzzi room, pool, sky gear gifts, fliers work program. FFI: 4328 Cummings Hwy., Chattanooga, TN. 37409. (615) 821-2546. Chuck & Shari Toth.

PATCHES & DECALS - USHGA sew-on emblems 3" dia. Full color- $1. Decals-31/2" dia. Inside or outside application. $.25 each. P.O. Box 500, Pearblossom, CA 93553.

TEE-SHIRTS with USHGA emblem $8.00 including postage and handling. Californians add 6% tax. Men's sizes in BLUE and TAN - S, M, L, XL. USHGA, P .0. Box 500, Pearblossom, CA 93553. (805) 944-5333.

The rate for classified advertising is $.40 per word (or group of characters). Minimum charge, $4.00. A fee of $11.00is charged for each photograph or logo. Bold face or caps $.55 per word extra. Underline words to be bold. Special layouts of tabs $22.00 per column inch.

AD DEADLINES - All ad copy, instructions, changes, additions and cancellations must be received in writing 11/2 months preceding the cover date, i.e. November 20 for the January issue. Please make checks payable to USHGA: Oassified Advertising Dept. HANG GUOING MAGAZ!NE,P.O. Box500,Pearblossom, CA 93553.

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STOLEN WINGS

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Black LE. Yellow undersurface, white top and paucha insignia on under wing, alone forever slicker on right undersurface. Orange flight bag, w/ black flight designs. Cocoon harness, yellow Romer helmet, flight suiL Stolen along with truck on Nov. 15th, 1988.

MAGICIII177-Gold LE. (small tears on LE.) Blue undersurface. Small blue wedge on main body. Stolen in Portland, OR, In August 1988. Contact Oregon Airwave (503) 245-2636.

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LOST - Large blue gym bag with brown strap. In it was a blue boulder cocoon harness with an Odyssey chute sewn lo the belly of it. Also a black nose cover.

It fell off the lop of my van, somewhere between the dunes at Cape Kiwanda Oregon, and Pacific City a few miles south. Any info please contact Bruce Kissler at (206) 431-0929 home, or (206) 623-8572 work.

COLOR PHOTO ON T-SHIRT - send color photo (3x5, 5x7, 8x10) (returned intact); DYED on 100% cotton Hanes T-shirt - PERMANENf. Only $13.95 (add $2.50

RAYMOND POD HARNESS W /PARACHUTE Bright blue, rainbow stripe up both legs. White bell helmet. Litek vario held together by duct tape. Stolen

FEBRUARY 1989

August 2, Madison, WI. All in a bright blue brand new bag with black straps. Call Tammy Burcar at (608) 2561599.

WILLS WING SPORT 167 - Red L.E., yellow under surface, white T.E. Competition numbers 64 on glider, serial number 14D95, smashed nose at the keel. Stolen in Oakland. Contact: Sarah Kurtz, 5809 F1orence Terrace, Oakland, CA 94611, (415) 652-0129.

ECLIPSE 17 - Yellow L.E., purple midsection, white T.E. Serial# EM6158. Stolen July 20th, Marina storage area. Contact Steve Brown, (408)288-4130.

HP I - Stolen Lake Elsinore, 6/16/88, white canvas bag. Black tursh, white top, yellow undersurface.

Contact Dick Farnsworth, (714) 678-2021.

HIGH ENERGY - Cocoon harness, converts to back pack, blue with rainbow chevron stripe. Odyssey parachute with red bridle, Ball vario 6.52, SN 4588, ICOM FM radio, model & number OC02AT and SN 406--066115. White Bell helmet w/headset, blue ski jumpsuit.

Canyon Lake, CA the weekend ofJune4. Contact Tom Oeftering, (714) 843-0711. $300 reward if found.

WILLS WING SPORT EUROPEAN 167 - Serial Number 14034, orange leading edge, spectrum cloth, white rear body. Stolen 4/21/88 at Chattanooga, Tennessee, at the Nationals, from Super 8 motel, off Rich Pfeiffer's car, along with Steve Luna's W.W. H.P. II. WILLS WING HP II - Full Race, pacific blue leading edge, rest is white. 2 sets of competition numbers on the trailing edge. Stolen on 4/21/88 at the Nationals, from the Super 8 motel in Chattanooga, TN. $200 reward, no questions asked. Contact Steve Luna, (714) 980-2378.

STOLEN WINGS are listed as a service to USHGA members. There is no charge for this service and lost and found wings or equipment may be called in to the office for immediate inclusion in Hang Gliding. Please do call to cancel the listing when gliders are recovered.

Periodically, this listing will be purged.

INDEX TO ADVERTISERS Aerial Tease ...................................... 9 Advanced Air Technology ........... 21 AirWorks ........................................ 12 Ball Varios ...................................... 21 Brauniger ........................................ 26 Bredel Tours ................................... 21 BRS .................................................. 20 Colorado Hang Gliding ................ 34 Delta Wing .......................... 15,45,BC Hall Bros ......................................... 21 High Energy Sports ..................... .45 LMFP ....................................... 9,35 ,46 Micro flight ........................................ 2 Moyes .............................................. 36 Pacific Airwave ................................ l Publitec ........................................... 35 Seedwings ....................................... 13 Sport Aviation ................................ 41 Thermal Tours .............................. .45 UP International ............................ 48 USHGA ..................................... 4,IBC Wills Wing ....................... 16,17,29,31 World Team ................................ .IFC 47

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