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Hang Gliding Nostalgia -

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by JeffElgart The state of the sport in the summer of 1972.

Pilot Profile -

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by john Heiney Would you believe that Dick built and flew a Rogallo wing at the age of nine in

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by Peter Debellis The first article in a three-part series on foreign soar in'.

33 1993 USHGA Regional Director Election Candidate resumes for l 994 Regional Director positions. Be sure to vote and fill out our annual questionnaire.

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Accident Reports .................................... 12

Airmail ....................................................... 7

USHGA Reports .................................... 15

Update ..................................................... 10

Competition Corner ............................... 42

Calendar of Events ................................... 14

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G ii Dodgen, Editor/Art Director John Heiney, Leroy Grannis Photographers Harry Martin, Illustrator Dennis Pagen, G.W. Meadows, Rob Richardson Staff Writers Tim Rinker, Design Consultant Office Staff Jerry Bruning, Executive Director Greg Huller, Ratings & ICP's PJ More, Special Projects & Competitions Jeff Elgart, Advertising D. Dean Leyerle, lnsuarnce & Merchandise Se1Vices Karen Simon, Member Se1Vices USHGA Officers and Executive Committee: Gregg Lawless, President Paul Voight, Vice President Russ Locke, Secretar,, Dan Johnson, Treasurer

REGION 1: Gene Matthews. REGION 2: Lynda Nelson, Russ Locke, Ray Leonard. REGION 3: Joe Greblo, Sandy King, Gregg Lawless. REGION 4: Glen Nicolet. REGION 5: Mike King. REGION 6: Ron Kenney. REGION 7: Bill Bryden. REGION 8: Randy Adams. REGION 9: Pete Lehmann, William Bennett. REGION 10: Matt Taber, Rick Jacob. REGION11: Jeff Hunt. REGION 12: Paul Voight, Paul Rikert. DIRECTORS AT LARGE: Dan Johnson, Jerry Forburger, Jan Johnson, Dennis Pagen. HONORARY DIRECTORS: Ken Brown, Jim Zeiset, Doug Hildreth, G.W. Meadows, Tom Kreyche, Mike Meier, Rob Kells, Fred Stockwell, Gregg McNamee, Michael Robertson, Dave Broyles. EX-OFFICIO DIRECTORS: Art Greenfield (NAA), Ken Baier (Paragliding). The United States Hang Gliding Association Inc. is an air sports organization affiliated with the National Aeronautic Association (NAA) which is the official representative of the Federation Aeronautique Internationale (FA!), of the world governing body for sport aviation. The NAA, which represents the U.S. at FAI meetings, has delegated to the USHGA supe1Vision 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, and to provide an educational forum 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, selfaddressed return envelope must be enclosed. Notification must be made of submission to other hang gliding publications. HANG GLIDING magazine rese1Ves the right to edit contributions where necessary. The Association and publication do not assume responsibility for the material or opinions of contributors. HANG GLIDING editorial offices: 6950 Aragon Circle, Suite 6, 13uena Park, CA 90620 (714) 994-3050. HANG GLIDING (ISSN 0895-433x) is published monthly by the United States Hang Gliding Association, Inc., 559 E. Pikes Peak Ave., Suite 101, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80903 (719) 632-8300. FAX (719) 632-6417. Second-class postage is paid at Colorado Springs, CO and at additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: SEND CHANGE OF ADDRESS TO: HANG GLIDING, P.O. BOX 8300, Colorado Springs, co 80933-8300. The USHGA is a member-controlled sport organization dedicated to the exploration and promotion of all facets of unpowered ultralight flight, and to the education, training and safety of its memberhip. Membership is open to anyone interested in this realm of flight. Dues for full membership are $49.00 per year (of which $ 15 goes to the publication of Hang Gliding), ($55 Canada & Mexico, $60 foreign); subscription rates only are $35.00 ($40 Canada & Mexico, $50 foreign). Changes of address should be sent six weeks in advance, including name, USHGA number, previous and new address, and a mailing label from a recent issue.

OCTOBER 1993

VOLUME 23, ISSUE No. 10

Air Mail PILOT ADVISORY Dear Editor, Lately it has come to my attention from being both a shop owner and a Regional Director, that too many pilots are trusting their ultimate safety to others. This is not to say char their trust is misplaced, rather it is to point out that in our sport the pilot has the last word when it comes to his or her own well-being. In particular, the same problem has been recurring, and chat is reserve parachute installation. There will be no names mentioned because that is not relevant; what is important to remember is that each pilot must rake the time and make the effort to both mentally and physically go over his resetve system. This is much more easily done in the comfort of one's home than at 10,000 feet while cussing and praying. My point is chat each pilot must analyze the workings of his system and then see if in fact it will function properly. This is a worthwhile check. No one intentionally mal<es a mistake, and there is no reason for a pilot to pay for someone else's oversight. If you truly can't bring yourself to competently check our your system, there are reserve clinics and many qualified shops. Please take the rime so chat we can all keep flying safely together.

on final approach who has rocked up and notice how much effort they must put into pulling in on the downtubes just to maintain speed. As the glider slowed down in ground effect, I could easily raise my hands to the downtubes for the flare. I originally bought the Z-1 because of its reputation for comfort. The long pipes on both sides of the harness back form a pilot suspension system that rakes the load off the pilot's back. I have not had any discomfort while flying the Z-1 over three or four hours. U.S. World Team members who are sponsored by Wills Wing (and often fly for reasonably long distances) fly the Z-1. All this was good news until I saw Kari Castle's new Z-1 (she used to fly a Z-3) at the Nationals in Lakeview. You can see it for yourself in the centerspread of the August issue of Hang Gliding. This streamlined model has no bulky outside pockets (except for the parachute) and plenty of zippered inside ones. The harness bag is an integral part of the harness (look on her back). Like all Z-l's (and Z-3's for that matter) it is beautifully and ruggedly constructed. I want to commend Wills Wing for building a great (iflittle used, as my harness was numbered 079) harness for advanced pilots. My only recommendation is to put stronger tubes in the frame. Davis Straub Seattle, WA

Ray Leonard Carson City, NV

Z-1 HARNESS COMMENTS Dear Editor, It took quite a while to get used to it, especially the 40 pounds of force that rocked me back down whenever I tried to pull myself up on the downtubes. I had gotten used to the Sport Keller HighTech which allowed me to fly standing up, if I so desired, and was quite a pussy cat on landing. With my new Wills Wing Z-1, I could barely come near the spot, much less hit it. Six months later I began to see the point, i.e., with the point of attachment of the harness back so far, I didn't have to muscle the glider in on final. J use by keeping my hands on the basetube it was easy to pull in for all the speed I needed (I didn't have to work against my body). Check out someone

TUDOR COMMENTS COMMENT Dear Editor, Needless to say, Lany Tudor was, is and with his knowledge and skills, even if he stops flying today - will, continue to be one of the best hang glider pilots ever. I don't know the requisites for making the U.S. World Team, but ifI were to choose, Larry would definitely be on it. Anyway, I'm also writing to make a correction about the letter in the June issue. Lany claims to be the current South American X-C record holder at 227 km. This distance was surpassed by a Brazilian pilot named Luiz Roberto Formiga with a flight of236.5 km in November 1992. Formiga wasn't canying a barograph, therefore this is not an official FAI record. Bur

~ Air Mail this distance was flown during a meet, so down here no one challenges it. Philip Haegler Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

sure that Bob will respond with further comments and this controversy will remain in contention to amuse the readers for many more years to come. Tim Felder Greenville, SC

UNACHIEVABLE TURNS GETTING PUBLISHED Dear Editor, I have been following the debate between Bob Ormiston, Davis Straub and Dennis Pagen. Since I am only a Hang II my opinion may not have much credence, but here goes. I think Bob is mistaken when he implies that stable, coordinated turns in a hang glider are not possible because you have to push out to prevent the nose from diving, thus the nose is not level and the turn is not coordinated. I don't understand what difference it makes to a coordinated turn that the nose is not level. A stable turn is one in which airspeed is constant, the bank angle is constant, the angle of attack is constant, and rate of descent is constant. A coordinated turn is one in which the glider is neither skidding nor slipping, and the pilot is basically centered laterally on the control bar. Since our engine is potential energy (altitude), the result is that our turns induce a greater sink rate than straight-line flight, and a turn is actually a helical and not a circular path. We substitute a vertical component of airspeed and sink for engine thrust, but the horizontal components of the mechanics of turning are essentially the same as for a powered airplane. The only reason a lot of my turns are not coordinated and stable is lack of skill. Bob's chart for an 85° bank shows sink rates for airspeed as low as 55 mph. A simple calculation shows that 85° of bank will produce 11.5 G's, which will probably overstress the glider as well as the pilot, and if it did not, would certainly induce a stall at the maximum glider VNE. Therefore, to say that Dennis Pagen's formula does not work at 85° of bank is moot, since 85° of bank is not achievable anyway. Bob's assertion that turns at near 90° angle of bank do not produce infinite G's is not correct if we are talking about stable, coordinated turns. Of course it is possible to maneuver the wing to a 90° angle with the horizontal, as this is commonly done by our-of-control Hang II's and experienced pilots doing wingovers. IfI am wrong (or even ifI am not) I am

Dear Editor, First, congratulations on your magazine; it has come a long way, and you are putting out an enjoyable read that keeps me well informed on the U.S. hang gliding scene. That said, I have a few gripes I would like to air. First, can we examine the Dennis Pagen phenomenon? In the August 1993 edition of the magazine Mr. Pagen's writings appear no fewer than three times - two articles and a letter. I have nothing against Mr. Pagen, and he writes a lot of interesting, sensible articles. My objection is the fact that we hear so often and so profusely from the gentleman in the pages of Hang Gliding, are Mr. Pagen's contributions so important that other members ofUSHGA do not get a look-in, in the magazine? A while back you requested that members send you articles and photographs for possible publication. I dutifully penned a stmy about a hang gliding incident in Oklahoma. It was a fun tale with an interesting message but was never used. Previously, I penned you an article about a hang gliding trip to Mexico, which suffered the same fate. You may say I'm a frustrated author griping, but I am also a former newspaper reporter and editor, and my reasonably legible efforts have graced the pages of many newspapers and magazines. I have several story ideas that I'm sure would interest your readers, but I am less than encouraged. Tell me, what does it take to get into print in Hang Gliding} Should I change my name to Philip Pask-Pagen? Philip Pask Calgary, Alberta

Unfortunately (or perhaps fortunately), I receive much more unsolicited material than our limited space will allow me to publish, and I must considerfoctors such as variety, balance, whether or not an article will be dated, concerns a safety issue or USHGA business,

etc. IfI run an article orphoto which is no better than another that has been submitted, someone is sure to be offended. I apologize far this. It is not a bad idea to contact me about an article you have in mind before writing it. The best approach is to give me a quick call at (714) 994-3050, since I am also Hang Gliding's secretary, and typing coirespondence is time consuming. - Ed

OXYGEN COMMENTS Dear Editor, Since the introduction of our EDS (Electronic Oxygen Delive1y System) we have received many orders and inquiries from pilots who fly all sorts of aircraft. The single most asked question has been, "Is this some repackaged medical thing?" The answer is simply NO! The EDS has been developed from the ground up specifically for sport aviation, complete with a density altitude barometer calibrated for human requirements automatically delivering oxygen for differing pressure altitudes and temperatures. In addition, the EDS is based on research derived from two respiratory physiologists who discovered, researched and proved the bolus (pulsing) respiration technique for the positive administration and conserving of oxygen. Therefore, it came as no real surprise when some pilots, looking for something smaller and better than constant flow systems, said that they tried some of the medical pulsing-type units that simply proved useless for aviation and wanted to make sure the EDS was not another medical unit. However, what did come as a surprise is that this bolus technique is known by many pilots who work in some area of the medical profession, saying "it was great that someone developed an aviation breathing device utilizing this technique with the needed barometer automatically adjusting to the pilots needs." I thought I would have to educate my audience. So far about 20% of our users have reported back that the EDS works very well and is extremely easy to use. I would like to hear from the other 80%. Patrick McLaughlin Men. High E&S Co. 51612thAve. Salt Lake City, UT 84103

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Update

Kevlar Lines

UP X-C HARNESS ADVISORY A few X-C Harness back frames were made smaller than the normal product line. In some cases these frames can come apart as a result of the extra space in the frame container. However, the backup webbing is attached to the leg straps and the bottom chest buckle, thus making a continuous webbing system. If the frame came apart the only danger would be that you would be hanging a bit crooked and lower. All UP X-C Harnesses were made with a kevlar side support strap (see diagram). This line is important to the structural integrity of the harness, and the frame and should never be flown without it. If your harness is missing this line or your harness back frame is loose, please contact UP at 1-800-COME-2-UP and we will send you a new line as well as a basic frame modification kit at no extra charge.

WORLD TEAM GLIDER SWEEPSTAKES

.USHGA would like to thank the followmg sponsors:

On September 1, 1993 the World Team Sweepstakes drawing took place at USHGA Headquarters. Thanks to the many generous sponsors who supported this event; we had almost 100 prizes to give away, everything from a CG harness to tow-launch checklists, with the grand prize being a glider (hang or para) of the winner's choice. The World Team and USHGAwould like to congratulate WILLIAM "WILL:' SWANSON, the winner of this year's drawing. Will, from Indialantic Florida, has chosen a WILLs Wing Super Sport (a decision that took about a half second for him to make). Will started hang gliding some 18 years ago with a Seagull, which he upgraded to a Seahawk (and lived to tell about it). Congratulations Will! Now it's time to fly a modern hang glider.

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AIRZONE BANDANAS AirZone introduces "Team Nice" bandanas. The bandanas are designed for pilots who want to show their support of the Team Nice concept of"fun first," by wearing one of these colorful bandanas. Manufactured in a 50/50 blend of cotton and polyester, these 22" x 22" bandanas have the Team Nice logo silkscreened on them. Excellent stocking stuffers for Christmas and a great gift for anybody who believes in the joy of the journey first. Available in royal blue/red, yellow/red, and white/red, the bandanas sell for $6.00 each (includes S/H and sales tax) or package of three (one of each color) for $15.00. Contact: AirZone, 294 Sharpe Rd., Anacortes, WA 98221 (206) 293-3282.

FLIGHT COMPUTING CATALOG™ ANNOUNCES FALL EDITION Novato, CA - Flight Computing Catalog is pleased to announce its fall 1993 edition. The 64-page, full-color catalog offers a complete line of aviation related computer software and peripherals including flight simulation, flight planning and navigation, business and aircraft management, and flight games products.

'1 'be catalog has been redesigned and reorganized for increased product infor-rnation and case of use. The product presentation emulates the PC Windows environment. Products are featured in a main window wirh pull-down windows listing system requirements for that particular product. Similar products are grouped together for case of reference and a table of contents is given on tbc inside cover. With the foll '93 catalog also comes Flight Computing Catalog's "lowest price guarantee." "Now cusromcrs can be assured that they will receive the same low prices offered by manufacturers' direct outlets and warehouse stores. And they also know they need only make one phone call for all rheir flight computing needs," says Nancy Palozola, and pilot who, with her rnother, Marion Jayne (co-founder of'failwinds Catalog), rook second place in the 1992 'Round the World Air Race. In strengthening their commitment to after-sale support, the staff at Plight Computing ( :aralog has in troduccd "double product support" with the foll catalog. In addition to manufacturers' product support, an in-house technical support team is now available to answer questions and trouble shoot, as well as provide a liaison between customers and manufacturers. '!t.x:h support can be reached at (415) 883-7300. For a free copy of Flight Computing Catalog call (800) 992-7'737, or contact: Ron SutcliHc:, 42 Digital Suire 14, Novato, CA 94949 (4 15) 883-7300, Fax (415) 883-7599.

1--ligh-Lcvd Hang Gliding welcomes U.S. pilots to Pepino Beach, Rio de Janeiro, for a hm and exciting hang glidcompctition. 'This meet, held December 1993 offers$ I 0,000 (U.S.) in money. T:c1sks will be speed over small triangles and duration (maximum one hour), all in a one·mHrne fcmnat with spot landing.

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Hang glider pilots across North America will be excited to learn about an organization dedicated to the study and conservation of' hawks, eagles, fc1lcons, and other birds of prey. It is called HawkWatch Jntemational (HWf). With offices in Albuquerque and Salt Lake, they direct scientific field crews in seven western states, censusing migrating hawks and eagles each spring and fall along mountaintop flyways. These stan-dardized counts are used to assess the status and trends of these majestic creatures, with the hope that any declines can be reversed bdc)re a species is threatened with extinction. Field volunteers also capture and tag the migrat"ing birds. The primary go;il of this work is to ensure the long-term he1lt:l1 of our raptor popula tions rn keep them flying free! Hawk Watch lnternational's darn is an important somce of information for ass,css1111g long·term raptor population trends, and for learning more about the birds' migratory habits and threats to their survival in the wild. HWf also works to involve rhe public. They encourage visitation to all of their field projects, and train hundreds of students and volunteers in raptor field study methods. Furthermore, they take injured, unreleasable birds of prey into school classrooms, civic duh meetings, and ro various public events. Anyone interested in visiting a HawkWatch International project this fall (October is ideal lc)r observing migration) should contacr one of their offices for a map and other information pertinent ro your visit. In addition, you can support this important work by becoming a member. All members receive discounts on books and other merchandise, special hawk-watching tours and other opportunities, as well as HWI's 011tstanding quarterly publica· tion, RrtptorV0.r.tch. It is packed with information on their research findings

and worldwide raptor conservation issues; it even features a "Kid's Page" to get youngsters more involved. Individual memberships arc Or, starting at you can "adopt" a wild, banded hawk for yourself or a special friend. Adoption packages include HWI membership, along with a color photo, a certificate with your bird's vital statistics, and periodic updates on the activities of your wild, free-living raprnr. Ten species arc available for adoption. What a great gift for a hang gliding enthusiast who loves to soar with the hawks! Contact: HawkWatch lmernational, l~O. Box 660, Salt Lake City, UT 84110, or P.O. Box 35706, Allmqucrque, NM 87176, or call roll free: l (800)

Le/i to right: former '/JJHGA President D,we Weise; Donnita Hall, Brad Hall, President. The of San Diego has transforrcd concession rights at 'forrey Pines, California to UP Products and its execu-tive vice president Monte Bell, ending a pilot boycott of over two years. The rights are for five years with a midterm review. Bell, a pilot himself; told Torrey Pines Hang Gliding Association members that he intends to remove all buildings from the hilltop where rhey creare a rotor hazard, putting them hclow the airflow pattern. Bell also said he would resrorc lost tie·down space and restricted landing area. The much-criticized diesel genera-tors are now silent at the motorless flying site. H/\NC CIIDINC

Update "It should be a happy five years," said TPHGA president Brad Hall. "The old camaraderie is alive and well. We look forward to a great partnership with UP and all other flight disciplines that call Torrey Pines home." The club celebrated the new situation with a party and fly-in held on August 8. Paraglider pilots were invited. The hostess was hang gliding's first woman pilot, Donnita Hall, who flew during the afternoon. Photographers LeRoy Grannis and Bettina Gray attended the party. Jon Lindburg (who has 5,000 hours of logged flying time), was greatly pleased with the new arrangement, as were Masters Champion Dave Ledford, local pro Dave Beardslee and present and past club presidents Brad Hall, Dave Weise and Geoffrey Martyn. The party was so successful it was determined to plan a larger one later, inviting all friends of the site.

was made by a committee chosen by the Association. The committee's membership represented a broad range of the aerospace community and was drawn from the Aero Club of Washington, the Aerospace Industries Association of America, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Air Force Magazine, and the National Aeronautic Association itself. The citation accompanying this major award reads, in part: "For extraordinary achievement, creative effort and inspired leadership in the design and development of aircraft engines and their applications for tens of thousands of commercial and military aircraft in worldwide use." Neumann's previous awards from the NAA include both the 1959 Collier Trophy and designation in 1984 as an "Elder Statesman of Aviation."

GERHARD NEUMANN WINS COVETED WRIGHT BROTHERS MEMORIAL TROPHY

VISION CLASSIC SERIES RETURNS TO THE EAST COAST

Officials of the National Aeronautic Association announced today that Gerhard Neumann has been selected as the 1993 recipient of the prestigious Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy. He was nominated by Brian Rowe, President and Chief Executive Officer of GE Aircraft Engines, which Neumann served for nearly 30 years as Vice President and Group Executive. Neumann was chosen from a distinguished list of prominent aviation pioneers nominated from throughout industry, government and other sectors of the aviation community. Since 1948, the Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy has been presented annually" ... for significant public service of enduring value to aviation in the United States." It is one of the most coveted of all aviation awards. The Trophy will be presented at a luncheon sponsored by the Aero Club of Washington on December 17, the 90th anniversary of the Wright Brothers' first powered flight. Selection of Neumann for this award

The Vision Classics are all about fun. If you have any model Vision, or know someone from whom you can borrow one, get it, come on out and have some fun. Pacific Airwave has sponsored five Vision Classics thus far and each has been a success, judging by the fun had by all. Vision Classics are usually spot landing in format, with bomb drop, duration, pylons and generally tasks set up to suit the conditions, site and skills of the pilots. Hang I's through V's are invited to attend. Sue Gale (formerly Sue Christie) will be the Pacific Airwave representative on hand to ensure that Vision Classic participants have all the fun allowed by the Laws of Nature. Demo gliders will be available for qualified pilots. A Pac Air host barbecue and party will take place on the Saturday of each weekend. Bring out your friends and family for a good time for all. Entry fee is $15 and includes an event T-shirt, prize qualification and barbecue.

October 1993

Dates and locations are: October 2-3, Mountain Wings Flight Park, Ellenville, New York; October 9-10, Morningside Flight Park, Claremont, New Hampshire; October 16-17, Baltimore/D.C. Clubs, The Pulpit, High Rock, etc.; October 23-24, Kitty Hawk Kites, Nags Head, North Carolina.

USHGA MEMBERSHIP DEMOGRAPHICS Number of Full Memberships (Full, Family, Lifetime) (911/92) Region 1) 2) 3)

4) 5) 6) 7) 8)

9) 10) 11) 12) 13) TOTAL

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1,625

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13 41 61

557

67 52 42 133

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1,723

255

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fl Accident Reports by Doug Hildreth) USHGA Accident Review Chairman

vent: An intermediate pilot was launching in strong breeze with wire assistance. The pilot cleared his wire crew and then hesitated for several seconds. Just as he started to launch, one wing lifted and he ground looped off to the side of launch. Suggestion for prevention: launch as soon as balanced and wire men have cleared. This happens all too often; the pilot clears, and then waits. Although we cannot run over our wire men, the longer we delay the more certain we are to become unbalanced and jeopardize our launch in one way or another. I am frankly surprised that there are not more of these kinds of accidents from what I see as I watch launches. Clearing and then waiting is simply too dangerous. A similar scenario occurs when a novice (or sometimes intermediate or advanced) pilot lifts the glider in light wind and stands on launch. And stands and stands. This always results in the pilot becoming tired, along with a steady deterioration in concentration and a decreasing confidence level. In both situations it is far better to prepare and go, or prepare, and if it is not right, set it down. But do not get ready and then just stand there, in high winds or low.

Event: Advanced pilot was landing in scrub sage brush which was one to two feet tall. His feet dragged through the sage, and on flare one foot got caught, resulting in a one-legged landing, tearing ligaments in his knee. Suggestion for prevention: don't drag your toes. Pretend the ground is at the top of the ground cover. Flare as though you will land on the top of the brush. You will then have to drop one or two feet more to really hit the ground. But you won't become entangled in the grass, brush, etc. Strong flare, hold it up, drop straight down. 12

Event: Novice pilot with considerable experience at the local site came into LZ after glass-off flight. Found bouyant conditions over the LZ and had a bit of trouble getting down. Set up his final approach about halfway down the large landing field. The bouyant air caused him to overshoot. This became clear early in his path down the LZ, but he made no effort to turn or modify his flight path. Stalled at the end of the field and dropped to the ground, breaking his arm. Comment: In glass-off conditions, and also in the evening when the warm ground air can be bouyant, expect to be getting lift off the LZ. Use ALL of the landing field. You may come up short and have to walk to the break down area, but you won't run out of field. Event: Intermediate pilot with launch skills that had been deteriorating started his launch run unbalanced. The left wing dragged through the brush, and the turn sent the pilot into a tree. Fortunately, the pilot escaped injury. The report comments: "If he had missed the lone tree, he probably would have died." His flying partner had been concerned about his launch skills and chose to launch last, in case something happened. (Do you do that for your friends?) After the crash, his friend and other pilots encouraged him to return to the training hill and helped him regain his prior launching skills. (How many times have you gone back to the training hill with a Hang IV pilot and helped him improve his launches?) The pilot made his own decision to return to the training slope and work on his launches, and to ask others to critique his technique and help him regain his old form. (Would you have the courage and take the time and effort to do that?)

DENNIS HADFIELD ACCIDENT REPORT FOLLOW-UP

Submitted by Dave Robson) Acting President, Rocky Mountain Hang Gliding Association

memorial fund has been started in the name of Dennis Hadfield.

Contributions will be invested in a longterm fund for the future education of his two young children. Please make checks payable to: The Dennis Hadfield Memorial Fund c/o New Accounts First Bank of West Arvada P.O. Box 507 Arvada, CO 80001

The bank will record the names of contributors, but not the amounts contributed, for presentation to his family. It is important that Dennis' friends and fellow pilots support this fund, regardless of the amount.

BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION/REPORT INTO FATALITY AT WILLIAM'S PEAK, COLORADO, JULY 11, 1993 This is provided as background information only, and is not intended to draw any conclusions as to fault or cause of this accident. This report has been compiled after conversations with eyewitnesses to the accident, and fellow pilots who have shared the air with Dennis in the past. Dennis Hadfield was a Hang IV pilot from the early days of flying. His flying years were from the mid ?O's to the early 80's when he dropped out of the sport. At the time he had a lot of skill, hours and experience. Dennis returned to flying in the fall of 1992. He spent some time at the

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Accident Reports ~ training hill in north Boulder, Colorado adjusting to today's higher performance gliders and shaking off the rust. He began towing in October, 1992 and was taken under the wings of some fellow pilots and old friends from the early days. From October through June, Dennis had completed more than 60 tow flights with some ranging from 45 minutes to one hour. By July, 1993 he had regained his flying skills, and was at the point where he was deemed ready by his flying partners to return to the mountains. On July 10, 1993, Dennis and friends went to William's Peak, Colorado, a Hang III, (sponsored Hang II) site. This is approximately a 2,300-foot AGL site with launch at approximately 10,200 feet MSL. The main LZ is located directly out from the hill (south-southwest) at a distance of approximately three miles. This was to be Dennis' first mountain flight in many years, as well as his first foot launch at altitude in as long. Saturday's flight saw a less-than-good

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ly lower on the hill than Vern, who was on launch at the time. He then cartwheeled his right wing up the hill into Vern's right wing, hitting it at the crossbar junction. He continued to cartwheel until he came to rest. The impact shock was great enough to force Vern to launch rather than tumble down the hill. He immediately turned back to the hill and, fortunately, landed higher on the hill in a more level area and was unhurt. Dennis was removed from the wreckage and CPR was initiated. CPR continued for one hour 10 minutes until the paramedics arrived afrer suffering a vehicular breakdown on the six-mile road to launch. The Sheriff transported them the rest of the way to launch. Flight for Life was called in and arrived 10-15 minutes later. Dennis was transported to a Denver area hospital where I believe he was then pronounced dead. Dennis is survived by his parents, two children and a stepchild. A memorial fund has been set up in his name ~ for his children. ~

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launch, with Dennis jumping into the glider too soon and not taking enough steps to build speed, but he pulled it off. He was sponsored and wired off by Gary Folkers and myself. His launch was followed by a good 1-112 hour flight with Dennis on top most of the time in his UP C-2 165. Saturday night a discussion of the day's flights was held along with Dennis' launch problems earlier in the day. Dennis and friends returned to William's on Sunday July 11. Dennis launched at about 1:00 pm, and according to Gary Folkers, the wireman and eyewimess, had a much better launch than on Saturday. However, a right turn developed after launch and continued without any attempt at correction until the glider crashed back onto the launch site. When Dennis impacted the hill, his cum had carried him at estimated 10-20 degrees past perpendicular to the hill. He first contacted the hill with the lefr wing, control frame and body impacting slight-

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I• Calendar of Events Calendar of events items WILL NOT be listed if only tentative. Please include exact information (event, date, contact name and phone number). Items should be received no later than six weeks prior to the event. We request two months lead time for regional and national meets. Until September: Montana Cross Country Challenge. For entry info and forms contact: Roger Lockwood, P.O. Box 234, Fort Benton, MT 59442 (406) 622-5677. Until Dec. 1: Mountain Wings 3rd

Annual "up the valley run" X-C Challenge. $100 to the pilot with the longest flight north and $200 to the first to land at Rhinebeck Airport. First place gets name on perpetual trophy. $15 entry. Oct. 2-3: 2nd Annual Vision Classic and pig roast. Low key fun fly-in, tuning and maintenance seminar with Ken Brown of Pac Air. Contact: Mountain Wings, 150 Canal St., Ellenville, NY 12428 (914) 647-3377. Until Dec. 1: 1993 Region 9 Yearlong XC Contest. Recognizes the longest flights flown in Region 9 between Feb. 1 and Dec. 1. $5 entry fee. Contact: Pete Lehmann (412) 6613474 (before 9:00 pm), fax (412) 661-3436.

Oct. 1-3: 3rd Annual Reunion of Kingman Army Airfield. Looking for former military and civilian personnel and families. Public welcome. Displays, air show and much more. Contact: Kingman Army Airfield, 6000 Flightline Dr., Box 3, Kingman, AZ 86401 (602) 7571892. Oct. 2-3: Hang Glider Emporium, Santa Barbara, CA (805) 965-3733. Oct. 9-10: Chandelle Hang Gliding, San Francisco, CA (415) 488-4202. Oct. 16-17: Mission Soaring Center, Milpitas, CA (408) 262-1055. Wills Wing Demo Days. Oct. 2-3: Gary Lagrone Memorial Fly-In, Point of the Mtn., UT. All proceeds go to "Save the Children." Hang gliding and paragliding, out-andreturn and air race. Prizes for top three places in each category. Entry $25. Contact: Valerie Carroll, 11982 S. 700 W., Draper, UT 84020 (801) 572-5869, fax (801) 262-8656. Oct. 8-10: USHGAfoll board ofdirectors meeting, Manchester, NH. Contact: USHGA headquarters (719) 6328300.

Oct. 8-10: Basic/Advanced ICP. Contact: Bill Fifer (616) 922-2844 (Michigan). Oct. 9-10: Columbus Day Fly-In, Dry Canyon, Alamogordo, NM. No fees, just come and fly! Meet at Dry Canyon LZ on Florida Ave. in Alamogordo, 9:00 AM. Contact: Robin Hastings (505) 382-7446. Oct. 16-17: 6th Annual Outer Banks Stunt Kite Competition. Oct. 23-24: 2nd Annual Vision Classic. Pac Air brings the latest gliders for fun competition on the sand dunes. Contact: Kitty Hawk Kites, 3933 S. Croatan Hwy., Nags Head, NC (919) 4414124. Oct. 23-24: Aerobatics Competition. 21st is a learn-to-tow day in the Reno desert. Competition judged by Tom Low. Contact: Steve Bickford (707) 963-3455. Dec. 2-5: HG Competition in Rio de Janeiro (Pepino Beach). $10,000 prize money, speed over small triangles, duration (max 1 hr.), on-on-one with spot landing. Contact: Pedro Matos 55-21-581-9624 (FAX).

Until Dec. 1: Tennessee Tree Toppers Yearlong X-C Contest. Flights must be flown from TTT sites. T-shirts, jackets, trophies. Submit entries to: TTT. P. 0. Box 1286, Dunlap, TN 37327. Oct. 1-3: October's Best Fly-In, 1993, sponsored by the Sauratown Mountain Hang Gliding Club in North Carolina. Great Autumn flying with cash prizes and "June Bug's Famous Barbecue Chicken Dinner." The flying site features three different launches that face SE, SW and NW and handles everything in between. Free camping in the LZ. Contact: Mike Nester (919) 983-0875 or Doug Rice (919) 994-4377. 14

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1993 Fall Board of Directors Meeting Tentative Agenda

he fall Board of Directors meeting will be had at the Sheraton Tara Hotel in Nashua, New Hampshire October 8-10, 1993. The board meeting is open to all interested members who choose to attend. The following agenda items will be subject to Committee/BOD review/action at this meeting.

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USHGA annual award nominations. Cross Country Awards program/status.

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1993 U.S. World Team Championship recognition. World Team raffle/fund-raising results. 1993 World Team advertising funding/ cost/ reimbursement. USHGA funding recommendation for World Team support ($10,000 annually). 1994 Women's World Meet sanction - Lake Chelan, Washington. U.S. Women's Team Leader appointment. 1993 U.S. Nationals competition review/ results.

INSURANCE COMMITTEE

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"New" board member orientation kit proposal.

October 1993

USHGA liability insurance program. Liability amount limit. Chapter insurance purchases school use/member restrictions. Insurance loss claim record review. Renewal premium cost outlook. Board of Directors liability policy coverage. Continuation coverage requirements/needs. 1993 fatality reviews - HG/PG.

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Program activity reports: - Sun 'n Fun & Oshkosh - Rocky Mtn. Air Fair - National Fly-In - USHGA Russian Hang Gliding Tour Joint air sport organization activities/plans.

Advanced maneuvers clinic requiremen ts/ standards. Paragliding clinics. Who administers/hosts? Standard requirements needed for all. Special skills ratings on cards. Paragliding instructor renewal requirements. Paragliding instructor written examination status.

PLANNING COMMITTEE Five-year plan review. Update: trends, changes, new objectives.

PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE

MEMBERSHIP & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE •

ELECTIONS/ALLOCATIONS COMMITTEE

FAR 103 subcommittee/work group representation - FAA meetings. USHGA BOD ideas/input re: FAR 103 rewrite. Tandem/Aero-Towing Exemption considerations. FAI activity report. International competition insurance liability concerns.

Regional realignment effective January 1, 1994. Honorary/At Large Director nomination discussion.

1992 audit report results. Financial operation results as of August 31, 1993. Functional cost accounting update. 1994 preliminary budget projections. 1994 Headquarters salaty program proposal. 1994 USHGA dues structure review/discussion.

USHGA merchandise program HG/PG. USHGA school membership proposal. 1994 promotion plans.

NATIONAL COORDINATING COMMITTEE

FINANCE COMMITTEE

AWARDS COMMITTEE

WORLDWIDE COMPETITION COMMITTEE

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Editor's report. 1994 ad rate change - new brochure. 1994 calendar cost/ distribution efforts. Hang Gliding! Paragliding information booklets for general PR use. Hang Gliding newsstand survey results. Hang Gliding editor compensation schedule review.

~ USHGA Reports Hang Gliding publication costs competitive printing bids. Paragliding - The Magazine - cost, quantity, schedule, etc.

SAFETY & TRAINING

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Modification of certain SOP 12-7 revocation procedures. Modification of Observer responsibilities to agree with SOP 12-7. Renewal process - ICP Administrator instructorships. Discuss Observer rating requirement change from Intermediate to Advanced.

TANDEM COMMITTEE Tandem instruction/recreation flights - regulations, exemption, alternatives. Modification of PG tandem terms from two years to three years to match HG tandem term.

TOWING COMMITTEE Aero-towing exemption status FAR 103 input. Discuss standards for tow drivers.

GENERAL SESSION SITE COMMITTEE • • • •

Review national site guide progress. Environmental issues - endangered species impacts at established sites. Militaty operations impact on restricted airspace areas. Review of problem membership site issues.

Officer term limitation discussion. Executive Committee - restructure ideas. Report on Women's Sports Foundation activities. 1994 USHGA officer election process. New business items. Select fall 1994 BOD meeting site.

FAA Airspace Reclassification Clarification by Glen Nicolet, Region IV Director Chairman, Safery and Training Committee

he article in the August issue of Hang Gliding titled "FAA Airspace Reclassification'' by Alan Chuculate was excellent and contained much needed information about the changes taking place. I would encourage everyone to dig out a sectional, read, and reread this article to become fully familiar with the airspace in which we fly. There are a few points in Alan's article that need further clarification in order to prevent any misunderstanding. These

items have been corrected in the upcoming issue of Paragliding the Magazine. This time the article will also contain some very good graphics depicting the different types of airspace. First, when Alan referred to " ... two other groups of special use airspace," he stated in reference to the first group " ... effectively (though not officially) be designated as Class A airspace. These are Prohibited Areas (PA), Restricted Areas (RA) and temporary areas designated by a

NOtice To AirMen (NOTAM) for space flight operations and government officials." Please note that Class A airspace used to be Positive Controlled Airspace (PCA) which lies at and above 18,000 feet. Prohibited and Restricted Areas are blocks of airspace and can be of any dimension, size and altitude from the ground up. Furthermore, they are controlled by a particular agency, either the government, militaty or FAA facility having jurisdiction over them. The only similarity is that you are not allowed to fly in these areas without first obtaining permission. Next, temporary areas for restriction into certain airspace may be published through NOTAM's (NOTAM's are also used for many other types of Notices to Airmen), and can be for any altitude from the ground up, and over any area of the ground (i.e., latitude and longitude). Although a NOTAM for a temporary restricted area may be designated for "space" flight operations, the correct word here should be "special" flight operations. Alan also commented: "The second group is effectively (though again not officially) designated as Class E airspace. These are: an Alert Area (AA), a Military Operating Area (MOA), a Milita1y Training Route (MTR), a Terminal Radar Service Area (TRSA), a Victor Airway (VA), and a Warning Area (WA)." While Alan's description of these areas is ve1y good, we should not compare this to Class E airspace. Although these areas are usually contained in Class E airspace, they can also go through other classes of airspace. Just keep in mind Alan's definition: "While legally we can enter and transit these areas, they are not what you would describe as user friendly airspace." Finally, under "Airspace Designations and Related Abbreviations" UA Uncontrolled Airspace can be effective up to 14,500 feet MSL, however, it is most often either 700 feet or 1,200 feet MSL. One last note: Review the Visual Flight Rules (VFR) minima and how they apply to the different types of airspace. Thanks again to Alan for his efforts in getting this word out to the pilots.

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he following arc excerpts from the August 1972 Ground Shimmer, a 22-pagc newsletter going out to the ] 88 members of rbe Southern Califim1ia Hang Gliding Association (predecessor of the USHGA, for those still wet behind the downtubes).

This from the Federal Aviation Administration: "We have been giving thought to the possible need frH regulation of hang gliding operations. At rhis moment, however, we foci that 'skysurfing' is a sport ing activity comparable to intentional para chute jumping." What kind of an equivalent is that?! Read on. "It is not our desire ro subject activities which make momentary or brief use of the airspace to federal regulations beyond what is necessary to protect air traffic and the general public." thank you, the general public is now safe ... and finally: "[ would like to express my gratitude for your comments and interest in aviation safety." Signed John W. Shafer, FAA Administrator. Could this have been the birih of ou self-regulaLion This first appeared in the August 1972 issue of

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fsn't that I such a groovy, far···Ollt expression. It dd1ni tcly reeks of die bell bottorn levi's, Three Dog Night, disco(ugh), and the beloved crasb--11-burn Standard Rogallo. I shudder when I sec that fasJi . . ion is making a comeback, and you gotta ask why, for those of us who survived this decade? What if all those lawn awnings mutated back into the Standards they once were? Talk about an insrructor's nightmare people dragging these relics into the shop, wanting to learn "hand" gliding. Sleysurfing was also a growing newsletter from the Boston Club. Just like (i'round Skimmer, Skysurfing increased quadfold in size during the previous three months of the summer of . Edited by Michael Markowski, it could have been yours fix just $G.OO per year, and covered gliding and attempted hang gliding activities on the "other " coast. hang gliding, I mean skysmflng, was the nation. Articles HANC CIIDINC,

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Illustrated.

MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION Along with your $2.00 annual membership application to the SCHGA was a questionnaire to fill out. One of the questions asked was, "If you own a completed ultralight glider, or are building one, please indicate here what type it is ____ . If it is under construction, indicate here what % done _ _ %, and estimated month of completion _ _ ." Can you imagine what the USHGA insurance unde1writer would think about this question today? Your dues would be a hell of a lot more than $49 a year. While sailplane home builders and the Soaring Society of America work together, that trend died (poor term) a long time ago in the hang gliding community, even though I handle about two letters a month here at headquarters concerning building one's own glider.

Yes hang gliding I mean skysurfing was sweeping the nation. Articles about hang gliding were surfacing in magazines such as Popular Mechanics and Sports 111 ustrated. 11

was at the John Montgomery meet. Spectators commented that it was an excellent ground handling show, but no airtime was achieved that day, partially due to the "porosity of its cotton-covered wings" (a far cry from materials used today). Four months later, the lower wing was covered with polyethylene. With a glide ratio of 4: 1 (where's my paraglider?) the Green Machine stalled at about 20 mph, and had " ... gained altitude in the phantom lift of Norco, and has almost sustained along the ridge at Playa Del Rey."

STRESS POINTS "There are flying kites (flat kites) and there are airplanes. In the former, weight shifting is (can be) adequate for maneuvering, but in the latter, some positive method of lateral control is a must." "At the present time few people realize how very easy it is to take off and land in an airworthy and controllable hang glider, under proper conditions. It is, in fact, probably the easiest of all aircraft to talce off and land. The unsympathetic person might pounce on the phrase 'under proper conditions' but every aircraft rype of which we know today is limited, by law as well as common sense, to a set of proper conditions, and the hang glider should be no exception. Given a proper site and a good breeze, a skillful pilot in a well-designed glider can be off the ground with about as little fuss as is involved in getting a surfboard moving." (How California!)

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS August 26-27: 2nd Annual John J. Montgomery Memorial Hang Glider Championships. Commemorating the 89th anniversary of John J. Montgomery's first

flight in a hang glider, August 28th, 1883. Site in San Diego, to be announced. September 32-24: Torrance Air Show, with static display by the SCHGA. November 25-26: 2nd Annual Hang Glider Turkey Fly. Site in L.A. area, to be announced.

THE BACK PAGE And finally, on the last page of this issue we have the advertising section - one page, four ads. One ad offers a complete description of the Icarus II for $10.00, while another will sell you literature, specs and a photo of the Volmer Jensen VJ-11 for just $2.00, although it does warn you that materials will probably cost approximately $200. And then we have bumper stickers for 35¢, with such classic slogans as "If birds can fly, so can I," "Is self flight only for birds? Skysurfl" and "Get hung up." For your copy of the 22-page, August 1972 Ground Skimme;; send $2.00 to USHGA, 8/72 Newsletter, P.O. Box 8300, Colorado Springs, CO 80933. Read about Tom Peghiny's Daedelus, The 2nd Annual John Montgomery 2nd Memorial Hang Glider Championships, Ornithopters and WA. Allen's literary masterpiece "Why I prefer Vehicles Motorless." There are also photo's of Bob Valentine's Flexi, Volmer Jensen's V]-23 and Jim and John Linardo's ~ Flexi Flier.

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Pilot Profile

At the age ofnine (in 1958!), Dick Cheney, President of UP lntemational built and flew the oak and nylon Rogallo wing shown above. Also pictured is his 1973 Standard which he flew in the first Annie Green Springs Nationals. Photo by john Heiney.

Dick Cheney From Oak to Carbon Fiber by john Heiney consider hang glider pilots to be a special breed of the human species. Just to possess the desire to drive around the sky in a light airplane with self-determination is relatively rare, and to wish to soar on natural currents using an ultralight, no-frills personal wing is the dream ofa romantic. But to learn the art of hang gliding is the accomplishment of a uniquely open-minded individual. Those

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in our society who follow the crowd and take no chances do not decide to hang glide. The modern hang,glider pilot maintains his or her heq,lth and safety by logic, but knows that life J;ould be boring without some risk. Helen Keller, under different circumstances would have been a hang glider pilot. In her words "security is a myth, life is either a daring adventure or nothing. "

With this thought I would like to present a pilot profile ofan unsung hang gliding pioneer and hero - Dick Cheney.

Who first foot-launched a Rogallo-type hang glider? Most hang gliding historians credit Dave Kilbourne with the first footlaunch of a flex wing glider (a Delta Wing HANG GLIDING

111 1969. Dave is also credited with the flrst soaring flight. But imagine for ;1 moment a ninc··year-old boy standing on a 15() .. friot sand hill on his grandfatber's fruit ranch in Kaysville, Imagine a nine· boy and his cousin building model copied from a photograph

Well, you need not '!'hat ninewas Dick Cheney, President of in 1958! that was 35 years ago, and imagination is the key word in Dick Dick is chief at and even though his the planet's only true space age, h flex wing (TRX), Dick is not satisfied. His design innovation spans an illustrious career of hang glider and ultralight design and manufacture, so do not be surprised at the evolution· ary or revolutionary advances from this man in the Dick's enthusiasm for all types flying is equalled by his love of aeronautical and mechanical design. 'l<J Dick, it is good fun to "burn the midnight oil" while involved with bis latest ideas. Before we projects let us examine Dick ry in sport aviation. Dick Cheney started flying airplanes at age 16. He soloed in seven hours (short time) when he was 17, and started flying sailplanes at age 18. He earned his private pilot's license at and his sailplane license immediately thcreafrcr. Dick remains currem in and sailplanes, works (when be can) on a side project of building an ultralight sailplane. After a long and wise diversion from his initial auempt at hang gliding, Dick's entlm siasm for pure flight was rekindled in 1970 when he built his first glider with conven· tional materials (aluminum and dacron) that known manufacturers were using. By 1971 his company, l\uasail Gliders, was produc· ing a Standard called the Parasail, which established Dick as a manufacturer in the heyday of hang gliding. Dick flew bis glider in the 1<)73 Annie Green Nationals (the flrst Nationals). Sourhern California was a hotbed for this new activity which had already become a way of lifo for some. Dick met some of the avant,g;mle flyers and manufac1 urcrs at this event. this time Dick had a fow years of soaring experience in sailplanes, so the great OCTOBER '1993

Dicleflying a ''kingpostless" Standard in the winter of 1972. Photo by J,arry Price.

disparity in controllability and safety between hang gliders and sailplanes was obvious. Hang gliders of the day were dif/1culr to control and poor in performance and strength. Sailplanes were great fc)r soaring and cross-country flying, and had an excellent record over a period of many years, bur were expensive and inconvenient ro transpor1. But bang gliders were inexpcneasy to transport on top of your car and required no row plane. A person could drive up a mountain and fly off. This was good. 'The natural conclusion for an innovative individual was that something in between

was needed. 1wo local sailplane enthusiasts named Klaus Hill and Larry Hall (Hall Wind Meters) were thinking the sarne thing. conceived a design for a glider similar to Bob Lovejoy's Quicksilver, but with a twin rudder, They asked Dick to make the sail, and when it was finished, they made the airframe to fit it. It was called the Twin Boomer, and the tail had a large horizontal surface and two rudders that were connected to the pilot by cables. 'The rud· ders were actuated when the pilot made a roll weight-shift input. Performance and control were improved, and the tail solved the pitch stability problem, but it was not the answer. A tail and rudders are hard to fold into a bag, and case of fc)ldability is a crucial aspect of a foot··launched soaring wmg. Klaus Hill was a sailplane builder in Germany be/ore emigrating to the United States, Because of the Horton Brothers' rai] .. less wing sailplane experiments in Germany after World W'ar I, Klaus was predisposed to the unorthodox idea of a wing with no tail to save drag, consequently increasing glide performance. While most designers were working to improve the Standard Rogallo, several notable visionaries were looking ahead to rigid wings (Dave Cronk, Taras Kiceniuk, Jeff Magnun, Rex Miller, Brian Porter, Cato, Eric Raymond, and others I am sure deserve credit). Klaus and Larry, who called their company Mountain Green Sailwing, decided on a tailless design for their next glider. It was a

ultralight industry. Klaus Hi11 designed and

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Klruts Hill lefi; and Photo hy livan Hall.

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with a di/fasor-ttjJ flying wing prototype.

l '54° nose angle wing with tip rudders for turn control and weight-shift fr)r pitch. One of their great contributions was the unique quick and easy folding double spar airfran1e. 'They named this glider the Fledgling because they were sure that this was the wing that would turn a great number of ground-bound humans into the much more desirable species of soaring mammal. They did regress at one point and returned to that security blanket called a tail, while they pondered the sweep/reflex factor which contributes pitch stability. Eventually this glider evolved into the very successful Mama Fledge series of tailless rigid wings. Manta used Larry and Klaus's folding airframe design throughout the production of the Fledge. This was the glider that gave Dick his early double surface sail design ex1,cr1errce.

Dick worked with Rex Miller of Manta on the Fledge T1I with which Rex won the 1979 World Hang Gliding Championships. The Fledge outperformed the flex wings so obviously that a rule change followed, putting rigid wings in a separate class. Would we all be flying rigid wings today had the rules not been changed? Dick designed sails for four or five com-· plerely different glider designs conceived by Larry and Klaus. He fi:Jund steady work in design consulting and sail manufacturing when M,mta bought the Fledgling design and decided to produce it as a double surglider. Dick manufactured the sails for Klaus's Hummer, the first production powered ultralight (not a hang glider retrofitted with an engine). By this time Dick was building a reputation as a reliable supplier of quality sails to the rapidly growing powered

died test flying another designer's powered ultralight in 1979. In 1983 the UP Comet was the hottest glider in the world. Sales were so brisk that the UP Factory in Temecula, California could not keep up with the orders. UP contracted Dick to handle the overflow. Dick's growing company produced 500 Comet 165 sails in one season, in addition to the regular workload of ultralight sails. Around l 987 the Wills Wing Sport was the industry standard, and Dick found himself making Sport and later HP J\T s;iils. During the most prosperous years of the hang gliding and ultralight business, Dick had 35 employees and made 24 sails per day. Dick has made abom 70 different models of sails for 25 ultralight rnanufacturers over the years. The current ultralight companies and a foll line of UP hang gliders keep Dick busy year 'round. In 1990 airline pilot and cross-countiy racer Terry Reynolds wanted to build a superior competition hang glider. His thought was the same as that many of us bad already daydreamed about. "If l could build ;1 hang glider frame out of the finest material available, what would I use?" The obvious ,mswer? Carbon fiber composife. After some initial work with the frame, Terry needed an innovative sail to match the innovative airframe. Dick Cheney had the knowledge, and Tony Barton and Mitch McAleer contributed to the project as well. Salt Lake City happened to be a Mecca of carbon fiber research and manufacture, so all of the highest quality elements came together at one place at one ti me. The rest is hang gliding histoty. ln [<)91 'ferny Barton won the U.S. National Championships on the awesome TRX flying against the other U.S. world team pilots

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Tcmy, who was one of the few serious competition pilots who was willing to risk his professional career on a unproven glider, went on 10 win the l{obbs X-C Meer and several other co11rests over the next 1-wo years. l 11 addition, the 'J'RX was the 1991 and 1992 World Acrobatics Championship glider. Dick knew that a great performing corn-· petition glider th,1t was diff1cult to would not do the h;rng comnmnity any good, so this thought was kept in mind throughom the The res11l1 was a glider any high nr·1·1n1,Tn:0111'r' today, less and possesses probably the best combination of sweet h,mdling and case of landing in an all-om performance hang glider. While sm11c pilots were reluctant ro commit to an "unproven material," Dick knew that carbon fiher had stood the test of time iu many aviation and other applications. The Voyager, which Dick Rutan and Jeana Yager flew around the world in nine without refueling, has carbon fiber wing spars (made in Salt Lake City). The Fl I 7 A Stealth Fighter uses structural carbon fiber. The new V-22 Navy Tilt-Rotor VTOL transport is 80°/cl carbon fiber by weight. After three of service the 'T'RX has an excellent record; moreover, the idea of replacing a "timcd--out" sail and rct:1111mg the composite airframe looks viable. In fact,

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Klaus Hill and Richt1rd Miller's design that Klaus built. Photo by Evan Hall.

the glider tbat U.S. World 'foarn member 'fony Barron won day five with at the recent World Hang Gliding Championships had a new sail on his last competition glidds airframe. The savings would be considerable if only one sail replacement were made, and it might turn out that two, three or more sail replacements will be no problem for the original airframe. This would be revolutionfrom a pilot pocketbook standpoint. latest feather in Dick Cheney's cap is a UP team win at the Manufacturer's League

Meet at Dinosaur. The new upgraded version of the TRX won four of the top flve places: Dave Sharp, flrst; Tc.my Barton, sec ond; Butch Peachy, fourth; and Dave Seaberg fifth. The new UP carbon fiber tandem glider is another industry but it is nothing compared to what Dick Cheney has in his mind for the future of hang gliding. As usual, Dick is working on a new design at this moment. Do not expect it to be our soon, but do expect it to be revolutionary.

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PO Box 39013 ........................... Phoenix ................. AZ ...... 85069 ... (602) 997-5364 So. Arizona HG Assn ......................... Russ Anderson-Pres ................. PO Box 43722 ...........................Tucson ..................AZ ...... 85733 ... (602) 745-0587 Shasta Sky Sailors H G C .................. Brian Bokkin-Pres ................... 19502 Jacqueline Street .............. Anderson .............. CA ...... 96007 ... (916) 365-6361 Berkeley HG/PG Club ....................... Scott Seabass-Pres .................... PO Box 4128 ............................. Berkeley ................ CA ...... 94704 ... (510) 841-0815 Big Sur Sport Aviation Club ............... Harry Harris-Pres .................... #1 Pacific Valley Center ............. Big Sur .................. CA ...... 93920 ... (805) 927-865 5 E. Sierra Sport Pilot Assn .................... Mark Gibson-Pres ................... PO Box 1632 ............................. Bishop .................. CA ...... 93515 ... (619) 938-2641 Torrey Pines Flyers Club ..................... Roger Greenway-Pres .............. PO Box 955 ............................... Bonita ................... CA ...... 91908 ... (619) 482-1859 No. California HG Assn ..................... KhosroAfkhami-Pres .............. 2821 Alhambra Dr ..................... Cameron Park... .... CA ...... 95682 ... (916) 348-7080 Central Valley HG Assn ..................... Robert Soares-Pres ................... 18462 Tollhouse Rd ................... Clovis .................... CA ...... 93612 ... (209) 297-9317 Bay Area Paragliding Assn .................. Chris Northcott-Pres ............... 80 Fairfield Way ......................... San Francisco ........ CA ...... 94127 ... (415) 585-9051 Windy Hill Sky Riders ....................... Thomas Low ........................... PO Box 602 ............................... La Honda ............. CA ...... 94020 ... (415) 747-0745 Elsinore HG Assn ............................... Ken Niemi-Pres ....................... 32700 Riverside Dr #505 ......... Lake Elsinore ........ CA ...... 92530 Torrey Pines PG Assn ......................... Marcus Salvemini-Pres ............ 2800 Torrey Pines Scenic Dr ...... La Jolla .................. CA ...... 92037 ... (619) 421-1415 San Luis Obispo Soaring Assn ............ Mike Sanders ........................... PO Box 68 ................................. S Luis Obispo ....... CA ...... 93406 ... (805) 541-1275 Marin County HG Assn ..................... Eric Beckman-Pres .................. PO Box 785 ............................... Mill Valley ............ CA ...... 94942 ... (707) 575-9688 Wings of Rogallo ................................JeffWalker-Pres ....................... PO Box 361885 ......................... Milpitas ................ CA ...... 95036 ... (408) 259-3916 Mt Wilson Soaring Society .................William Plummer-Pres ............ 2222 Loma Vista Street .............. Pasadena ............... CA ...... 91104 ... (818) 794-9841 NC Foot Lnched Pilots Assn ............. Don Mills- Pres ...................... 17591 Yellow Pine Rd ................ Redding ................ CA ...... 96003 ... (916) 275-4535 Coastal Condors Inc ........................... Sue Christie-Pres ..................... 744 Echo Valley Rd ................... Salinas ................... CA ...... 93907 ... (408) 422-2299 Crestline Soaring Society .................... Marilyn Sonderquist-Pres ........ 849 W Marshall Blvd ................. San Bernardino ..... CA ...... 92405 ... (714) 677-7015 San Diego HG Assn ........................... Reggie Jones-Pres ..................... PO Box 81665 ........................... San Diego ............. CA ...... 92138 ... (619) 445-3633 Ft. Funston HG Assn ......................... Michael Carlyle-Pres ................ 426 Bartlett St ............................ San Francisco ........ CA ...... 94110 ... Sky Seekers Soaring Club ...................Jeff Greenbaum ....................... 3620 Wowona St ....................... San Francisco ........ CA ...... 94116 ... (415) 759-1177 HG/PG Clubs at UCSB .....................Joachim Hagemann-Pres ......... 29 State Street ............................ Santa Barbara ........ CA ...... 93101 ... (805) 962-8999 Santa Barbara HG Assn ......................John Greynald-Pres ................. 613 N. Milpas ............................ Santa Barbara ........ CA ...... 93103 ... (805) 682-3483 Monterey Bay HG Assn ..................... Timothy Shea-Pres .................. PO Box 385 ............................... Santa Cruz ............ CA ...... 95061 ... (408) 728-7024 Sonoma Wings ................................... Ralph Hyde-Pres ..................... 1803 Austin Way ....................... Santa Rosa ............ CA ...... 95404 ... (707) 528-0726 Torrey Pines HG Assn ........................ Brad Hall-Pres ......................... PO Box 357 ............................... Solana Beach ......... CA ...... 92075 ... (619) 438-7804 Mother Lode Sky Riders ..................... Kevin Wright-Pres ................... 23875 Buckboard ...................... Sonora .................. CA ...... 95370 ... (209) 586-6012 Yosemite Hang Gliding Assn .............. Russ Locke-Pres ....................... 868 S Maty Ave ......................... Sunnyvale ............. CA ...... 94087 ... (408) 737-8745 Sylmar HG Assn ................................. David Oberhettinger .............. .12600 Gridley Street .................. Sylmar .................. CA ...... 91342 ... (818) 542-6960 Topa Flyers ........................................ .Tony DeLeo-Pres ..................... 562 Fargo Srreet.. .......................Thousand Oaks .... CA ..... 91360 ... (805) 492-6342 Aspen Air Force .................................. Gardner Middleton-Pres ......... PO Box 10659 ...........................Aspen .................... 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Sky Riders of New England ................ Alan Pond-Pres ........................ 270 Morton St ........................... Stoughton ............. MA ..... 02072 ... (617) 344-5097 Mountaineer HG Assn ....................... Ed Phillips ............................... 13818 FloridaAve ...................... Cresaptown ........... MD .... 21502 ... (301) 777-0267 Capitol Hang Glider Assn .................. Kevin Madden-Pres ................. 444 N Frederick Ave-Box 194 ... Gaithersburg ......... MD .... 20877 ... (301) 294-0740 Maryland HG Assn ............................ Danny Brotto-Pres .................. PO Box 1031 ............................. Hunt Valley .......... MD .... 21030 ... (410) 882-2358 Michigan Hang Gliders ...................... Bill Fifer-Pres ........................... 939 Boyd Ave ............................ .Traverse City ......... MI ..... .49684 ... (616) 922-2844 Northern Sky Gliders Assn ................. Pat Caulfield-Pres .................... PO Box 364 ............................... Minneapolis .......... MN .... 55440 ... (612) 688-8218 Central Carolina Tow to Soar ............. Steven Bland-Pres .................... 827 Towhee ...............................Apex ..................... NC ..... 27502 ... (919) 362-6971 North Carolina Blue Ridge HG ......... RM. Wooten .......................... PO Box 6326 ............................. Statesville .............. NC ..... 28687 ... (704) 528-9454 Sauratown Mtn HG Club .................. Mike Nester-Pres ..................... 4605-9 Tobaccoville Rd ............. Tobaccoville .......... NC ..... 27050 ... (919) 483-0875 Vermont HG Assn .............................. Barb Kramer-Pres .................... PO Box 369 ............................... Claremont ............ NH ..... 03743 ... (603) 543-1760 Water Gap HG Club-Inc. .................. Bill Watters-Pres ...................... PO Box 85 ................................. Stewartsville .......... NJ ...... 08886 ... (908) 850-3540 OCTOBER 1993

CHAPTER ....................................... CONTACT ............................ ADDRESS ................................ CITY ................... STATE, ZIP .... PHONE Rio Grande Soaring Assn .................... Curt Graham-Pres ................... 1314 19th Street ........................Alamogordo .......... NM .... 88310 Sandia Soaring Assn ............................JeffWolford-Pres ..................... PO Box 14571 ...........................Albuquerque ......... NM .... 87191 ... (505) 275-1406 Sierra Sky Surfers ................................ Lany Schuermann-Pres ........... 3650 Research Way #25 ............. Carson City .......... NV ..... 89706 ... (702) 831-7876 Hudson Valley HG Assn ....................Joseph West-Pres ..................... 137 East Side Dr. ....................... Ballston Lake ........ NY...... 12019 ... (518) 399-5738 Condors Hang Gliding Assn ..............Jay Gianforte-Pres .................... 14 Fenner Street.. ....................... Cazenovia ............. NY...... 13035 ... (315) 687-3724 So. NY HG Pilots Assn ...................... Chris McGuiness-Pres ............. RD 2 Box 561... ......................... Pine Bush ............. NY...... 12566 Ellenville Mtn Flight Park ..................Jorid Black-Pres ....................... 150 Canal Street ........................ Ellenville ............... NY...... 12428 ... (914) 647-3377 Free Spirit Flight .................................Jim Kolynich-Pres .................... PO Box 13 ................................. Elmira ................... NY...... 14902 ... (607) 739-1062 Southern Tier Skysurfers .................... Wayne Utter-Pres .................... 1004 Prescott Ave ...................... Endicott.. .............. NY...... 13760 ... (607) 797-4446 Utsayantha Flyers Org ....................... .R.C. Pruitt-Pres ....................... RD#l-Box 89 ............................ Hobart .................. NY...... 13788 ... (914) 878-4239 Finger Lakes Pilot Assn ....................... Paul Shultz-Pres ....................... 534 Pinegrove Ave ...................... Rochester .............. NY...... 14617 ... (716) 266-5475 Rochester Area Flyers .......................... Paul Shultz-Pres ....................... 534 Pinegrove Ave ...................... Rochester .............. NY. ..... 14617 ... (716) 266-5475 Ohio Flyers HG Assn ......................... Michael Boska-Pres ................. 530 Royal Arms Court ............... Miamisburg .......... OH .... 45342 ... (513) 866-9757 Oklahoma City HG Assn ................... Michael H. Way-Pres .............. 11236 Folkstone Dr ...................Yukon ................... OK ..... 73099 ... (405) 373-0285 Oregon Hang Gliding Assn ................ Ray Berger ............................... 11525 SW 13th ......................... Beaverton .............. OR ..... 97005 ... (503) 644-1045 Oregon Desert Flyers .......................... Robin Ritter-Pres ..................... 576 SE Centennial ..................... Bend ..................... OR ..... 97702 ... (503) 389-3899 Valley Ville HG Assn .......................... Steve Ramseur-Pres ................. 1970 NE Conifer Blvd ............... Corvallis ............... OR ..... 97330 ... (503) 746-0455 Klamath Falls HG Assn ...................... Paul Beger-Pres ........................ 1617 Manzanita ......................... Klamath Falls ........ OR ..... 97601 ... (503) 882-6867 Rogue Valley HG Assn .......................JeffJernigan-Pres ..................... PO Box 1292 ............................. Medford ................ OR ..... 97501 ... (503) 862-2922 Cascade Paragliding Club ................... Steve Roti-Pres ........................ .3024 NE 18th Ave ..................... Portland ................ OR ..... 97212 ... (503) 284-0998 Blue Ridge HG Club .......................... 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I hroughout Europe, I found that each country has its own beauty and umold number of flying sites, bm by far the mosr tnemorable is Switzerland. Flying rhe Swiss Alps is equivalent to dying and going to hang gliding heaven. Rides to launch are as easy as driving to one of the nurnerous ski resorts which dot the countryside. Virtually every cable car is capable of taking pilot and glider high above the valley floor, then, afrer an unforgettable flight, landings are made on a carpet of grass and

• flowers. Sounds like heaven? It is! Having worked overseas for the past Lwo ye1rs, I had the good fortune of taking a hang gliding tour of Europe before returning home. 'This article is Part I in a threepart series on European flying sires in Switzerland, France and Spain. Past Hang articles about Europe were helpful during my tom, so I hope this series will be

equally helpful to other pilots planning to visit Europe.

The Swiss season starts in April and lasts until late September. Flying in the early part of the year, April to May, takes place over the Jura and Midlands, the foothills the Alps, where the mountains reach as high as 4,500 feet. In the spring, stable air has 1101 yet moved into the Jura or Midlands, lift is abundant and cloud base hovers between 5,500'-8,000'. On the odd day, with a

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Midlands into the Alps are possible. June is a transition month during which many pilots enjoy flying their local sites and can still find good conditions without traveling far. Some pilots even fly the high Alps in June, though plenty of snow remains on the mountains. The air is crisp and the weather is not always reliable, but, with cloud base at 9,000' and higher, flyable days can be good. July and August are the peak months for high Alp flying. Switzerland and Europe are blessed with dominant high pressure during these months, conditions are very consistent, and the air gets awfully big! Depending on your pleasure, X-C or fun-flying, with a 10,000' to 14,000' cloud base anything is possible. September brings a distinctive change of season similar to June. Then again, you may catch a week of Indian summer and the flying will be as good as in August. In September, Jura and Midland flying is also possible, and can give the most air-hungry pilots something to settle their nerves.

CROSS-COUNTRY One of the main reasons for going ro Switzerland is the X-C flying. Because of the high mountains, narrow valleys and potential for huge rotors, most pilots fly in light prevailing winds. Because of this, X-C distances are not great - 40-100 miles is decent. The real attraction for pilots is the number of miles which can be flown next to 10,000' to 15,000' peaks, across numerous glaciers and over mountain passes. To this add sites like the Matterhorn and Europe's largest glacier, the Aletsch, and anyone can understand why pilots flock there. Swiss flying is sometimes very technical because of glacial and valley winds which change conditions and trigger spots daily. Thermal winds directed by the narrow valleys typically build throughout the day, and I have seen ground winds of 30 mph while the air above was light and variable. In addition, cold glacial air falling down the mountains often has a neutralizing effect on thermals, and can shut off whole sections of a valley. Getting past these areas can be challenging to even the best of pilots. June is known as the best X-C month because of great lift and long days. Unfortunately, high Alp X-C is limited because of low cloud bases, therefore most large June distances are flown in Northern Switzerland along the Jura. I can attest to the excellent lift in June, since I flew a few OCTOBER 1993

days when cloud streets lined the mountaintops, and flights were simply a matter of getting high and stuffing the speedbar. The best way to describe July and August is: fantastic! With smart flying, open distances and large triangles are possible. Lift reaches 1,500+ fpm, and as I said, conditions are consistent. For a three-week period from July to August, I only saw three non-flyable days and logged over 400 miles of X-C flying.

SITES Fiesch The location is well known. It was the site of the '89 world championships and many other competitions, and is the premier flying site in Switzerland. Fiesch is located in the upper end of Gorn Valley along a mountain chain which stretches from Martigny to Chur,134 miles across Switzerland. Anyone can take a look at a topographic map of Switzerland and understand its X-C potential. The Gorn Valley contains close to two dozen glaciers, including the Aletsch which is only a mile behind Fiesch's launch, as well as some of the highest peaks in Europe, such as Jungfrau (13,641'), Dent Blanche (14,295'), Monte Rosa (15,203') and the Matterhorn (14,692'). Fiesch's main launch, Kuhboden, is accessible by cable car with special racks for more than 50 gliders. Facing southeast and at an altitude of 7,260', the launch is perfect for starting early. Thermals usually start cycling between 12:00-2:00 Plv! up ravines to the right and left of launch, and getting high is no problem. Eggishorn at I 0,000' stands behind launch, and offers the standard height needed before crossing Fieschertal (Fiesch Valley) for a flight toward Fuka Pass. A second launch at Bellwald, on the opposite side of Fieschertal, can be used on busier weekends at Fiesch. Though the chair lift is less convenient, the scenic ride up the mountainside makes it worth the tradeoff. The launch level is 500' higher than Kuhboden and faces southeast and southwest. (Hint: In July and August it's best to get your glider on the Kuhboden cable car before 9:30 AM and have it waiting on top. You will beat the late morning rush and can leisurely go up at 11 :00 AM.)

launches in the Alps at 8,650'. This is a unique place because of a 2,000' -high rock cliff a few hundred yards east of launch. The result of an ancient avalanche, the cliff is beautiful to fly over and produces excellent lift. We mainly flew out-and-return flights while at Flims, although open distances, including a 50-mile flight to Fiesch, are possible. There is a designated LZ in town and plenty of fields along the valley for emergency landings. A note of caution should be mentioned about Flims and other parts of Switzerland. In summer, irate farmers often confront bewildered pilots who have landed in their unharvested grass fields. To avoid this problem, pilots should try to land on the perimeters of undesignated fields and walk their gliders out. This will minimize damage to the farmers' crops.

Scou!s The site for the '92 Swiss Nationals, Scouls is located in the Engidine Valley near the border of Austria. Though only four hours by car from Fiesch, the mountain terrain is much different. Large rock peaks (I 0,000') loom massively over the valley making the mountains appear much larger than the high sharp peaks of the Gorn Valley. Scouls is a great place to visit, especially if Switzerland is having bad weather, since surrounding mountains usually isolate it from conditions found to the west and north. I remember a number of times when the rest of Switzerland was under a blanket of rain, and a friend and I were thermaling to 13,000' at Scouls. Because of its drier air, the Engidine Valley also averages the highest cloud base in Switzerland. The Mottanaluns launch in Scouls faces southeast at 7,500', and the LZ, at 4,100', is next to the cable car station in town. The orientation of the Engidine Valley makes it perfect for triangle flights and long days. The northern side of the valley, facing southeast, produces thermals early, then after 4:00 PM a jump to the southern side allows pilots to use the evening sun and fly until 7:00 or 8:00 PM. Scouls also has many beautiful sights including an 11th Century castle perched on a ridge four miles west of launch.

Lagalp An hour's drive south of Scouls, Lagalp is close to St. Moritz and the Italian border.

Flims Along the same mountain chain as Fiesch, bur on the opposite side of Fuka and Oberalp Pass, Flims is one of the highest

CENTERSPREAD: In SeptembeJ; 10,000 feet overAletsch Glacier (Fiesch).

place to check if Engidinc ng roo stable, because higher than in Scouls. Lagalp has a 9,700' launch (southeast) with the most rugged of the Swiss Alps surrounding it. The landscape is mainly barren rock peaks covered with snow, and the area lacks much of the green vegetation found in other parts of Switzerland. l have heard Swiss pilots comment: "'This is the trne Alps." The Mnrrcratsch one of the most impressive T have seen, is only three miles north of launch and can be flown over on good days. Again, x.c flights arc a mixture of triangles and open distance. An example of an excellcnr open distance flight is from the Austrian borLagalp to Scouls, and continuing in the direction oF Landeck and Innsbruck. Bm, don't forget your passport! This is a Valley is launch is

rounding area and a strong valley convergence which sets up under certain wind con· ditious. 'I'hc launch al 3,680' (south) is located at the radio tower above the town of Amden. Flying conditions arc good in foll and post/pre-frontal in summer. table below gives a summary all the previously described sites ;ilong with the 1992 cable car and chair lifr rates. It is worth noting that all high Alp sites arc only accessible by cable car or chair lifr. The information in this table and article will be a

star1 for anyone visiting Switzerland. Luckily, it is not difficult getting additional information from Swiss pilots, since the majority of them speak English and arc helpfol to foreigners traveling in their country. Without question, some oF my best flying has come from this tiny European country, and J am sure you will fed the same afrer soaring over the Swiss Alps.

The author rnay be contacted at: 15 Forest Rd., Foxboro, MA 02035. -Ed.

Jura/Midlands by Zurich and RaJ!/)erswil A number of good sites arc within 30 minutes oF each other in this area. In spot a nice looking mountain around here and you cm bet someone has flown from it. I particularly liked two sites only 30 miles from Zurich and a fow minutes drive from Rappcrswil. Scheidcgg (3,930') overlooks the town of Wald. With a grassy top, a long cement ramp and an excellent Swiss rcstauranr by launch, Schicdcgg is ideal for spring or fall flying. The site has two bowls that collect thermals and a set mountains, stardng in Wald, which extend south to the Voralps (6,000' -8,000') perfect for X-C flying. Scheidegg is easy ro flnd, since signs mark die road from Wald to the mountaintop. Another bcauriful site is Amdcn which is located at the intersection Chur and Glarus Valley and is directly above Walcnsce, a lake. This is a picturesque place to fly since Walcnsee is bordered by Ci,000' 7,000' mountains that drop iuto its waters. Am den has plcn ty of X-C flying in the sur-

Fiesch Kuhboden 7,260' 3,600'

Fiesch Bellwald 7,760' 3,600' Chair Lift $11

Lagalp Lagalp 9,700' 6,870'

Wald 3,930' 2,500' SW

J:,Zims 8,650' 3,600' SW Chair Lift $17

Scouh Motta Naluns 7,500' 4,100'

Amden Amden 3680' 1,390'

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Roland Good, Good Plight, Piesch-Eggishom, Switzerland, .,.,,_,..,,.,, Home Tel. 712085 Schotola, Ultra-Stop (Wills Wing), Postfach 2070,

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Hi, I'm Frank Gillette, owner of Magic Valley Gliders in Burley, Idaho. J have been flying hang gliders since l paragliding since 1990, and I'm a certified hang gliding and paragliding instructor. I believe in an organization whose strength lies in its numbers, and whose assets are informed pilots and public as its membership. Foremost, I would like ro sec USI1GA evolve into a cohesive organization, with solid programs and a united and focused effor1: to elevate our overall image through pnblic relations. fr is essential in our Region, 1 foci, to spearhead the administering of' our sites with landowners and 0CTOrlER 1993

land managers, thereby simultaneously pre·· serving sites and securing new sites through concerted pilot communication and before-the-fact negotiations. In addition, l believe in training and sa programs not only for new pilots, bm also for all pilots currently enjoying the sport. 'fo all those who plan to enjoy flying frH as long ilS I have, and with the aforementioned ideas in mind, I ask you for your vote.

If you fly in the newly rc,,configured Region I, there's a pretty good chance that you've met C.J. and me. I'm a 47-year-old teacher and I've been flying hang gliders since 1982 and paragliders since 1991. Being a teacher provides me with summer for our favorite activities, and . and l have pur a lot of' miles on the

"Pun lfog" filling up our logbooks with new sites. The first thing I've got to explain is that this is a "two for the price of one" deal: my wife C.J. and I do everything together, and being a USHGA Regional Director is no exception. This will be a real advantage at the BOD meeting since you will have representation on twice as many committees. Primarily because C.J. ran the l 985 and 1986 Nationals held at Chelan, we got to know and have established continuing relationships with many of the other elected Directors and significant volunteers. We know how business is conducted at the BOD meetings, partly through these con-, tacts and partly through the foll Board minutes and Gene Matthews' in-depth briefings. We've been active on the local level as well, serving in every elected office in Cloudhase Country Club, including at least two years as newsletter editor. I've also been responsible for the site guides for both CBCC and the Northwest Paragliding Club. We have been active in working with local and state governments to maintain and open flying sites. ff elected: ]) I plan to represent both hang glider and paraglider pilots evenhandedly and to the advantage of' both. 2) I will try to see that our national organization is controlled by the pilots and not by commercial interests. 3) [ will work to sec that members get quicker responses to their

concerns. 4) I needs two Directors based on pilot population, but Region V should be reestablished l will seek a means of doing that. Region I has a history of low voter turnout. I encourage you to submit your vote this year for sure AND fill out your questionnaire so that your voice can be

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Paragliding flve years, 300+ hours of airtime and over 1,000 flights. Have paraglidcd in five countries and flown over 50 different sites. Qualifications and ratings: Class II l Instructor,

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Adrninisrraror, ·rowing Supervisor and Administrator, 'J lmdc:m Pilot rating. As the factory representative and dis· trilmror for Pro Design Paragliders l have the opportunity to travel throughout my Region and rhe country to various flying sites. I have been fr)rtunate enough w meet many pilots, hang glider and paraglidcr alike, and to listen to their concerns and problems in their areas. lt seems that wbcr·· ever T go I hear the same concerns and problems we arc all faced with: site access, adequate pilot training, accident rmes and injuries.

I have always been involved from the beginning with paragliding safety and training. f organized and conducted the Paragliding Advanced Maneuvers Program in my Region 'T'his program has been instrumental in helping paraglidcr pilots develop the skill and j11dgmenr needed in our sport. As the former president of our local

hang ding and paragliding club, Northern California Foot Launched Pilots Association, I have worked on various site acquisition, leasing, improvement and

access problems locally. f am familiar with the concerns and problems associated with dealing with government ag<:nc:1es ing site improvement and access. As Regional Director l would hope rhar I would be ahle to bridge some of the gaps in our Region between paragliding and hang gliding pilots and their clubs. In Northern California, cooperation between the hang gliding and paragliding commu nitics has rewarded us with common respect for each other, as follow pilots, with the same love for the air. Hi\NC GI IDINC

of Directors can use this kind of naive but well--intentioned enthusiasm, not to mention th is kind of bizarre and cxtravagan t writing, please me your support! Thank you.

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I was in Norway, and some adventurous .Hello. You pilots in Region Jl may know me as past editor and sometime cover artist for the WOR newsletter. Pilots on the lmernet may know me as author of the occasional unconventional posting to the hang gliding mailing list. I'm your basic recreational Hang IV Y<rn know the type: no particular interest in world records or competition, but always ready to head over the hack if conditions look good, or even if they don't. Since my fost fotefol lessons at Dillon Beach, back in 1986, I've accumu-lated GOO hours and 1,000 or so miles at 60 sites in the U.S and Australia, and despite vicious rumors to the contrary, rnany of my landings have actually been on dry land. Hang gliding has given me a lot over the years great times, great friends, great experiences, as well as opportunities to wash nrnd off my harness and take my instruments in for repairs --- and I'd like ro give something hack in return. I was an Observer for two years, a newsletter editor for three years, and now fi-lr reasons of self-· less altruism, not to mention fame, glory, and the unlimited social opportunities, ['m running for Regional Director. I fr:cl that the biggest concerns facing our sport today are site acquisition, site retention, and attracting and encouraging new pilots. I am concerned by the way the average age of the hang gliding community is increasing every year, and worry lest we suffer the fate of the sailplane cornmunity. I hope f could do something ro reverse this trend. I also believe in peaccfol cooperation between the sometimes hostile factions within rlie friot-launched aviation community. If you think that the USHGA Board

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Hello fellow pilots my name is Chris Crescioli. ]laving spent several years in Region II as a Beginner through Advanced Instructor and 'fandem [nstructor, I have gotten ro know people at every level of the sport throughout the Region, I believe this experience provides me with the necessary foundation to fr1lfill the duties of Regional Director. One of the main duties of a Director is to represent the interests and opinions follow Region JI pilots. l don't own a shop or work for anyone, so my decisions will be open-minded and based on what is best for all pilots. If elected, I will make a point of contacting clubs in the Region and making myself available to anyone who might need assistance. Along with obvious issues such as safety, I would like to sec site acquisition become a priority of USH GA. While this has been mainly pursued at a local level, I feel USHGA could play a larger role. If a comprehensive program were in place in which the national organization not only assisted local clubs but organized regional programs with the goal of opening new sites, the entire membership would benefit:. The acquisition of new sites will inevitably lead to greater exposure, new members, and more open skies. In the long run it will mean strength for the sport, stabilization of dues and a shorter drive rn launch!

soul flew a standard across a fjord to land (whack) in a field on the other side. My friends thought that pilot was looney tunes, but it stayed in my dreams and to this day I can remember that big, black, flapping wing floating across that expanse of water as if it were yesterday. I took up hang gliding with a local shop shortly after moving into this Region in I 986, and since then have been busy trying to fly all of our sites. Most of you have seen my smiling face in the back of sornebody's truck heading for ];nmch at some place or another! I am the opinion that this Region is unparalleled in the beauty, wiriety and challenge of hang glicl ing, and I want to continue the work of bringing more of these sites ro all hang glider pilots. First and foremost in my mind is to promote flying safely with good equipment, good instruction and good judgement. Along with Region Ill, we have the largest flying population and the greatest opportunity to reduce accident statistics. My goal is zero launches unhooked, zero equipment failures, zero fatalities and zero lost: sites! We can do it! Unlike Regional Directors in the past who are more like "local" Directors, l want to be involved with every club or organization within the Region to put together ideas, tools, people and programs which focus on these goals. As much as possible (T have to work, too!), l want m make a personal visit to every club to get that feed-back. Tt:'s rime for new blood on the Board, don't you think?

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fiew competition for several years. I started flying hang gliders in the Lite 70s and presently hold an advanced h,rng glider pilor rating. While working for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), [ have lived in Ohio and Virginia; worked at r:AA Headquarters in Washington, DC; worked in the Chicago area as an FAA evaluator; and am now a permancn t resident of New Mexico. My position is Arca Manager at the Albuquerque Air Route 'I}affic Control Center. Most recently I have explored aspects of paragliding. I h;1ve visited the schools, talked to the instructors, students and pilots. I have also hecomc very familiar with this part of our sport. One the rnosr important things we need is good communication and more representation for our members. I can pro-vidc this by attending all Director and Board meetings. We also need more open and shared communication through visits to dub meetings and articles in your individual newsletters. By talking to the clubs in our Region we can bring everyone closer together. The new folks interested in hang gliding and paragliding within our Region also need information to encourage new growth. We need to conccnt:rate on beginner and intermediate pilots ro develop bet-· ter skills in the safest possible way. lt is important that the flying community as a whole, from beginner to advanced, be represented. Devclopmen t of com petition needs attentjon in order to find the best qualiFiecl pilots. But let's not forget to develop and promote FUN flying hH all pilots to learn ahom flying safely. Proper and accurate accident investigation is another area that is important to tbe safety of rhc sport. All accidents need to be investigated and the information shared so everyone can benefit. l believe that l can help achieve these goals. I will continue to participate in all aspects of the sport with the interest of everyone in mind. Over the past several years J have attended all Board meetings. As chairman of the Safety and Training Committee l have assisted in updating the rating system and continue to work with others concerning the growing inrercst in paragliding, tandem, towing, and other changing aspects oft he sport. We have suc:cessfu lly opened altitudes above 18,000 feet for bang gliding. I will continue to work in the areas of regulation and control for the benefit of all withom compromising safety. Flying and aviation have been a big part

Good evening, Region TI. I am a self. employed artist and business woman in San Francisco, Califrlrnia. My home flying site is Ft. Funston. r:or the second year now, I am as treasurer of the club at that site. an artist who likes dealing with numbers! I am a recreational pilot, with no mone-tary interest or gain IO be made from this sport, and no desire to become a political fixture in USBGA. J made it through the hurdles to become a Hang Ill on November 17, l 990. When l took up hang gliding, I thougln it might be as fun as riding horses or hiking. But instead it has become as entwined with me as working with art is. Orn: more earthling up and away the views arc splendid. And slicing through the air is fab-ulous! ff elected, ! will work to keep lJSHGJ\'s national administration in touch with, and reflective of, local hang gliding chapters' situations and sentiments especially pertaining ro issues which affect the preservation and quality of our flying sites. In addition, I would like ro turn some of my energy toward opening up more areas to hang gliding. [ will work to reprcscn t the best inter· ests of borh current and future hang glider pilots. l wam to keep in regular contact with all Region ff chapters, so thar their memberships' thoughts on all issues are heard by the national organization.

Director elections arc here

and now those of you in Region IV have a choice. MOST IMPORTANT IS THAT YOU VOTE! Historically, elections have produced very little response. Some candidates have been selected by as few as J 0%> of the membership, so when you receive this issue of Hang Gliding magazine don't let someone else pick your Director. Take off the ballot, fill it out, make your choice known and VOTE. 'Then stick a stamp on it and rnail it in. It's that simple. I will be running fcir Regional Director again. r:or the past several years I have served USHGA as a Director. Now I would like to have your support to cominue this effort Since l have become Regional Director I have met a lot of you. I have attended some of your duh meetings and t:1lkcd to you, or we have flown together. Many know me through my articles in the magazine. Others have called on the phone to d iscms d iffcrem aspects of the sport. Some of the subjects we have discussed include safety and training, ICP's, hypoxia and FAA regulations. background in aviation started in the late 60s when l earned my private pilot rating in single engine aircraft. I quickly obtained a commercial pilot's license and an instrument rating. ln the early 70s I added a commercial sailplane rating and

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of my life. Soaring is one of my greatest pleasures. I h;:ive a special interest in help·· ing promote both the sport and safety of hang gliding and paragliding. This can be done through education and a positive atti· tude. My background, education and expe· rience is available, and I would like to assist in whatever way possible to help USHCA grow in a positive direction. Keep in mind that being a small group of aviation enthusiasts we arc often rnisun· derstood by many inside and outside aviation circles. We need to understand and fc)llow some very simple and basic guidelines in our sport to maintain indepen·· clcnce. As a Regional Director f believe I can contribute positively to the benefit of hang gliding and paragliding. Region IV needs a Director who can give it a lot of attention It will take a lot of work and time. If you believe I am the choice for you, then vote for me. Your vote is an important decision. Make it carefully and VO'] 'E.

Banks, 33, foJJ .. timc operator of a large paragliding school in Boulder, CO fcir the past three yc,m. As a USHCA Class II I Instructor and 'fandern Instructor, I have taught more than :300 students to paraglidc. As one of the first paraglider pilots to tow and as a USHGA Tow Administrator l have been active in dcvc\ .. oping a USHCA row program for paragliding. [ attended and parricipated in the US HCA Board of Directors meeting in the spring of and I am familiar with the

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and responsibilities of a Regional Director. As a member of the local chapter of USHGA, the RMHCA, an organizer of paragliding duh meetings, I have actively promoted the sport. Jf elected, l will to serve a two·year rerm as Regional Director. I seek your support as Regional Director for Region 4 for the following rea ..

sons: As USHGA incorporates paragliding into the Association, I believe it is impor.. tant to have Directors who have extensive in paragliding and know the paragliding community well. I have such ,,v,,,..r"'""'P and knowledge. I believe it is important that USHGA have Directors who actively support the safe and prudent growth of the industry, and see that personal sdf.-interest doesn't get in the way of this. In the past four years I have been actively involved in promoting the sport through pilot training, fly ins, flying site improvements, and participating in the Rocky Mo11ntain Hang Gliding Club. I believe it is important that USHGA have Directors who are active pilots and enjoy flying, and this is their primary reason for being in the sport. [ am such a pilot with thousands of flights and hundreds of hours of nirtime logged. Since USHCA is deeply concerned ahout the safety of pilots, I think it is important to have Direoors who are experienced in rraining pilots and can con-· tribute to improving safety through train, ing. As President of Parasofr, Inc. Paragliding School in Boulder, l have gained extensive experience training hundreds of pilots over the past fc)ur years and nm a well .. respected school. Thank you for your consideration and I hope I can count on your support in the Board elections this fall.

Jim Zeiser is running for Region JV Director as a write .. in candidate. Many people in the hang gliding community know Jim and are familiar with his many accomplishments. Jim received a comrnen-dation from rhc National Aeronautic Association for " ... his many outstanding contributions to hang gliding. He has managed the last two (1987 and 1989) USH· GA World Teams' participation in the Championships rn Australia and

Switzerland. He not only coached the teams but was very active in fund raising and logistics management for these events. He was also instrumental in having a ream from the Soviet Union compete in the 1989 US National Championships. His efforts in hang gliding are a distinctive credit ro the US FIGA, NAA and die United States of America." Jim's service to lJSHCA's Board of Directors goes back l O years; he's served four as Vice President and repeatedly as Region IV Director. He brings familiarity with governing procedures, Robert's Rules of Order and Region IV's concerns to the position. wrote the USI-IGA R.adio Authorization and was to setting up the umbrella coverage for USHCA membership through the FCC. He successfully managed the 1993 World Championships in Bishop and brought his special level of dedication and services to the event. Jim's love of hang gliding, tenacity and passion make him the candidate ro write in. Jim Zciset for Region IV

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Well, here l am again two years down the line soliciting your vote for a job that [ don't really want. But it is a job that needs to be done, and ,ls yet no one else in the Region seems willing to srand for the position. Regarding basic qualifications, I have some 1,500 hours of airtime and 12,000 miles of X-C experience gathered over 14 years and around tbe world. l am articulate, and can type. What more do you want? What does the position email, and why should you vote for me to fill it:? My con .. ception of the role of a Regional Director is of an articulate, experienced voice of a hang glider pilot representing the interests of the general pilot community at the bian .. nual Board of Directors mceti ngs. Where necessary, he should also deal with govern ..

ment bodies whose activities affect flying activities. Only under duress should he intervene in club-level matters such as the administration of the rating system. It is my firm belief that those matters should ordinarily be resolved within dubs. Such disputes are commonly more a matter of personality conflicts than they are objective disagreements. And I am no social psyd10lSo, what then do I do? Most important·· ly, I attend the BOD wbere my actions are guided by the basic thesis that the Board's deliberations are about flying hang gliders, and any actions by the Board that do not directly and measurably con-· tribute to that objective arc to be fought. T<.>O much of what transpires at the meet·· ings is either incremental rule changes motivated by one or two Directors' local problems, or grandiose schemes to make hang gliding "safer" or "professional." ln rnost cases the true outcome of these actions is to pile an additional, stifling layer of bureaucracy onto an already solid foundation of rules. Almost without exception the proud authors of these proposals can-· not provide an iota of proof as to the efficacy of their contributions. They merely piously express their opinion that it will improve safety. As arguing against safety is akin to arguing against motherhood, it is often the case that these well-meaning but useless rule changes go into effect. My role in these discussions is that of a curmudgeon insisting upon evidence of a demonstrably positive consequence before l will support a measure. And very often I don't support them, and, indeed, contribute to their defeat. Lest I sound like an anarchist let me say that I folly support anything that protects our access to insurance, the true lifeblood of USHGA, and any action that keeps the FAA off our backs. I am also an active participant in the business of the Finance Committee as the ftnanci,11 well-being of the organization is the necessary precondi-tion for our access to insurance and continued self-regulation. There you have it. If reelected as Regional Director I will continue to speak up as a hang glider pilot, not a large school or manufacturer. r will also continue to act as a central storehouse of flying information in the Region, run the Regionals, and act as a liaison between individuals and the USHGA office.

REGIONX

l'm completing my third consecutive term (six years) as one of Region 1O's two Directors. I have been very involved with membership and development (committee chairman for two terms), Safety and Training, Towing and Tandem Committees. I was selected for the USHGA planning committee. I am and have always been easily accessible and available (at Lookout Mountain Flight Park) to address the many problems and concerns from Region l O members. I work hard and I go to the Board meetings, and if reelected r will continue to do so. As a pilot and owner of Lookout Mountain Flight Park, I believe a strong national organization, continued improvement in flight safety, and membership growth arc keys to the survival of hang gliding as we know it today. fmproved training for srudents entering the sport is critical rn our safety record, and during this term as your Regional Director I developed and published Hang Gliding _for Beginner Pilots, the U.SHGA's official flight training manual. I continue to volunteer my time and work hard for you and a strong USH(;A. Vote for experience, dedication and proven commitment. Please vote for Matt Taber, Region ] 0 Director. Thank you.

With a slope takeoff in my backyard at our home on Sauratown Mountain, the Alligator Rock Flyers Club members enjoy the southern view. A paved road ro the grassy setup area allows pilots to h,mg glide or paraglidc to our two landing fields. The airport-size windsocks mark t·he site well. One LZ has a concrete basketball coun and fishing pond. On top of the 950' vertical ridge at the house is shade under the porch on the back deck, bathroom facili-ties, telephone and good cold mountain water. We also have a very valuable asset wbich cannot he ignored: the club fetch 'cm truck driven by veteran driver and wife Robbie. Her 17-years of experience is second to none. Also, our son Jason or daughter Crystal will be glad to video your flight for a memory to last a lifetime. This site is alcohol and drug free. The photos were taken by Jason. The paragliding one was in New Hampshire and the hang glider one was in Vermont. That: was a great vacation and I want to rhank Jake at West-Rutland and Jeff Nicolay for the airtime. Also, thanks to the Canada pilots for hospitality in Quebec. I've enjoyed the Owen's Valley, Point of the Mountain and aerotowing in Florida, but i1 was said best by Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz: "There is no place like home." Please vote this election.

I feel honored to be nominated as Region 10 Director and will be happy to serve as your Director, if elected. T have been flying hang gliders for seven years using truck, boat and presently aero towing methods. My current ratings are Tandem Instructor and Aero Tug Instructor. I am an Aero "fow Supervisor and }fonorary Director of the USHGA. My wife and I attend the UStTGA Board of Directors meetings. We are very active in HANC CL!DINC

the and and ']hining Committees to menrion a We feel that if we didn't attend the Board of Directors the needs of the pilots in Florida and surrounding states may not be addressed. For the past two years l have been President of 'The Draggin' Flyers here in Central Florida. I have coordinated and organized fly-ins, competitions and hang gliding performances. During the years ] have opened several flying sires for our club, working closely with local landowners to maintain them. I have recently formed GrayBird Airsports, Inc. to provide hang gliding instruction and equipment to my fellow pilots. 1n light of my J know the problems that foce us :is hang glider pilots and am willing to help solve them. l waruour sites to stay open, our airspace to be safr,guarded, our sport to stay safe, and the opportunity of flight to cominuc. Stay well my friends and great flights to all.

I desire to be your Regional Director frir 10. Jn the last three years I have attended, at my own expci1se, four Board of Directors m beginning with Washington, DC in 1990. ! have been active on the 'fowi ng Safety and ]'raining Committee, Tandem, and Acrotowing Subcommittee. I believe that I can fill the requirements of a Regional Director first allowing better access through quarterly communication wirh all members in the and second by remaining impartial to regional interests. Qualifications: (professionally) Vice Prcsidcn r of Health f nformation Management Services for tbe Florida Hospital Association for rhc last three years; of the Flyers OcrOllFR l 993

Gliding Association for the past five years; Vice President, Central Florida Flyers since 1982, member of the 'l'cnnessce 'free Toppers, member of the and Safety and Training Comminces; Basic Jnstructor; member and pilot since 1979. l believe very strongly that Directors should represent the rnajority views of the members in their Regions. I vow to the members of Region 10 to perform this duty without personal bias. It is time for a change!

REGfON XI

l am up for reelection for the bcttcrmenr of our sport and the USHGA. l believe rhat the fundamentals of our orga·· nization arc safety in training and accidcnr prevention. l have maintained strong connections with clubs and chapters and have always been available for assistance as Regional Director. I have followed up on all letters and have a good attendance record al Board meetings. 1 am also rcgu· larly involved in the flying community through my activity with Red River Aircrafr. Site preservation and acquisition of adequate flying sites is also importanl". T plan on assisting with more site gnidcs, meets, and contributing more ro USHGA publications. 'fbc maturity of om pilots has increased and can still be improved (noting closure oF Packsaddle for half a season). Report accidents to help prevent them for others, be conservative about the conditions in which you launch, and use checklists for all towing operations. 1 want to see more sites, safe pilots, and incidenr free hours of airtime for all. How's that for a platform?

1, wants the job of Region XI. What a nm! Who would wam to be a Regional Dirccror? What a terrible job. Don't get paid. Don't get much appreciation. Don't auy privileges or perks, and if you do joh right you are bound to

make somebody mad at you. Well, it's for sure that you've got to want to do the job. ff you can't make the two yearly BOD meetings or don't care to attend the committee meetings once there, you aren't worth spit to the UST-IGJ\ or its members. So do J want the job? Yeah, I do. Why? Well, having served before on the BOD and as president of the USHGA, and having attended rhe last two BOD meetings as :rn I~lonorary Director, I am prcuy sure I can make a real contribution to the organi· zation. How? Well, I do have a few axes to grind, but let's talk about them later. First, I will attend the committee meetings in which l h:1vc some expertise. 'fowing, safety and training and paragliding arc the ones in particular d1at l will attend. I have been good at listening to the discussions and at times helping to clarify them. If appropriate, l make proposals and motions using my knowledge of parliamentary pro ccdure and the way the BOD functions 10 get things done. Tam serving as the head of the National Fly-ln Committee, and will evaluate bids submitted and select the site of the national fly-in. [n the Safety and Training Commitrce, I arn working with an instructor on a rating booklet, which if' approved will allow a pilot to get individual sign .. offa on each skill for a new rating and make it much easier to be rated. l attend the main meeting and as Regional Director, l will listen and vote on issues which affect us all as pilots. What axes do T have to grind? Well, in the Paragliding Committee meeting, I intend to propose that as part of paraglid .. ing instruction, pilots be required to learn parachute landing falls (PLFs). l n the Tow Committee mcering, I hope to see standards set for tow drivers as well as a um

form set of standards fc)r a pilot for row. I have lost friends to head injuries, and I hope to sec the standards for hang gliding helmets clarified so th,n we will kuow that the helmets we arc sold arc safe:. What arn I not to do) Well, I am to let my business i ntcrcsts in influence my decisions as a piloc and fr>r pilots at the USHGA BOD

inecting. I know that some of you have been crit·· ical of my appGmmce, in particular the way I wear my hair, lrnwcvcr in an attempt to cut the budget, l promise that J will never get a $200 haircut at tbe P:.1cksaddle or any other L/. for that rnarter. I also promise t·hat l will try my best to never again break my arm in flight as I have been told that it makes the onlookers nervous. I promise as well not to attempt to break John record for continuous loops unless I have suffi.ciem altitude. Finally, I to keep my sense of humor, such as it is, while very serious about supporting the and the of the pilots of the USHGA.

Polks in Texas nicknamed me ·· "'""~=,· " probably because l'm usually wear-

ing a ten-gallon hat while hanging around launch. I'm 52 years old and have been act1v,elv flying both

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as many of you know, had difficulties keeping Packsaddle Mountain open this I like to think that my maturity and !1sten111c. skills have helped with the sue· cessful reopening of that lovely site. ff elected l will c01icenrrate on serving the interests of both hang glider and paragliclcr pilots in our Region. I will be honored to serve as your Regional Director if elected.

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Hello, Region l 2! Once again, it's dee· tion and if you'll have me, I'd like to continue representing Region 12 at rhe Board of Directors meetings. I've been your Director for two terms (four years) now, and also held the position oflJSHGA Vice President for the last two one-year terms. For those of you who are not familiar wirh me and my qualifications, I've been flying for 21 years, been in the bang glidi nsrruction business since ] 980, and have had both Advanced Instructor and Master since ] 984. I hold the 'fandem Administrator and Tow Supervisor appointments, and have achieved the diamond safe pilot award. l have owned and operated my hang gliding business, "Fly f!igh Hang Gliding" here in New York since 1985, which has continued to allow me to live the lifestyle of the rich and famous. Between selling T-

shirts, "whack tapes," and Wills Wing RamAirs, I've been jumping cax brackets like hurdles! Seriously, though, there are serious issues continually facing our sport and its organization. Insurance, the tandem program, site security, pilot safety, and, in my opinion, airspace conflicts with general and commercial aviation lead the list. l'd like to continue my participation 011 the towing, tandem, and safety and training committees. I'm also very cager to continue on the financial redistribution committee, as l feel I've had a significant impact on the productivity of this committee. Please take the time to vote, and f'll do my best to represent the Region from a pilot's point of view.

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II Competition Corner THE 1993 CHELAN CROSS COUNTRY CLASSIC

by Davis Straub t's the first week of July, and the Mississippi Valley is now into its second week of flooding. A heat wave has been gripping the East Coast for over a week and it looks like it will continue. The jet stream is right over Washington state, going from northwest to southeast smack dab over Chelan, and carrying damp air right toward the upper Midwest. Lakeview, Oregon, 10 driving hours to the south, is experiencing high pressure and light thermal conditions mixed with strong winds that contribute to the death of a pilot. But in Chelan it's time for the Cross Country Classic and the cumies are popping. In fact, for all six days of the meet, we are out on course and flying under unstable cumulus conditions. This cannot be said of any of the other major meets in 1993. With temperatures averaging about 10 degrees below normal (as they have all summer in the Pacific Northwest) and cloud base rising from 8,000' the first day to 10,000' by the end of the week, we are in for mild flying conditions with no chances of heat stroke. Having cumie clouds for six days in a row is quite unusual for Chelan, where we are often flying in blue thermals in hot, desert-like conditions. Not so this year. With winds setting up out of the west (that old jet stream) five out of six days, completing triangles and out-and-returns becomes quite difficult. Triangles and out-and-return flights are worth a lot more points at the Classic, so many pilots still make the effort, often just making enough distance on their final leg to get the multiplier. Launching early the first day, I immediately find the house thermal to the left of the between-the-rocks launch, and getting to cloud base in seven minutes provides all the encouragement necessary to get most pilots off the hill in a hurry. With strong southwest winds out on the flats east of Chelan, Len Baron and I,

finding ourselves way out in front, make a low save northeast of Sims Corners (33 miles east of Chelan Butte). Len drifts downwind only to be inadvertently sucked up into a cloud by Electric City for a very scary five minutes, while I head south before trying to cross Banks Lake, only to find the winds too strong and am soon on the ground. Len gets the longest straight-line flight of the day while numerous other pilots join me on the west bank of Bank Lake. Dave Little and Randy Adams are able to get back far enough toward Chelan to get credit for their triangles. Dave goes 60 miles to get 900 points and first for the day, with Randy Adams second at 600 points. Moderate to strong southwest winds at launch on day two require pilots to forsake the south side of the Butte and dive for the lee side thermal over the sludge pit, losing a thousand feet before they find their ticket out of this unforgiving landing area. Numerous pilots try to make the corner at Farmer or Withrow in an effort to go on a triangle course. Even with cloud base rising by 1,000', only Dave Gerdes is able to get credit for his 60-mile triangle. Four pilots get over 50 miles on their triangles, but don't get the extra credit. On the third day conditions continue to improve with a strong west wind and cloud base at 10,000'. Again, few pilots get up on the south side of the Butte, but very strong lift is again found over the sludge pit. Randy Adams, Dave Gerdes and John Woiwode are successful in their triangles, but still no one has made it back to goal: the junk yard field at the Butte or the Chelan Airport. Most pilots fly straight east past Sims Corner and over Banks Lake finding easy going until the cumies come together into overdevelopment past Wilbur. Dennis Cavagnaro and Reto Schaerli are among the few of us still up at Creston (70 miles out) and they dive into the gloom finding enough lift to almost make Davenport, a little over 80 miles, to end up first and second for the day. Day four finally brings light wind conditions, but now accompanied by threatening overdevelopment near the

Butte. Plentiful lift and numerous cloud streets encourage pilots to try for bigger triangles, but the overdevelopment slows down those pilots who weren't fast enough, or who bit off too much. It gets dark over Sims Corner, and a number of pilots can't escape the gloom. Eighteen pilots get credit for their triangles or outand-returns, with many making goal. Lionel Space wins the day and 1,300 points with a triangle to Dry Falls (southwest of Banks Lake), Sims Corner and back to the airport. Randy Adams flies back to the Butte and then heads out again to try for extra points, but is forced down in McNeel Canyon. Northwest winds on day five preclude the use of the main south-facing launch, as pilots trickle off the hill toward Lake Chelan in light conditions. Finally, Dave Little starts going up and half the contestants join him in the only thermal that gets anyone off the hill and on course. Twenty minutes later, ten pilots are hanging in light lift over the first field on the southeast side of the Columbia River. Those pilots who can outrun the overdevelopment head southeast, across Moses Cooley, over the Beezley Hills toward Moses Lake and the sailplane port at Ephrata. It's too dark near the Butte to turn back, so everyone is going straight line in strong lift. Four pilots fly over 70 miles, with Rich Williams winning the day at 78 miles. On the last day, Lionel Space and I take off early, and it's eight minutes to cloud base at 10,000' right over the Butte. This is very encouraging and pilots are pouring off the between-therocks launch as fast as they can line up. A strong southwest flow sets up and pilots are soon heading north up the Okanogan River Valley toward Tonasket. Randy Adams resists the flow, seeing the towering cu-nimb to the north, and heads east. He ends up flying 132 miles (almost twice as far as the next longest flight!) to Elk, a small town 15 miles north of Spokane, and way up in the woods. With this last spectacular flight, Randy comes from back in the pack to win the meet, edging out Dave Little, who had led every day. Because the format of the Classic HANG GLIDING

Competition Corner ~ allows pilots to change their course and strategy in mid flight, pilots have the most opportunity to take advantage of the conditions they experience, as opposed to the predicted conditions at the beginning of the day. This gives pilots the chance to have their best flights, while encouraging them to come back to Chelan for an easy retrieval and an afternoon at the Lake, if conditions permit. If this sounds like fun to you, come join us at the next Chelan Cross Country Classic.

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Randy Adams David Little Lionel Space Eric Troili Dennis Cavagnaro Christopher Jones Reta Schaerli David Gerdes Davis Straub John Woiwode Paul Gallagher David Lindberg Rich Williams Larry Jorgenson Barbara Kramer Lennard Baron Raymond Wolf Rick Edris Dan Uchytil Raymond Broad Jeff Koehler Russ Gelfan Ronald Clark Gary Braun Jeff Bowman Jerry McCown II Keith Lamb David Gerrard Steve Werthheimer Konrad Kurp Peter E.D. Warnes Michael Bowring Keith Silva Jorge Cano Ben Davidson Jim Gallant Robert Reich Gene Matthews Alegra Davidson Clark Brooks

OCTOBER 1993

1993 COLOMBIAN NATIONALS

1993 CANADIAN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

eld near beautiful Vernon, British Columbia, a pristine town rumored to have 50 launches within 50 miles, the Canadian Nationals ran from August 14-22. Pacific Airwave team pilot Mark Bennett of Salt Lake City won the event, followed by countryman Lionel Space from the North Cascades, who was the 1991 Canadian Nationals Champion. Ross McEwan finished third for the Canadians, who all seemed to accept graciously and with good humor the Yanks placing four pilots in the top 10. In addition, there were pilots from Australia and Great Britain attending this quietly popular international event. High forest-covered plateaus and ridges punctuated by a grid-like pattern of fertile pastured valleys create here a great venue for a variety of cross-country racing tasks. With triangles and multiple turnpoints, tasks of a few hours in duration make for worry-free and fast retrieval back to the festivities at meet headquarters, The Squires Four Pub, which features good food and fantastic beer in a decidedly pilot-friendly environment. The flying was frustrated by abnormally poor weather, which initially didn't allow goal completions. Accomplished racing pilots such as Bennett, Space, Tony Barton, Canada's Peter Luke and Mark Tulloch (1992 Champion), on the first day found themselves on the ground out in front, only to find an hour or two later a handful of slower pilots floating over their heads to out-score them by a few fields or kilometers. This pattern continued until a few days later when it finally turned on to produce fantastic classic racing conditions. Mark Bennett finished nearly a half hour in front of Lionel Space, and then J.C. Hauchecorne, a Canadian team pilot, followed by half of the field over the next two hours. During the final days of the meet Bennett patiently hung onto his comfortable lead while everyone valiantly tried, but never succeeded, in flying far

his annual international meet was held during August in Roldanillo, Colombia. Ken Brown, director of Pacific Airwave in the USA, took top honors, with tenacious Venezuelan X-C pilot Enrique Arriaga placing second. The weather was slightly affected by tropical storm Brett that just weeks before devastated the neighboring country of Venezuela with flooding and fatal mud slides in her capital city. Still, conditions proved to be consistent enough for the field of 50 competitors to get in five rounds of challenging competition. Ken Brown was to fly a K5 148 in the meet but a problem with the baggage from his flight delayed the glider's arrival for five days. As luck would have it a K4 155 was available from a customer who had to work the week of the meet poor soul! "Changing gears to flying a K4 155 was not difficult," remarked Brown, "the characteristics of the K5 148 and K4 155 are so similar that I can fly either one with little change in flying style. I just get to push out a little more with the K4." One of Venezuela's top pilots, Enrique Arriaga, flying a K5 148, was able co keep the heat on throughout the meet and wound up in second place overall. Many Colombian pilots were joking with the Venezuelan group about unfairly bringing the lingering bad weather from storm Brett to the competition with them, to throw off the otherwise local advantage. The Venezuelans kept up the benevolent rivalry by responding that the Colombians' sour grapes were a result of that team's inability to place at the Venezuelan Internationals, where the locals handily swept the top four places on their team Airwave gliders back in March. The friendly competition under the picrnre-perfect X-C skies in South America will no doubt be interesting to observe at the beginning of next year's season at La Victoria, Venezuela.

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Region 7 BARNHART, MARK: Lowell, IN; A. Mantas/Spectrum CHRISTENSEN, NICHOLAS: Janesville, WI; C. Thoreson/Lookout Men FP DYBSAND, DAVID: Pewaukee, WI; D. Hartowicz/High Expectations GERWATOWSKI, TOM: Mt. Prospect, IL; B. Kushner/Raven Sky Sports GOODRUM, JOHN: Thomasboro, IL; C. Thoreson/Lookout Men FP HALLETT, MARK: Bloomington, IL; T. Cadora/Kitty Hawk Kites MAY, PHILLIP: Clarkston, Ml; J. Hooks/Lookout Men FP O'DONNELL, TERRANCE: Rolling Meadows, IL; A. Mantas/Spectrum HG PAGANO, PETER: East Windsor, CT; R. Hastings/Morningside FP SHIELDS, STEVE: Huntington, IN; P. Hall/Purdue HG TUTOKY, STANLEY: Streator, IL; C. Thoreson/Lookout Mtn FP Region 8 CORMAN, DANIEL: Uncasville, CT; D. Baxter/Morningside FP SYLVIA, MIKE: No. Kingstown, RI; D. Engel/Morningside FP SZ¥MAK, MAREK: Edison, NJ; R. Hastings/Morningside FP

Region I HEWITT, DEBBIE: Bellingham, WA; J. Fieser/Whatcom Wings JASSO, HIRAM: Fairbank, AK; L. Thomas/T & L Sales SHARP, J. LEE: Roseburg, OR; W. Roberts/So Oregon HG VOELLER, JIM: Missoula, MT; T. Sapienza/Airtime Oregon HG

Region 9 CONRAD, JEFF: Lancaster, OH; D. Jones/Lookout Men FP FORNSHELL, BEN JOHN: Alexandria, VA; J. Middleton/Silver Wings GREGOR, JANET: Columbia, MD; S. Comer MANOSALVA, EDGAR: Columbus, OH; M. DelSignore/North Coast HG PADILLA, DAVID: Falls Church, VA; T. Cadora/Kitty Hawk Kites RAIMONDI, CHARLES: Washington, D.C.; J. Eckhardt/Kitty Hawk Kites RUDIMAN, ANDREW: Reston, VA; K. Immordini/Kitty Hawk Kites TURNER, STEVE: Baltimore, MD; W. Thornton/Kitty Hawk Kites WOODS, WILLIAM: Emmaus, PA; T. Cadora/Kitty Hawk Kites

Region 2 BAKER, TONY: Los Altos, CA; S. Kelly/Mission Soaring BLAKE, CHRIS: Sacramento, CA; G. Hamilton/Sacramento HG BOYLE, GREG: Dublin, GA; R. Palmon/Skys The Limit HG BRINKERHOFF, AARON: Boulder Creek, CA; S. Kelly/Mission Soaring COCHRAN, RICHARD: Felton, CA; P. Denevan/Mission Soaring DeMILL, DAVE: Shell Beach, CA; K. deRussy/HG Emporium EVANS, JOSHUA: Santa Cruz, CA; S. Kelly/Mission Soaring FISCHBACH, NICOLE: Rancho Snata Fe, CA; J. Ryan/The HG Center FISCHBACH, ADAM: Rancho Santa FE, CA; J. Ryan/The HG Center HALL, MORGAN: Atascadero, CA; C. Rabaut/Western HG HARR, ROBERT: Oakdale, CA; K. Wright/Wright Bros Wings JAMES, LUCY: San Lorenzo, CA; T. Armstrong;Mission Soaring JOHANSON, ROGER: San Ramon, CA; P. Denevan/Mission Soaring KIM, YONG PIL: Sacramento, CA; G. Hamilton/Sacramento HG MULLIN, TOM: Cupertino, CA; S. Kelly/Mission Soaring REDDY, SRIDHAR: San Jose, CA; S. Kelly/Mission Soaring

Region 10 COLLIE, RITA: Elizabeth City, NC; W. Thornton/Kitty Hawk Kites GLOVER, ABBY: Mableton, GA; M. Middleton/Lookout Men FP GUTHERIE, CHUCK: Murray, KY; C. Thoreson/Lookout Men FP HENDERSON, CHRISTINE: Nags Head, NC; T. Cadora/Kitty Hawk Kites HINDMAN, RAY: Decatur, GA; R. Jacob/SYS KIRBY, GREG: Marietta, GA; D. Jones/Lookout Men FP KUPSTAS, EILEEN: Chapel Hill, NC; D. Jones/Lookout Men FP LANZ, STEPHEN: Sumter, SC; C. Thoreson/Lookout Mtn FP LOGA, MICHAEL: Chatt, TN; M. Middleton/Lookout Mtn FP MARANTO, TIM: Norfolk, VA; B. Hagewood/Kitty Hawk Kites MARTIN, THOMAS: Decatur, GA; D. Jones/Lookout Mtn FP MILTON, KEITH: Ellijay, GA; C. Thoreson/Lookout Men FP SCHMITT, ADAM: Birmingham, AL; J. Hooks/Lookout Mtn FP WHITE, JIM: Bowling Green, KY; D. Jones/Lookout Men WOOD JR, WILLIAM: Vero Beach, FL; J. Tindle/Miami HG WYNN, ANITA: Memphis, TN; J. Peebles/Lookout Mtn FP

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BEGINNER RATINGS PILOT: City, State; Instructor/School

Region 4 NILSEN, CHUCK: Phoenix, AZ; E. Smith/Arizona Airfoils WITMORE, SCOTT: Woodland Park, CO; R. Wilkinson/Eagle's Nest Region 6 HOVERMALE, ].DENISE: Highland, MO; W. Thornton/Kitty Hawk Kites MOECKEL, DOUGLAS: Oklahoma City, OK; S. White/White Out SCHMITZ, GARY: Charleston, AR; T. Middleton/Soaring Wings

Region 12 CARMELI, ABRAHAM: New York NY; T. Cadora/Kitty Hawk Kites SHERMAN, JAMES: New York, NY; D. Meyers/Mountain Wings \VILSON JR, RICHARD: Binghamton, NY; R. Murphy/Ultralight FS

HANG GLIDING

Ratings 1111 NOVICE RATINGS PILOT: City, State; Instructor/School Region 1 LEWTHOLD, COLIN: Ft. Wainwright, AK; L. Thomas/T & L Sales PHILLIPS, JOE: Seattle, WA; T. Johns/Cascade Soaring SHARP, J. LEE: Roseburg, OR; W. Roberts/So Oregon HG Region 2 ABELIAN, MIKE: Glendale, CA; J. Greblo/Windspores Soaring Ctr AGUAYO, BERNARDO: Gilroy, CA; P. Godwin/Western HG BECHTOLD, TOM: Alameda, CA; J. Greenbaum/Airtime of SF BOYLE, GREG: Dublin, GA; R. Palmon/Skys The Limit HG DeMILL, DAVE: Shell Beach, CA; K. deRussy/HG Emporium HALL, MORGAN: Atascadero, CA; C. Rabaur/Western HG JOLICOEUR, LEO: Sunnyvale, CA; B. Ream/Mission Soaring JONES, DONALD: Newark, CA; D. Yount/Mission Soaring PECK, RON: Las Vegas, NV; W. Finn POTTER, MATTHEW: Fresno, CA; D. Fleming QUIRION, CHERYL: Mountain View, CA; D. Yount/Mission Soaring RHYMES, BRUCE: Susanville, CA; R. Leonard/Adventure Sport SCOFIELD, STEVEN: David, CA; R. Leonard/Adventure Sports SWANSON, TOM: West Sacramento, CA; R. Leonard/Adventure Spores TRIBE, RANDOLPH: San Jose, CA; D. Yount/Mission Soaring Region 3 ALI, SYED: Rancho Cucamonga, CA; D. Skadal/Flighc Systems COLLINS, BRIAN: Glendale, CA; D. Quackenbush/Trne Flight DIVINE, JAN: Riverside, CA; R. McKenzie/High Adventure McINERNY, JAMES: Santa Monica, CA; D. Skadal/Flighc Systems Region 4 HALL, CHRISTI: Lake City, CA; C. BaughmanNulcure Gliders PROSSER, GARY: Divide, CO; B. Kushner/Raven Sky Sports SANTACROCE, CHRIS: Draper, UT; D. Sharp/UP Soaring SPORKA, JIM: Crested Butte, CO; T. Hackbart/Golden Wings WENRICH, MELISSA: Tempe, AZ; B. Holmes/Sky Sails of AZ Region 7 ALBRIGHT, NEIL: Willow City, ND; M. Taber/Lookout Mm FP DAWES, ROY: Jamestown, IN; J. Hooks/Lookout Mm FP DYBSAND, DAVID: Pewaukee, WI; D. Hartowicz/High Expectations MAY, PHILLIP: Clarkston, Ml; J. Hooks/Lookout Mm FP MC CROSKEY, THOMAS: Chicago, IL; B. Kushner/Raven Sky Spores TESHIMA, TOM: Park Forest, IL; D. Jones/Lookout Mm FP Region 8 CHIN, WAGER: Bellingham, MA; F. Valenza/Mountain Wings DE OLIVERIA, CELIO: Nashua, NH; R. Hastings/Morningside FP DelVECCHIO, PETER: Arlington, MA;]. Nicolay/Morningside FP McKENZIE, ERIC: Worcester, MA; D. Myers REPSCHINSKI, BORIS: Chicago, IL; D. Baxter/Mornignside FP SMITH, M. TODD: Milford, CT; R. Hastings/Morningside Fl' THOMAS, DUANE: So Easton, MA; R. Hastings/Morningside Fl' WALKER, CHRIS: Vineyardhaven, MA; D. Raybourn/Hg School OR Region 9 CONRAD, JEFF: Lancaster, OH; D. Jones/Lookout Mtn FP COYNE, DAN: Cleve, OH; M. DelSignore/North Coast HG FULTON, MIKE: Richmond, VA; W. Thornton/Kitty Hawk Kites LATHAN, PHILLIP: Columbus, OH; M. DelSignore/Norrh Coast HG NIEHAUS, RICHARD: Bethel Park, PA;]. Hooks/Lookout Mm FP PESSAGNO, KIRSTEN: Mt. Crawford, VA; D. Jones/Lookout Mm Fl'

Region 10 CROUCH, MARK: Palm Beach Gardens, FL; J. Tindle/Miami HG EVANS, KENNETH: Elizabeth City, NC; A. Chuculace/Kitty Hawk Kites GLOVER, ABBY: Mableton, GA; M. Middleton/Lookout Mm FP HARRIS, GREGORY: Rome, GA; D. Jones/Lookout Mm PP HINDMAN, RAY: Decatur, GA; R. Jacob/SVS HUFFERD, MARK: Stockbridge, GA; C. Thoreson/Lookout Mm FP KIRBY, GREG: Marietta, GA; D. Jones/Lookout Men FP KNIGHT III, WM "TIP": Swannanoa, NC; B. Hunt LOGA, MICHAEL: Chatt, TN; M. Middleton/Lookout Mm FP MARTIN, THOMAS: Decatur, GA; D. Jones/Lookout Men FP PALMER, DONALD: Fe. Myers, FL; C. Thoreson/Lookout Mm FP PAYNE, GENA: Rome, GA; B. Chalmers/Lookout Men Fl' PRICE, LARRY: Gainsville, FL; F. Foci/Miami HG ROYER, MARY: Memphis, TN; C. Thoreson/Lookout Mm FP RUSSELL, KEVIN: Panama City, FL; T. Braden/Sky Hook Towing SCHMITT, ADAM: Birmingham, AL; J. Hooks/Lookout Mm FP SIDDIGIN, ALEX: Atlanta, GA; C. Thoreson/Lookout Men Fl' WHITE, JIM: Bowling Green, KY; D. Jones/Lookout Men PP WOOD JR, WILLIAM: Vero Beach, FL; J. Tindle/Miami HG WYNN, ANITA: Memphis, TN;]. Peebles/Lookout Men FP ZIOLO, J. ANDREW: Atlanta, GA; R. Jacob/SVS Region 11 BECNEL, EARL: Destrehan, LA; J. Hooks/Lookout Mm FP Region 12 ARU-HAIDAR, SUNAYA: Millbrook, NY; F. Valenza/Mountain Wings BRUDNAKIII, NICHOLAS: Hasbrouck Hgts, NJ; D. Myers/Mountain Wings JUDGE, RUSSELL: Newton, NJ; D. Meyers KAPLAN, RICK: New York City, NY; E. Menett/Mountain Wings OLDWEILER, JOHN: Rochester, NY; B. Lyon/Rochester Area Flyers SHERMAN, JAMES: New York, NY; D. Mayers/Mountain Wings WELLS, HARRY: Avenel, NJ; F. Valenza/Mountain Wing WISON JR, RICHARD: Binghamton, NY; R. Murphy/Ultralight FS

INTERMEDIATE RATINGS PILOT: City, State; Instructor/School Region 1 HENDRIX, ROBERT: Redmond, OR; R. Ritter/Oregon Desert Flyers HYDE, SUZEN: Wenatche, WA; B. Morgan/Rattlesnake Region 2 BOKKIN, BRIAN: Anderson, CA; P. Sergent/HG Connection BRODER, GAVIN: Berkeley, CA; B. Ream/Mission Soaring Center HERRICK, MICHAEL: San Jose, CA; P. Denevan/Mission Soaring LIVELY, DAVID: San Jose, CA; W. Ostiguy MOLDANE, STEVE: Daly City, CA; R. Fischer/Wings ofRogallo Region 3 CLARAMUNT, JAVIER: Paramount, CA; D. Skadal/Flight Systems DENCKS, VOLKER: Sherman Oaks, CA; G. Reeves/Windsports Soaring Ctr EISAGUIRRE, LEW: Beverly Hills, CA; D. Quackenbush/True Flight QUACKENBUSH, DANA: Pulaski, NY; D. Quackenbush/True Flight Region 4 EASTON, AMAL: Santa Fe, MN; K. Stowe/\Vindrider Region 5 BAHR, STEVEN: Blackfoot, ID; K. Cavanaugh Region 6 DARBY, TONY: N Little Rocle, AR; T. Middleton/Soaring Wings

OCTOBER 1993

II Ratings Region 7 ALBRIGHT, NEIL: Willow City, ND; M. Taber/Lookout Mm FP SCHMITZ, KEVIN: Whitewater, WI; B. Kushner/Raven Sky Sports Region 9 JOHNSON, MATT: Loysville, PA; R. Cobb/Wind Drifter SASSANI, LAWRENCE: York, PA; J. Gorrie Region 10 CONOVER, TIMOTHY: Clemson, SC; M. Taner/Lookout Mtn FP MARSHALL, LINDA: Rising Fawn, GA; B. Chalmers/Lookout Mm FP MITCHELL, J. QUINN: Thonoto Sassa, FL; S. Flynn/Draggin Flyers HG POWERS, PRIOR: West Palm Beach; S. Hubbard/Lookout Mtn FP RUSSUM, WILLIAM: Tucson, AZ; R. Patterson/Rocket City Airsporcs SEMENACH, MICHAEL: Stone Mountain, GA; C. Thoreson/Lookout Mm FP Region 11 BARESIC, GORAN: New Orleans, LA; M. Taber/Lookout Mm FP FOGOROS, BRIAN: Ft. Worth, TX; T. Doogs/Red River Aircraft GAW, THOMAS: Garland, TX; D. Broyles/Kite Ent ISENSEE, JAMES: Austin, TX; J. Hunt/Red River Aircraft WOODRUFF, WALLACE: Spicewood, TX; J. Hunt/Red River Aircraft Region 12 BIRNEY, KEVIN: Upper Saddle River, NJ; G. Black/Mm Wings HG WALLACH, SAM: Hackettstown, NJ; G. Black/Mountain Wings

ADVANCED RATINGS

FOREIGN RATINGS BEGINNER BRIERLEY, FRANCES: Esperance, Austria; D. Jones/Lookout Mm FP RAMMINGER, WILHELM: Grosse Pesendorf, Austria;C. Thoreson/Lookout ROBERGE, RAYMOND: Longueuil, Quebec; T. Cadora/Kitty Hawk Kites ROBERGE, MARIE-ANNE: Longueuil, Quebec; T. Cadora/Kitty Hawk Kites YAMAMOTO, HIRONORI: Mie, Japan; D. Sharp/UP Soaring NOVICE BADENHOP, CHARLIE: Nakano-Ku, Japan; M. Shields/Western HG BIERLEY, FRANCE: Esperance, Austria; D. Jones/Lookout Mm FP GIRARD, ROGER: Orleans, Ontario; D. Jones/Lookout Mm FP LEGER, DOMINIQUE: Chicoutimi, Quebec;R. Jacob/SVS RAMMINGER, WILHELM: Grosse Pesendorf, Auscria;C. Thoreson/Lookout ADVANCED LIAO, YUNG-SEN: Ching Lake, Taiwan; S. Deng/Chinese Taipei Aero REIF, ENRIQUE: Zusmarshousen, Germany; J. Hagemann/Santa Barbara HG SUN, TOMMY: Ching Lake, Taiwan; S. Deng/Chinese Taipei Aerosports WANG, IVEN: Ching Lake. Taiwan; S. Deng/Chinese Taipei Aerosports

TANDEM ONE RATINGS STEVEKROOP PAULR. MAYS TANDEM TWO RATINGS JEFF GREENBAUM

PILOT: City, State; Instructor/School Region 1 ALDRIDGE, JOHN: Missoula, MT; P. Swanson/Sports Exchange STRONG, KEN: Portland, OR; J. Asher/Endless Thermal TYRELL, TOM: Wenatchee, WA; B. Morgan/Rattlesnake Region 2 MELGAN, ARTURO: San Leandro, CA; P. Denevan/Mission Soaring ROBINSON, TODD: Windsor, CA; T. Kurth/SLOSA Region 3 BROWN, JAMES: Tujunga, CA; D. Quackenbush/True Flight HEDLEY, CHARLES: Huntington Beach, CA; Windgypsy SMITH, CHRISTOPHER: Culver City, CA; L. Mace/Let's Go HG Region 4 COMMINGS, ROBERT: Telluride, CO; L. Chiaran/Telluride Airsports STRAND, SCOTT: Craig, CO; L. Chiarani/TellurideAirsporcs Region 8 MURRAY, KEITH: Manchester, NH; R. Hastings/Morningside FP Region 10 BARNETTE, DOUG: Rossville, GA; B. Chalmers/Lookout Mtn FP JOHNSON, JOHN: Casselberry, FL; S. Flynn/Draggin Flyers HG KROOP, STEVE: Miami, FL; J. Tindle/Miami HG PEEBLES, JOHN: Marietta, GA; C. Thoreson/Lookout Mm FP Region 12 JACKSON, MICHAEL: New York City, NY; G. Black/Mountain Wings

MASTER RATINGS MEL GLANTZ

REFLEX HELMET Lightweight, strong, comfortable. Designed specifically for paragliding and hang gliding, this helmet offers comfmt and full-face protection without restricting peripheral vision. Constructed of polyester polymer and reinforced with chop fiber, it allows the helmet to be strong but lightweight. The "REFLEX" helmet is lined with high-impact foam and brnshed polyester fabric for a comfortable fit. Weight 21 oz. Sizes S, M, L XL. Colors: blue, black, white. (Dealer inquiries welcome.)

AIRTEK, 4667 Cass St., Suite B, San Diego, CA 92109 (619) 483-1899 John Yates/Pro Design 1600 E. Cypress Ave. #8, Redding, CA 96002 phone/fax (916) 222-4606

HANG GLIDING

Classifieds ~~ HANG GLIDING ADVISORY Used hang gliders should always be disassembled before flying for the first time and inspected carefully for fatigued, bent or dented downtubes, ruined bushings, bent bolts (especially the heart bolt), re-used Nyloc nuts, loose thimbles, frayed or rusted cables, tangs with non-circular holes, and on Rogallos, sails badly torn or torn loose from their anchor points front and back on the keel and leading edges. If in doubt, many hang gliding businesses will be happy to give an objective opinion on the condition of equipment you bring them to inspect. Buyers should select equipment that is appropriate for their skill level or rating. New pilots should seek professional instruction from a USHGAcertified school. ROGALLOS AXIS 15 676-4425.

Flies great, steal it for $400. Paul (909)

BEGINNER'S SPECIAL - Demon 175, speedbar, new batten pockets, CG 1000 harness (new) with Pac Air parachute, Roberrs vario, Bell helmet, hook knife $1,000. (501) 664-4794. DESIRE 151 - Enterprise Wing, excellent climber $2,400. (801) 254- 6141. DREAfvl 220 -

$1,200. Call Bill (616) 882-7168.

GEMINI 164'5 - $650., $550. Javelin 168, excellent condition, blue with rainbow $700. Great first gliders. (708) 329-8337.

HPAT 145 - Excellent condition, beautiful colors, early '92, 100 hours, Arizona XC winner $2,550. Call Hans (602) 231-1064 (8-5) or (602) 971-7875.

GLIDER BAGS - Custom camo. X-C $70., standard $80., other colors. Sail Wings (501) 663-3166.

HPAT 158 - "Pristine" 1990. Red/white w/HPAT letters, like 8/93 HG cover, 50 hours $2,400. Eric Raymond Equalizer-large/wide $500., w/BRS $700. Wills Wing Z-2, 5'8"-5'10" $300. Alibi vario, new $503. New HES 22 parachute $385, New PDA 20 $385. (812) 288-7111 Indiana.

GLIDER PACKAGE - Magic 166 w/vg, very clean. Delta pod (large) with 1992 High Energy Sports chute with swivel, new Litek vario, altimeter, helmet, hang straps, etc. Full ser up, all excellent condition $1,200. Flying rigid wing now, Keith at (603) 7269910. HANG GLIDING MOBILE - The ultimate in hang traveling, a 1989 27' Fleetwood Jamboree. Sleeps 6, complete with everything a pilot needs, including truck, ATOL trailer & glider mbes. See misc.section for photo & complete details or call and talk to Rob & Betsy Richardson about it. Selling whole or part, (310) 764-8012 or (805) 268-1718 California. HARNESSES - Tired of that aching back? Try a CLOUDBASE HARNESS. Let 21 years of experience custom tailor you a harness. Pods, spaghetti, cocoons, custom designs and now the FLEX. Also UV bags, rockets, varios, helmets & harness repair. Chris Smith (706) 398- 3964.

H)_'AT 158 449-0513.

Great shape, low hours $1,800. (303)

K4 - Sept. 1992, <25 hours $3,300 OBO. (312) 282-6337. KISS 154 - Full race, low hours, excellent condition $1,250. Gerry (415) 567-6032. LIFE SIMPLIFICATION SALE - Sensor 5 lOE $2,000. Sensor 510 B/C $700., Ball 652 $400. Unreasonable offers will be considered. (208) 7883891. LITE DREAlv[ 165 - Blue, orange, white. Excellent condition. Includes training wheels, cocoon, harness, helmet $1,000. (909) 867-2195. LITE DREAM 165 - Less than I hour airtime $1,390. Pod harness $350. All mint condition! Cathie (714) 840-7480.

DREAfv!S IN STOCK - All sizes, including 145's. Many other used gliders available, including Visions & Spectrums. Raven Sky Sporrs (414) 473-2003.

HP II - Full race, custom sail, outstanding condition & performance, many extras $1,000 OBO will ship. (513) 961-2817 evenings, Paul.

ERIC RAYMOND HARNESS - New, 6'2"-6'6" pilot. Multi-colored, must sell $525. (SOS) 396-6906.

HPAT 145 - 200 hours, excellent condition. $1,550 you pay shipping. (415) 773-3081 Don.

EURO SPORT 167 - <200 hours, race cloth, speed bar, white LE, blue & yellow undersurface. Flies great! $1,100 OBO. Ask for Craig, (602) 776-7428.

HPAT 145 - Excellent condition, 45 hours $2,300. (801) 649-8171.

MOYES GTR 175 VG - Rainbow bottom, blue LE, fairings $1,200. Also Moyes pod, altimeter, vario. (303) 972-1245.

HPAT 145 - 30 hours, extra clean, sharp $2,700. (602) 938-9550.

MOYES MEGA II - Good condition, perfect for beginner $650. (315) 422-5606.

MAGIC KISS - And Raven 229 for sale or swap for paraglider. (612) 683-0414.

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E~ Classifieds MOYES XS 158 - Good condition, test fly in the Owens Valley CA. (619) 938-2344. MYSTIC 166 - Streamline harness, parachute, Robert's vario, all in good condition $1,500. (805) 944-1997.

TRX 140 - 1992 model, excellent condition, handles great, terrific performance. Will ship, picmres available, only $2,600. Glen (619) 458-3370 w, (619) 223-6946 h.

COLORADO HANG GLIDING "Celebrating Over 20 Years of Sales and Support!" REGION IV'S OLDEST, LARGEST FULL-TIME STORE.

TRX 140 - 20 hours, white & black, excellent condition $2,700. (815) 234-5388.

RESERVE CHUTES, (All Sizes) never used, inspected, repacked w/new bridle and bag ................ $265 .. ............................................. (20 fr. PDA's $300) VARI OS/ALT. .............. (Used, All Brands) ... $150+ USED HARNESSES .................................... $75+ NEW, USED PARAGLIDERS .. (All Brands)$500+ NEW HELMETS ....... (All Brands, Sryles) .... $50+ NEW PARASAJLS ....... (Large) ..................... $1,175

MYSTIC 177 VG- Good condition, low hours, red & white, weight range 170-280 lbs. $1,100. (404)

943-3635. PACKAGE SPACE SALE - 510C w/NDH, CG 1000, instruments, Spirit 200, DW 60, many extras $2,000. (405) 728-1616. PULSE !OM - New, reduced because of overstock. (703) 533-1965.

TRX 160 - Featured April 1993 centerspread. New wing tips and bag. Very clean $3,000 OBO. Airwear EX pod, new, blue & red, with parachute $500 OBO. Ball 652 $375. (205) 281-2688, will ship. TRX 160 - Flown one season, good shape $2,300. (718) 638-2054 NY area.

RAM AlR- In stock. (703) 533-1965.

UP XTC 150 SS - Brand new, beautiful colors, speedbar $2,000 OBO. Matching High Energy harness also available. (407) 255-7514.

SENSOR 510E - 159 full race. TOP condition, LOW hours, plus extras $2,600 OBO. (209) 5236089.

USED GLIDERS - Harrier 177, excellent $675. Comet 135, very good $525. Gemini 164 $450. (703) 533-1965.

SENSOR 610 144 - Reluctantly must sell! New condition, less than 25 hours on it. "Sensor" -clean sail and performance. White mylar leading edge, hot pink/dark blue undersurface, purple tail $3,300. Matching Equalizer pod harness for medium size pilot $300. (615) 579-3250 Greg.

VISION MARK IV - $1,500. Avsac harness $350., parachute $350., helmet $75., vario $180. (415) 9681039.

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA USED GLIDER REFERRAL - BUY-SELL-CONSIGN, ALL MAKES, MODELS. CALL TODAY (619) 4501894 OR (619) 450-9008. SPECTRUMS & VISIONS - Bought-Sold-Traded. Raven Sky Sports (414) 473-2003. SPORT EURO 150 - Good condition, clean sail $1,300. (801) 254-6141. SPORT AT 167 - 1990, excellent condition. Lime green LE, lime green/white/blue undersurface, white reinforced TE $2,400. (708) 894-5858. SPORT 167 AMERICAN - LIKE NEW! 30 hours, center panel royal blue (top & bottom), white tri-lam LE, rest white. Spcedbar, extra downtubes. Make offer. Brad (715) 359-9264.

VISION MARK IV 17 - w/extras $1,650.; lid floats $225. New Tracer harness w/extras $450.00. New Second Chantz rocket w/PDA chute, paraswivel $675. Ball 651 vario $350. Custom camera mount w/Cannon TSO, 28mm & 20mm lenses, shutter cable $275. Bell helmet $60. Yaesu FT-411 w/three batteries & quick charger $375. Equipment carrying case $40. All in excellent condition, see August ad for derails. (708) 512-8675 w, (708) 993-0806 h.

LT DREAM 220 ........... <2 HOURS ............ $2,190 LT DREAM 145 ........... <2 HOURS ............ $1,950 MK IV 138 (GENESIS) .. <10 HOURS ......... $1,550 SPORT EURO 150 F.R .. <25 HOURS ........ $1,475 EXCEL 160 ................... <50 HOURS .......... $1,025 LT DREAM 185 ........... <60 HOURS .......... $1,015 MAGIC III .................... <40 HOURS .......... $975 HP II 185 ...................... <35 HOURS .......... $775 COMET 165 ................. <60 HOURS .......... $625 ea. DUCK 180, 160 ............ <50 HOURS .......... $575 ea. LANCER 180 ................ <40 HOURS .......... $550 PRODAWN, PROSTAR II 160 ...................................... <25 HOURS .......... $475 ea. PHOENIX 6D 185 ....... <45 HOURS .......... $450 SEAGULL SEAHAWKS .. .4 TOTAL ........... $300 ea. "Safety is our profession, quality our promise - Since 1972" Equipment 100% Guaranteed, inspected. (303) 278-9566 M-F 9-5. GOLDEN WINGS 1103 Washington Avenue, Golden, CO 80401 TOLL FREE ORDER PHONE 1-800-677-4449 or (303) 278-7181

VISION MARK IV 19 - Dark blue $1,695. Everything brand new: Blackhawk EZ with lightning bolt $400., BRS Wedge $495., Sentek vario $250., more. CALL FOR PACKAGE DEAL. (703) 8031974 work.

Magic Formula 154 Exe. Cond ..................... $1,900 Magic Formula 154 w/spare downtubes ....... $1,700 Mystic l77 VG .............. Exc. Cond .............. $800 Comet .......................................................... $650 Euro Sport 167 .............. low hours ................ $1,850

VISION MARK IV 19 - 3 DCG, <30 hours, dark blue LE, light blue A panel, excellent condition $1,375. (703) 678-1143 Virginia.

EMERGENCY PARACHUTES

VISION PULSE !OM- White, red and black. Ve1y low hours $2,500. High Energy Tracer harness, black, with never deployed parachute, for approx. 5'6" 160 pounds $550. Full face Uvex helmet, small $250. (919) 870-8995.

A BEST BUY! - $265, never deployed, new bridle, bag (PDA's $300). Inspected and repacked, all sizes. Fully Guaranteed! Colorado Hang Gliding (303) 2789566.

SPORT 180 - Perfect, like new condition. Also pod harness w/chute, vario and vario/alt., Hall airspeed, helmet, wheels. Also static pulley tow system w/2 chutes & 4000' line. $2,250 takes all. (608) 2962811.

VISIONS & SPECTRUMS - Bought-Sold-Traded. Raven Sky Sports (414) 473-2003.

ALL BRANDS - Bought, sold, and repacked. Inspection and repack $25.00 - Parachutes, bridles, inspected and replaced. AIRTIME OF SAN FRANCISCO, 3620 Wawona, San Francisco, CA 94116. (415) SKY- 1177.

WILLS WING AT 158 - With spares/roof rack. $2,000 negotiable, will deliver. (702) 782-7353.

BRS 4 7119.

SPORT 180 AT - Low hours, never damaged, like new condition $1,800. (509) 627-3624.

WILLS WING DUCK 160 - Pac Air stirrup harness, helmet $500. (501) 753-8024.

EMERGENCY PARACHUTE - Never deployed, red, as new $175. (408) 476- 4098.

TRX - Near new, flies great, overstock $3,150. (703) 533-1965.

WILLS WING DUCK 180 - Good condition $795. San Diego 1-800-356- 5686.

SPORT 167 EURO - Full race, good condition, speedbar, flies great $1,150. (617) 471-6538.

New, never installed $350. (716) 937-

HANG GLIDING

Classifieds ~~ PARAGLIDERS AT 19 - Sports paraglider, 24M2, low hours. Excellent beginner glider, harness & reserve $2,200. Chris (619) 279-4860.

ZONIE HANG GLIDING - Tandem & Certified FAA instruction: CFII/MEI ATP. Always looking for used equipment especially for female students. 3607 E. Delcoa, Phoenix AZ 85032. (602) 404-0973.

ARKANSAS NEW AND USED - Paragliders, most brands $500-$3,000. Colorado Paragliding (303) 278-9566. UP, \v'ILLS, EDEL - $795+. Instruction, tandems. Southern California (909) 654-8559.

SAIL WINGS HANG GLIDING/PARAGLIDING - Insrrucrion, sales, service. Pacific Airwave. P.O. Box 5593, Little Rock, AR 72215. (SOI) 663- 3166. CALIFORNIA

ULTRALIGHTS DREAlvl 220 (616) 882-7168.

Single place trike wing. Call Bill

LITE TRIKE - Lighrweighr trikes you can SOAR power off. Under 75 pounds. Features in HG ]\,fay '92, page 39. Excellent chrome moly construction. (706) 398-3964. TRIKES TRIKES TRIKES - And accessories. $10.00 info' pack, Jefferson Aero Sports, 15120 Skelton Rd, Jefferson OR 97352, (503) 327-1730. ULTRALIGHT AVIATION - American and European trikes and wings. 1117 Cold Harbor Dr., N. Las Vegas NV 89030, (702) 399-4044. \'?ANTED WANTED TO BUY - Used Vision Mark !V's, Dreams and 229 Ravens. Call Bruce or Kriscie, Kitty Hawk Kites, Nags Head NC 1-800-334-4777. \VANTED - Used hang gliding equipment. Gliders, instruments, harnesses and parachutes. Airtime of San Francisco, 3620 Wawona, San Francisco, CA 94116. (415) Sk'Y-1177. SCHOOLS & DEALERS ALABAMA LOOKOUT lv!OUNTAIN FLIGHT PARK ad under Georgia. (800) 688- LMFP.

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ROCKET CITY AIRSPORTS - Instruction, sales & service at Keel Mm., Gurley, AL. For information send SASE and $1 to 301-A Franklin Street, Huntsville AL 35801 or call (205) 776-9995 or (205) 880- 8512. ARIZONA ADVENTURE SPORTS TOURS - Certified instruction utilizing the world's first man-made training hill plus other sires which all face every wind direction. Dealer for Pacific Airwave, Wills Wing, Ball and High Energy, 1327 E. Bell De Mar Dr., Tempe, AZ 85283 (602) 897-7121. DESERT HANG GLIDERS - USHGA Certified School. Supine specialises. 4319 W. Larkspur, Glendale, AZ 85304. (602) 938- 9550.

October 1993

ACTION SOARING CENTER - In Lodi near Stockton. Personalized USHGA certified instruction, sales and service. Emphasis on special skills, techniques, launching & landing. Demo's. Ask about tow clinic. (209) 368-9665. AIRTIME OF SAN FRANCISCO - HANG GLIDING & PARAGLIDING. Complete, safe & fun, USHGA certified training program. Mountain clinics & ground schools. ALL MAJOR BRANDS. Quality airframe and sewing by factory trained repair technicians. Parachmc services. Large selection of 2nd hand gear (buy & sell). Rentals available. Next to Fort Funston. The only full service shop in San Francisco! 3620 \X'awona, San Francisco CA 94116. (415) 7591177. CHANDELLE SAN FRANCISCO, INC. Complete hang gliding and paragliding sales, service and instruction since 1973. Northern California's most complete repair facility. New and used equipmem and demo's, lesson packages, clinics and randem lessons. 6880 Sir Francis Drake, Forest Knolls CA 94933, (415) 488-4202. COMPACT WINGS PARAGLIDING - Tandem, Class III certified instructor. All major brands. Yearround flying. Best Southern California site. (909) 654-8559. FLIGHT SYSTEMS - New locarion. Dealer for the BIG THREE, WILLS WING, PACIFIC AIRWAVE and MOYES. All kinds of accessories. I understand the existing pilots need to get a sweet deal! I need trade-ins. Call me lasr. "I'll eat a bug." DAN SKADAL@ FLIGHT SYSTEMS, 191513 E. Karella, Orange CA 92667. 714-(new)639-7777. HANG GLIDER EMPORIUM - Best training hill in the west! Full service hang gliding/paragliding shop, established 1974. PO Box 41339, Sama Barbara CA 93140-1339, (805) 965-3733. THE HANG GLIDING CENTER - Located in beautiful San Diego. USHGA instruction, equipment rentals, local flying tours. Spend yout winter vacation flying with us. We proudly offer Wills Wing, Pacific Airwave, High Energy, Ball ,rnd we need )'Out used equipment. PO Box 1049, Lakeside CA 92040, (619) 561-1009.

HIGH ADVENTURE - Hang gliding, paragliding school. Equipment sales, service, rentals at Southern California's mile high sire, Crestline. USHGA Instructor Rob McKenzie. By appointment year round. (909) 883-8488. LAKE ELSINORE WINDGYPSY - Airwave, Moyes, AS!. Call for site information. (909) 6798994. MISSION SOARJNG CENTER - Serving the flying community since 1973. Complete pilot training program with special attention to rake-off and landing skills. Custom superlire training gliders. Comfortable training harnesses! Deluxe retail shop. \Vills, PacAir, UP, demos, new gliders in stock! Best trade-in prices. Try all the new harnesses in our simulator. Large selecri011 of specialized equipment, beginner to XC. 1116 Wrigley Way, Milpitas (near San Jose) CA 95035. (408) 262-1055. SIERRA SAILS - PacAir sales and service. Serving Sierra foothills and Lake McClure area since 1988. (209) 532-1302. TOP FLITE HANG GLIDING - USHGA certified instruction. Hang gliders & supplies. Servicing Merced, Modesto & Stockton areas. (209) 874- 1795. TRUE FLIGHT CONCEPTS - USHGA Certified lnsrrucrion, Sales & Service. Become a better pilot in less time with our small personalized classes & tandem instruction. Our head instructor has over 13 years

reaching experience. Only minutes from our local Kagel Moumain flying site. 13525 Eldridge, Sylmar, CA 91342. (818) 367-6050. WINDSPORTS - LA's largest since 1974. Fifteen minutes from LAX. Central to Sylmar, Crestline, Elsinore and training sites. Vacation training, flying and glider sales packages including lodging and rentals. The most popular gliders and equipment, new and used in stock. Trade in rour old equipment. 325 sunny clays each year. Come fly wirh us! 16145 Victory Blvd., Van Nuys CA 91406. (818) 9880111, Fax (818) 988-1862. WRIGHT BROTHERS WINGS - UP, Wills Wing, Ball, BRS, High Energy. USHGA Certified Instruction. (209) 586-6012 Sonora CA.

E~ Classifieds COLORADO

INDIANA

COLORADO CLOUDBASE - Guided tours, drivers, videos, accessories. (719) 630-7042, FAX (719) 630-8126. PO Box 16934, Colorado Springs CO 80935.

NO MORE BUNNY... THE HILL WITH IT!

JJ MITCHELL- TANDEM. UP, PacAir, AS! dealer. 6741 Columbia Ave., Hammond, IN 46324 (219) 845-2856. KENTUCKIANA SOARING -

COLORADO HANG GLIDING/PARAGLIDING - Celebrating 20 years of lessons and sales. 1st USHGA certified school in the U.S.A. Region's largest and oldest. Operating full time since 1972. (303) 2789566. EAGLE'S NEST SCHOOL OF HANG GLIDING/PARAGLIDING - USHGA certified instruction. Sales and service. P.O. Box 25985, Colorado Springs, CO 80936 (719) 594-0498. GOLDEN WINGS - Sales, service. USHGA certified instruction. Dealers for Wills Wing, PacAir. 1103 Washington Avenue, Golden, CO 80401. (303) 2787181. LID ENTERPRISES - Sail and harness repair Equipment manufacturing - Towing supplies - 5000 Butte #183, Boulder, CO 80301 (303) 440- 3579. TELLURIDE AIRSPORTS - Comprehensive hang gliding camps, USHGA certified instruction. Moyes, Pacific Airwave, Wills Wing, Flytec & Ball. PO Box 2076, Telluride CO 81435. (303) 728-9525. CONNECTICUT MOUNTAIN WINGS -

Look under New York.

RAVEN SKY SPORTS - (414) 473-2003. Please see our ad under WISCONSIN. MICHIGAN We have rhe most advanced training program known to hang gliding, teaching you in half the time it takes on the training-BUNNY HILL, and with more inflight air time. YES, WE CAN TEACH YOU FASTER AND SAFER. Check and Compare: • USHGA Certified School. • Certified Tandem Instructor's. • First Flight at over 1,000 feet. • From Zero to Solo in less than 3 days. • The Coutmy's Largest Landing Area; No Trees, No Rocks, No Dirt! • Full Service Shop. New and Used Gliders (all brands). Harnesses. Tow Lines and Tow Releases. Floats. Accessories.

For year-round training fun in the sun, call or write Miami Hang Gliding: (305) 285-8978. 2640 S Bayshore Drive, Coconut Grove, Florida 33133.

FLORIDA

GEORGIA

LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN FLIGHT PARK Nearest hang gliding mountain training center to Florida. See ad under Georgia.

LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN FLIGHT PARK America's #1 hang gliding center, flying site. Find out why three times as many pilots earn their mountain wings at Lookout! Complete certified training-"bunny hill" to mountain soaring. We wrote USHGA's Official Flight Training Manual! Our specialties: footlaunch, tandem and aerotowing instruction, first mountain flights, customer service and satisfaction. Lesson packages, ratings, glider rentals. Largest inventory new/used hang gliders, equipment. Complete sail/airframe repairs. Camping ($2/person), swimming pool. Send $2 for information packet. Route 2, Box 215-H, Rising Fawn GA 30738 (20 minutes from Chattanooga, Tennessee) (800) 688-LMFP, (706) 398- 3541.

FAX your classified ad, membership renewal or merchandise order:

(719) 632-6417. We gladly accept VISA and MasterCard.

SEQUATCHIE VALLEY SOARING SUPPLY See our ad under Tennessee. IDAHO TREASURE VALLEY HANG GLIDING Airwave, Moyes, UP. Demo's, ratings, tours, service. (208) 376-7914. ILLINOIS RAVEN SKY SPORTS - (312) 360-0700 or (708) 360-0700. Please see our ad under WISCONSIN.

See ad under parts.

PRO HANG GLIDERS - USHGA instruction since 1978. Advanced Instructor, Examiner, Observer. Safety is #1. We've been rowing for a decade. Come on SE Michigan, let's wake up! \Y/e've got a soaring site now. Give me a call at (313) 399-9433, ask for Norm. 569 W Annabelle, Hazel Park MI 48030. TRAVERSE CITY HANG GLIDERS/PARAGLIDERS - FULL-TIME shop. Certified instruction, foot launch and tow. Sales, service, accessories for ALL major brands. VISA/MASTERCARD. Come soar our 450' dunes! 1509 E 8th, Traverse City MI 49684. Call Bill at (616) 922-2844. MINNESOTA SPORT SOARING CENTER/MINNEAPOLIS Instruction, equipment dealers for Wills Wing, Pacific Airwave & Edel. (612) 557-0044. NEVADA ADVENTURE SPORTS - Sierra tours our specialty - USHGA certified school and ratings. Dealers for Pacific Airwave, Wills Wing, UP, Enterprise Wings. Fly the Sierras with a full-service shop. 3650 Research Way, Carson City, NV 89706 (702) 883-7070. NEW JERSEY MOUNTAIN \Y/INGS- Look under New York. NEW MEXICO UP OVER NEW MEXICO - Instruction, sales, service. Sandia Mounrain guides. Wills, Seedwings, Pacific Airwave, Delta, Moyes. Albuquerque, NM (505) 821-8544. NEW YORK AAA MOUNTAIN WINGS HANG GLIDING CENTER AND FLIGHT PARK - Now offering PARAGLIDING instruction and sales. Base of ELLENVILLE MTN. Four exclusive training hills. Area's only dealer for Pacific Airwave, UP, Seedwings and Delta \Y/ing with demos in stock. We are the largest, most complete H.G. accessory and repair shop of its kind in the country. Many new and used gliders in stock. RIC supplies and kits, Ultra Pod camera systems. VISA and MASTERCARD accepted. Stop in and get your flight pass and gate combo. 150 Canal St., Ellenville, NY 12428 (914) 647-3377. In N.E. 1800-525- 7850.

HANG GLIDING

Classifieds ~~ FLY HIGH HANG GLIDING, INC. - Serving S. New York, Connecticut, Jersey areas (Ellenville Mtn.). Area's EXCLUSIVE Wills Wing dealer/specialist. Also all other major brands, accessories. Certified school/instruction. Teaching since 1979. Area's most INEXPENSIVE prices/repairs. Excellent secondary instruction ... if you've finished a program and wish ro continue. Fly the mountain! ATOL rowing! Tandem flights! Contact Paul Voight, RD 2, Box 561, Pine Bush, NY 12566, (914) 744-3317. GMI PARAGLIDING SCHOOL - In New York. Certified Instruction. Free color brochure. (516) 6767599.

PENNSYLVANIA

VIRGINIA

MOUNTAIN TOP RECREATION - Certified instruction, Pimburgh. (412) 697-4477. C'MON OUT AND PLAY!

BLUE SKY -

MOUNTAIN WINGS -

Look under New York.

WINDWALKER HANG GLIDING - Certified instruction. Pacific Airwave I Air Sporrs Inc'! dealer. Glider accessories. VISA/MC accepted. RR 2 Box 232-B, Benton PA 17814, (717) 925-5733. TENNESSEE

FLIGHT PARK SUSQUEHANNA Cooperstown, NY. Certified Instruction, Sales and Service for all major manufacwrers. 40 acre park, 5 training hills, jeep rides, bunk house, camping, hot showers, 600' NW ridge. We have the best facilities in N. New York state to teach you how to fly. RD 2, Box 348A, Cooperstown, NY 13326, (315) 8666153.

ALPINE LODGE - At Raccoon Mountain, formerly Crystal Air Sport Motel. Private rooms, bunkhouse, jacuzzi, pool. Work program. (615) 821-2546 Chattanooga, Chuck or Shari.

NORTH CAROLINA

LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN FLIGHT PARK ad under Georgia.

COROLLA FLIGHT -America's most experienced tandem flight instructor, teaches utilizing ATOL and Double Vision. Call or write for information Greg DeWolf, Corolla Flight, PO Box 1021, Kitty Hawk NC 27949. (919) 261-6166 KITTY HAWK KITES, INC. - P.O. Box 1839, Nags Head, NC 27959 (919) 441-4124. Learn to hang glide on Jockey's Ridge, the largest sand dune on rhc cast coast, just south of where the \',(/right Brothers' first flight rook place. Beginner and advanced lesson packages and camps offered. Advanced tandem tow instruction, 1500 fr. plus up. Dealer for all major brand gliders, complete invenrory of new and used gliders, accessories and parts. SAURATOWN MOUNTAIN - Paragliding resident pilot site guide. Tommy Thompson (919) 9839064. OHIO SKYWARD ENTERPRISES - MARIO MANZOBasic instructor. Frame & sail repair. Secdwings, CG1000. Dayton/Chillicothe. (513) 256-3888 weekdar evenings.

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

HAWK AIRSPORTS INC - P.O. Box 9056, Knoxville, TN 37940-0056, (615) 933-9296. Hang Gliding and Windsoks.

SEQUATCHIE VALLEY SOARING SUPPLY Certified, two place flight instruction and first mountain flights are our specialties. Rentals, storage and ratings available. Dealers for all major brands. Located in the "Hang Gliding Capital of the Easr". For personal, professional service )'OU can trust, call SVS, RT 2 Box 80, Dunlap, TN 37327. (615) 949-2301.

October 1993

KITTY HAWK KITES -

See North Carolina.

SILVER WINGS, INC. - Certified instruction and equipment sales. Proudly representing Pacific Airwave, Wills Wing, Seedwings & UP. (703) 5331965 Arlington VA. WISCONSIN RAVEN SKY SPORTS HANG GLIDING AND PARAGLIDING - brgest and most popular in the Midwest. Traditional curriculum, ridge soaring, mountain clinics, Dragonfly aerotowing & tandems by Brad Kushner. Sales/service/accessories for all major brands. PO Box 101, Whitewater WI 53190 (414) 473-2003. PARTS & ACCESSORIES AIR KEVLAR HELMETS - Full face, purple or gray $325. Raven Sky Sports (414) 473-2003.

TEXAS A.A.S. AUSTIN AIR SPORTS -

Certified instruc-

tion, sales and service for 1nost n1ajor manufacturers.

Tandem instrnction available. Tow- launched training programs for Hang I-Hang IV pilots. Mountain flying in Mexico year round. \',(/rite co Steve Burns at 1712 Waterson, Austin TX 78703 or call Austin (512) 4741669, Houston (713) 471- 1488, or San Antonio (210) 824-1803. KITE ENTERPRISES - Instruction, sales, repairs, rowing and foot launch. Dallas & North Texas area. 21 l Ellis, Allen TX 75002. (214) 390-9090 anytime. Dealer, Pacific Airwave, Wills Wing. RED RIVER AIRCRAFT - Hang gliding specialists. Instruction, sales, service. Towing supplies. MC/VISA. AUSTIN-4811 Red River, Austin TX 78751. (512) 467-2529, fax (512) 467-8260. FT. WORTH (817) 921- 6957.

OREGON

SOUTHERN OREGON HANG GLIDING Certified instruction, ATV retrieval. Pacific Airwave, Wills Win , UP. 503 479-5823.

PacAir, Wills Wing, High Energy Sporrs. In Virginia call (703) 432-6557. In Washington DC call (703) 494-5323.

See

UTAH

AIRTIME OREGON - Sales, repair and certified instruction. Emphasizing saferrprogress. Dealer for \X•W, UP, PacAir, Moyes, AS! and Airtec paragliders. Raymond, HES, BRS, Second Chanez, lv!antas, CG Inc., Airwear, Aircorec and many others. Tom at (503) 998-1220.

Lessons-sales-service. Towing,

tandems, custorn sewing, repair, car racks. Dealer for

REBEL WINGS HANG GLIDING - USHGA certified instruction. Operations conducted at Bauer Ridge and Jedi Jump. Dealer for UP, PacAir, High Energy, Ball. Mountain tours, service & repairs. (801) 882-7042. WASATCH WINGS- USHGA certified hang gliding school, dealers for Wills Wing, Moyes and Pacific Airwave. Flight operations at Point of the Mountain. Call Gordon (801) 277-1042.

ALL NEW ULTRA-LIGHT LAMBIE LID - The lightest, most comfortable hang glider helmet. Aerodynamic, low turbulence, low drag shape. Hightech look. Finish is clear resin over the gold/black weave of the super-strong carbon/kevlar outer shell. Open face, only 12 oz., price $175. Integral foll face version, only 17 oz. $199.95. Measure around head and from bottom of earlobe over top to bottom of earlobe for custom fit. From the designer, Jack Lambie, 8160 Woodboro, Anaheim CA 92807. Phone and fax (714) 779-1877. AMAZINGLY LOW PRICES - Harnesses, parachutes, rockers, variomerers, helmets. Send SASE for sale flyer. Promotions Unlimited, 8181 Mission Gorge Road, Suire I, San Diego CA 92120- 1600. BALL lv!SO - Barograph, warranty, excellent condition $820 OBO. (312) 282-6337. BIG WHEELS - Sturdy, rough, lightweight, excellent for training, solo/tandem flying, any basetube. $42.95/set, quantity discounts. Immediate delivery. Lookout Mountain Flight Park, (800) 688-LMFP, (706) 398- 3541.

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BOLT-ON WHEELS - Best removable intermediate/advanced wheels. Sturdy, tough, 6" diameter. Won't pop off basetubc like snap-on's. Separate hub has hole for VG string though it, remains on basetube. Removable wheel halves screw together using thumb screws. $99/set, quantity discounts. Immediate delivery. Lookout Mountain Flight Park, (800) 688LMFP, (706) 398-3541.

jet helmets. Compatible with Maxon, !com & Yaesu radios. Push-to-talk at your fingertips. Ask for them at your local shops. $130 full-face, $140 jet helmet. Peter DeBellis, 8880 Bellaire B-2238, Houston TX 77036. (713) 271- 2829.

HIGH QUALITY HELMET - Ar an affordable price. D.O.T. Brushed nylon liner with high strength polycarbonate shell. ONLY $55.00 + $4.00 S/H. Great for schools. Golden Wings, 1103 \Y/ashington Avenue, Golden, CO 80401. (303) 278-7181 or TOLL FREE l-800-677-4449.

CCW FLIGHT LOG SOFTWARE - Record your flight data, calculate great circle distances and select various sons and selection criteria for subtotaling and reporting your logged flights with this "easy to use" automated log book. Ideal for individual, club and competition logs. PRICES: $24.95 Windows version, $21.95 DOS version. Include $2. 50 s&h and indicate 5.25" or 3.5" disks. Cloudburst Computer Works, 20120 Broken Sabre Lane, Monument CO 80132. CG l 000 HARNESS Brand new, purple/navy/white, 5'8"-5'10", 145- 160 lbs $350. Ball 651 deck $250. (703) 337-3895.

Proven Pilots Say That... "... WlND ADVISORY Am/WIND SPEED INDICATORS HELP You LAUNCH & FLY SAFE!"

GRADE A SHEEPSKIN hand fairings. REDESIGNED FOR SUPERIOR COMFORT, with NEW MAP POCKETS standard. Warmest hand fairings in the world. Send $47 to \Y/yo. Aerolites, PO Box 880, Casper WY 82602. (307) 235- 3367, add $15 for X-largc. Custom orders accepted.

maxon·

sP-2CXXl Series

10-CHANNEL PROGRAMMABLE MAXON SP 2550 - 5 watt two-way radio with charger. Three USHGA, three weather, four programmable frequencies. Durable, rngged, easy to use. Nicad battery (typical 10 hour). Pilots #1 choice! Special $349. Additional options available. Lookout Mountain Flight Park, {800) 688-LMFP, (706) 398-3541.

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DEPENDABLE - Windtunnel tested & calibrated. BUILT TO LAST, impact & corrosion resistant. Easy to read. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Send check or MIO for $15 (+$2 S/H), foreign orders add $2. To Pacific Resources U.S.A., PO Box 9064, San Diego CA 92169.

Our advertising has a two-month lead time plan ahead. 54

HIGH PERSPECTIVE WHEELS-REAL LIFE SAVERS! - 12", light, tough. Fits all gliders. Send $37 + $3.95 shipping per pair to Sport Aviation, PO Box 101, Mingoville PA 16856. Ask about our dealer prices.

MINI VARIO - \Y/orld's smallest, simplest vario! Clips to helmet or chinstrap. 200 hours on batteries, 0-18,000 fr., fost response and 2 year warranty. Great for paragliding too. ONLY $169. Mallettec, PO Box 15756, Santa Ana CA, 92705. (714) 541-2625.

HANG GLIDING

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SPECIALIZING IN COMMUNICATION AND NAVIGATION - Allow a fellow pilot and licensed ham help you decide on a system that fits your needs. Yaesu FT411E $299., !com P2 $309.95, Alinco models DJFlT $285 .. DJFlTH $299.95, DJ180T $225.95. Kenwood T28A $344.95. Mobiles 45w from $339. Maxon SP2550 $329.00 All models available. MARS/CAP MODS AVAILABLE, warranty intact. !com aircraft radio's from $429. Antennas: 5/8wv magmt $38.85, HT 114 gain $14.95. HT 5/8 telescopic $20.95. Special mounts available for all applications. Tow rope 114" poly $35/1000', 3/16" poly $30/1000'. Hook knives $14.95, V- Mitts $28. TRIMBLE FLIGHTMATE GPS, reviewed in 3/93 HG, special price $770., includes accessory package.

QUICK RELEASE CARABINER - $49.95. Extra ball lock pin, $29.00. 10,000 lbs., dealers welcome, patent pending. Thermal 19431-41 Business Center Drive, Northridge, CA 91324. (818) 701-7983.

AIRCOTEC

SYSTEK II VARIOMETER - Ideal for new pilors. Single most important instrument for thermal flying. Quick response, adjustable set- point, mount fits faired and/or round tubes. Economically priced $250. Systems Technology Inc., PO Box 7203, Knoxville TN 37921, (615) 531-8045.

UVEX HELMETS - Ultra lightweight (one pound), most popular hang gliding helmet, full-face protection, using world's strongest fiber. $299. quantity discounts. (800) 688-LMFP, (706) 398-3541.

DON'T GET CAUGHT LANDING DOWN'XIIND! - 1.5 oz. ripstop nylon, UV treated, 5'4" long w/11" throat. Available colors: fluorescenr pink/yellow or fluorescent pink/white. $39.95 (+$4.00 S/H). Send to USHGA Windsok, P.O. Box 8300, Colorado Springs, CO 80933-8300, (719) 632-8300, FAX (719) 632-6417. VISA/MC accepted.

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Vario's from Ball and Aircotec, in stock. Some demo models at reduced prices $call. Dealer for all NAS prod uccs-Varios-Hclmets- Parachutes-Paragliders. Dealer for all major brands. We've either got the BEST PRICES or we'll try to match chem!" Kentuckiana Soaring, 425 Taggart Ave., Clarksville IN 47129. Phone/fax (812) 288-7111 evenings and weekends, send SASE for sale flyer.

Your ad is read by more than I 0,000 hang gliding enthusiasts. Advertise with us today.

October 1993

TEK 6" WHEELS - $25 per pair, plus $3 S/H. Tek Flight Produces, Colebrook Stage, \Vinsced CT 06098. (203) 379-1668.

THE WINDTALKER - is remote controlled by telephone, and can keep 200 access codes, with preset numbers of calls chat can auto decrement. Also will call you if conditions exceed threshold. Price is only $895 complete. Free information. Litek (503) 4796633. 1993 WORLD HANG GLIDING CHAMPIONSHIP T-SHIRTS - Still available $15. Pendulum Sports, Inc. 1-800-WE FLYXC.

E~ Classifieds INDUSTRIAL/COMMERCIAL WINCH w/rewind and line, all auto $2,100. Misc. tow parts $500. Colorado Hang Gliding-since 1972, (303) 2789566.

BUSINESS AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FULL AND PART TIME - USHGA certified instructors. Innovative equipment, the latest training methods. Soaring Safaris. Send resume Mission Soaring Center, 1116 Wrigley Way, Milpitas CA 95035. (408) 262-1055.

THE NEW "SKY ROHR PARA-SWIVEL" Smaller, lighter and best of all, stronger. Don't leave the ground without one! $84 +$4 s/h. Dealer inquiries welcome. GOLDEN WINGS, 1103 Washington Ave., Golden CO 80401. (303) 278-7181.

PUBLICATIONS & ORGANIZATIONS

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~ HIGHER THAN EAGLES - by Maralys & Chris Wills. The life & times of BOBBY WILLS, hang gliding legend. Experience the triumphs and tragedies of the Wills family and the evolution of Wills Wing. $19.95 hardcover (+$4.00 S/H), see preceding classified for USHGA BOOKS ordering info. PARAGLIDE USA - Subscribe to North America's most widely read paragliding magazine. 12 issues just $25. Send check or money order to 1520 Main St., Ramona CA 92065 or call (619) 789-9492 or FAX (619) 789-8563 with your credit card information.

ATrue Aong Gliding Story bi,,

LARRY FLEMING

JPlERFORMANCE IflLYING t>rnEN;m:,.u:F,N

SPECIAL CHRISTMAS OFFER Until December 31st 1993, SAVE $2 S/H! The perfect gift for both pilots and non-pilots. SHARE THE EXPERIENCE. DOWNWIND is packed with thrill and exhilaration of cross country adventure. A true story, well raid. Available from Chris Gregor Publishing, Dept. G, PO Box 26595, Fresno CA 93729- 6595. $10.95 plus /B $1 shipping and handling. (California residents add 85<t sales tax.)

BAG IT! - If you don't have your copy of Dennis Pagen's PERFORMANCE FLYING yet, available through USHGA Headquarters $29.95 (+$4 s&h). SALE: HANG GLIDING MAGAZINES - January 1979 to August 1991. $300 or best offer, (914) 8569041.

HANG GLIDING FOR BEGINNER PILOTS by Pete Cheney. The Official USHGA Training Manual, NOW IN ITS SECOND EDITION . Over 260 pages, with more than 160 easy-ro-understand illustrations and photos. Your library starts with this book! $29.95 (plus $4.00 s/h) Colorado residents add 3% tax. SEND/FAX/PHONE TO: USHGA BOOKS, P.O. Box 8300, Colorado Springs, CO 80933-8300, FAX (719) 632-6417, PHONE (719) 632-8300. VISNMC accepted.

By Golden Wings

Tow line recovery System Nothing attached to pilot or bridle. UNLIKE OTHER SYSTEMS - No deployment mechanism is required. Fully self acruating when tow line is released. Reduces wear on line & rewind motor. Reduces turn around time. Two sizes. $85/$125 incl. shipping. Check or money order. Golden Wings, 1103 Washington Ave., Golden CO. 1-800-677-4449 TOWLINES SPECTRA-Hollow Braided 2000' or 3000' I Reel Part # .......................... Price .................. Weight SPCB-730 .................. 14<t/fc ................ <2#/M SPCB-950 .................. 16<t/fc ................ 2#/M SPCB-1500 ................ 17rt/fc ................ <4#/M SPCB-2200 ................ 17rt./fc ................ 5#/M DACRON-Hollow Braided 1500' I Reel DCCB-650 ................. 8<t/ft .................. <5#/M DCCB-900 ................. 9rt./fc .................. <8#/M DCCB-1500 ............... 1Ort./fc ................ 12#/M DCCB-2000 ............... 12<t/fc ................ 17#/M All in stock, fax orders to: David F. Bradley, Braided Products Division, PO Box 95, Hilltown PA 18927. (215) 822-1968, fax (215) 822-5852. VIDEOS & FILMS

SOARING - Monthly magazine of The Soaring Society of America, Inc. Covers all aspects of soaring flight. Full membership $45. Info. kit with sample copy $3. SSA, P.O. Box E, Hobbs, NM 88241. (505) 392-1177.

EAST COAST VIDEOS

TOWING

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ATOL TANDEM - Model winch, less than 60 tows. Almost new $3,150. Call (615) 538-5091. DID YOU SHRED - chat nice towline PARACHUTE? We have replacements (chute only, 36"x30") for only $69.95 including shipping. Call Pryor (407) 471-4222.

VIDEOS AVAILABLE - New York Finger Lakes Region, hang gliding and paragliding (50 minutes). Henson's Gap & Whitwell Tennessee (55 minutes). Michigan Hang Gliding & Paragliding (77 minutes). Old Time Movies, 1975-1980 (93 minutes). All video's $29 each (+$3 S/H). Wayne Bergman, 80 E. Lincoln, Muskegon MI 49444.

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STOLEN WINGS A GORGEOUS CELEBRATION OF FLIGHT! For the whole family. California coast, mountains, Paradox, Lakeview, helicopter fly-in, balloon drop. 90 minutes VHS: $33 & $2.90 shipping. CA add $2.39 tax. Blacet Research, 15210 Orchard, Guerneville CA 95446.

Z-3 BLUE HARNESS - Taken from SAN FRANCISCO CA area in late August 1993. Also 18 gore PDA parachute, Olympus camera, Northface jacket (grey/black), Alinco 2 meter handheld radio. Call Tom Seeliger (415) 324-8233. WILLS WING SPECTRUM 165 - Serial# 20213. Taken below Hwy 8 bridge over THING VALLEY, east of San Diego CA, on July 10th, 1993. Blue LE, florescent yellow undersurface. High Energy XC bag, blue/red. Call Paul Hurless (619) 588-4687.

FLAMENCO DUNE - Awesome paragliding & radical dune soaring in Namibia. Original, unique soundtrack. \v'eird yes-but you'll enjoy it. 20 min. $19.95 +$4 5/H. Available through USHGA Headquarters.

F!REBIRD APACHE 26 PARAGLIDER - Taken from SANTA BARBARA CA area on July 27, 1993. Pink in color, brand new. Contact Air Technology, Achim Hageman 1-800-424-1963, (805) 962-8999.

PARAGLIDE: The Movie \v'orld class paragliding at the famous Owens Valley. Probably more paragliding action than you can handle in this 40 rninure video. Send $39.95 (+$4 s&h) to USHGA Videos, PO Box 8300, Colorado Springs co 80933. (719) 632-8300. MISCELLANEOUS ASSET PROTECTION - With a NEW USHGA Stadium Cushion, $5.99 +$3 s/h. A great gift for your driver! Available from USHGA, PO Box 8300, Colorado Springs CO 80933.

HANG GLIDING MOBILES 1989 27' Fleetwood Jamboree. Sleeps 6, complete with bath/shower, kitchen, TV, microwave, fridge & glider rubes. FORD BRONC0-1987, automatic, a/c, ondemand 4-wheel drive, am/fm/cass, good condition. ATOL W/TRAILER. For complete details, give Rob & Betsy Richardson a call at (310) 764-8012 or (805) 268- 1718 California. Willing to sell as a package or individually.

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GLIDER MARKING INTERNATIONAL CORP. - For any artwork on your hang glider. Free color brochures. Phone (516) 676-7599, fax (516) 6760106.

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HANG GLIDING JEWELRY - Available in Sterling Silver & 14Kr. gold. Pendants, earrings, sports pins. Antero Jewelers, 130 F Street, Salida CO 81201. 1-800-547-7627. Visa/MC/Discover. VIDEOS BOOKS POSTERS APPAREL - Call USHGA for your Merchandise order form (719) 6328300.

HANG GLIDING CHRISTrvlAS CARDS - $8.50 for 10, $15.00 for 20, $33.00 for 50. Call (203) 3791668 or send a SASE for assortment selection sheet to: Tek Flight Products, Colebrook Stage, Winsted CT 06098.

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DON'T LEAVE YOUR GROUND-BOUND EQUIPMENT SITTING IN THE GARAGE. SELL IT IN THE HANG GLIDING CLASSIFIEDS. CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING RATES The rate for classified advertising is $.50 per word (or group of characters) and $1.00 per word for bold or all caps. MINIMUM AD CHARGE, $5.00. A fee of $15.00 is charged for each line art logo and $25.00 for each photo. Please underline words to be in bold print. Special layouts of tabs $25.00 per column inch. AD DEADLINES All ad copy, instructions, changes, additions and cancellations must be received in writing 1 1/2 months preceding the cover date, i.e. October 20 for the December issue. Please make

STOLEN WINGS are listed as a service to USHGA members. Newest entries are in bold. There is no charge for rhis service and lost and found wings or equipment may be called in to (719) 632-8300 for inclusion in Hang Gliding magazine. Please call ro cancel the listing when gliders are recovered. Periodically, this listing will be purged.

INDEX TO ADVERTISERS Adventure Video ........................ 4 Aircotec ..................................... 6 Airtek Paragliding ................... .48 BRS ......................................... 45 Flytec ....................................... 41 Hall Bros ................................. 13 High Energy Sports ................. 19 Just Fly .................................... 23 Lookout Mt. Flight Park .......... 40 Mountain High ......................... 4

NAA ........................................ 49 NAS ........................................ 13 Pacific Airwave .. ,, ..... ,, Back Cover Paragliding The Magazine ........ 44 RCI ........................................... 4 Roberts Glider Instruments ..... 14 Second Chantz ......................... 44 Sequatchie Valley Soaring ........ 22 Sky Angel ................................ 13 Sport Aviation Publications ...... 27 Trekking USA ........................... .4 USHGA ....................... 2,3,27,59 Wills Wing ........................... 6, 17 57

~ Product Lines© 1993 by Dan Johnson ST. PAUL, MINN World Team fever is finally slowing, though most hang glider pilots I've spoken to feel good about TEAM USA's achievement. We now turn to the fall season, a great time for soaring at many sites around the country. • • • One of the possibilities might be had when you and the family travel to Disney World in Florida. No, they won't let you fly right at the big theme park; but only a scant seven miles south, a brand new site has opened. It's also opened its arms to pilots (unlike Disney). Welcome to Dragonfly Park! Steven Speilberg has nothing to do with this park. I've been there and I'm excited to have a warm destination for wintertime flying as chill permeates the air way up here in Minnesota. Bill Moyes and Orlando-resident Malcolm Jones have formed a partnership to purchase a 5 0-acre farm which they've converted to an Air Park. Since getting on the property earlier this year, numerous ' improvements have I been made. They carted off many truckloads of junk and debris. They buried power lines that crossed one otherwise ideal runway. And they've made accommodations at the site for a couple full-time residents, both of whom are connected to the Dragonfly ultralight tug. (Get the park's name now?) • • • One is Bobby Bailey, the unique plane's designer. He and wife Connie are living in an elevated "farm house" that was present. A trailer home is occupied by tug driver and local diver, Russ Brown, plus another trailer home will house a visitor or two. The group will use an open barn and other space for Bailey's construct ion of aircraft. The purchase included a big ole tractor to knock down the grass on three different air strips. Says part owner Moyes, "The park is a good thermal area and there have been many long flights. Towing and tuition (AussieSpeak for lessons) are available everyday." Coowner Jones added, "The park has proven to have plenty of lift. We've had 35 pilots on a weekend. Many of them specked out." ,,, In addition to the Dragonfly that you all know, Bailey has nearly completed his Tempest ultralight sailplane. The new soaring machine debuted at the company's booth at Oshkosh '93. This is the third generation of Bailey's effort to produce such a bird (the first being the Sierra I and II). I'll have more on this development later. The

Tempest isn't a rigid wing (or is it?), but it reminds me to pass on the Rigid Wing Reader's new address: Chuck McGill, P.O. Box 464, Olympia WA 98507. In recent columns, a couple small product mentions were passed over. New Englander Scott Wise recently returned home from an extended stay at Henson's Gap, Tennessee. This talented pilot has developed a camera-pod system. With it you can attach a radiocontrolled camera to various locations on your glider. I've examined the system and find it has many well-thought-out features. Maybe you can become famous-for-a-month in HG mag. Wise can supply you the whole works: 35 mm camera, mount bracket, a padded protective composite pod, a remote trigger or fancy radio trigger. Prices run from the low $100's to something over $300 for the deluxe system. However, as prices change on these goodies you should contact Wise's Feather Free Flight Accessories at 113 Perkins Place, Bath NY 14810. You can call 607/776-2534. ,,, A new windsock outfit has emerged under the direction of Judy Bitton of Washington state. Her Air Gear Manufacturing also makes LZ targets and turnpoint markers ... items you can't find at your local WalMart. For info on her goods, contact her at P.O. Box 1101, Vera Dale WA 99037 ,,, To close, some preliminary info on a very exciting development. You've heard a few things about the Air Sports Council, a conglomeration of five associations serving sailplane pilots, balloon pilots, ultralight pilots, sky divers, and hang divers. Many believe the ASC offers tremendous potential for cooperation among the fly-for-fun crowd. Together the ASC represents over 60,000 aviators in the USA and this many check signers and voters implies real clout with various organizations. Governmental agencies, insurance companies, magazine printers ... well, the list could go on, but the point is that the ASC may help true sport aviators get more site access, better insurance rates, and the like. The whole gang plans a joint convention during SSA's annual gathering next February in Chicago. I'll be there; will you? Interested in more poop? Ask your very own Yoo-shga! ,,, That's it fer now, diver fans. So, got news or opinions? Send 'em to: 8 Dorset, St. Paul MN 55118. Fax/Msg to: 612/450-0930. THANKS!

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KS - the difference is AIRWA VE

Photography Michael Weingartner

AIRWAVE K Series KS 148 - The latest in the K series, the KS 148 is a glider for the lighter pilot. It's not only an out-and-out racer with competition grade performance, but is also an excellent all round machine for the recreational and weekend pilot. It combines easy handling. launch and landing characteristics with performance so fierce that you'll wonder how you managed without it. Designed to exacting standards and produced with the normal AIRWA VE high quality fittings , the KS 148 is a glider that is second to none and one you'll be proud to own. Sail Design - Composite construction produces the performance of a full mylar sail while retaining the easy handling and longevity of a dacron sail. A highly warp-oriented, structural laminate is used for high load areas on the trailing edge band. This produces high performance but greatly helps the life span of the glider as well as the handling. The front section of the main body is made from a lightweight fabric with enormous stability which facilitates good luff curve control for performance. Airframe Design - Every component on the KS 148 has been designed and manufactured using aerospace criteria to reduce weight and drag without any compromise regarding reliability and longevity. The leading edge blends a 52 mm inner section to the suppleness of a 50 mm outer section giving the optimum combination of luff and leading edge curve. This combination gives smooth handling and excellent glide at speed. Features and Benefits - Every KS 148 comes standard with: airfoil kingpost and/or safedge uprights for low drag; Comfort Bar for superb ergonomics: a Magic Trimmer providing a full range of sail tensions in flight; and internal luff line compensator to maintain the necessary settings for safety in all circumstances while still allowing sufficient sail movement for easy handling; high modulus carbon fiber tip battens give less tip inertia and greater durability; precise and effective tuning with Trim Tips. The K series, as well as the rest of the Pacific Airwave hang glider product line, are made in the US of A. To receive more information contact your local dealer or Pacific Airwave today .

Pacific Airwave, P.O. Box 4348, Salinas, California 93912 (408) 422-2299 Fax (408) 758-3270