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16 A Return to the Land of Icarus © 1995 by Dennis Pagen Exocic flying in Greece.

19 Rogallos Inducted into the First Flight Shrine © 1995 by Vic Powell The "Father ofHang Gliding" and his wife join the likes of rhe Wright Brothers.

24 U.S. Gold Over Azure Spain article and photos by Blia11 Porter Brian becomes che second U.S. pilot ro win an individual gold medal in a World Championship.

40 Pilot Profile: The Amazing Flying Belinda

by Davis Straub Overcoming difficulcics co become an avid hang glider pilor.

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Dear Editor, I need to clarify a few things with my dealers and customers. My company in central Virginia, Blue Sky, has been active· ly growing for the past three years. The school I friundcd teaches hang gliding on the training hill, tarnfom and solo rowing lessons, and offers custom sewing, harness manufacmring, towing gear and more.

This summer [ received numerous phone calls from people saying, "Hey Steve, arc you moving your company to Utah, or, "Sornchody else is using your name." l am not affiliated with Blue Sky Aircraft of Utah. 'l'his company was recently formed to produce hang gliders, and they did nor research the name well enough, in my opinion, to make sure that in our srrwll market there was no conflict.

Although their choice of' a name docs not make me happy, l am not complaining since I think they chose a great name.

What l need to emphasize rn rheir customers, and mine, as well as my dealers, is to avoid confusion by rnaking sure you are contacting the correct Blue Sky. l wish the second Blue Sky much success, !mt wanted explain that these arc two separate companies, with no business ties.

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Dear Fditor, J\frcr reading Barry Steele's lener regarding my article on water tow safety, it seems that there may be some confi.tsion as to my rnotivation for writing the arti· de. Barry suggests thar it was "to push Miami Hang Cliding's products and techniques." l .ct me sran by saying that nothing C011ld be fr1rrher from the truth. My motivation fcH writing the article is my affection for the spon of hang gliding. The

inspiration for the article w;is two water rowing accidents that occurred last yc,ir.

My goal in writing the article was to share with other pilots and instructors whar we at Miami Hang Gliding have learned about flying safely over water. My goal was not to "push Ml-I G's products/ techniques" as Barry suggests. In fact, I deliberately did not mention Miami Hang (;liding, Inc. in my article so that the article would 1101 appear to be an infomercial.

When l wrote this article l did not expect it to be accepted as gospel. Pilots will accept what works for them and reject what docs not. Frankly, l do not care if the industry does not buy any of the safory equipment that MHG has developed, as long as they consider rhc additional dangers of flying over water and take appropriate precautions.

For years, pilots wishing to set up boat tow operations have come to Miami I fang Gliding to learn how. As a matter of fact, both of' the only commercial boar tow packages available were modeled alter Miami l lang Gliding's system. The tech· niqucs and equipment used at Mf-IG arc the result of 10 years of wzitcr towing evolution. In addition to our own research and development, we have incorporated the ideas and input of students, pilots, instructors and USHGA administrators from all over the country as well as several other countries. As safer equipment and procedures are discovered we have and will continue to incorporate them into our program.

1 also wish to correct one of Barry's misstatements regarding towline recovery.

Contrary to Barry's statement, MHG's boat will retrieve all of the towline with·· out the tow-through parachute flying "a foot above the water's surface." Barry also mistakenly suggests that we "chase the retrieval chute during rewind" to control the retrieval angle. During towline retrieval, it is the pilor we arc chasing down and not the retrieval parachute.

Retrieving the towline co11cu1Tently with driving the boar back to the designated LZ helps ensure that the boat and crew will be there w fulfill one of their primary tasks: assisting the pilot upon landing.

Barry is correct in saying that the towline must be rewound at an angle to keep it above hoar traffic. The angle at which 1-

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Air Mail the towline is retrieved is a frmction of wind velocity, air quality, towline weight, retrieval cbute design/size, and rewind speed. Since the Grst two variables arc out of our control, and the line weight is consranr within a system, the retrieval angle must be controlled by the size/design of the chute and the rewind speed of the winch. Winches with slower rewind speeds will require a retrieval chute with a better sink rate such as a parafoil. Since Miami Hang Gliding is a training facility and is, therefore, launching predominantly students and low-airtime pilots, a highspeed rewind with a tow-through retrieval chute is the system of choice. A highspeed rewind concurrent with driving the boat to the LZ ensures that the boat and crew arc there to assist in the event of a blown landing.

In a separate letter to the editor, Walter Baker poimed out that I neglected to mention the need to be trained in the use of SCUBA if Spare AirTM is to be a part of the emergency equipment. Walter is absolutely right. As is the case with any emergency or rescue equipment, it is useless if you do not know how to use it. In niy article I did, however, state that "the crew needs to be well versed in emergency procedures." T would categorize the use of Spare AirTM as an emergency procedure.

Walter also points out the potential dan-ger associated wid1 breathing compressed air. While there may be some risks associated with breathing compressed air at shallow depths, f prefer them to the alternative in a life-or-death situation, just as I would not reject the use of a reserve parachute because of possible injury after deployment.

Steve Kroop USHGA Tandem & Advanced fnstrnctor Miami, FL

LMFPKUDOS Dear Editor, Recently; I had some turning problems with my glider that I could not remedy myself. After a call to Matt Taber at Lookout Mountain Flight Park I realized that T had ro have some work done on the

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glider in the repair shop. I left Roanoke, Virginia at 3:00 AM so that I could arrive when the shop opened. Both Matt Taber and Christian Thoreson dropped what they were doing and spent the day repairing and tuning my glider. They found a small crack in d1e basetube and a compression area in the leading edge. By day's end the glider was soaring the ridge. This dedication to excellence, even for a lowairtime pilot who owns a Mark IV, is exemplary. Lookout Mountain Flight Park receives my highest respect and thanks for a job well done.

Jim Palmieri Roanoke, VA

LOOKING FOR HANG GLIDING BACK ISSUES Dear Editor, [ have been in the process of compiling a complete library of Hang Gliding magazines (including Ground Skimmer) for the past year or so, for the benefit of our local lJSHGA chapter club and other chapters that may want a copy of past articles, etc.

I have put a post on the Internet asking for help in securing missing issues, and am seeking od1cr collectors who arc interested in trading or selling to complete our set. I also have selected issues of Whole

Air, Hang Glider, Hang Glider Wee!ely, Hang Ten, Sm,ring, and miscellaneous sales literature, newsletters, glider plans and flight/owner's manuals from the I 970's and I 980's.

In our collection of Hang Gliding rnagazines we have duplicate copies of the following issues for "trading stock": Nov. of '78; Jan., Feb., Mar., April, May of '80; March, May, Aug., Nov., Dec. of '8]; and Feb. of '82. Any leads or other assistance in obtaining missing issues would be greatly appreciated. I have a lead on many '86 and more recent issues, but '83 and older would be of great interest to us.

Russ Camp Rogue Valley Hang Gliding Association 1907 W. Jones Creek Rd. Grants Pass, OR 97526 skyman@cdsnct.net

INSTRUCTOR NEWSLETTER Dear Editor, The greatest contribution to instructor competence, rcchnitiuc and professionalism, since the introduction of the certification program, was The lnstructor maga·zinc/ncwslcrtcr. It gave us a forum in which to communicate with other instructors to solve problems and discuss training methods. It also gave us a voice that helped control our future. The demise of The Instructor due to lack of contributions hurt us all.

Docs anyone out there have a suggestion as to how i-o revive the newsletter?

Arc we just going to plod along waiti11g for a few energetic: souls to come up with methods for teaching and attracting good students, and hoping that somehow the news will get to us? Are we all making so much money and creating so many perfect pilots that no feedback is necessary?

Arc we going to contribute to our future, grow, and communicate with one another?

The alternative is that limited communication will be filtered through regional directors to the Safety and "fraining Committee and then through a few other people to us maybe.

Pat and Greg will revive 1J1e Instructor if they get articles. We need it if we arc going to irnprove instead of stagnate, and have some control over our future.

If you feel the same, please contact us.

Alegra and Ben Davidson Tek Flight Products Colebrook Stage Winsted, CT 06098 (203) 379-1668

MUSEUM EXHIBIT Dear Editor, I would like to make the membership aware of a fantastic experience. Mark Clark of Syracuse, New York helped the Rubensrcin Museum of Science and Technology put on a wonderful workshop entitled "Kites, Flying Machines and Parachutes." We got fantastic publicity with pictures in the Post Standard, our

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Mr. Clark made two presentations on hang gliding, one on July 12 and another on August 9. His presemarions highlight·· eel the safoty and science of hang gliding, and the children's faces were aglow with wonder. The educators at the museum would like w express our gratitude for Mr. Clark's help in this program. We arc try· ing to arrange ftir a display of ;i hang glid· er in our present exhibit entitled "Sporrscience," although space limitations may preclude it at the present time.

This has bern a mutually beneficial workshop series, and your readers should be encomaged to investigate the possibility of contributing to workshops at ocher science museums or schools in their own area.

Robert W Preyer Education ( :oord inator Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science & 'lcchnology

Racanelli, Bob Fngland, Juan Corral, Reynolds, David Beardslee, Aaron Swepston, l knnis Pagen, Mitch McAlcer, George Dyer and Jeff Magnun . I have left out many deserving people, nor by choice, but because I am not qualified to compile a comprehensive list of the creative and innovative individuals whom we arc fortu··· nate to call members of our community.

It might sound as though some of these names do not belong on this list, but bear in mind that I did not use a person's degree of cornmercial success as a criteri · on.

My list should by no means imply that innovation exists only in the USA . Many great ideas have come to us from frll'eign designers, but l am even less qualified to list rhcm. I appeal to a more knowledge-· able person on this subject to write an article on the history of hang glider design. If any one wishes to amend my list with some selections of their own, please write a letter to the editor.

NY John I fciney Riverton, UT'

Dear Editor, [ feel compelled ro make my unofflcial amendment to the list of hang gliding pioneers inducted into the Space 'lcchnolo1:,ry Hall of Fame reported in the September issue of !-!,mg Gliding. The list must start with designer Roy l1aggard, who was responsible for the most signifi .. cam step forward in high-performance hang glidi11g to date, the Comet. Bob 'Jbmprnau is the creative fluid in the longest-running hang gliding think tank in the history of the sport, Ir is frirnmate that Peter Brock lent his design genius to hang gliding for a good many years.

I;or very significanr contributions in the Held of structural and stab ii ity tcsti ng of'lw11g gliders l mention Mark West, 'fom Price and Mike Giles. For dedication to innovarive design the following names come to mind: 'faras Kiccniuk, Klaus Hill, Dick Cheney, Lll'ry Hall, 'fom Peghiny, Dick Boone, ( :arlos Mirales, Richard Miller, Brian Porter, Gary Osoba, Eric Raymond, Jack Lambie, Brown, Dan

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Dear Editor, On September 9, 1995 hang glider pilot Ken Strong from Portland, Oregon crashed while learning to fly a trike and broke his back. He was i11 surgery for more than nine hours and the doctors have given him a 50/50 chance of walking again. Ken has no medical insurance, so we have set up a recovery fund. Please help our brother pilot by sending 50 cents, a dollar or anything you can.

Thank you for helping Ken in his rime of need, Ken Strong Relief Fund c/o Steven Holte PO. Box 3671 Fveren, WA 98203

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u High Energy Sports' Buyer's Guide is loaded with new hang gliding products and options. For your copy send a self-addressed, srnmped envelope to: High Energy Sports, 1521 E. McFadden Unit H, Sama Ana, CA 92705.

Tn the November issue of !Iring Gliding Rich Williarns was erroneously given credit for the photos that accompanied the article on the U.S. Nationals. Although Rich submitted the photography, Tryg Hoff (note the spelling) was the photographer for all the photos.

Established in J 975 as Crystal Air Sport Motel, the facility, which caters ro Chattanooga, TN area hang glider pilots, has become the Alpine Lodge. There arc a number of well-known sires in this southeastern hang gliding Mecca, most of which are owned and regulated by the Tennessee 'free 'foppers club. ·rhe bunkhouse now has a kitchen and an adjoining private room. There are jacuzzi rooms and regular, double, queen and king beds. ln addition to the above, Appalachian two-bedroom, two-bath loft cabins and a honeymoon chalet will be available this winter. These arc located in the ibrce acres adjacent to the motel, a lovely heavily-wooded area. On weekends, guests are invited to a continental breakfast on an English double-decker bus parked next to the office. Northeast flying days provide a magnificent sight from the motel grounds. 'fhe owners, Chuck and Shari 'foth, welcome old friends and new in the ever-growing pilot community. Contact: Alpine Lodge, 4328 Cummings Hwy., Chattanooga, TN 37419 (423) 821-2546.

The Airpark at Hobbs, New Mexico is threatened with an impending dramatic change. Locals want to locate a major penitentiary on the runways, thereby interfering with soaring and hang gliding activities forever. The choice of this site apparently favors certain locals who stand to gain financially. There is an alternate site in the same county (Lovington, in Lea County) which would still benefit the area but perhaps not the same individuals.

The governor and the national soaring community seem unmoved to date, and local soaring pilots are in fear oflosing the ability to fly there :md to host world-class competitions.

Hopefully more thought will be put into this before they begin breaking groun<l.

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The SSA, NSH USHGA and NAA need some prodding to take a stand. Contact Curt Graham at (505) 392-8222 to help.

Letters to the governor could help as well: Governor Gary Johnson, State Capitol, Santa Pc, NM 87503 (505) 827-3000.

Dave Dybsand hosted the first Minnesota X-C Challenge in 1995. Tvventy-plus pilots showed up in Cosmos, MN (60 miles west of Minneapolis) to sec who could accumulate the most miles during rbc two-day event. There arc at least l O tow roads located within a 10-rnile radius oflhe town, so it has great potential for a competition. Saturday brought post-frontal conditions, however, the predicted high for the day was only 56° F. I was lucky enough to win the day with a 40-mile flight to New Ulm. Some say it should have been recorded as 43 miles after I carried the glider three miles to another tow road after landing out on my first flight. Ir warmed up on Sunday and the wind was out of the southwest at 15 mph. Gerry Uchytil on bis RamAir stayed ahead of an approaching front and got 95 miles for first place.

About a momh later, back in my home state of Illinois, anoth-er cold front combined with higher temperatures promised a long flight. I launched my RamAir 146 from Dekalb at 12:30 PM and flew for five hours and 20 minutes to the southeast following cloud streets. I dolphin flew for over an hour above 5,500' with a max altitude of 7,800', and landed in Otterbein, Indiana for a 134-mile flight. This was my ninth hundred-miler in Ulinois and my first in over three years. Warren Seiprnan, an up-and---coming pilot had flown over 80 miles from Whitewater, Wisconsin a week earlier, and was my prime motivation for getting another long one.

On June 12, post-frontal conditions again prevailed. 'Warren and I were not able to hook up with any drivers to static tow, so we headed to Whitewater to fly with Dr. Jeff Neilson. His wife Pam is a pilot as well, but was way pregnant and not able to fly.

Fortnnately, she was still able to drive. A call to flight service (I 800-992-7lt33) indicated a predicted maximum cloudbasc of 8,000'.

Clouds began forming at l 0:00 AM. Jeff launched flrst at 12:30 and was ;ible to get 45 miles before landing in Marengo, Illinois. Herc is one foturc awesome pilot! He started flying a year ago last September, has already logged more than 150 hours, and has just started flying X-C. .He is a big man, hooking in at around 300 pounds. H.e flies a Double Vision and averaged about 30 miles per flight in 1995. Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be a quality double-surface glider that is large enough to accommodate him. Any suggestions out there?

I launched at 12:40 and climbed to the '7, 100-foot cloud base at 900 fpm, then flew downwind to some good-looking cu's, but ended up flying straight to the ground. Luckily, Pam picked me up and hauled me back to Whitewater for another try.

Meanwhile, Warren launched his Klassic at about J :00 PM, got high and stayed high. He worked bis way south, and Hvc hours later landed in Dwight, Illinois for a total of 125 miles. This was the first 100-milcr out of Wisconsin! I got in the air again at 2:40 H/\NG GIIDINC

Big]eflNieL,en in his Double Vision.

PM and climbed immediately to 7,000'. My objective was to get

up to the chase vehicle so I wouldn't have to wai L on the ground all day for a retrieve. l caught Pam and JdLn the 55-mile mark in Genoa, Illinois, and together we began working our way south.

At (i:()0 PM l entered convergence lift created by the cold air from I .ake Michigan migrating west. l was able to bubble along underneath it for almost two hours while all other clouds dissipated. J\t 7:52 P.v1 I landed 128 miles away for the second 100-miler out of Wisconsin!

In retrospect, this was a 200-mile day. Cloudbasc was at least 5,000' at 1 I :00 J\M and probably closer to 6,000'. Next time we'll have to be better prepared. The 200--mile harrier will he broken in 1

Illinois or Wisconsin!

J\s you can sec, the Midwest h:1s some excellem cross-country potential. I doubt if we'll ever become a hang gliding Mecca, but if you want to get some airtime and some big miles, come in the spring or early fall I'm sure you won't be disappointed. h)r information on sites contacl: lllinois Wisconsin Larry Bunner Brad Kushner (815) (414) 47:3--8800

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Calendar of events items WILL NOT be listed if only tentative. Please include exact information (event, date, contacr 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.

Contact: Mike Zidziunas, Miami Bang Gliding, 2.640 S. Bayshore Dr., Coconut Grove, FL 33133 (305) 2.85--8978.

(Basic) 18-20. 'Jandem Clinic March 21--2.li. All clinics run by G. W. Meadows. Contact Pac Air at (408) 42.2.-2299.

JAN. 2.6-FEB. 10: Fifih Women'.1- World Hang Gliding Championships, Bright, Victoria, Australia. Contacr: fan Jarman, tel. 6 l-69-li72.-888.

JUNE 8--14: WHGS meet, Castejon de Sos, Pyranees, Spain. Contact: tel.

34-32!0--7752, fax 34-3568--2903.

JUNE 16-22: WHGS meet, Sierra Nevada, Granada, Spain. Contact: tel. 34-58-488560, fax 34--5848872.6. JUNE 23--2.9: WHGS meet, Piedrahita, Central Spain. Contact: tel./fax 34-20-362.215.

DEC. TO MARCH: Governador

Valadam; Brazil, HG and PG' .flying.

T'he best X-C site in South America. $50/day includes accommodations, transportation, retrieval and guide.

Organized tours from the U.S. Contact: Ramy Yanetz (415) 964-8326.

DEC. 28-Jan. 4: 1996 Hay Australian Nationals (team tow meet).

Registration and practice Dec. 2.7.

Emry $150 Australian before Nov., $165 after. Minimum four paid entries per team. Camera required, GPS permitted. Contact: 1996 Hay Nationals, Western Victorian I·:Iang Gliding Club, Meg Bailey, RMB 236B, Trawalla 3373, Australia, ph./fax 61-53-492--845. Include address, phone.

JANUARY: Maui, Hawaii ICP and Tandem Clinic with G.W Meadows.

Contact: Greg Putnam (808) 5798749.

JAN. 5-14: 1996Bogong Cup, Northeast Victoria, Australia. Sites include Mt. Emu, Tawonga Gap and Mt. Buffalo.

120 pilots max. Entry $160 Australian. Pilots seeking a place through their PIRS ranking mnsr submit registration fee no later than Oct. 31, 1995. Contact: Bogong Cup, P.O. Box 308, Bright 3741, Australia, tel. 61-57-551-503.

JAN. 26-28: South Horida's first Intermediate Hang JI! Clinic. Covers tow and foot-launch techniques.

Includes review of all 50 Jntermediate test questions. Day of flying to qualify for spot landings. Gliders provided, bring your harness. Must be a Novice pilots for at least 7-1 /2. months and have 90 flights and 9-1 /2 hours.

FEB. 1-4: Basic dr Advanced TCP. Stateof-the-art: teaching techniques presented. fntermediate and Advanced pilots welcome. PL tow rating, tow rating and CPR also available. Cost $295. Hosted by Steve Kroop, anthor of "2.0,000 Flights Over W1ter." For an appointment contact: Miami Hang Gliding, 2640 S. Bayshore Dr., Coconut Grove, FI, 33133 (305) 285-8978.

FEB. 23-25: Ptiragliding ICP. Contact: Adventure Sports (702.) 883--7070.

FEB. 23-2.5: Ttmdem Tbw Clinic.

Advanced H--4, Tandem [, 'fandem Il and Tandem Instructor ratings offered. Learn to fly tandem with a certified 1andem Instructor at your side. Includes one day of flying over beautiful Biscayne Bay, FL, one foll day over land, and one day of class .. room instruction. All Intermediateto 1andem n.. rated pilots welcome.

Please bring your own harness and helmet. Re-certification also available.

Contact: James Tindle, Miami !·fang Gliding, 2640 S. Bayshore Dr., Coconut Grove, FL 33133 (305) 2.85-8978.

MARCH 7-10: ICP. Intensive four-day training course with Michael Robenson. Cost $2.50. Advance reservations required. Send check to: Steven Makrinos, Ikaros Spon Aviation, 38-11 Ditmars Blvd. #110, Astoria, NY 11105 (Tl 8) 777-7000.

MARCH 15--24: Fourth Annual Pacific

Airwave Advanced Hang Gliding Clinics. All gliders provided by Pacific Airwave. Aerotowing clinic March 15-17, Instructor Certification Clinics (Advanced) March 17-2.0,

JULY ] 3-20: U.S. National Hang Gliding Championships, Dinosaur, CO. "The best meet of the decade."

Several meets within a meet.

Compete in multiple divisions while flying in the Nats. Included are Over 45, Rookie, Intermediate Glider, and Never Made the "fop 50 divisions.

Driver competition and "wildest turnpoint photo" contest. Organized and directed by G.W. Meadows.

Sponsored by Just Fly Aviation Gear.

Terns of prizes. Lodging information and confirmation available. Entry fee

by January 30, $325 afterward.

Contaet: (919) 480-3552..

V-Mitts by Mountain Wings the only hand-mitts removable from your control bar without breaking down. *Quick on/ojJ control *Warm & comfortable *Durable & washable *Many colors

Mountain Wings Inc. 150 canal street, Ellenville NY 12428 914-647-3377 dtttJler inquiries inviutl

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r he USHGA Board of Directors met frir their foll meeting 1C)95. A copy of the written corn:spondencc received by rhe US HCA oflkc and an cxtcn·· sive summary or Internet comments on the US HCA Release, Waiver and Assumption of Risk Agreement had been 10 all BOD members to ensure that they were aware or the members' input.

Discussions on the waiver were held in the Mernbcrship and Development C:ommim:c meeting. A great deal of work on the waiver document had been done prior to the meeting. This work was presented and discussed in detail. From 1he committee meeting, a summary sheet of issues and action items was prepared and presented in general session for discussion and approval. In lieu of presenting 1he revised Release, Waiver and Assumption of Risk Agreement, which is going through some final word-smithing and was not :wailablc ar press rime, I have summarized the discussion items and action steps below, along with the implementation procedure. We will publish rhc revised waiver itself in the next issue with an explanatory article. on Octoher

The following procedures for implementing the revised waiver were approved by the Board of Directors: 1)

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Signing the USHGA Release, Waiver and Assumption of Risk Agreement as a condition of membership is optional until March 31, 1996. Members can renew for the: normal foll year withom signing the Release, Waiver and Assumption of Risk Agreement until March 31, 19%. After that date, an agreement must be signed as a condition of membership renewal.

Those members who have already signed the USHCA Release, Waiver and Assmnption of Risk Agreement can request in writing or by phone to the USIICA office that the Agreement be returned ro them without affecting their mcm-bership.

Those members who renewed their memberships under the March 31, 1996 moratorium will receive a new membership card with rheir normal (one-year) renewal date and will not be rcqnircd to sign the Release, Waiver and Assum pt ion of Risk Agreement unril that renewal date.

1) 'PrtrtictjJtition" What does it dearly defined as launching, flying or landing.

2) Composition oflist 1fReleased Parties .............. No Joint and Several Liability is still applicable in most states, albeit in modified frmns . . . ./,' " . . . " .3) 1n;urzes) rom partzctjwtzon in the USHGA 4) Payment ofcosts and attorney's fees ................... For clarity, moved to the paragraph discussing promise not to sue a released party and conditioning the requirement on pilot's filing of a lawsuit in violation of the 5) Strict

concerned strict liability of lessors of flying sites, not product bility. Recent California Supreme Court decision made this unnecessary.

6) 1ndernnifzmtion ofRclcased............................. Clarify tlmt the indemnification only goes to Parties for injuries caused by pilot, the landowners and governmental entities.

'7) Ccd{fornia venue Certainty requires that Califrlrnia courts interpret California law.

8) Auurnptirm ofrisk definition of "My Sports Injuries" is clarifled.

9) Willful footnote is added t:o clarify that the release is not intended to apply to claims which, under the laws of the state of California, may not released.

IO) Terrnint1tion termination clause has been added. Can be terminated by written notice or by substitution of a new USH.GA agreement.

11) The current USHGA insurance docs not cover injuries 'fhis .issue is to pilots while participating in the sport. 'fhc release is, therefore, not applicable to our third-party insurance.

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by Luen Miller, U51-JGA Accident Review Chairman ere is a report fiwn last year that was in danger of being buried forever. While nor extraordinary, it does cover a topic that I haven't dis-cussed too often. I t·hink it is of value and am glad to be able to fir it in before it is filed for eternity. Besides, its snowy theme is appropriate for the season.

"Rebounding from the crash was very important to me psychologically. There was a danger in this, however. J was buzzing on so much adrenaline that l was incapable of assessing how badly hurt I was. I didn't start feeling the pain or cold umil shortly after I landed."

ANALYSIS LAUNCH An intermediate pilot wirh 300 f1ights and 15 hours of experience drove up to launch (10,000' MS],) with a local pilot.

Afi:er scning up rhe gliders, a small group or pilots waited for a small front to pass through. Snow fell for about an hour and a half, long enough for them to become concerned about road conditions on the way down.

They decided to proceed with flying, launching in no wind on a surface lightly covered with snow, expecting sled rides if nothing else. Three pilots launched suc-ccssfully.

The victirn then launched, picked her feet up early and promptly settled. The basetube caught on a rock and she whacked hard. She suffered a broken nose, cut face and bruised arm. The glider was not damaged.

"J cleaned up, preflighted the glider and relaunched. I hooked a great thermal and flew for nearly an hour. I landed safely."

Causes of the accident: "I saw everyone before me run farther than I expected. l drew the conclusion that they weren't nmning very fast, rather than realizing that they were affected by the altitude, snow, or conditions.

"My last thought, and therefore the: fc)Cus of my nm, was not to trip. I would have pulled the launch off at sea level, but nor at I 0,000 feet. l should have been thinking only 'nm and keep running.'

"J had a strong post-flight hypotherrnic reaction. I had stood around in the cold for two hours with inadequate clothing.

The phrase "psychological factors" encompasses a hroad spectrum of mental states and subconscious influences. These influences range from subtle to overt.

While ir might seem that the pilot can correctly assess his or her own state of mind, that may not always be the case.

Unfornmat:ely, no one else is available.

Be extraordinarily careful whenever anything happens to break your routine, such as a mishap or rnissing something obvious during your preflight. Such incidents often indicate your mind is not completely on the job at hand.

You have a responsibility to yourself to be honest and conservative in yom selfanalysis. The window of safety can close quickly in hang gliding, and you need all of your mental ability to safely utilize your flying skills and judgment.

Time to pass out some presents. First, a huge "thank you" to all those who took the time to send in an accident report:, whether by phone, fox, letter or c--mail. It is because of you that we even have an "Accident Review" program at all. Keep up the good world Jim "Howlin' Wuffo Dog" Palmieri and his wife Maggie receive praise and thanks /,x their considerable professional efforts at first--drafr editing. Jim's suggestions have improved my writing and lightened the editing workload for Gil Dodgen.

Jim and Maggie have done such excellent work that l have decided to double their pay next year. Thanks for a job well done! l also hereby thank Scon Seimcr for his extremely generous donation of old airmail and other flight-related postage stamps. I have greatly enjoyed being able to use these for USHGA correspondence, pri-marily on thank-you letters for accident reports. Besides representing a considerable cash contribution to our organization, I like to think that those receiving letters with those stamps have appreciated the sentiment. Perhaps it has helped in some small way to prom pr rhe recipients to redouble their efforts at writing and sending in reports.

That's it for this year. Have a great holiday season. J hope San ra brings you a big box foll of airtime!

lumillcr<?Dix. nctcorn. com

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(Watch for our announcement next month)

Foreign Soarin'

© 1995 by Dennis Pagen ost Greeks ate familiar wich che little village of Platac:a.s because ch is is die site of one of che high poi ucs of G reek hiscory: r.he defeat of rhe mighty Persian army in 479 ll.C. in a ceUing baide of che Persian War. In chi.s banlc the wily Greeks

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uSt:d a t'.JCtic that ,vas most recently repeated in lhe Gulf \X'a,·. To ,vlt, a supposedly infed. . or Greek force gave way before che onslaughr of rhc Persians while ,he main

body of Greeks hid along t!,e Ranks. When the Persians v,rere sufficiently committed and

extended across ,he plains of lower Boccia, rhe resc of che Greeks attacked chem from rhc sides and behind.

Bur an even more a,1cient occurrence assured Plaraeas nororiety long before chc

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Persian invasion: the ceremonies that cook place on Mr. K.ichereon which cowers over the vill"{;e. These ceremonies involving the sacrifice of virgins ro Zeus, Hera and rhc water uym ph Placaeas~ are no longer in vogue, probably due ro che scarcity of potential sacrifices. Bur che spirit of ancient Greece is alive and well on cop of Mc. Kichereon., for sacrifices are continuaHy being made co cbe god of the north wind, Boreas. The mounc1in is now a well-kaown hang gliding sice. From here, if Boreas ooopcrates, yQu can easily reach cloudbase. survey the ruins of che original city-state, fly over the old battle fields, cake a detour co Thebe,;, rhcn cack along che specracular Pindhos mountains on a lirde jaunt up-counO)'.

FLYING SOUTHERN GREECE I have been flying in Greece for six years.

On prc-vious rrips John Heiney and I puc on seminars. chcn Tinl Ar.1i :tnd 1 put on their national compccicion. This pasr June my ,vife Claire and 1 flew in their competition, rhen craveled around chc counrry giving £alks and running camps on inscruccion, (OV\ting. chern1aJing, cross-country and con, ..

pcricion rcchniques. Although I had been ro Greece five ri mes previously. this rime I found chat much has changed on the hang gliding scene.

For example, r.he pilots are now becoming world-class caliber. Their thermal and cross-councry skills compare to those of pilors in chis counay or Europe. It is quite HANC GUDl"G

OPPOSITE PAGE: The set-up area at IVympheo11. Note the camping nrea on the right.

BEWW LEFT: The Nympheon village of traditional sro11e viewedfrom the right of the takeoff.

BOTTOM: 11,"ewfrom the lower launch at Mt, Kithmm. The mountnim in tht b11ekground lead along the northern X-C rottte. angle rnsks and land back ac Plaraeas in chis arei since Lhe willds a.re often light.

Ac rimes Boceas gets feisty and sends a Slrong north wind into the rnounrain face.

In this case che pilots repair ro the lower launch tbac the village of Plataeas had buUdozed just 1,000 fee, up from rhe valley floor. This wide-open law,ch also serves ,he occosional par.iglider pilots in che ar-ea. \Y/e never used thi.s launch, bur fvc been assured itS an e-J.Sy climbour in c.hc house rhern,aI. The best thing about Mc. Kicher<an is its proxjrnity co Athens - about one hout to cbc ,vest. This n1akes it ideal for visiting pilot$. In fucr, if you're looking for a great fo,eign llying vacation, here's ,he deal: A hang glider pilot bas sw,k his life savings inco o flying hotel at the base of the mounta.i11 on rhe outskirts of Pla1aea$. Hotel

Angelina has IO rooms, doubles and singles, going for about $16 per person per night.

1~he o,vncr>Stavros Avramoglou, is: 3 hang gliding and paragliding instructor ,1nJ edifying to see such progress in jusc a few years. considering rhac they do not get to atttfid too many events om of country.

Another change in G rC'C'CC is the new sites

being flown. \"hen I was lase in Greece, M1.

Kirhereon \V.1.S not flyable since ic was: a NATO air Force outpost. Now that NATO is becoming a cold war ,elic, the peak of

very near che moun,:un. We reached doudbasc ac 6,000 to 8,000 feer on all four <l•ys we Bew there, and on cbe lase day I climbed 1,300 feet nlxwe base up the side of a cloud in the convergence. It is common co Ay rri-,

cuers to pilots. He provides crike rides, rents gliders. bas a full repair fucility (where you

can do your own work if you wish) as well as glider racks and storage. Scavros wLll also meet you at the Athens airport, cake yot• to Plataeas and provide cransporcacion ,vhile

K.irhcrcon has been converted from an air

force site to an aerial playground . The launch is at cbc rnouncajn crest. ,vith south·, southwest- and north-facing rakeoffs. The 2.500-foot altitude above che valley, various bowls and good thermal producrion make chis site a candy srore for soaring and X-C pilots.

Many of the sires in Greece suffer from ,heir proximity co che se.i and arc plagued by srable marine air. Howevec, Kirhercon is ofren aided by che sea breeu, for it comc:s &om both sides of the peninsula and often Forms a co,wergence rone or sea brc= fro nr DECEMBER 1995

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females are old crones.

Within w:1Jki ng distance of launch i.s a hotel chat ca1ers to pilors. Near rhc landing field is a gre'lt re.~rnuranc that spccia.lizes in German(!) food. But we came co fly, so, disregarillng cbe :lmeniries, '"-e can report that the sicc is situated in i high-porcnriaJ crosscountry area. The region is g reener than

most of tbc rest of Greece but still olfecs good rhmnals macke<I by cumies similar to the norrhem Alps. It is near here that the hang gliding porrion of ,he World Air Games was originally going co rake place.

We performed an early afternoon takeoff in a crossing wind. Wirh a bir of struggle and luck a group of managed co get up in a multitude of sca1Cered thermals and head somh for a li1tle aerial surveying. A blue hole eventually shot u, down, buc rhc cond.i-

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cions ace oft<:n here fo r a lo ng one. l~he

Vi/Jo A11geli1111, t~ ha11ggliding hotel. Note tl111 solar pan,!s. you are in G reece. He aJso suggested cours to o ther sires such as the famo us .t\.1etcora

,vhich is \\•hy ic ,vas the location fo r che

v,,•hete 1nulriplc monasteries ding co the tops

ing cornmandos. But again the ,vind ,vas

movie Sky Riders which fearured hang gild·

:tnd sides of a maze of rock .spires. Stavros

tailing -so ,,•e fl~v a nearby norch-fucing sire-.

speaks quality English, so if such a fun trip appeals ro you give him a call ar: Tel: 0 ll 30· 1·701-8330 or fax: 0 11·30-1-701-7104 and set up a visit or tow·.

~nd lnsread of looking at monasteries perched on pinnacles we bad a view of

Aleppo pines clinging to precipirous crags.

T har night we had to leave fo e Tbessalonica on a prearranged ride ,vith a

FLYING CENTRAL GREECE After we exhausrcd all rhe thermals in rhe

group of eighi Hungarian pilots who were down for tlie meet at Kirhcrcon. They were in a hurry co ge t back ~cross for1ner

Yugoslavia before cbe war took• turn for rhe

Kithereon area, Claire and I went on a tour

,vor.S¢, so ou r flights at Mereor;i ,vere

of G reece. Our first excursion ~ as with

scrubbed 1 but n1orc aerial adventures a,va.ic• ed.

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Werner Frolich, a GcrmaJt tronsplan c. We went co his village Ar:ikhova, n.ear M t.

Pamassos. The idea was LO Ry from his local sire in the incredible Acikh.ova gorge. The landing field is eight kilometers from takeoff. and along the way you can thermal over the ruins of Delphi where the renowned Oracle pronounced her pirhy, ambiguous predictions. Sample: King C roesus: "Should I go to war against the Persians?"

Oracle: "If you do, you'll d,escroy a migluy nacion," Croesus, wirh rhe hubris typical of royalty everywhere tho11ght he was going to crea m chc Persians, buc instead . hjs O\Vn Lj,dian nation was destroyed. We knocked on the Oracle's doort bur she '-''aS o u t buying lottery rickers.

The wind never cooperated at Ar.lkhov:,, so after t\VO days we drove no rth co lvleteora. The scenery there is spectacular,

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FLYING NORTHERN GREECE In Thessalonica (Soloniki co rhe locals) we bung out , 1,1irh our old friends from previous crips and ne\V ones from chc competi-

tion. After a couple of days of R&R at the topless be.1.ches we went on a group excursion into the ,uouncains of northern Greece.

Thcr¢ we flew another of Grc!Cce's ne,v sires wirh great cross-country potential. The rakeoff is on rhe outskirts of the village o f Nympheon, sicuawd 1,500 feet above rhc valley floor. The village is builc entirely in the cl:issical stone srvle and the name 1neans ''bride" for che leg;n,fary beauciful women ,vho ,,rcrc much soughr afier in the J"(."gion.

T he name brings much glee co modern Greeks. however, for now Nymphcon is a rctiremcnc village and che only residential

Greek distance record of 125 km was set here by Werner Frolich two years ago. He landed in the are:i of Meceora.

We left Nympbeon for Serra,, former haunt of Alexander rhe Grear. There we Aew Mt. Menikeon in a howling wind, climbed to 8,000 feet MSL and looked into Bulgaria.

We vi.~ired an ancient monastery and sraycd at the Olympic hotel owned by hang glider piloi Dimicris Triadafilo (which means 30 le3ves a nd most certain ly indica res a nd ancesrral stol)r so1ne,vhere).

After a few days in Serras we flew (by air-

plane) back 10 Athens and immediate!)' went sailing. Local p ilot Pecros Pantazis loaned 11.S his 38-foo, sailboat which we rook

from Piraius to the islands for chree days.

We wish to thal\k Pecros and his wife Jan for chose rommtic nighrs watd,ing moonlight dapple the Aegean Sea. All this calk of fun and adventure would be irnpossihle with.out rhc warmcl1 and gen• etosiry of the Greek pilots. Hospicaliry is rheir specialty. We wish co especially rhank Lillian Leblanc and Dimicris Ganotis (the Hang Gliding Federation [>resident) for arranging our ttip. DiJnirri,; indicated thal ne:xc ye.a.r they may organi1.e a fly..in or competition and ('ncourage foreign pilors co vi.sit Greece and join iJl the fun. Claire and I are sure to ~ there. \Y/e suggest rhac ocltcrs may wish ro hone up on their classical Greek history, bring all che virgins rhcy can find ro assure good winds and share iu an ad,•eorure of flying and discovery. Gr<ccc is Edenic in the summer away from che crowds of tourisrs in Athens. The oleander blooms from May co Scpcember and ,he Persians haven't invaded for almolt 2,500 WA'I ye.us. ~ HANC GIIOING

Hang Gliding History

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n December 17, 1995, Francis and Gertrude Rogailo, the inventors of the flex wing, will join a prestigious group of people who have been recognized for their outstanding contributions to the development of aviation and space flight. The Rogallos will be inducted into the First Flight Shrine. The honor is bestowed on leading figures in aviation who have established a meaningful first char provided an "anchor" achievement from which further progress often developed.

The list of recipients inducted into the First Flight Shrine reads like a "Who's Who" of U.S. aviation. From the Wright Brothers to the space walkers, the First Flight Shrine, developed by the First Flight Society in Kitty Hawk , North Carolina., commemorates aviation's leading figures. Housed in the \'v'right Brothers Memorial a.c Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, an honoree is annually added to che First Flight Shrine on ea.ch anniversary of the Wright's first successful powered flight, December 17, 1903.

The ceremony will include the unveiling of a painting of Francis and Gertrude Rogallo at the Wright Brothers Memorial. The portrait will lacer join che gallery in the First Flight Shrine. A lun cheon will follow at which Francis, known as "Rog" to his friends around the world, is scheduled to speak.

THE ROGALLO FLEX WING At the close of World War II Francis Rogallo began a. seri-

Vic Powell President ofthe Rogallo Foundation (left), and Francis Rogallo, ous study of flexible wings. His work schedule at NACA's (latinventor of the flexible Rogallo wing which gave birth to the modern sport er the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA) wind tunnel laboratory at the Langley Research ofhang gliding.

Whitcsands, New Mexico. It was designed to detect microrneteoroid impacts on 200 square feet of instrumented wing surface. Later studies showed that recovery of a C-2 space vehicle was feasible. The recovery project would have been continued had the C-2 project not been canceled.

Wernher Von Braun invited Rogallo to give a presentation to a number of space scientists at the rocket test center in Huntsville, Alabama. Rogallo wrote extensively about these projects and presented papers at scientific meetings across the nation. ln 1962, at the NASA Flight Research Center at Edwardsville, California, Rogallo witnessed flights of a paraglider having dimensions similar to those designed fiir Gemini spacecraft recovery. Also at the base were two versions of a manned paraglider. They were flown by nnrnerous pilots.

Experiments were also conducted for other uses. Ryan Aircraft Company adapted a powered flex wing called a "Flcep," a contraction of the words "flying jeep," that had a wing configured similar to a hang glider. Small drones were constructed for use as a possible photo reconnaissance air-Rog in tl NASA wind tunnel in the J960's. Extensive research was conducted in the craft. Large paragliders were tested as towed cargo delivery 1950'.r and 1960'., onflexible wing l,itesfor possible use in returning space capsules vehicles, carrying several thousand pounds. By J 962 several to earth, as well as other applications such as tramport of'heavy goods. Photo cour- projects and contracts were using the Rogallo's invention.

Research was also conducted on the lift coefficient of the Rogallos. parawing geometry. Surfaces used cloth wings and rigid leadCenter in Hampton, Virginia, did not permit a study to be made on government time, so he undertook research at home. This private endeavor with Mrs. Rogallo and family members covered a 13-year period from 1945 to 1958. In 1948, based on their research, they developed a flexible kite and a paraglider.

The Rogallos flied for a patent on the flexible wings in Novcn1ber 1948 and it was issued on Mardi 20, 1951. The patent applied to both completely flexible wings such as the modern-day paraglider, as well as to flexible wings with stiffening members such as a hang glider. Although the patent is entitled "Flexible Kite," the Rogallos also proposed the applicability of the concept to heavier-than-air flying machines.

GOVERNMENT RESEARCH The United States' entry into space exploration in 1958, and the shock to the aeronautics research community caused by the launch of the Soviet Union's Sputnik I, were catalysts for U.S. Government consideration of unconventional ideas including Rogallo's flexible wing for retrieval of spacecrafr. NASA established in l Iampton, Virginia, a Flexible Wing Section at the Langley Research Center. The Center tested Aex wings in wind tunnels, dropped them from aircrafr, towed them aloft, and shot them into space.

During 1959 clorh parawings were tested at Mach 2 in the four-foot supersonic wind tunnel. Other parawings were deployed ar 200,000 feet at near Mach 3. 'fo help understand the potential danger to vehicles of dust and small frag·· ments in space, a paraglider was developed for release at 700,000 feet from an Aerobee rocket launched from

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Rog demonstrating the f?ite in a New Yorle Gty pttrk during a buJer's convention. ln the 1950's the Rogallos produced a version that was sold in department stores.

Photo courtesy the Rogal!os.

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Conical surfoccs with straight leading edges revealed the lowest lift-to-drag ratios. The highest I ,ID wings had curved leading edges and cylindrical surfaces, reaching lift-to-drag ratios as high as 17. This combim1tion also produced a flex wing with much greater speed range potential.

By the summer of 1963 it appeared that the flex wing concept had worldwide accep· tance. It was quire an achievement for a pro-ject that began in rhe Rogallo's home using Cenrudc's kitchen curtains. Francis and Gertrude believed that rhe time had come ro give the U.S. Government royalty-free license to use their patents. They granted the license at a ceremony in Washington, Ix: on July 18, 1963. They later gave their invcn tions to the entire world, allowing people around the glohe to enjoy flight using afford-able wings hascd on their discoveries.

For the Rogallos to be chosen by the First Flight Society for this high honor also reAects well upon the hang gliding community. It dcrnonstrates awareness on the part of the community of the value of the Rogallo's

through the dedication and determination of hang glider pilots to establish national and inrernational organizations that would help ro ensure a successful future for the sport. Therefore, the honor coming LO the Rogallos is also a staterncnt of positive recognition for hang gliding.

The Virsr Hight Society extends an invita-tion to all hang glider pilots Lo attend the ceremony and witness the induction of the Rogallos into the First Flight Shrine. The event gets underway at I 0:00 AM on December 1 at the Wright Brothers Memorial in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina. A fly-over of aircrafr at I 0:35 AM is pan of 1:he ceremony recognizing the exact time when Wilhur Wright lifted the flyer off the launching rail and began the world's first successfol flight of a powered aircrafr, rnovforward and gaining altitude under its own power in a controlled manner and landing wirhout damage at a height at least equal ro takeoff.

Ir is not necessary to be a member of the First Flight Society 10 attend the ceremonies.

If you wish to be a member, information will be available at rhc luncheon. Come join with hang glider pilots who wish to express their appreciation by attending the ceremonies honoring the Rogallos. For information

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by L)ennis Pagen ost of the CTVCs (Commission Internationale de Vol Libre) business continues to be the development of intc:rnational competition.

We did discuss forming a central source for instruction techniques, accident reports, equipment bulletins and technical services.

On the latter point, there will be a technical conference at Induga (near Munich) in early March 1996. Jn addition, the CIVL is making an effrm to acquire radio chan-nels for pilots to be used throughout Europe. The situation there is a mess, with most countries requiring prohibitively extensive instruction to acquire an amateur license and then prohibiting radio use in the air. We can be thankful we have it so easy.

and look limber south. Until such a site is located, there will be no air games for fr>ot-·launched flight unless towing is incorporated.

Other topics of interest include the following.

for continental championships.

This meet will take place in Hungary

in September, 19%. The U.S. team is invited to participate. T'he competition is a towing meet and U.S. team rnembcr Mark Gibson attended the Pm-European meet this year.

We arc continuing to enconrage bids

France has made a bid for the American Cup to take place July 19-29, 1996 near Poitiers. lt will be a tow meet.

The top five teams from the last meet and top three from the past World Meet will be invited. The players are: r:rancc, AustTalia, Great Britain, Switzerland, USA, Austria, Italy and Germany. fn the Australian meet our ad hoc team finished last. Flopefully we'll send our top team this time and make a respectable showing in the rneet that we started (and have woefully seldom won).

Representatives from paragliding and hang gliding interests were sent to Tiu-key to find a world-class site for WAG. Unfortunately, they have not been successful to date (9/95). They will return soon

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'I'he FAI (Federation Aeronautiquc Internationale, of which CfVL is a division), bowing to pressure from sports councils throughout Europe, has adopted the Olympic drug testing procedures and requirements. Our pilots ueed ro be informed that drug testing may rake place, especially in European meets.

Kadjakistan has expressed a desire to host the Asian Games. I have been contacted

by Chelan, Washington organizers who expressed interest· in running an American (north and south) Championship.

This system is now on line. The U.S. held four meets this year sanctioned by the CIVL. We must send the results of these meets to Paul Mollison, the Australian delegate, in order to get our pilots ranked.

The CJVL foes for running meets have been revised to 1T1akc administration easier.

The new fees anc: Class I (World Meets and Continental Championships) 8,000 Swiss Francs (SI:) for a World Meet, 6,000 SF for all others. Class l f (any meet nm included in Class I, such as our Nationals) foe equals the cost of one

A point of clarification was made con-cerning glider certification in CJVL-sanctioncd meets. Gliders must have satisfactory evidence of airworthiness. This can be either a letter from the national aeroclub (presumably rhe USHGA could drafr this letter) or the manufacturer. In a related note, the DHV is apparently revising its standards to more nearly reflect reality.

Angelo Crapanzano has teamed up with Paul Mollison (authors of two competing point systems) and endeavored to combine systems or work out the problems with the Crapanzano system. This new system should he ready by next sprmg.

/1.s gliders get heavier, the long-standing definition of a hang glider (a 11:)()tlaunchable aircraft) docs not serve to prevent a gorilla from launching in a gale and "proving" a sailplane is a hang glider. The new definition includes the demonstration of three flights, including takeoff and landing unassisted in winds of five km/h or less. A wing tip or tail can touch the ground.

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y $wife raced across ,he mountai nside, skim 1ning preca riousl y close to che ridge below. I se>rched for

an improbable lase-change thermal. Noc even :in hour into the flight> high cirrus above ,vas chickening to the point of shutting down any usefitl lift. Momencs earlier I had been flying wirh Andre Hediger, anorhcr Swift pilot known in paragliding c.irclcs as talented and aggressive. Being rughcr than I \Vas, he prcsstd on and was gone.

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while my Swift cracked automatically along rhc ridge.

The fish-bowl-shaped valley screeched ou< before me. four days before, l had made my ftrsr flights in Spai.n, in chc valley overlooking Ager. Two days of practice flights, I00 kilometers each, thoroughly familiari1.ed me wirh rhe rypical rerrain below. Noc one landing field was quire square. Every field wa, sloped in some way wirh rolled-off edges, or a hump in irs middle. A stream, fence or power line could be expected at any rime. ln addition to dm , every field in this valley w:is surrounded by tall trees. Finally,

after extended analysis, I had a paddock in sight - a football field in size and shape, surrounded by call crees. A full-flap, steep descenc straight over rhe trees would work nicely. The landing dilemma having been solved, J reverted rny attention co staying up.

Suddenly, the glider dropped out iJ1 unexpecccd turbulence. Even rhougb I had been carrying an abundaJ1ce of airspeed, its in1media1c lo5$ forced n,e into a dive on the ridge below. C learing its edge with the smallcsc of safety margins, I sucked in a breach. Desperate, with no altirude gain and our of luck, I recumed co the ridge, when, HANG GLIDING

LEFT: Brian n1tums to rhe semp area after reachinggoal. 17Je canted tips add three feet ofeffective 1pa11 (k> 42 feet).

BELOW: An ll!SIJrtment qfSwifts in the tow launch arta. Allpilots flew Swifts in this year} Worlds.

again. I was created co airs_peed..sucking curbulcncc. Rocks and underbrush blurred in my peripheral vision, and nly he:1r1 ,venf into my chroac: "Again! l can'l believe it.n 1 ,vas diving on chc terrain belo,v. My mind screamed as l cleared ,he ridge by the smallest of margins: "Enough. 1 can)t win if 1 don', finish." l had ccacbcd che limic of my endurance for one day. My foctLs, like a trance, ,vas broken. Now 100 feet lo\ver, I immediately 1,vcnc on a srraighr-iu final ro che landing field across chc valley, oonceding thac I had most likely lose che fim day.

It was chcn mat I realized rhe landing field mar looked so good was immersed in • crosswind. No problem, excepc for che large, poincy hill cascing its ,vind shadoVi' at d,e chreshold. A straighc-in approach would likely put me mrough the rrecs if l hi, any wake turbulence on che Ice side of che hill.

With I he groU1td fast approaching, I surveyed a 20-foo, gap in che rrce line. J\1 che last moment I rolled the Swift 90 degre<es upwind imo rhc lee side of the hiU. With the landing field co my right I rolled the glider into a 45-degree bank and Oew my Swift chrough chc gap in ,he rrees which was only half as wide as my wingspan. I was able co gee rhe wings level just as l enrcred ground effccr, only co discover chat <he Geld

,vas noc so flat. lts doVi•nh11 1 slope ,vas increasing beneath me. Ar i,s end \1/;lS {I ditch. and a fence Llnc, jusr short of che creek lined by trees! Quickly, l forced che Swift ro the ground by rdcasing che flaps and shoving the stick forward. Screeching to a stop, che first day's flight of the ' 95 World Championships wa.s over, and so I chough< it was for me as ,veil.

The 1995 World Championship$ w~s the fim of ics kind in many years, hosriog a C lass JI division :a11d reflecting renev.red inceresr in exotic hang gliders. Because of increasing denl:.lnd for performance and comforc. new designs such as the Experience

and the S"ift have been appe>ring on the

compedcion scene. \'Q'ich 1nore than I 00 S\vifcs being flown world\vide, it \Vas noc surprising rhat rhe entire 6dd was made up of Swifts. Many of the compecitors were former hang gliding cham pions, such as Roy Carr, Noel Berrrn,1d, Andy Hediger and myself. The championship lasted nine days: cwo days of official pr;,.ctice, tluce days canceled bccmse of ease winds, and four official flying days.

DAY FIVE Having set up and broken down for 1wo days, the Class II pilots were gerring rarher hot about nor being abk to Ry. On rhe fifth DlCEMBlM 1995

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day the easr ,vinds maccrialized ag:1in,

threatening co wash out sciJ!J another cask.

The Class U pilocs had discussed the issue, and threatened co lx,ycon for the right to foot-launch under ease-wind conclicions The n1eec dircccor poi.aced out char che launch was already overcrowded, and he did not wane rigid and flex wing hang gliders mixing it up on the main ridge. The Class II 1neer had been organized a nd advertised scricdy as a ro,v meec for this reason. lt ,v:1s argued that ,ve could launch on east·,vind

days after che Oex wings, but befoce any solution couJd be found, che [\VO previous

days of flying h•d been losr. Consequently, \\'e cravc]ed to the "plain i n Spain" near Balaquer, where proper towing topography could be found. Class II was co ffy a cask fron1 the plains into the 1nounrains. But a

lare afternoon mm and the development of high cirrus shut down che day. Om of 11 scans only eight Swifts ,venc an)'whe.re, not much more than l O miles, buc just enough co get lost in the lo,v n1o uncains. One French pilot, Denis l'orre, managed co make it inco the higher mountains, flying 27 miles before going down. A,1dre Hediger was second and I w:i.s chird for the day.

DAY SIX On the sixth day the weacher changed for the firsc ci me, and good chermaling cond_itions develo ped wich a nc,v

wesrerly wind flow. The task \\':15 a 90.. nuJc triangle wirh four rumpoints.

Tr involved crossing the 1na in Ager cast/west ridge chat rises to over 5,000 feec above sea level. The day was scrong wich cloud bases near 10,000 feet. Noel was die forsc ro be cowed up and I was dragged into the air mi nutes later.

Two ulrralight crike tu~ were used co launch everyone within a onc-

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houo· period. Like <">cryone, I was cowed co 2,000 feet, a d1ou!and belo,v che mountain cop. Having been

dropped in ,he middle of the ridge I soon climbed quickly co 6,000 feet. Because of the wind drift, the rhermal was carrying me directly over the Class I law1eh, which was

restricccd airspace.

The meet rules for Class II defined the area on the main ridge ease of launch as off limits co Swifts when Class l pilots were law1ching and/or climbing ouc. Any known infraction of chis rule. would result in a penalty. HaYing been towed to the wrong section of che ridge l was now up againsc the wall. Fruscraced, I chose to leave die thermal and penecraced upwind to fUld another thermal, only to drift back up againsc rhe wall defining the reStricred airspace. Fruscrated again, I bailed our low over the back side.

The penalty for not being near cloud base on the back side of che mounrain was min· uccs off the clock. HaYing worked my way to cloud base after the firsc rumpoinr I w·as now on course, cruising becwccn 50 and 70 mph ground speed. Ahead loomed the main ridge ovet Ager. The mountain ,vas a fot1n i.. dabJe obscad e and coclay it had to be crossed four cimes. I projccccd my glide t() dear ic by a cbousand fccc, buc on th.is occasion I cuc it

coo close. In minutes I plummeced 2,000 fee, down che back side, rurned rail and raced across che c."Uly<>n below co reach chc low-lying hills. P..issing one hill after another and scopping in CV<[)' probable spoc to hunt and peck, I could no, find a thermal. The ccmpcrarure had go,1e up, chc Swift vents ,vcrc open, and sweac flo,vcd down my

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neck.. Finally, five miles case of the course lint, on rhe la.« hilJ, before the river valley beyond and whac l believed co be the encl of tht trail, I crossed a bullcc of a thermal.

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Finally arriving low near the last turn· point the shadows were gcrting noticcahly longer. Jr appeared that I was not 10 make it. It was well after 7:00 pm and I Cl miles to goal, hut with rhc help of very weak thermals I made it. Arriving at 7:40 pm, to rny surprise, l discovered that there was only one Swift at goal I Noel had arrived with an elapsed time just 10 min· utes foster that mine. The remaining Swifts had all landed out, ;1 hand/id of them at the c;1st end or the Ager Valley brought down by the valley winds. Stephen crashed his Swift when he fell short of a land ;irea and r;m headlong into a brick wall.

Steel cage around him, he was unharmed, hut the Swift lay in an irreparable condi· tion. Portunately, Stephen was able 10 bor· row a second Swift from Donat Bosch, who bad a spare!

The next day it was reported that Noel had foiled to Lake a picture of the day board. Protest committee offkials indicated that penalty for this was normally a zero for the flight 'fhe meer director, after heated debate with the pilots, settled on a smaller penalty of 2 '5() points Ollt of' ] ,()()(), I moved into first place and Noel moved to hehind Denis.

Uay seven belonged to the British and was to be anod1er strong one, bcner than the previous day. One trike was having prohlems, leaving us with only one for 11 Swifts. It was decided to call a short task of only miles 10 insure that the first and last Swifts would have an equal chance of making goal.

While on my first climb our on frontal ridge I was commanded by the rnccr director to leave my thermal, even though later it was determined thar I was in legal flying sp,ice. I was required to fly '5 miles off comse line through strong sink and probe for a new thermal.

By cnd I had arrived ar goal IO minutes behind Noel a11d in ftfih place. The two Brits, Johnny Carr and Stephen Partridge, had slanghtcrcd everyone, arrivflrst and second. Carr completed the task in hours I minutes ;md was a foll 25 minutes faster than l.

With the arrival of e;ist winds the next day was canceled. Now there was just one day remaining, and any one of six pilots had a shot at first place. Noel, Andre and

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only one was not allowed fly competitively. It was pilot who fly but without towing tow pilots tow hirn so his day.s were free-flying from mountain, launching his Swift was all knew."

Denis would have their chance, but any victory would require a conclusive win.

Just I minmes difference could make the World Champion. Ir all things remained the same, the Brits were going to win an 11111hinkable catastrophe.

Ar the pilot's meeting the next day we discussed the options for flying if' casL winds prevailed. We needed four flying days to validate the championships, and one possibil was to foot-launch from the main after the Class J pilots had cleared the launch. J\ unanimous vote was required ro change the launch and that vote was taken. Four pilots voted against foot-launching. There was a real possibility that the next Class fl champion would be one who was unable or unwilling to foot·· ;111 un;icceptable situation in my launch mind!

Dawn, rhe wind was west, and ;ill bets were on. l was positioned, by lot, to fly first. The day looked to be another srrong one. J\ 100-milc triangle task with three

turnpoi111s was dec:idecl on. Within one hour all Swifrs were towed and 011 course.

Traveling toward rhc first turnpoint l moved along a large cloud street which had developed in the di rcction of Organza. J\s approached the ridge leading to this town could see rhar cloud base had dropped about 1,000 feet. Ir looked 10 be ovcrdcvcl · oping, kind or pre•rhundcrstorrnish Looking back along the path l had just tra· versed, there was now mostly blue "The of lift aren't lasting very long," I thought. The lift: appeared to be building for ft() minutes or so, then overdeveloped and collapsed. Unlike the previous days, getting low would be particularly dangerous today.

Organza turned OU t to be a real y rrap.

I plummeted into the blue hole area right over the turnpoint and Jost thousands of foct while taking pictures. Facing the second leg of the task, the Organza Valley our before me. ln the direction I had ro travel the valley measured l O miles long and four rniles wide, with an ominous box canyon at the far end. The moumain tops towered above me like cathedrals. J couldn't believe the mountains were actually so sharp and the walls so steep. T'hc range I had arrived on was completely overdeveloped with no sunlight at all. Blue sky completely covered the downwind range biding into the box canyon and the fine lifr I had been experiencing was gone.

I thought ro myself: "] am nc1;cr going to get our of this place. How did l get here anyway?" I chose to explore rhc cloudless bm sunny side of the and fly 011 course toward its dead end. With 10 miles of ridge something was bound to develop, bur it never did and IO miles were jusr about gone. My best effc:Jrts allowed me to barely maintain (i,500 foet. Time was wasting; I was in a race and needed to get the hell out or there. I needed 8,000 feet 10 escape over the top but it was nowhere to be found on this ridge. I had tried to pene· trare into the lee side across die valley but plummeted, risking being flushed.

J:inally, I reached rhe vall end J\ promising cloud and an exploratory push imo the upwind Ice side again produced an extremely turbulent bur liberating thermal climb to 8,000 feet. I quickly escaped 10 the valley hcyond, thinking, "Free at lasr.

Thank God I'm free at last." Ultimately two Swifts would go down in that valley where the landing areas were inhospitable.

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mile mark. The lift above Ager did not materialize and I continued on. Without turning, I slowed in lifr to finally get back on glide l 5 miles out. I had miscalculated flying at 40 mph so as not to fall below glide.

Another thousand feet would have allowed me to fly l O mph faster. As it was, I crossed goal first, low and slow. Thirty minutes later Andre arrived, followed 20 minutes later by Noel and then Denis. Only four Swifts made goal, none of chern British. Stephen had gone too fast and grounded himself, and Johnny was frirced down in weak conditions.

Noel's elapsed time bettered mine by l 1 minutes, but it was not enough to dethrone me.

ing world championships on two occasions, and both of them went to rigid wing pilots.

The results in this Class Il meet yielded the pilot who, over the course of nine days, made the fewest combined flying and technical mistakes. All styles and classes of hang gliders freely mixed in the air over Ager, except during the launch cycle. In the finals nearly 10°/<i of all hang gliders over Ager

END The awards ceremony was held the next day, and having survived all my flights I nearly fell off the podium while stooping to receive the gold medal. It was kind of like one of these "Far Side" cartoons: "World famous mountain climber breaks back falling down at awards ceremony!" Tt) the best of my knowledge lJ .S. pilots have only received individual gold medals in hang glid-

Place Pilot 1) BRIAN PORTER 2) NOEL BERTRAND 3) ANDRE HEDIGER 4) DENIS PORTE 5) JOHNNY CARR 6) STEPHEN PARTRIDGE DONAT BOSCH 7) 8) BERNARD MANCHE GUY BERTRAND JAQUIER 9) 10) RUPERT SCMMID l 1) JEAN WERCKHOVE

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Perhaps, secretly, we all wish to be so strongly associated with some great event or desirable trait that our peers give us a fitting nickname. By this measure [ am sure "Velcro" never wanted his nickname; but it was clever, aptly deserved, and it STUCK! Velcro was a fairly new Hang II pilot when he picked up bis nickname. He had made a number of mountain flights but had yet 10 soar the ridge. The wind that

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day was blowing northwest and straight into launch, and the thermals were really cookin' up the slopes. I had decided that conditions were too strong for me (a slightly more experienced pilot), so l sat with my wife, Doris, and watched the other pilots flying in front of and above launch. Out of the corner of my eye I saw a wing waving around the ramp. Velcro was ready to launch.

I immediately sensed that something was wrong and bolted toward the ramp.

Velcro had a full wire crew, but seemed to be having problems holding the glider steady. He launched anyway, but his wings were not level and his angle of anack was high. The inevitable occurred. r:rom my perspective it was like the Titanic sinking; Velcro, the control bar, the glider, and then the wing tip just slipped out of sight.

By the time I reached the edge of the ramp, pilot and glider were nowhere to be seen, but Velcro could still be heard. He rnade a perfect, no-step landing on the only treeless, flat piece of ground in rhe immediate area. Unfortunately, the sur--

'I'he second event occurred a few weeks after the "Velcro" incident:. I was directly involved with this launch. The prevailing west wind, bolstered by some strong thermals, had changed to northwest· as it pushed up the mountain and into the slot. At launch it was strong, gusting and slightly crossing too much for me, but evidently not for many of the more experienced pilots. Ground-bound, l became part of the three--person wire crew. As the day progressed, conditions continued to build. We needed a five-person crew but no one else was available .

The pilot informed us that be was not going to launch until we were on the very edge of the ramp and both wire men were yelling "up." He also wanted to control the nose of his glider, which somewhat limited the amount of pull pressure the keel man could exert on the keel and rear wires. I was on the left wire, holding on hard, yelling "strong up." Twas facing the crossing wind and had been instructed to stay back a couple of feet from the edge while my friend, Scott, on the right wire continued toward tbe edge. Scott was now reaching out over the edge and the right wing was pulling up and out strongly, probably compounded by cliff-edge rotor.

All of a suddell, the pilot must have sensed that the wind was shifting and yelled: "Back offl Back offl" Just then a big thermal hit from the right and immediately started the right wing flying with Scott still hanging onto the wire. The image of my buddy, hanging on that wire as the wing started fo1ward, is still burned into my mind. There was not much that we could do 10 hring the glider back into position. With his feet on the edge of the cliff; the pilot had no leverage to pull back. I could no longer just stand there, and the keel man could not hold both the glider and wire crew. We started to go forward.

We had to let the wing rotate about HANC CLIDINC

N the pilor which caused my friend to swing funhcr Out over the edge the cliff. He let go and disappeared over tbe edge like an upside-down diver.

Once the nearly-level wings of the glider immediately rotated lcfr and the short flight ended as the wing was deposir · eel on the rocks to the left of the ramp, focing backward and downward.

People were scrambling down the rocks, looking over the edge for Scon. I was still banging onto the left wire trying to steady the glider while I looked over my shoulder. I could hear people shouting, "I don't sec him," and the pil01 yelling in a very low voice, "Please help me." I was sure my buddy was dead. Just then, Scott tapped me on the shoulder and said, "What's going on?" He had fallen ro the ledge below the ramp and scrambled quickly, unseen, np the hill.

Ever since the day we launched the wrong pilot, we have been cautious about the size of our wire crews.

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for feedback from the wire crew. There was none. [ slowed to make eye contact with them. The kC::el man shouted, "Go to the edge, we can hold you." He continued ro shout but I had already heard what I guess I wanted to hear, so J tuned him out. The shouting comributed to the general din and made it even harder for me to hear my wire crew. I planted one leg forward to brace against the rotor and tried to lip-read the wire crew's input (mistake I watched the lefr wire person talking in what seemed to be a low voice until I plainly saw him mouth the word "up." l then turned ro the right wire person and saw him say the same. I am an aggressive launcher, so I immediately yelled "CLEAR!" and shot forward. My mind cleared instantly and J could hear again; 11nforrunatcly, what I heard was a very clear "neutral" from my left: wire man. l felt my Iefr wing

get close ro the cliff when the wind is strong, it will foci like you ;ire being pushed into the cliff: Twas now cxpcrienc" ing that.

The outside wing is in much more wind than the inside wing and that leads to all sorts of bad things. It felt like the glider would be just about vertical by the time the right wing impacted the cliH: I shifted left hard. f was literally hang-" ing from my left downtubc, yet the glider continued to roll right. T started to count my options. Voiding my bladder did not seem like the best choice, bm I am sur-· prised that I didn't. Shifting my weight to the right would certainly have thrilled the

drop. l am sure that you have

all heen in intense situaSeveral months passed. On that mcrn· orable day the wind was once again cooldn' from rhe northwest and thermals were scream in' 11p the mount:;iin. The wind streamers were scanding up al a high angle. The wind velocity was near the high end of my comfcirt zone, but I was anxious to fly (mistake# 1). I was 1mccrrain enough to ask another pilot what he thought (mistake "Sure, you can handle ir." What else did I expect him to say?

Wirh my glider preflighted l headed toward launch, and was nervous because of die high winds and my recent hiatus from flying, yet l was dc1crmincd to launch (mistake I realized tk1t I did not know the three people making up my wire crew. Certainly they were compctcm and experienced for the present conditions. (Why was I certain?) l did not bother to check them out.

This made me more nervous, especially because the right wire person was small and I knew that a five-person wire crew was desirable in high winds (mistake Thar made four errors in judgment before I even started down the ramp.

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tions where everything is experienced in slow morion. 1 was suspended there for a while, just off launch, with my lefr wing down. l wondered what nickname I would ger, since Velcro had already been taken. Determined rhat such a thing would nor happen, I pulled hard on my right downrubc (mistake The air just out from launch has several interesting attributes on strong days. There is a very strong vertical component which contributes Lo wing loading and makes the glider far more sensitive to any form of roll inp11t. The glider responded by dropping the right wing really low and turning me sharply to the right.

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crowd. I decided to release the right down tube and put all my weight on the left. I had grown rather attached to that left downtubc and just felt like hugging it for a while. Besides, if the maneuver did not work it might be the only unmangled piece of metal on my glider.

Just like prying a great log loose from the dirt, I fdt the glider give way and start to move left. I kept my weight to the left but reached back to grab the right downtube with my right hand. I was close to level ngain, and back in control T turned the glider away from the cliff; got up over launch and soared for an hour. I would like to say it was enjoyable, but I really stayed up until the windsock quieted down.

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Everyone who saw my little misadventure took away something different. T become a more cautious pilot with a much bener launch procedure. I do not fly unless 1 am in top condition and am completely confident. I listen more to my wife, who always accompanies me (she does not fly) and always seems to have better judgment than 1 do. I also took away an insatiable desire to share my srory, and, perhaps, save someone else from the experience.

Kenn Pollari, a regular contributor to the hang glidingforum on the Internet rmd editorfi1r the Georgia Hrmg Gliding Association, is ti 4R-year-old Intermediate hang glider pilot who lives outside of Atlanta, Georgia. Kenn, known as the Pilot; fic:quent!y flies tlt [,oo!eout Mountain Flight Park where he is well known by the dogs in the landing zone. Kenn has been married to his wife and hang driver, Doris, .for 21 years. He presently works as r1 Senior Systems AnalystfiJr AT6T

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Belmdn IMrns to fly hang gliderr barefoot at Cape Kiw111,aa on 11,, On,gon rom< The glider is a Moy,s Man 150 built by lca1'0 2000. Photo by Davis Srmub. refused co leave the south fucc of the Burtc, concinually circling eight ncxr co the rocks and never gecting up. Couldn't he sec that if he just went om a couple of hundred feet there ,vas a nice. fuc thermal? Didn>t a notthi· cast flow ,vith no tbennals coining in at

launch mean anything to hi,n? None of d1is confused Belinda as she wenr scraighr co chc ri.sing air :tnd left chose four piJocs wonder~ ing what ,he problem was.

A:; we topped out we headed souchcasc accoss the Columbia River gorge toward che power line juncrion, always a fuvoritc spot for the firsc chermal on rhe flats. These Bonneville power lines arc not Jow-voltag<: affai rs, and its real easy to see ,vhc.rc they cross.

Working our way up in this first thennal we could hear the chatter of v:1rious pilor..~ sttuggling with the coodj,ions and ,vo11der• ing when: to go. We slowly worked our ,vay case foJlo,.ving tbe dust devils toward

Withrow, a criangu.lar-shaped burg marked by its- grain elevators.

O ur driver> who \\'aS OO\V near Withro,v, ca1ne back ,vich a w ind-on-the-ground

report of 15 mph straight out of the nonh..

We headed due south toward f-armer, getcing lift every few miles and Staying ove r 8,000 feet MSL. T he previous day I had unfortunately left Bdinda near the power lines, as I ,vasn't geeting any lift and needed to find some fasr. I was oble to mnke a low save and have a long flight, but I lose Belinda. Therefore I was un:ible co provide her wich any guidance on

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her first time Out in this area of the flats. She ended up landing abou, 3 half hour after f loft her just west of F:umer. Not bad for her third cross-oouncry flighr, and her longcsc to dare. Today we would scick cogecher.

Topping ouc at 9,000 feet MSL, I asked Belinda if she was ready to head southeast coward Moses Coulee. She hadn't gotten quire as high, but her chermal wasn't working anymore either. She

co the north, and mcncioned to Bdinda chat she mighc go back and check chem out since she wasn't as high as Russ Gdfan {who had joined us jusr souch of Farmer) or I. Big mistake on my pan:. Bdinda didn't 6nd any lift by the dust devils, was taken off course and ,vas now geccing low as Russ and I made ic co the c.oulcc and found lift.

Belinda didn'c give up and was soon con1ing our way, encouraged by our reports of lift. We saw her screaming across the Oars way below us as ,vc ,vcrc climbing out. Later she cold us chac she was ac 2,500 fi:er MSL, just above che plowed 6clds. She could sec the farm over chc lip in the ooulee aod was prepared ro land at any momcnc. As soon as she cune in over lhe black rocks she hit a sidewinder of a thermal and pur the Spo" up on a tip. Within a few minuets she was over 7,500 feet MSL We worked our way furchcr southcasc on rhe case side of chc coulcc and inco \vidcr

chermals rhar gave both of us a chance to relax a bit and enjoy chc view. We were soon climbing the Beezley Hills wcsc of Ephraca, a popular sailplane po", and the rising and open terrain made for continued oontfoct-

able chccmals. Belinda repcaced.ly outclimbed me and I started following her ro 6nd the nC><t thermal.

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for abom 20 miles, landing three hours into our flight to the sou1li of 1-90 and to the miles cast of ( ;eorgc. Belinda had flown on her li:nmh cross ·cotmtry flight.

A few weeks later, the day after the U.S. Nationals (a week of not-so-good weather), Belinda was at it This rime she flew making the turnpoim at Sims Corner and gliding into a recently-cut whc:ll IIcld jusr short of' 1he Porhills. While 01hcr, more experienced pilots (this now being her flfi:h cross-country flight) were going down, she led the w;1y over no--man's land to Mannsficld, fcnmd a h;ml-to-work buhhlc somh of Rock, and climbed out cast Sims. She then decided that ir was time to call it a day when she was ar 7,000 feet ACL So what makes all this so ama,,ing, other tli;rn the pure joy of· /light itself? Well, for one thing, Belinda was raised to he a girl, not a pilot. No junior or high school adilctics fcir her no soccer team or swimming ch:1111pionships. She never learned to tough it out or deal with ;1 constant strrnm of lowlevel fear punctuated by some high-level stuff that is the lor of hang glider pilots.

She never yearned to fly and didn't have flying dreams. For years I would go off sornctirnes wirh Belinda driving, hut most ofrcn no1. She enjoyed coming ro the f1y-ius at Dog Mountain, bm never went tandem (1mril and really didn't want to.

She decided to try paragliding a few years back because it seemed easy. Ir turned our that she liked rhc sensation of flying, but soon she wanted to stay up. At age 39 she turned to hang gliding and learned to fly 011 the Oregon dunes at f<iwanda.

What got her through the lirst few momhs of learning to fly a hang glider, in addition ro her own , was the soft sand at the site, a small-framed and light (/i2-pound) trainglidcr, and the fi1ct rha1 her husband (if] do say so myself") carried rhe glider up the hill so that she was able ro gel as many practice fliglus on the training hill as possible. I really appreciated the lightweight glider.

Becrnse she had a glider that was built for her (a Mars 1 lcaro 2000, originally designed by Steve Moyes for his wife and improved with 7075 aluminum in Europe hy learn 2000), she was able ro avoid injury other thrn minor tweaks on the training hill. J cause the worst setbacks when you arc first learning to fly.

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workout twice a day ro keep her neck strong so th,n her right shoulder doesn't tire and become painfi.il in flight. She has ro daily rake a strong ami-inllarnmatory drug to reduce the p:1in, and double the dosage on a day whrn she is flying.

Belinda tells other women that you don't have to fit the image an athlete ro be a hang glider pilor. Hang gliding is available ro all who arc willing to make the effort.

Plying with Belinda was an incredible experience for me. It is so much diffcre!ll than being out there for yourself and ofrcn on your own. I loved warching and cncom· aging her. I marveled at her ability and strength. [ hope you have the opportuniry to encourage a beginner pilot and help them overcome whatever feelings arc holding them back. I never up on Belinda and always lcr her set own pace. It's been very rewarding.

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ust in case you've never visited the desert, it does have seasons, and autumn is about the nicest of them all.

October in New Mexico can be especially pleasant, as the summer heat and monsoon rains give way to warm, clear days, cool nights and evening glass-off~. '[he Columbus Day Fly-ln, October 79, certainly exemplified this. An annual event sponsored by the Rio Grande Soaring Association and the City of Alamogordo, this year's fly-in saw more than two dozen pilots arrive to find some fine air and fine friends awaiting them.

1l-aditionally, there arc no fees, no trophies and no rules at the gathering, just lots of pilots out for a good time. (There uxre Tshirts from Tom and Cindy West, who supplied all the organization there was.

Thanks again!)

Unfortunately, it was not as free of injmy as in the past. One hang glider pilot from Quebec blew his launch on Sunday and broke his shinbone. The next day a paraglider pilot, up for bis first flight ever at Dry Canyon, stalled on launch and plummeted back to the hill from 30 feet up. His injuries were extensive. Luckily, Dave Premiss, from Albuquerque, is an EM'!; and he had the pilot stabilized and assessed before a minute went by.

Ultimately he was air-evacced to El Paso, in stable condition. This was a sad circumstance at an event that rarely sees even a broken downtube. Still, gliders began taking off again as soon as the prop wash vanished and the ambulance cleared the launch. The afternoon air was too good to pass up.

Saturday was the least favorable of the three days. High pressure brought a sky without a cloud to be found, or a thermal, it seemed. Winds were light out of the southwest, and those who launched Dry Canyon in the early afternoon found themselves struggling to get above launch,

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and soon setting up for landing. Ah, but those who waited had a better story to tell: glass-offs, hanging out and cruising efforrlessly in 200 t11m up, as the moon rose over the Sacramentos and just enough clouds moved in to make the sunset spectacular. It doesn't much better than this. A special plus was the first flight of Jim Bynum, of El Paso. He'd put out a call on the Internet a few weeks previously, saying he'd like to try bang gliding before his next birthday in April. Thanks to Sonny White, tandem instructor from Oklahoma, he got his wish that evening; now he's hooked, and ready for lessons in Hobbs. Landing pilots found a 10-foot sandwich waiting on a table in the LZ, supplied by the RGSA, along with some cold beer on ice. Lots of good stories were told as the food went down and rhe moon rose high.

On Sunday a fow clouds began to show up, an indication that the stable air was breaking up. Winds were stronger at launch, and though there were some sink cycles there were also some good, honest thermals for those with the patience to seek them out. I reached 12,000' MSL (launch is at 7,000') and flew north I 2 miles, almost to Tblarosa, while some of the visitors got higher and went even far-· ther before deciding to turn around, cruise back southward and land at the main l Z. Again, good talcs were told and some good-byes said, as those without the next day off contemplated the drive back home.

Monday started out overcast, but by noon i1 broke up, and by 3:00 PM the remaining pilots were cruising in light lifr all up and down rhe ridge. Landings were good bur there were Jew whacks to quack about that day. Launch and landing, moonlight and sunshine, good people and good lift this is autumn in the desert.

Come on out and see it for yourself next year!

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DOlJlll.F VISION $1,500. !'lies great Red, ,vl1itc & blue, good condition, never whacked!

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( ;rc,it rnudition, includes Robert.s DREAM IB'i vario/alrirncln, helmet, flight bag, prone harness, chute, wch harness, windsock with pole $1,500 ()B(l, Bill ((,06) 21/i.(<,7(, DREAMS CLEARANCE SAI.F All sizes, $500 I ,'iOO. !)ream 220, custom hurlcrrly an $1,:lOO. Raven Sky Sports (Ii 1Ii) ,\THlROO. School use, one l'AI.CUNS CIFJ\l<.ANCF SJ\LE season. All sizes $1,500 $2,500. (Ii! Ii) li'/.'l 8800.

1:J\LI. CLEARANCE SALE lll'AT 158 $1,000.

111'1\T lli5, excellent conclirion $ I ,'iOO. Dream 220 $] ,000. I lream I 8'i, excellent condition $I, I 00. All i11cl11dc inspection, new \idcwircs and hang strap~.

J\riwn:1 I Jang Gliding C:cntct ('i20) 772.·/i 11/i.

I IPAT Jli5

Only (, homs, as new $1,WiO. (510)

887 liO'! I. I JP;\T I 58 $J,:WO. I !Pl 1'10-~'lOO. Duck 180 $100. Ball vario (,'JI $JOO. (70')) Wi'i2l10.

I<) lli'i Nc:ver f'lown. Brand spankin' new, pins extras $1,')00. (216) ),)<J.JB78 nighrs. l.aMOllFTTF l'ROl:11 Ll $500. IIIGJ! ENF.R CY cornon, chntc I.ITEK I IV All $800.

(86/i) J70 .\ 110.

IITF DREAM Iii',

Excellent, new, 1st $1,050.

[l{l,l) 278 'Vi(,<,,

hours. ti} good condition, new leading edge, custom

Vision M:Hk IV, cxccllrnt MAKE AN OFFER condition, <')0 homs. 1 ligh Fnergy Sports h:1rr1css with parachute, tr:1i11ing h:Hness, vario, spc'('(lbar and helmet. ('JlO) 8121878.

sail rnlors/clcsign. 11.l good condition. Call Wcstl'rn I l:111g Cliders (,108) .l8/i 2622 or ('11 'J) li!ift.()(,g I for derail,.

MJ\RI< IV 17 Excellent condition. l'lmvn easy, hnng up dry. Alw:1ys stored inside $1,100. (71'!) 5'.11

FORM lJl.i\ I lili'S 0)

I/ 1 nearly new, 70 .lO

'j 120.

HlRMUI.A Viii Sweet, sweet (/Iii) 3(,l.2/i8'J.

like new, Ii.Ii oz trailing edge. one of the hest ones made $1, 'iOO.

H lRM lJ LA Viii 7/()./il}'i,

250 hours $1,100 Oil(), (/Iii)

'Vll<IV I') Span' s11ccdhar, wheels $ I ,(,00. (li2:1) <,?'i )17, Knoxville TN.

1'1.Y TWO '')5 l1 ac1\ir tandem glider, one sc·:tsnn, $2,'JOO (lilli) lillSBOO.

MOYES XS I Two f,,r $2,600 or sold separate ly. Moyes Mega I 70, great sh:1pe $'500. (Ii I Ii) li'/.3 8800.

C:1.11)1,:Rs I !PAT l'i8-good condition $1,000.

SPORT EURO l6'7·excellcnt condition $1,000. (j IO) l'Jl-8/i')fi.

.\!IARI< IV l 'J & l 7 Excclktll condition ~ l ,:lOO & $1,000. Rich:ml (.lOI) 2.'l(,01?.(,.

IVlOYFS XTR1\LITF llil New 1\pril, excellent rnndition $:l,000 ()Jl(l, l'ly the l,cst' (SO'.$) 6/ili 1Oli 'i.

I IARR!FIZ Jli7 l'c,frn beginner's glider, like new, gre:1l conuol $800. (803) 868. 2(,(i!i.

USHGA CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING ORDER FORM

Number of months:

minimum word. not include first few words which layouts or tabs: per column inch. (phone 1 word) line art $15. 00 (1.75" 20th of !he month, six weeks before the cover date ol the issue in which you want your ad lo appear (Le., June 20 for the August

SECTION U Flex Wings

Parachutes Parts & AccessoriGs BusillGSS & .J Miscellaneous Paragliders VidGOS

'..l Harnesses

with

issue and run for

l.J

IJrepayment required unless account established. No cancellations or refunds allowed on any after deadline. Ad ins("rtions FAXed or mado by must bo to a crodit card.

Ploase onter my ad as follows:

lJ & Dealers lJ Ultralights Wings &

consecutiwi of$ NAME: ADDRESS CITY:

P.O Box 1330, Colorado

DICIMlll R 199:i

co 80901 (719) 632-8300

ifi

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MOYES XTRALJTE XS, XS3, XT, XL. New and nearly new. Available immediately. Nation's Moyes dealer. THE WALLABY RANCH (941) 424-0070.

PULSE 9 METER Excellent condition, great beginner/intermediate, double surface, approx I 0 hours. (408) li23 I058 Santa Cruz, Calif RAMATR 146 Clean $2,400. Raymond Equalizer and CCJOOO, 5'6"-6'0" $300 each. Two chutes $200 each. Ball 652 $300. All OBO. (815) 234-5388.

RAMA IR 154 ,,20 hours, flies perfectly, very fosr.

Bright colors $3,000. (505) 822-9017.

SKYHAWK J 68 Crear beginner glider, new wires $600 OBO. (209) 358-1337.

A BEST BUY FAA Rigger inspected $2.65. PDA's $300. Colorado Hang Gliding (:303) 2.78-9566.

ALL BRANDS Bought, sold, and repacked.

Inspection and repack $2.'i-$35. l'arachmcs, bridles, inspected and replaced, installed. AIRTIME OP SAN JillANCTSCO, 3620 Wawona, San Francisco, CA 9/i 116. (415) SKY-1177.

BRAND NEW BG RESERVES 20 and 22ft.

PDA's $.385., $425. Colorado Hang Cliding (303) 278-9566.

TWF.NTYGORF. FREE FLICIIT Conical chute, V-tahs and latest bridle design $250. (7llt) %(, 1240 Visa/MC accepted.

SPECTRUM lli4 25 hours, folding speedhar, wingtips $2,100, (916) li55-5177.

SPECTRUM 114 Excellent condition, l O hours, all options $2,200. ('711) 495-5527.

SUPER SPORT 113 20 hours, beautiful, blue/lavender sail, folding baserube $2,300 or best offer. High Energy harness, 5'7" $60. Ball 652. vario $75. Call Joel (415) 617-3318.

HARNESSES

Like new, 20 hours $2,500.

SUPER SPORT 163 '95, l O homs. Blaze orange LE, teal blue and coral lower surface, spare downrttbe $2,500 OBO. (303) 457-3981.

(,'2" 20011 & 5'8" 180/1 $400 each.

TRACERS High Encrb'Y pod rear zipper, for 6'/17011 & several other sizes to choose from, $.300 each. Cocoons, many sizes $2.00 each. (Ii 14) 473-8800.

SUPER SPORT 163 Very good condition, 1OOhrs, cocoon harness, parachute, vario. First $2,000 rakes all. (805) 65')-3800.

PARAGLIDERS ALL BRANDS Ncw/nscd $800--$2,500. Colorado Paragliding (:,03) 278-9566.

SOPER SPORT 163 <50 IIOlJRS. DEMO IT IN CHATTANOOGA $2,100. JEFF (li23) 629li2.06.

BRAND NEW pc; RESERVES Y7 and 40sq/m NAS brand. $:385., $425.(303) 278-9566.

TRX 160 Good condition, solid white sail $1,600.

Ask for Ted, (209) ,f78-7000 days, (209) 951-7500 evenings.

PARAGLIDERS $600-$1,000 for your old equip-· rncnt. New Pcrchc, Apco, ltv, more. lSA (718) '7'777000 phone/fox.

UP 229 Fl.OATER 1979, helmet, wheels, harness. $500 or trade for paraglider & harness, 1851b. (219) 465-0214.

m:rnALIGJI'

VISION MK 4 3 Available! Call to sccmc. THE WALLABY RANCH (941) 42/i-0070.

VfSJON MARK IV 17 <6hrs, always stored at launch. Cloudbase harness, parachute, lJvex foll face helmet $2,500. J .. 800-9.'33-5751 afrcr 5:00 pm Central.

Cl.OlJDBASF CORP. dba Rocket City Airspom.

Sales, rentals, service and certified instruction ar Keel Mountain, Gurley, Alabama. For information send SASE and $ I to PO Box 422, Gurley AT. 35748.

(2.05) 8808512, (205) 7769912.

LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN FLlGl-lT PARK -- Sec ad under Georgia.

ARIZONA ADVENTURE SPORTS TOURS - Daily certified instruction utilizing the world's first man-made trainer hill plus orher sites which all face every wind dire<> rion. Dealer for major brands. 1327 E Bell-de-mar Drive, Tempe AZ 85283. (602) 897 .. 7] 2 l.

ARIZONA HANG GLIDING CENTER INC. We arc a full-rime, FULL SERVICE hang gliding shop located just minutes from the BEST site in Arizona, Mingus Mounrain. We have rhe most comprehensive tandem training program available and can teach you to be a SAFE pilot in less rime! We stock gliders, harnesses and insnumenrs from Wills, PacAir, Moyes, Flytec, Ball, lligh CG and many more! We need your trade-·ins. Certified instrncror Rob Richardson.

5721-2B Robert Road Prescott Valley AZ 86.3 l Ii .52.0-772-4114

rs ARKANSAS

BlJILD/PLY Yom own BACKPACK POWERED PARACHUTE for fon/proflr. Takes off from level ground unassisred. Safe, simple, inexpensive. No licensing required. Dernilcd guide and source book for beginner includes info 011 plans to build yoms for as little as $900. Now only $19.95. EasyUp, 1089 Medford Center Medford OR 97504.

TRIKE TRATNINC;

OZARK MOUNTAIN HANG Cl.IDFRS Sales, service and insrmction. J 60 Johnst:on Rd, Searcy AR 72143. (501) 279 .. 2480.

SA!!. WINGS Suppliers of flne flying equipment.

PO Box 5593, Little Rock AR 72215. (501) 663· .3166 tel/fox.

And wings. fSA (718)

WILLS SPORT l 50 Brand new condition, best buy, w/harness, chute, vario $1,150. Shipping extra.

(712) 276-5238 evenings central.

7000 phone/fax.

WW AT lli5 200 easy hours, red/purple/white, no sail repairs needed or ever done, new basetube, VG block, sidewires & bag. Extras inclndc spare reel, 2 downtubcs, owners manual, XC bag, batten chart & rainguard hag $1,500. Yott pay shipping. Vis;i/MC accepted (714) 9(,(, .. J 2./iO.

ODYSSEY'S WANTED 1 Dallas TX.

52

ALABAMA

COMFORTABLE TRAINING HARNESSES durable. Four sizes. Call hilly padded, 020.

Land, Sea & Air (3 MOYES POD HARNESS Fom months old, purple & black with marching bag, rigid har wirh slider, Fits 6' pilot, worth several pockets & good $700, must sell $/iOO. (71 %6- 12/iO Visa/MC accepted.

SUPER SPORT 16.3 (516) 826-7138 NY.

SCHOOLS & DEALERS

EMERGENCY PARACHUTES

CALIFORNIA WANTED (214) li:37-5650 Ken

ADVENTURES UNT.JMJTED · - Orange Coonry's premier school. US! !CA ccrrificd instrnction and ranelem specialist. New & used equipment, Wills Wing dealer. (714) li96-8000.

HANC CUDINC

AIRTIME OF SAN FRANCISCO HANG GLIDING & PARAGLIDING. l larncss manufacrmcr and repair \JSHCA instrnction, tan· dcm. major brands and hang equipment (new and Next to Fon Funston. The only /till service shop in San Francisco! :3620 Wawona, S,lll Francisco CA <J/i 11 (1. (Ii l 'i) 759. 117'7.

C:flANDFI.I.E SAN l'RANCISCO, INC Complete hang gliding and paragliding sales, service and instruction since 1')Tl. Northern California's most facility. New and used eqnip· mcnr and clinics and tandem lessons. 1'i'J'i E Ste !', San Rafael Cl\ <)!i<)Ol, (115)-GUD!N(;.

in the west! Full service shop, established 197/i. PO Box U39, C:A 93 110- 1339, (il05) 965-3113.

THE HANG GLJDfNG CENTER - Loc1tcd in hcautifi,l San Diego. USHCA instruction, equipment rentals, local flying torm. Spend your winter vacation flying with us. We proudly offer Wills P:1cific Airwave, lfigh Energy, Ball and Manufacturers of THE DROGUE CHUTE. PO Box 1049, Lakeside Ci\ 920/iO, (619) 561-JOO<J.

LAI<l' EI.SINORF WINDCYPSY Airwave, Moyes. C1ll for site information. (')09) ri7')--899/i.

MA<;IC AlR l .oeated i11 Norrlicrn LaJJ1,irn11a. vice. lJSl ICA certified rowing instruct ion. Landing and thermal clinics. (707) 965-0li 11, (707) %3-31i55.

Our cornprcl1cnsivc instruction program) located at

the Bay Area's training sire, Fcawrcs gently sloped "b111111y " winch towing, snpcrliLe gliders ,ind comfortable training harnesses! "l'JRS'l Fl.lCHT," a video of our son program, is for only $20 ping (may he to Our deluxe shop in h,mg glidi11g in11ova1io11s. We stock new, used and demo, Wills and PacAir Trade-ins ;nT welcome, Feel new harnesses in our cusrorn

\Vay, Milpitas (near Srm.Josc!

Lb.,,· ltl')'), fox (!/08) 2(i2-· 1388.

WI NDSPO RTS minutes from LAX.

school. Equipment sales, service)

at Southern

California's mile high sire, Crestline. USHCA lnstrttctor Rob McKenzie. By appointment year round. (909) 883-8488.

INTRODUCES QUEST AlR SOARINC CENTFR. Come l'ly with the Original DRAGONFLY TEAM ] ,earn to l lang ( ;Jide with state--of~rl,e-art tandem equtr,mu1t and get a minimum of r; to 8 homs your 7- we Gltl accelerate your 1h,·mtal111p,slcills, tandem soaring llight in prime I ime air! and swimming available, also close 10 ( :emral Florida At t racrions. !111ercs1cd in a TUG PIL(YP Come learn to fly rhc H,,;1,,,Jn~nm·, llrar:,mllv J\cro

TRUF FLIGHT HANG GLIDING SCHOOL llONi\l.D QlJACKENBOSI-1 has rhe only shop at world fa111om Los Angeles, Ofti:ring C(lUl\lll!Cnt wi I It

I !lCI I ADVENTURE - - l lang

FLORIDA

to Sylm:n, Crestline, Vacation rrJining, flying including lodging and gliders and equipment, new in your old equipment, 3?. 5 si111ny each year. Come fly with us 1 I(, lli5 Victory Yatt Nuys CA 9ili06. (818) ')88-01 l J, bx (818) ')88· 1862.

WRIGHT BROTllERS WINGS. - Awesome deals,

all major brands, certified instruction. l.ake

011

one of dw

Central withtwo2100 over 80 acres of wide opcn space. liind our you c111 get yo11r own Aero Tow Club or l'light Park started, Moyes Microlights Assembly and Training Ji:icility on site, FOUR NEW TUGS IN STOCK Bobby Bailey, C:an,pbcll Bowrn and Russ llrown arc \JSUA and US!·{( ;A Certilicd Tmdem lnsrrnctors.

GLIDER & EQlJlPMENT SALES AND SERVICE OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK CALL fiOR MORE INFO (<JOit) lt29-02B. CRAYBJRI) i\IRSPORTS INC: - lJSJJCA & USlJA certified ins1ruc1ion. lkginner thrn advanced hang glider pilot tandem acrotow training & ratings.

US(JA ul1raligh1 pilot 1hrn basic {]jght ins1rncro1 traiuing & ratings . .3 axis s1icktimc for Swift, SupcrOoatcr or Dragonfly pilot trailling. lnstnrnion 7 a week by appoinrmcnt. Dealer for all 111ajor a11d acrotow 15 minutes from Silver Disney World. Call Cregg B. Springs, 1 hours McNamcc (90,i) 2!/5-8263.

McClure/Modesto area. (209) 58G 6017..

LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN FLICIIT PA!()< Sec ad under Nearest mounu1in t-raining center lo Orlando 8 hours).

COLORADO GOLDEN WINGS Lessons, sales, service.

US ff ( ;A cert iiicd it1sl ruct ors. Dealers for Moyes, Wills Wing, lllue Sky Aircraf't Co. at1d PacAir. 15/iO I W. 9th Ave., Coldct1 C:O 8010 I. 003) 278-7 J 8 l.

HANG GLIDING ""BICYCLING PARAGLIDING FUl.l. SERVICE SllOP ] ,ocatnl ;11 the base of the mot111t;1in on Hwy 71. lka!crs o/' Moyes, UP, FacAir, l'lytcc, Ball, High Fncrrw, Avocet & more. Cill for free area info pack. ( )pen 'J.-6. Rentals available.

Visa & Masrerchargc

CONNFCl'ICU'I' MOUNTAIN WJNGS

I ,ook under New York.

(71 909-67 4-2453 31401 Riverside 1)1·.

Lake Elsinol'c, 92530

DICFMlllR 1991

)

NO MORE BUNNY...

THE HILL WTTH IT!

\\']

IUUK()l' I .\!Ol '\; I Al." II ICIIT i',\RK Sc, our tli,pLiv ,id. Di1co1·cr II']\\· FOUR 'JTv1ES as m:llly pilo1\ c,1n1 rlicir wings Lookout 1km a1 any otlwi ,cliool'. \\'c wrntc l:SI IC:\'s ()llici:11 Training .\l.111ml. Cll11 "" i1l.1CLio11 and 11111 large'>! 111\Tntory, t:arnping, c,wirnming. volJc;,h,ilL morel /'or ,I fl)'ing trip. intro night or lt:r..:-ion p~ickagn, Lookout .\lollntain, jmt omsidc )'Olli' C0,\1, l'LETF. rr.tining/scrYicl' ccn1cr.

(800) 688-

J"hc most cidnnu:d rraining

known to li,ing gliding, teaching )'Oll in

Sell your unused

GEORGIA

the time

ir take, 011 the training· BC;\J NY [ !ILL and ,,·ith more air rime. YES, WE CAN TE;\Cll YOC J\ND Si\FER. h,r ,·c:1r-rottnd training run rlH: '>llll, call or \\Titl' \1iami H,rng C;Jiding UO'i) 285-897.~ ..1 MO S ll.,nhorc Dri,·c. C()(otrnt C; ron·. I lorid.1 .U I }1.

WALLABY RANCH

L\<IFP.

1

foot Liuncli and tm\. \;dn, scn·icc, accessories (or

ALL rnajor lir,ll1ek VlSA/Mi\STERCARD. C:ome so:ir ollr l1'i(J' clu11e1'. 150') I 8th, Tr,n·,.,.,c C:in· ,\II i'J(,8/i. C:111 !\ill a, ICI(,) 'J)2-281ili. \'isit 0111 paraglidir1g <;chool ill J<icksrn1 \\\nming. Call TraL'ic at D<n ~yJ.8G. 10.

IDAIIO \l!NNESOTA Sl.:0: \',\ll lY SKYWURIS Jd.,ho\ onh- (ull \'ii...1..' krng gliding and pMag!iding 'lhop, Dc;i\cn fo1 \\'iii.I \\'ing, Airwavc, Edel, Adv,mu:, 1 ligh and Fl11cc. ( ::111 for ,1 Ii" of sio,k gliders fo,

SPORT SCl.·\Rl'."1C UNITR/\11:-.;'.':I \l'OLJS

lLlsic-Ach',lllcccl i11qrucrio11, La11dcm 1nsn11c11011, local c,itc and X(' guide\.

NFVJ\DA

l\.l2

R,\\'JS SKY SPORTS (31 ,cc om .,cl under WISCONSll\.

SiCl'r.1 wms our <\DVFNTUJU SPORTS [,'\[!(,.\ ccrril1t:cl ,cl,ool and 1':icilic :\irn,t\'c, \\'ill, \'i'ing, 1;11, Sicrr:11 wirh .1 f,tlJ .. sc:n·icc: sl,op. 3650-22 l{csearch \\'.1\', C:.11""1 C:ill, ,'\\' k'rllG c··u21 88J .. ··ocO.

INDIANA

NFWJIRSFY

I)'

JLLINOIS

Dc11101: 2.0 Rl.:\T,\LS to ,n· Xtr:ilitc·, >:C:. Kl.i,,ic, lll.1,k R:icc, X.\o. XT. Xi .. l.ami11c1r 1'1whtor, Sring, ll1111, ,\ IF I\', F.1lco11, S11pcrllo:11,T,

TRAVERSE CITY !JANG c;UDLRS/PARJ\C;J.Jl) ..

ERS HJLJ ..'J'JME shop. C:criificcl i111nuc1ion,

1

!'he ( lrigi11'li .rnd \ 101t Expcricnc,·d. \crntow !'light l':trk YFAR RO\:ND SOARING QJ'E:,.,J 7 DAYS J\ Wl EK• !OUR Tt;GS 8 J\!J[JS I RO~l lllS\TY/ClRl1\:\I lO

here.

I.ook under N,:w York.

JI M!TCHET.l -.. TANDEM. t:1' l':iu\ir dc:1lcr. .U C:olnml,i.t 1he., I Lrn1rnond. I:\ !i(d.1 /i (21 IJ)

NEWMFXICO

8/i ~)-28)(1,

,\l(l\NT\I, \\'LSI .1Il ,L11.

llr\NC c;J llll:0:C -

()ffcring sak'>. '.ll'tTicc, in">rructicin in the hnn C~orncrs .1rca. (51h) (,32 M!i., I :mllingl!Jn :\M .

r,llldcrn 111'>truc1ion· B,:ginncr to :\dv:111Cl'd d,I)',

1cc our :id under \VISC:ONSIN. KANSAS

l'I' ClVI:F :\F\X' .\ff>:!C:() lnmucrion, 1.1b. scr· ,·ice. Sandia :vlo11nt11i11 guides. \\'ills, l1:1tilit r\irw:11·,·. ;\lbuqucrque, :0:,\1 (505) 8:iJ -/l51ili.

l'R1\lRll JIA\:(, Cl lfllH.S Bed l.'x. hrcakfost.

Full Sl'l'l'icc ,chool rY. dc:il,·r. Crc:11 t:111clc111 imtruction, towing <':x XC: pack,1gci,. U l ())

NEW YORK

( ;rc:11 Scene t,,r F.1rnih· :llld Frirnd, Rcnt:-1h, sail''>,

rating'>, X-C rcrrii:v,1h.

Camping, ;\[ice clirnhing \YalL u:unpDlinc, ping pong,~ 1qz,a-·Bungcc Swing, picnic, swimming pooL ,·1c.

1995 Florida/Ranch Records: Distance I()()._'\ miles.

Durarion 6 I !oms .H M inures.

:vlFXICO Sd!l'dnlc a1 much tim,: :is

Rc,1d .1bo111 us in J L\:,;c; (;]IJ)j:,;c; ,\ng. ]')')it, Oc,, l'JlJ'i Kl I l'l ,\\:LSJ.rn. l'JlJ'i, \KY\,'l'."1CS. & on rhc \'i'clir h l rp://w11 \\'. \\'JIL1h1·,rnm/w,ilhlw/\1',tll,1lw .htnil Pk,1,\c' .1:ik 11'> for ri...'i~'l"t.'nccs in your an.',1.

I Hll'i D,·:in Still Road, li..111ch. I lorid,1 (9/i 1) Ii 2.li-0070 phone & fox.

.,.rnr

cul. hctw~·cn ( :hrisunas and h:hn1;1r;· )gd1. Fin.: ,l \\'eek (Jf two, 01 ;1 nionr\i. B,1':>cd in V:illc de Bra\·o.

Ltdio p:11·,1glid"1?, pilots l,11· longer st:\\\, R,nc \\'ill

glid,:r and 1r,mspDna1inn whik in J\ll'Xi(-o. ll11n1ph/Cix I).)

R"d Ri\'cr St .. An,,tin TX

\lcsiu1Sk,·s-iflll

1\:\,\ IUCJ lT SU IOOI JvlOUNTAIN WINGS :1nd FAST COAST PARAGUDINC in Ellc1l\'illc :-!Y ,\10ST PROFESSIONAL training lI1 )'L':trs experience. l'ull tirn,: ccrrified in.c,1ntctors. 1i cxclll',in' hilk \\'c 1l0ck al'aiLihlc /or pilo11 ,rnd & ,cn·icc i\TRWAVF, BLUE SKY and 1Hrn WILLS WING. also SWJJ'T, SUPERFLOATER :rnd 1\U. PJ\RA(;LIDER BRANDS. l:nbc:11:ilik pri,c, on glider'>. l"ull time 10wing facilit:v, tan(il'mc,, JC:P. c'inics. \\'r· do it :ill. 1-800-5.1 ·5-~8-,0, (')1'1) (,.f· 1'>0 (:.m:>I Sircc,. 1 lkmilk '.'0Y OUR EXPERII:NCF SPEAKS FOR ITSELF.

:vl!CH!GAN

1.11.C. l\:C:. I llYl~C JJ.()RJIM Sl:\Cl l'J"<1

NOR0.l US:\U\\' \ I lS\NC ,\D\TXI l'RFS

\ '.,1lcolm Jonc1, l ):l1·id Clowr. Rh ctr P:idford, Kern Llonl. /.llnic lli[(.k, R,-.111 Clrm:r & Jim Appleton·

[',11'<1,'Jidcr,. ,\,h-,rnn:d [11qrnc,or, Fs.rn1i11er, \'cl\\ :\drni11i11r.l\or. lcsso11s. <:all Norm 1810) :l'J'J.<Ji.lJ.

Ridge '>Oilring, lm\·ing, J(Jol·"hunch h,rng glider<. ;1nd

February 1 54

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KITTY llAWK KITES INC Ages g to 80. Learn school to glide at tlH: ,vorld's brg,:st hang on the fomous Outer ll:lllks. beach resort. Lessons taught ](,Ii days a year on Jockey\ Ridge, dlt'. liighcst sand dunes on the east coa.sr \.vlicrc rite Wright Brothers firsr flew. Beginner :rnd advanced

TEXAS AAS AUSTIN AIR SPORTS Certified foot 1:nmd,, tow & tandem training. Sales/service AUSTIN, TEXAS Steve Burns, 1712 Waterson, 78703, ('512) li71i 1669. HOUSTON (/ll) li71-Jti88.

Camps. Tandem tow instruction.

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Area's OLDFST Wills TOTAi. AIR SPORTS Wing dealer. Certified insnw:tiou available. "J ouly DEAL with WILLS". 6354 Limestone, Houston TX 77092. (/ 13) 956-61 li7.

MARIO MANZO.

Foot launch instruction, weekend. Towing, glider

repair.

Evenings (513)

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WISCONSIN llAWK AlRSl'ORTS INC-· P.O. Box 9056, Knoxville, TN :l/9/j().0056, (42'.l) 9.1J.<J296. l!ang C:liding :rnd world fomot1s Windsoks.

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WASATCH WINGS US! !CA ccrti!ied hang glid · and l'acific ing school, dealers for Wills Wing, i\irwavc. Flight operations at Point of Mountain.

Call Zac (80 I) 277 l Oti2.

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OREGON AIRTIME ORFCON IIANC c;U])INC CENTER round i11str11ction; all ccnifkd gliders. is our motto, Dealer and American for most extant Windrigln spares av:iilable. (50.3) ')')8. J 720, SOUT!!ERN ORECON llANC CLJ!)JNC Certified instruction, 1\TV retrieval. Pacil1c Airwavc, Wills Wing, UP, Moyes. (50:J) !f/9 'i82:l.

PENNSYLVANIA MOUNT!\lN TOP RECREATION Certified instructiDn, Piuslrnrgl1. (ti I}) (,<)7./itill. C'MON OUT AND PLAY!

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CAMERA REMOTF. 20', firs mosr cameras.

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CLEARANCE SALE PR!Clc New Ball M· 19F $,B7 with free airspeed indicator. (812) 288··71 I I. Kcntuckiana Soaring.

GPS FOR Ul\'DF.R $200n It's truc!I The Magellan GPS 2000 is the ,tffordahlc smcllirc tor wirh features like: I 00 uscr .. cnrcrcd landmarks, "Go To" any saved landmark, accurare to li9 feet, 17 !toms 01 continuom operation. Displays disrnncc, dircc1io11, to We

elevation) course correction and Lime carry varios, Avocct watches) ;intcnnas wearhcrstations. Call! Body Trends (805) 5691667. :$317·A State St., Santa Barbara CA 93 I O'i.

PARAC!JUTES From HES, Wills Wing Wl!LS WlNC LARA .. w/Paraswivcl. ..... $C:Al.L HES QUANTUM .................................... $CAJ.L Kl'.NTlJCIG/\N/\ SOAIUNC Avenue li712'J (812)2887111 fax(812)28lilt1]5

HANG GLIDER CAMERA MOUNT Shown on 2 . J/2" rnbc, $39.50 inclndes shipping. TEK FLIGHT PRODUCTS, Colebrook Sragc, Winsted CT 06098. (860) J79- ! 668 (Camera nor included).

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go, direction, time to go, spcc(L course, time Jlld

elevation. I 00 user entered landmarks, 1 reversible route of' np to 29 legs. Adventure Sports (702) 88.1 7070.

Tl TESF lZ!\fSED RFLI EF Topographic.ii maps bring the landscape 10 life before yonr eycs 1

l!IGI f l'ERSPl'l :TIVI: WI JEFLS Real lifr savers' , light, rough. hts all gliders. Scud $It 1.95 1 $Ii. 50 pair to Spon Aviation, PO l\ox 101, M1111,ovlilc PA 1(,85(,. /\sk ahout our dc,dcr prices. $1 (>'). A new boot IC:ARO H.Yl~lC 1\0UTS for foot launched aviation. padded ankle with adjustable shock ahsorhiug Sizes 6-1.1.

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TEI< 6" Wl !EFI.S $25 per pair, pins $3 SIil. Tck Flight l'rod11crs, C:olcl,rool, Stage, Winsted C:T 0(,098. (8(,0) :379-1 (,68.

TllF l.lTEK VF:l5 variomc1cr has instant response, and a smooth 250 degree true rnovcmem (No or l,lg up and liquid crystal display that can need And it also has the classic Lin,k sound. $195. l.irek ('J03) li79-663:l, 4.126 Fish Hatchery Road, Grants Pass OR ')752/.

QUICK RFI.F/\SF C/\RABI NER $/i<J.95. Ema ball lock pin, $29.00. 1(),000 lbs., dealers welcome, pa1enr 'I 'hcrmal I <J!f:l 1--li I Business Center Drive, Ci\ 9132/i. (818) 701-7983.

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ifi USHCA instructor Tom Sapienza, of Airtime Oregon says, ''I've tested and recommend Wind Advisory!"

Dependable. Built ro last. No batteries required.

WIND ADVISORY AIR/WIND SPEED INDICATORS HELP You LAUNCH & FLY SAFE/

WIND ADVISORY With MOUNTING BRACKET only $24.50, includes s/11. You save $2.50. Sold separately-Indicator only $1 '5 +$2 s/b; Mounring bracket $8 +$2 s/h. Specify short or long bracket with your order. Foreign orders add $2 item purchased. Send check or MO to Resources, PO Box 9061, San Diego CA 921(,'), (619) 270··9162. Satisfaction Guaranteed!

DOWNWIND··-·- From the early days of the 70's, to the big-time air of Owen's Valley, DOWNWIND is packed with thrill and exhilaration of cross cormtl}' advcnmrc.

The perfoct gifi for both pilots and non-pilots. SHARE THF EXPERIENCE. ;\ true story, well told. Available from USHGA llcadquancrs for only $10.95 (, $2 s/h).

PO Box JT\O, Colorado Springs CO 80901-1330.

BA(; IT! If you dou'r have your copy of Dennis Pagcn's PERFORMANCE FLYING yer, available through USHCA Bcadquancrs $29.95 (+$4 s&h).

SPECIAi. NEW PJJ.OT EDITION I Jang Cliding &. Paragliding maga,inc. Now available through USJJGA Headquarters. $4.95 each .,$1.50 s/h. lnft,rmative articles and lot's of color· throughout.

SOARING Monrhly magazine of The Soaring Society of America, Inc. Covers all aspects of soaring {ljghr. Full membership $55. Info. kit with sample copy $3. SSA, P.O. Box E, Hobbs, NM 88241. (505) 392,1177.

WHEN EAGLES WERE YOUNG f-lang gliding in tbc early 70's, an old buzzard tells his story $9.95 (,$3 s/h). Travel USJ\, Box 501, Chickamauga GA 30707.

DON'T CET CAUGHT LANDIN(; DOWNWIND! 1.5 oz. ripstop nylon, UV treated, 5'1" long w/ 11" throat. Available colors /'luorescent pink/yellow or fluorescent pink/white, $39.95 (,$1.00 Sill). Send to USIIGA Windsok, P.O. Box 1330, Colorado Springs, CO 80901 1330, (719) 6:l2-8300, fax (719) 632,6117. VISA/MC accepted.

HANG GJ.TDING FOR BEGINNER PILOTS by Pete Cheney. The Official USHGA Training Manna\.

Over 260 pC1gcs, with mor·c than J 60 msy-W··undcrsrnnd illustrations and photos. Your library starts with this hook! $29.95 (pins $/i.00 s/h) Colorado residents add 3'Yt, tax.

SEND/FAX/PHONE TO USHCA BOOKS, P.O. Box 13:30, Colorado Springs, CO 8090 I· 1330, FAX (719) 632-6417, PHONE (719) 632-8300. VISA/MC accepted.

'!'OWING AEROTOWING ACCESSORIES Headquarters for: The fincs1 releases, secondary releases, Spectra "V" bridles, weak links, tandem wheels, launch cart kits, ere. THE WALLABY RANCH (911) 421-0070.

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Platform pay-om winch fot $300. Newly revised stcp .. by-stcp />fans, drawings, BOM and sources. fnclndcs nose release, floration, and row bridle plans too. $39.95 (+$3.50 s/h) Appropriate Engineering, 971 Fisherman's Cove, Seneca SC 29672.

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HIGHER THAN EAGLES

by Marnlys &. Chris Wills.

The lifo & timcB of BOBBY WILLS, hang gliding legend.

Experience tbc niumphs and rragcdies of rhe Wills family and the evolution of Wills Wing. $19.95 hardcover (,.$fi.OO S/1 I), sec prco:xling chssificd for l JSJ !( ;A BOOKS ordering info.

CJ!RfSTMAS c;wr EXTRAORDJNATRE like new, hardly used. Contact ATOL launch Ron Kenney 6972577.

TBT winch, 3000' CUSTOM TOW TRAILER line, cherry $1,200. (360) 2991032.

TOW LAUNCH SYSTEMS HYDRAUI.IC PAYAnd VJ:R OFFICIAL J:AA SECTIONAL Terminal Arca Charts. All areas, cmrcnt (up to da1c New Airspace Classifications). Sectional maps $7 each, VPR Terminal Arca Charts $Ii each. Add shipping and (Cal. residents only) 1ax. Dealer prices.

Aini me of S.F. (415) 759. l l Tl, fax (It 15) '/59· 1 182.

OUT WINCH FEATURES: Amomatic line leveling rewind, 5yr warranty, 3000' Spectra towline, InAir recovery parnfoil. Complete system $1,995 deliv .. cred. Now in om 7th year with over 55 systems in operation. Tl S, 70 IO Matk, San Antonio TX 78218.

(21 O) 82/i 1803, fax (21 O) 805-838/i.

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"AEROBATICS" hill color 23"x 31" poster fo1, Jol111 J leiney doing what he docs bcst,LOOP, through USHCA HQ for just $6,95 ( ,$:J,50 s/h), Fill that void on your w,tll! Send ro \JSHCA Acrobatics Poster, PO Box 1300, Colorado Springs CO 809:33, (USA & Canada only, posters arc NOT AV AI LAB LE on rn1crnat10nal orders,) SPECJAL·Acrobarics poster & Eric Raymond poster BOT! I FOR$ IO (,$:l,50 s/h),

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ifi /llurn·csccn1 orange nose cone, nick in right I.E I from tip. Contact James Fieser/Whatcom Wings 060) 671 3037.

Stolen trom VICTORIA WILLS WING 145 AT BC, CANADA on June 19, 1995. White LF w/orangc triangle patch on each side, orange/blue 1mdnsmfacc. Peter Monlton ((,O/i) 850-670'/.

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Stolen from SUNLAND, CA car on April 22, 1995. Z3 harness is black/yellow w/hand deploy cl1urc. Also a Monarch helmet-small multi colored w/hcadsct, Yaesu radio, Ball GS?. vario. Call Kevin McCarty (818) 351-2898.

ULTRAMITfS NEW, IMPROVED wrisrcnffs and a DOUBLE VELCRO closure. Ul1rnmi11s ,i1·c now WARMER 1ban ever. Upgrades available. Call for de1ails. CLOUDBASF Ul.TRAMITTS & HARNESSES since 1972! (706) Y)8-:l%/i.

Stolrn from GRANTS FLYTFC 3010 VARIO PASS, DR home on Nov. 23, I ')9/i, serial ./1')/il<)IJI02cl. Also Marnn SP2550, serial ll'J.l024'm,rn. Ctll Russ Camp (50:l) li79·2'!58.

STOLEN WINGS arc listed as a service to USJ/( ;A mcrnbcrs. Newest entries arc in hold. There is no

for this service and Inst and found or eq11ip1ner11 may be called in (7 l 'J) Ci32·S:l00 or it in I')) 6:l2-6/i 17 for inclusion in l lang Cliding magazitl(·. Please Gtll 10 cancel the listing when gliders ,tre recovered. Periodically, this listing will he purged.

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STOLEN WINGS & TlllNGS RAMA!R 154 Stolen from the HAWAJIAN !IANG GLTDING ASSN CLUBHOUSE, MAKAPUU HI, during the first week of September, 1995.

White I.E, large deep due underpancl. Reward! Call Mike Heilman (808) s:;.:i ..fi 193.

WILLS WING 115 AT Stolen from the top of BlACK MTN., MAPLF. JIAJ.LS, WA on 16, 1995. White LF, orange I st panel, white tnH:t-panc:1, yellow rear panel, white TE & top

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Now, so can you."

-Chuck Yeager U.S. llang Gliding Association (LJSI ICA) members are now eligible for ilw prestigious FAI Air Crew Card.

It identifies you as a pilot to airport att<}ndants, police and security guards, and can open the door to crew discounts on hotel rooms, meals ;rnd other perks.

Your FAI photo ID card is issued hy the Natio11;1I Aeronautic Association (NAA), the umbrella organization for ;ill major air sports groups, including USHCA, and sole US representative of th<! Federation Acronautique Internationale (FAI).

Support your sportand your sport will support you.

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I certify that I ;tm d LJSH(;A rated pilot. 1\

I photocopy of my n1etnbership card is at- I I am <1lso a passport ·Sizl' I tacht'tl.

I photo which I havr· on the reverse.

Cml, valid for I I Ploaw is.Sul' an JCAI Air I th<' pr,riod itHlic.1tecl.

I l[j I year U 2 years U l years I I $19 $29 $39 I l'lt·asr' completr' and rl'lurn with a chl'ck or I I mrnwy order, or ch,nge it 10 your cr<'dit card. I I I I Signdturc I I I I N,11ne (print) I I I /\drlr<'ss I I I City I Stale Zip I I U Vis.1 lJ Masterc<1rcl I I EX[). Dale I Credit Card # I I I I I I I National Ac,ronautic Association 181 'i N. fort Myer Drive, Ste. 700 I I Ari ington, VA 22209 I I (703) :,27-022(, HA:,,ic GUDINC

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MINN. Op here ( l:oo) the it.' that winter is just ahead. It dicfo' t that way Ln Orlando, Floricli:l at the, end of Octobcc)r when Y011-sh9a' board of directors got l.09ether for ano of their twice-a-year meetin9s. In addition to the busirws of l:be A13soc Lon, marry director::, Look flights at one; t:he two airparks near Orlando. For some of err,, 1::J·1e operations provid first·: chance t:o Lowing happenincJ :i.n enthusiastj o it wa thei .irst chancc aero towed. ••• The Quest Air bunch at Groveland Airport (j t Or ando) .ho eel th Thur day Breaker" party t forms the of the board Many directors enou9b to L·,e)w from behi.nd thrc':,, tu9s prcisent:. (One is opcerat:ed by and th0, airport j s the new home Bailey' E, Dra9on :Ly buj lding enl sundown, Quest: Ait:: and friends put out a superb Mexic11n and in t:beir newly remodeled oyE;d Lhis great way to a day of fly·· in9.

On Saturday, Wallaby Ranch hos teed second party for the director1c, and pilot:ci. A bcrnd enl:.erl:ained while prese;nt scoope;d up catered food eraqEc,s. Ear] ier in the those whose commi l: work was done wGrE:, able to take a few flighl:s.

During the party, one? en·joyecl the? "body suit show... " ask your director an explanation.

In a different use of the Ranch, Wills 11\Jing prer,icJc,nt, Rob Kells, held a de;mo L:y t.o fly company' .line becm years since, I recall Rob touring around dGmo .. in9 divers, but: he certainly how to do a smoo l:h and was L:hu c?d by the shc':er volume of demo fU9hL:i, he was able to offer, to L:hG continuous tu9 opera a Wc1llaby. "We had well over LIO drnno ights in a wGekend. Jn the pas I~. t:aken thrGe weekend.s Lo gc t t:hat much clone," reporl:ed Rob. Ranch hci.nds also noted that on needc,d to do one Pilots flew Cross Country in several and ky gods even took cmjoyable fU.9hts Falcon (Heck, manaqed /:o hours mysel :Ln /:he sJnqie cGrnLndec! me why enjoyed Tile towing w11:cn1 ' t a 1 aerotowinq.

zeiset and Robert Combs (and ~rim' Zack) brou9ht Pendulum Sports' tow ing boat. Done in usual style the boat and sysLem worked welJ, giving tandem fl:L9llts to a number of directorc, and others. 'J'ows t:o bel·.ter than 2,000 wenl: quit:.e smoothly and the "'Ji.ck deck t.em in back makes retrievinsJ the ••• Towin9 is Lool to one group tbaL wasn't in Flor.i.da. 1'}ie Blue Sky Ganq in 1 t Lake

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CiLy uses a Dra9onfly t:uq for desi9n work and U;st: fJi9ht (ci o builders rni9ht coritemplate ... it allows work away the prying eyes ot customers and compcti torE;). llluE, Sky didn' L attE,nd Urn Orlando ga U1erLn9 a produc i [or their new Predator. entry has a long Lime j dmreloprnent, but. "it was time; well spent," John Heiney, Sky ccn1c1ul ting en9ineer. 'l'he new gl idc0r boas t.un~s and won't commc:m l. on uo Sky has lengthy, detaJJ od descr.iptj on 'rn sure they' send i.L you call: 801-876 003. My focus was on tl1Ln9s A the der hu.s a speedy setup system that' is ineJy exciting early buyers. lue Sky 1.s i t an " ndu l.ry t irs L, " rc,ferr:i ng to .sys 1·.em tliat imina tes t:he need to connect top rig9in9. Even the; king pos erects when l:he 91 ider is tcc,nsion0,d and con t.ro1 bar corner llardware j s said to "orever 0:li.minate th po bility a .kinke(] side wire."

Second, use'3 vo:rte,t generators, "c,rnall tip, just of the leadj ng edge air· that small () f flow t:hrougr1 d at Lack." 1'h:is may sound Star 'J'rek dou ble-Lalk, bu in fact t i a comrnon Lice wil:hin 9eneral aviation. Althou(JIJ used much hi9her speed aircra Uian the l:ec:hnique rneans of keepin9 tlle aft.

This brin9s a lower speed. the Predator offers an upgrade path ( to borrow computer Lerminology) TRX owners tbe; Predator uses the carbon fiber frame mode], ownc:rs can convert· their TRXs to the Predator for undisc] ,3um. RegarcJJes;, of Uie cost, thi first such offer 'm aware of hang and [ulfi promise to 'J'RX buyers ( t.hat their would last beyond the sai J) .

Designers are p1eased with rx,rforrnance and bandU ng of U1e Pnodator and some customen; proclaimed l:hern 'J'o da dozen pilot,; havE, flown tlle glider. GlowirKJ rev j ews appc'!ared on the One of these f:rom Heiner endc0d bis upbeat reporL witli involved with Blue Sky L in any way, and paid Lhe g i.d of pocke l:imonia.Ls that· bil:.. ••• WiUi tl1c,, passin9 of UP Jn USA, 'm pleased to sec; the Utab L:aying in the game. Associat:ing wit:h well-known ma l.er scJ i J maker, Dick Cheney; high] y ranked competitjon pilot and ,fr1op Dave Sharp; and 7l·y0,ar HG and line pi Lot, Dave Chapman.

Out:La room aqain. got news or opinions'? 'em l:o 8 Dorset, St. PauJ MN 5'>118. Fax or V-rnail to 612/450 0930, or send E mai o: Cumu1usMan@aol.com THA&KSl

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