uneventful flight, no Sunset, but very interesting discoveries!
Submitted by Thomas on 27 January, 2012 - 19:50.Just wanted to have a little late afternoon flight, I love flying while the sun is setting! Unfortunately a weather front was approaching when I passed Lewis (at 4 pm) and that was the "beautiful" sunset. Coming from Lewis I had seen a Glider in the air on Caburn, which looked promising. Wind was still fine on the bottom of the hill and I made my way up, finding medium wind and a not too fast approaching front. When I reached the top I found Laura and Ashley from Australia just packing up their wings, really praising the smooth flying conditions here.
SHGC Annual General meeting
Submitted by Chris Aegerter on 23 January, 2012 - 23:39.This years AGM. 7.30 pm on the 17th March at the Glynde Social Club, The Street Glynde, BN8 6SS
Any items you would like to see included in the agenda to me before the day please.
Chris Aegerter
bn276@btinternet.com
6 Hawks Road, Hailsham, East Sussex BN27 3BL
Hang Gliding Lanzarote
Submitted by John B on 30 November, 2011 - 19:05.Hang Gliding Trip to Lanzarote.
A midwinter break for all levels of hang glider pilot. Superb volcanic scenery and the awesome Famara cliffs. We stay in villa accommodation near Puerto Del Carman. Hire cars provide access to the flying sites. Often too breezy for paragliders Lanzarote is usually perfect for hang gliding with magnificent coastal soaring and inland thermic flights with interesting convergence over the island.
Cost: £625 includes fly guiding, transport and accommodation.
Contact: South Downs Hang Gliding. Tel: 07890362648
Windsocks - let's use them, safely.
Submitted by Hairy Dave on 26 September, 2011 - 19:13.As Wolf (?) says, windsocks are dead handy for making sure the landing is right on the spot, but lets try to make sure they're placed a good bit upwind of the target itself. We should also only use windsock sticks that are safe to fall / drop a glider on. Pass the risk assessment form someone....
Failed Maillon Report
Submitted by Steve Purdie on 30 August, 2011 - 15:41.Original at:
http://bhpa.co.uk/pdf/safety_notices/sn032.082011.pdf
Unformatted text:
British Hang Gliding
and Paragliding
Association Ltd
8 Merus Court
Meridian Business Park
Leicester LE19 1RJ
Tel (0116) 289 4316
Fax (0116) 281 4949
www.bhpa.co.uk
SAFETY NOTICE
Issued by Angus Pinkerton - Chairman of the Flying & Safety Committee 23 August 2011.
All paraglider power pilots, Instructors, Coaches and Safety Officers must READ, DIGEST AND TAKE
ACTION on the contents of this Notice and keep it for future reference.
Hurstmonceaux Laser
Submitted by Hairy Dave on 7 August, 2011 - 17:07.The XC heads will be familiar with the thermal from by the Hurstmonceaux observatory and may have noticed the laser warning shown on the air chart. One of the staff informed me that it is very big, very powerful and is operated at any time of day or night. It's used to measure movement of tectonic plates by bouncing off a satellite or the moon to be picked up at receivers all over the planet. Apparently when it goes off it looks like something from star trek!
While it's only an advisory on the chart, it didn't sound like something you'd want to fly through.
Summer 2011
Submitted by Steve Purdie on 5 August, 2011 - 18:21.Sorry, but this Safety Briefing is anything but brief and is really a concoction of several missives I have posted over the last few years, all of which remain painfully relevant today:
Once upon a time in the Southern Club there was gentlemanly behaviour in the sky. And it was Good.
Pilots on the ground were aware that they are the lowest form of aviation and justly gave way to all those above them. They even looked to check.
Pilots thermalling were given right of way and ridge soaring pilots would turn back before interrupting the thermalling pilot's 360.
