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by sandy-hi
Mon Jun 18, 2007 5:47 am
Forum: Flight-Related Topics
Topic: visitor introduction; Daniels question
Replies: 13
Views: 1163

who you callin a garrulous gasbag!?!

Thanks for your kind commentary guys! After I hit the Submit button I was thinking perhaps I had gone a bit overboard over-romanticizing it all. I probably should have at least sent it over to the hang-gliding forum side. I don't want the PGers to think I'm not one of them. Hiking to launch, Hugh? N...
by sandy-hi
Fri Jun 15, 2007 3:02 am
Forum: Flight-Related Topics
Topic: visitor introduction; Daniels question
Replies: 13
Views: 1163

Why would a PG HG?

Hi Brian, HG was my first interest from when I first saw it on TV ~1976. I started with sand dune lessons at Kitty Hawk while down there for windsurfing safaris around 1990. Upon moving to Hawaii, looking at the steep ragged mountains with very few open spaces, I resigned myself to giving up that dr...
by sandy-hi
Thu Jun 14, 2007 4:16 am
Forum: Flight-Related Topics
Topic: visitor introduction; Daniels question
Replies: 13
Views: 1163

Thanks for the replies guys. I'm really looking forward to a chance to fly above mountains that I've been looking up at since I was little. I just realized I goofed about Daniels -- I think I got it confused with Dickey Ridge, which according to the site guide needs NPS waiver and fee, but judging b...
by sandy-hi
Wed Jun 13, 2007 4:07 am
Forum: Flight-Related Topics
Topic: visitor introduction; Daniels question
Replies: 13
Views: 1163

visitor introduction; Daniels question

Aloha! I am a P3 pilot (200+ flights, 180+ hours) from Oahu, Hawaii, with experience at a variety of sites, mostly ridge-lift, but many (40+ hours) thermal flying. I'll be visiting family in the Shenandoah area (Elkton) June 25 - July 3 and am hoping to fly somewhere in the area on the couple of day...