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I made a video from Massey at https://youtu.be/ernAOfqOiOM

Finally on Sunday Aug 3, we had a weather forecast that was condusive for soaring and with temperatures that were tolerable on the ground and in the air all day at Massey Aerodrome. Three members of the Dragonfly LLC club (based at Massey) Bob Dieckert, Jim Messina, and Knut Ryerson, came out to enj...

Here’s a video from yesterday’s MFP. The issue we encountered was likely due to the inversion; we didn’t reach enough altitude to surpass that inversion line. As you are all aware, we are open and welcome experienced platform-rated pilots at MFP. If you haven’t flown at MFP in the last few years, pl...

Hey everyone at CHGPA!
I created a YouTube video from the event last week that you might be interested in. Here’s the link. A big thank you to Tiki and Sara Richard for organizing everything.
I hope to come back next year in the new format!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7hTjnen1LI
Knut

I recently went flying at Buffalo Mountain in Oklahoma. I'm not sure if this will interest you all, but on my way back from Cowboy Up in Texas, I stopped at Buffalo Mountain with Pete, and I took a few photos. I thought I would share them with you. Enjoy, and I hope to see you all soon. https://yout...

Manquin Flight Park (MFP) Non-Club member’s update: This email is to all pilots who once flew at Blue-Sky. The MFP board wants you to return to MFP as a hang-gliding pilot. We are open and welcome any experienced platform rated pilots at MFP. For all pilots who haven’t flown at MFP in the last few y...

Manquin Flight Park, Saturday, June 28th, 2025
Here is a YouTube video I created for Saturday, June 28, at Manquin Flight Park.
https://youtu.be/wXS68wNybwc

Good afternoon! During our board meeting on Tuesday, we discussed reaching out to various groups for donations of hang gliders and harnesses for our club, Manquin Flight Park, formerly known as Blue Sky. On behalf of the Manquin Flight Park board, I have been tasked with reaching out to pilots who m...

Here’s a YouTube video for HC 2025, providing some insight into how it was this week.
https://youtu.be/AuKc2dlsyFQ

Hello, we are 9 hang glider pilots on the Eastern Shore this week. On Monday, seven of our pilots landed at Indian Beach 84km, on Tuesday, we had a great triangle day 49km and today it was a 42 km. If you would like to follow us live, I have a link available here. Knut https://volandoo.com/events/hc...

On Sunday, Steve Wendt was inducted into the Rogallo Hall of Fame.
https://www.rogallofoundation.org/2025- ... eve-wendt/

I traveled to the Outer Banks on May 16 and 17 to attend the 53rd annual Kitty Hawk Kites Hangglider Spectacular, which took place from May 15-18. It was a fantastic day, May 17, and I had a lot of fun!
https://youtu.be/wJ8YgcrVp1M?si=KpIIi3D1mvBqlAfR

No, that Saturday you visited us the launch window closed around 2:00 pm. Despite not flying, it was a wonderful day on the mountain. Those who launched before 2:00 PM had extraordinary flights, and a few lucky ones who launched later benefited from thermals in the valley. I was hoping for glassy af...

It was an interesting day at Woodstock on May 18. I waited for 12 minutes before I found a launch window that didn’t have any west component. I want to thank Mark, William, and John for their help. I managed to reach an altitude of 4,000 feet despite the strong conditions. However, at that height, I...

I was initially planning to fly in Texas at Cowboy Up, but due to Hurricane Bari, I couldn't. Instead, we traveled up to the Rockies, visited national parks, and ended up flying hang gliding at Crawford Mountain in northern Utah. If interested, here is a "fast-edited" YouTube video of &quo...

I'm really sorry to hear this terrible news! George was such a wonderful person - always so kind and friendly. He would greet us hangis with a warm hug every time we saw him. This is such a heartbreaking day.
Knut

We had no problems with the mosquitos, but a few horse was all we had to worry about.

If interested, you can watch a preview video, essentially a flight report of our trip to Crawford Mountain, Utah, on Thursday, July 11. We had planned to have many longer flights at Cowboy Up in Texas, but due to a hurricane hitting Wharton, TX, we changed our plans and decided to leave Texas for th...

Hello, TexRack is a unique hang glider rack designed and crafted by Tex over the past three decades, providing invaluable assistance to numerous hang glider pilots along the East Coast. After retrieving my car today in preparation for my upcoming trip to Texas, "Go Long", I realized it wou...

Do you live in Salida, CO now?

Here are a few videos from Jim's Vimeo:
1) https://vimeo.com/953923653
2) https://vimeo.com/954523882
Knut

We recently concluded our unique and thrilling Highland Challenger, a week-long event that took place from June 1st to June 8th. We had three perfect days out of the eight. This year, all the good days were triangle days except for two beach trip days, which were too windy for me. If you want to rea...

Allan, With your amazing SKILLS, and in the pleasant seasons of a good spring, summer, or early fall XC DAY, you could easily cover more great distances. I attempted it once and managed to cover only 30 kilometers. However, I made a mistake by jumping over to the Ridge behind. Despite that, I don't ...

Here is my launch too at https://m.youtube.com/shorts/kSj7v8VvqWk
Knut

Yesterday, Saturday the 28th, was a fantastic day at Woodstock. It was a really warm nice day and the conditions were light with four to five miles per hour W- NW winds and thermal gusts up to 10 mph. Only two HG pilots, Bari and I, were interested in flying at Woodstock, since the XC skies forecast...