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Congratulations to Tom Ceunen, who has stepped up to become co-administrator of the renamed site

CHGPA Weather Links for HG & PG Pilots
https://sites.google.com/site/hgweather/

Contact either of us with suggestions and comments for the site.

Anthony's brother Eric helped us load out both tubes tonight.
Thanks, guys!

Anthony now has the tubes for storage of his growing fleet of training glider.

Go, Anthony!

I’m looking for a CHGPA member who would like to take over my Hang Gliding Weather links site at https://sites.google.com/site/hgweather/ As I am not flying now, and will be leaving the DC area this spring, this is a good time to turn it over to an active local pilot. If you are interested, all you ...

All, Our budding HG Instructor Anthony Lloyd is taking my two glider storage tubes to use as he builds his set of training gliders. We plan to move them from my home in Alexandria to his in Maryland on either Saturday January 26 or Sunday January 2, weather permitting. Anthony and I can handle the t...

Steve Wendt has my gliders ready to sell at Blue Sky. He is asking $1000 for the U2 and $1500 for the Falcon 3. Contact Steve for these great deals.
Give yourself a super Christmas gift.

Hard to get your glider into the house and no room in the garage? Here are two solutions. Two glider storage tubes available. Great for outside storage with full protection. Make me an offer.... but you have to help with transport. 1. 20 feet, 12 inches inner diameter white Schedule 40 PVC. Great fo...

February 1971 I began my career in an Air Force uniform. July 1994 I took my first hang gliding lesson. February 1997 I retired from the Air Force. September 1997 I began my post-service civilian career. June 2018 I retired from civilian employment at MITRE. December 2018 I retired from hang gliding...

What a great guy and an inspiring personality. He will be missed by so many of us. Got to meet Dan in Knoxville in 1999 at the first joint USHGA / SSA national conference. My local Capitol club newsletter article about the conference (http://chgpa.org/skyline_jm2c/skyline/9903/knoxville.htm) with ph...

Free to a good home. I'm spring cleaning, and have full sets of USHGA / USHPA Hang Gliding magazines, bound by year for 1995 through 2006 (but missing 2004 - no idea why) to dispose of. I'm also posting the availability on the Blue Sky group for Steve or park denizens to claim Delivery will be all o...

I'll miss Emma Jane. Friendliest kitchen table I've ever sat at. Truly sorry I missed the news until Monday night - I would like to have been at the service. I recall how hard hit she was when she lost Harry. But that was small compared to the deep depression following Randy's death. I prayed for he...

Hope everyone had a great time. Sorry Kay and I had to miss the gathering, but we were en route to west Tennessee for a week and a half visit with her 94 year old mother.

The election closed out on Saturday, Dec 16. Larry Dennis won with 99 votes out of 108, with 535 eligible voters. 108 ballots submitted of 535 eligible voters — 20% 532 emails and 534 SMS sent - 0 notices queued Regional Director PLURALITY Larry Dennis (I) 99 votes (91.7%) David Prentice 1 vote (0.9...

May Greg rest in peace. Condolences to all his family and friends. I had the pleasure of taking several Launch & Landing lessons from him at Taylor Farm, and flying with him at the Pulpit. He was a tremendous instructor, very dedicated to learning and safety. My favorite Greg story is from a Pul...

Thanks!
I've added the link to the first column on my WX page.

Valerie was a special lady. Dan T. and I first met her when she was in her initial training with John at Taylor Farm many years ago. We took her to dinner at the inn on the river and regaled her with how great it would be when she made it to high flying in the mountains. Valerie was definitely looki...

Amateur Radio License Exams will be offered at the Washington Hilton the afternoon of Saturday, January 20. Offering Technician, General and Extra license exams on a walk-in basis. Details are at http://shmoocon.org/amateur-radio-exams/ Please email nk1b@abtech.org if you are interested in taking th...

Region 9 USHPA Board Election is Nov 1 - Dec 15, 2017.
The only declared candidate is Larry Dennis, PG pilot in SW Virginia, Skywhackers member.

Is any CHGPA member running as a write-in?
Past history indicates a strong showing from one large chapter (ours) can elect a board member.

I have not seen one in person, but the promo for the new $800 Garmin VIRB 360 take it right to the level of
OMG! It can do that?
https://virb.garmin.com/en-US

And actually, the $400 VIRB Ultra with voice control, linked from that same page, looks pretty impressive too.

Fun day Saturday, with nice easy truck launch to 900' and pleasant sled in smooth air. But, I mushed in to land and bought some aluminum, darn it. My glider flew more than I, with Joe G. and John M. each taking two truck tows on it after I flew, re-engaging their decades-old truck launch skills. Fam...

John and I both went up, arriving Saturday evening. We both drove back on the 4th. Sparky showed up, too! He has left Colorado and is settling in Ohio. We all flew. John got in both HG and PG on Monday. John HG on Monday: jKXcSABOvZU Sparky PG on Monday: acMIJIL4qrM I flew on both Sunday and Monday,...

Blaine said, "I keep a tourniquet and an Israeli compression bandage in my harness.” Blaine, and everyone else, please do not use a tournequet unless you have had an advanced first aid course within the last five years that included a discussion of tournequettes. What many of us learned decades...

John M. is heading to Taylor's today. I plan to join him.
Others?

OK, I got my snark out of my system. Actually, I'd like to thank Tev for discovering a potential tool for us. I'd like to go a bit further and propose we work on figuring out what we really need overlaid with what the max number of club members will use. And we need to evaluate whether the existing ...