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- Fri Jun 07, 2024 10:30 am
- Forum: Flight-Related Topics
- Topic: Blue Sky/Manquin
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Blue Sky/Manquin
Reposting from the CHGPA Google group: Update on BlueSky Hang Gliding in Richmond From: Shane Moreland <shanemor...@gmail.com> Date: June 5, 2024 at 10:43:34 AM EDT To: skyw...@googlegroups.com, soarbi...@googlegroups.com, Mountain...@groups.io, xcan...@aol.com Subject: Manquin Flight Park Club now ...
- Sat Nov 04, 2023 8:37 pm
- Forum: Flight-Related Topics
- Topic: High Rock Sun Nov 4th
- Replies: 2
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Re: High Rock Sun Nov 4th
Looks like the stampede is on. I'll be there.
- Sat Nov 04, 2023 3:44 pm
- Forum: Flight-Related Topics
- Topic: High Rock Sun Nov 4th
- Replies: 2
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Re: High Rock Sun Nov 4th
It looks like it might be like last time: marginally soarable, not the greatest for shooting footage.
- Tue Oct 24, 2023 10:53 am
- Forum: Flight-Related Topics
- Topic: Looking for only hang gilder pilots to Fly High Rock
- Replies: 23
- Views: 141581
Re: Looking for only hang gilder pilots to Fly High Rock
Some videos were posted on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tom.allen.5891/posts/7413399948671362?notif_id=1698116829954987¬if_t=feedback_reaction_generic_tagged&ref=notif I'm the one on the upper left. In very light conditions, I potatoed on launch while the drones' batteries drained. ...
- Sun Oct 22, 2023 7:13 pm
- Forum: Flight-Related Topics
- Topic: Looking for only hang gilder pilots to Fly High Rock
- Replies: 23
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Re: Looking for only hang gilder pilots to Fly High Rock
I'll be there.
- Mon Oct 09, 2023 3:21 pm
- Forum: Flight-Related Topics
- Topic: Looking for only hang gilder pilots to Fly High Rock
- Replies: 23
- Views: 141581
Re: Looking for only hang gilder pilots to Fly High Rock
And here we are (assuming I've figured out adding a photo).
Don't criticize us for placing the windsock in a rotor zone. It's there for visual effect, only.
Don't criticize us for placing the windsock in a rotor zone. It's there for visual effect, only.
- Sun Oct 08, 2023 8:46 pm
- Forum: Flight-Related Topics
- Topic: Looking for only hang gilder pilots to Fly High Rock
- Replies: 23
- Views: 141581
Re: Looking for only hang gilder pilots to Fly High Rock
The helicopter showed up on-time and made around a dozen passes a couple of hundred feet above the set-up area.
For the next round, Tom suggested we camp in the LZ, so the the filmmakers can possibly catch us in-flight with his drones, on the weekend of 21-22 October.
For the next round, Tom suggested we camp in the LZ, so the the filmmakers can possibly catch us in-flight with his drones, on the weekend of 21-22 October.
- Sat Oct 07, 2023 8:25 am
- Forum: Flight-Related Topics
- Topic: Looking for only hang gilder pilots to Fly High Rock
- Replies: 23
- Views: 141581
Re: Looking for only hang gilder pilots to Fly High Rock
I plan to be there for wire duty.
- Fri Oct 06, 2023 9:31 am
- Forum: Flight-Related Topics
- Topic: Looking for only hang gilder pilots to Fly High Rock
- Replies: 23
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Re: Looking for only hang gilder pilots to Fly High Rock
Is there a particular day involved, or is this a more general request?
David Bodner
David Bodner
- Thu Dec 15, 2022 10:55 am
- Forum: Marketplace
- Topic: Free glider available
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2416
Re: Free glider available
I'm gonna suggest that anything that old really should be considered scrap. Make of it what you can, but flying should be done on something newer.
- Sun Sep 11, 2022 11:28 am
- Forum: Flight-Related Topics
- Topic: It's all East so Edith's again for the coming weekend
- Replies: 3
- Views: 975
Re: It's all East so Edith's again for the coming weekend
I flew Jack's Labor day weekend. There are two alfalfa fields available, less than 12" tall. The rest is in corn. Landing wasn't a problem.markc wrote:What's the status of the LZ at Jack's this time of year?
- Sun Jul 31, 2022 3:41 pm
- Forum: Flight-Related Topics
- Topic: Sat30July options
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1510
Re: Sat30July options
Soaring happened at High Rock, too. I helped the first tranche of pilots launch, along with Andrew Lloyd and special-guest wire-crew, Richard Hays. I doubt winds ever exceeded 10 mph. Steve Krichten, Jim Carroll (of Hyner), Aaron (of Hyner) and Bob Buchanan. All but Aaron soared. He was last, and th...
- Thu Jul 28, 2022 3:56 pm
- Forum: Flight-Related Topics
- Topic: Sat30July options
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1510
Re: Sat30July options
It looks like some are thinking of High Rock.
- Mon Jun 06, 2022 7:53 am
- Forum: Flight-Related Topics
- Topic: High Rock Saturday
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2199
Re: High Rock Saturday
Yeah, looks like I didn't shrink 'em enough. One of your photos looks just like mine, so we're good.Hi Dave: You just need to shrink them to small web view size.
If those bases really are for future poles, one of them will make getting to launch real difficult, but probably not impossible.
- Sun Jun 05, 2022 3:38 pm
- Forum: Flight-Related Topics
- Topic: High Rock Saturday
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2199
Re: High Rock Saturday
Lot's of impressed wuffoes. I don't think it was brain-dead soarable, but it seemed pretty close. I'm guessing one glider got to 1,000 feet over launch. I mostly saw them only a couple of hundred feet above. I don't seem to be bright enough to be able to post the photo I took of the three gliders in...
- Fri Apr 29, 2022 7:14 pm
- Forum: Flight-Related Topics
- Topic: High Rock 4/30
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1114
Re: High Rock 4/30
As far as Steve is concerned, the forecast is deteriorating. I'll post again tomorrow.
- Fri Apr 29, 2022 10:47 am
- Forum: Flight-Related Topics
- Topic: High Rock 4/30
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1114
High Rock 4/30
Steve Krichten says he, Bob Buchanan, and maybe Anthony Lloyd are flying HR tomorrow (Saturday). I told him I won’t fly, but I’ll wire crew. Steve is trying to contact the family about the LZ conditions.
Who else is in?
Who else is in?
- Tue Feb 22, 2022 10:51 am
- Forum: Flight-Related Topics
- Topic: Practice day at Taylor Mon21Feb ?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1938
Re: Practice day at Taylor Mon21Feb ?
Mark, thanks for trying to credit me with three flights, but it was two. Somehow going down always seems to be easier than going up. My Falcon turned 19 this month, and it seems to be gaining weight in its middle-age. I'm sure I haven't lost a step in that time.
- Sun Feb 20, 2022 6:47 pm
- Forum: Flight-Related Topics
- Topic: Practice day at Taylor Mon21Feb ?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1938
Re: Practice day at Taylor Mon21Feb ?
I'm good with CHGPA and USPHA. I'm planning on going down tomorrow morning.
- Tue Sep 14, 2021 12:30 pm
- Forum: Flight-Related Topics
- Topic: Hyner Labor Day
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1402
Re: Hyner Labor Day
Most boring flight video ever.
https://youtu.be/gAXhO2m7Vdg
But, it shows just how pretty a cloud dive at Hyner is. I'm flying only easy conditions on a single-surface glider now.
https://youtu.be/gAXhO2m7Vdg
But, it shows just how pretty a cloud dive at Hyner is. I'm flying only easy conditions on a single-surface glider now.
- Tue Sep 07, 2021 11:32 am
- Forum: Flight-Related Topics
- Topic: High Rock Friday?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3316
Re: High Rock Friday?
Friday I'd stopped in Thurmont and saw there were no additional posts, so I continued on up to Hyner for the weekend. I flew, ate, and drank--all in age-appropriate amounts. Steve Krichten was up there, and we got to talking about his enthusiasm for High Rock. I'll pass along this forum information ...
- Thu Sep 02, 2021 12:35 pm
- Forum: Flight-Related Topics
- Topic: High Rock Friday?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3316
Re: High Rock Friday?
I'm following this. My feet are staying on the ground, but I could lend a hand (or two).
- Wed Jun 16, 2021 3:10 pm
- Forum: Flight-Related Topics
- Topic: Woodstock tomorrow, June 15th
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1836
Re: Woodstock tomorrow, June 15th
All the launches I saw were good.
From the ground it looked like a bullet-proof day. It didn't look like anyone spent any time close to launch level.
From the ground it looked like a bullet-proof day. It didn't look like anyone spent any time close to launch level.
- Wed Jun 02, 2021 4:27 pm
- Forum: Marketplace
- Topic: Hang Vehicle -- $2,000
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2342
- Wed Jun 02, 2021 4:25 pm
- Forum: Flight-Related Topics
- Topic: Local options Mon31May?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 13410
Re: Local options Mon31May?
Earlier in this thread there was talk of High Rock.
I spoke with someone at Hyner who had been by High Rock. He reported that Emma Jane's grandson said they're still cutting the grass for us. It sounds like they want us back.
I spoke with someone at Hyner who had been by High Rock. He reported that Emma Jane's grandson said they're still cutting the grass for us. It sounds like they want us back.