Spark, and I drove to Baltimore to fly Long Green hill.A hill that Richard Hayes got opened up for teaching, and practicing.Check with him for the rules of the site and directions.On the way to the hill, we were on 695 cruising along.We then heard this beeping from a vehicle and we look over. It's Hugh on his bmw cycle with his pg on his back!Cool.Now that's gas efficient!We got to the hill to find Hugh, Daniel,and Richard with his class. Daniel and Hugh were flying pg closing in fast on their p2's.Ken Swingle showed up to fly pg, and I believe he bought a pg harness from Spark.
The hill is very nice I thought- wide open at the bottom,
I was set up ,and ready to launch( first time in 5 months),. Then the monster sound system kicked in!A guy who lives right there brought out his sound system for us to jam while we practiced. Nice!
The launch is pretty flat on top( it slopes some towards the hill) and then it falls away. I started my launch run on top, but then must pull in as you get to the edge. I remember telling myself- OK body do what my brain tells you and all will be good! It Worked.I made 3 good launches, some minor turns and 3 landings on my feet! Just like riding a bicycle!
The weather was great! It was just a nice day to be outside.
Thanks to Spark, and Richard for keeping an eyeball on me.
I had fun!
Shawn.
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Launches and landings,had to get out of 2 step bellyflop mode,mission accomplished.Nice hill,really had me huffin and puffin. Rich b.
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Wow......what a turn out on Saturday ! I had three students and Sparky
brought along Hugh, Dan, Rich and Ken? The paragliders' were doing their do
and the wings with bones were doing ours. Conditions at first were really
light and this hill works best when the wind revvs up. But...after awhile
the wind picked up and everyone was getting a belly full of flights. Average
velocity was about 10mph.
The soy beans straight out forced us to fly the SSW direction ( hanggliders
) but the bags could basically not have to worry about it. Top, slope and
bottow are very manicured. Shawn Ray came out and was absolutely flawless
in his flights. I was telling my student to "emulate" his style and they
watched him exicute perfect launches, flights and landings. Welcome back
Shawn
Ended up breaking down around sunset. Excellent day.
* Long Green Hill. Kinda private- anyone is welcome to fly it but I have to
be there to supervise. Thats' the deal with the farmer. Basically a due
south hill that lends itself to a SSW and a SSE. About 75' tall and very
steep. Wide open top and bottom ( except for the dreaded ditch ). Should
be "verge" H-1 or higher to fly this place. Must keep cars to a minimum so
...please coordinate with me and carpool when ya' come up.
Rich Hays
MSHG. Inc.
brought along Hugh, Dan, Rich and Ken? The paragliders' were doing their do
and the wings with bones were doing ours. Conditions at first were really
light and this hill works best when the wind revvs up. But...after awhile
the wind picked up and everyone was getting a belly full of flights. Average
velocity was about 10mph.
The soy beans straight out forced us to fly the SSW direction ( hanggliders
) but the bags could basically not have to worry about it. Top, slope and
bottow are very manicured. Shawn Ray came out and was absolutely flawless
in his flights. I was telling my student to "emulate" his style and they
watched him exicute perfect launches, flights and landings. Welcome back
Shawn
Ended up breaking down around sunset. Excellent day.
* Long Green Hill. Kinda private- anyone is welcome to fly it but I have to
be there to supervise. Thats' the deal with the farmer. Basically a due
south hill that lends itself to a SSW and a SSE. About 75' tall and very
steep. Wide open top and bottom ( except for the dreaded ditch ). Should
be "verge" H-1 or higher to fly this place. Must keep cars to a minimum so
...please coordinate with me and carpool when ya' come up.
Rich Hays
MSHG. Inc.