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Hi Phil!

And welcome to our club.....

The best place to look for info on Hangliding is the BHPA website, www.bhpa.co.uk

As for schools, look no further than Northumbria Airsports.... the details are on our home page, at the bottom right. It is run by the "Bognor Birdman" Ronnie Freeman.

I will have one John....

After much grovelling and endless E mailing, I HOPE that we now have a place in the Peak District round on 28/29th April.... In other words the weekend after next. I am selecting the team entirely democratically, on the basis of first come first served....:- Neil Gary Kay ChrisL JanL Me If anyone CA...

Blease was not the place to be yesterday..... far to far of to the East.

The wind in the lakes was all over the place. Bewaldeth was NE, Blease ESE, and Souter no wind for ages.

Souter was the place to be from about 3 onwards.

looks like a classic day for Blease fell on Saturday, with very light SSE forecast.

Anyone else fancy the trip?

I may be able to drive over this evening and camp.... give me a ring in the morning if you want a weather update.

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My god John..... Has nobody ever told you that paragliding is 95% in the brain...... thats why its called a mental sport..... And I thought you would be able to pick up on the mental transmissions.... buit obviously you are not worthy.... For John, and other lesser mortals.... here is the link... ht...

So you are really a cruel and heartless barsteward Gordie??

Getting pleasure from making people run through all the cow shit on Bewaldeth??

We have you sussed!!

How not to do wingovers.....!

Spot the mistake at the end of the wingovers, after the collapse.....

PS.... this is all at OD...

OK.... we have enough people to enter all of the rounds, and we are definaltey booked in for the lakes round. The other two are however full at the minute.... I have sent begging letters and will keep you posted. We should be able to get at least one team entered in the dales and peak district round...

I mentioned this at last weeks meeting..... We have two teams entered into the BCC www.flybcc.co.uk from the show of hands at last weeks meeting we have the following who want to take part: Ron Don Gary Chris Foster Chris Little Kay AlastairW Ian Miskin Steve Marshall Ali G There is a maximum of 6 m...

Just returned from the pres conference for the Northern Challenge trip, and I have to say they both look well!

And are planninng on being on Cleugh head tomorrow......!

Much respect due.... watch them on Tyne Tees this evening.

Thanks Gary!

Brilliant Paul!

Fantastic analysis of your flight....

I wish the grass had remained uncut...!

You left out this bit John.....

PS someone tell John wallis that I've now got a better 'porn tash' than himand that I'll meet himat 55 degrees north to celebrate with him when we get back.

Why not just use the OLC scores, and leave it at that?

ANd no limits on the country where the flight is.....

Golden Sands of Horden????

I think thats pushing it a bit Ron...... !

But it was a cracking day out....

East or West? East.... warm front coming in across the North Sea, with the prospect of another day like today..... grey skys with lowering base, turning to rain.... Miserable. BUT if you were up early enough, you might get some flying in at the coast.... although it looks NE at least, if not NNE. We...

Is it on at Horden Mike?

Wind is forecast to drop, and I couldnt get out till late this afternoon anyway....

I had understood that this was definitely going ahead on the 8/9th September...... However... it will be better for th SIV!

Just checked my diary Ronnie..... it isnt April the first is it????

Ok.... If you do a 100mile open distance flight from the cheviots this year, I will sponsor you for £1 a mile to the charity of your choice......

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I could always aim to outfly you John, but frankly top to bottoms are not my scene....... :D Inteesting challenge.... I remember you asking me the same thing last year, afte a promising day on Cross Fell. What I aim for is a decent flying year..... A chance to compete on a level playing field. I fee...

I dont know if anyone is aware, but as we are sat in anticipation of some winter weather, two of our club members are already enjoying the pleasures of a Siberian Winter. Ali Guthrie and Anto Baird are part of the Northern Spirit team attempting to Kite Ski the length of Lake Baikal in Eastern Russi...

And there is an after event party at our house until the wee small hours..... plenty of room for people to sleep overnight!

Come along and drown your lack of flying sorrows!!!

Setting of home tonight at 8pm..... dont get home until noon Tuesday..... :Bore: Distances are fine..... last years conditions were a lot better.... excuses already!! Tim Johns, one of the instructors flew 108k last year. That was the furthest. This year he has only flown 68k. Anyway... It has been ...

What did he do wrong? Simple.... not enough outside break.... When doing wingovers you have to keep a lot of pressure in the outside tip... otherwise it will collapse. In fact once you get a lot of energy into the wing, the wingover is controlled almost exclusively by weight shift. There is still so...

At last some decent weather! The last two days have been fun. 32k flown yesterday, 40k flown today... and more importantly flown further than everyone else on the course, including the instructors..... Stonking climb of take off.... I climbed 0ver 800m in 9 360s. Riding the bucking bronco.... at one...

Love the new avatar pic Ronnie.....

Have you just seen Misk and mad dog flying over you at 3000ft???




Weather is at last looking better......!

Ever big eared down from 3500ft agl? I did today..... What a depressing experience! Another day of overdevelopment.... rain coming in from the North East and catching us up. We took of early... aboiut 11:30. Good climb from TO to near base, then push out in front to the bend in the road. 1 to 2m/s s...

11pm here in Brazil, and an early ish night for a change. The weather is still by no means brilliant, and indeed today we nearly cancelled the trip up the mountain because the forecast was so bad. However we did go up on a 50/50 chance of flying, and fortunately for once the weather goddess smiled o...

Another day of overdevelopment...... withg wind again from the SE, blowing directly along the ridge. Every day follows the same format.... up at 7:30, breakfast, load the truck and then drive to take off.... not disimilar to the drive up at Olu Deniz, although a little shorter. We got to the top at ...