NHPC Private and Public Forum

This club is not 'democratic' the lanmbing dates were put up by you and the Sites guide (East hill) has now been put up by Steve, dont talk to me about democratic.

Why is this on the public forum ! I will see Mr Telford (east & west hill)
tomorrow and see what he thinks !

I totaly give up !

OK take the pi.. from the video John Watson nearly stuffed it in ! thats not funny... you and Wolfie have done this before but I bet you were much higher than 400ft !

READ STEVE..

This does not answer my point ? as for club membership its be fine for 33 yrs !

Steve, there is no information about site access on any sites ( google) this is the most important issue !

If the sites guide goes on line will visitors still have to contact the club ?

Big ears 'rapid decent ' asymmetrics 15-35% you must have the same books as me Gordie 'well there you go'

OK, wrong wording in answer to Brian day - students only do 15-35% asymmetric not 50 %

I used to have big ears when I was 10yrs old ! still have...

Like I said Gordie...Big ears not 50%

So what you are saying we should have these 'irresponsible pilots in our club ? I don't believe for one moment that these pilots never knew about PG clubs in the area ! they just didn't give a jott ! and when these idiots read our guide on the net... brilliant ! just bloody brilliant. I don't think ...

This club has always welcomed visitors, so whats change ? I knew about the Dales situation months ago Alastair and it has its problems....irresponsible pilots. Dont get me wrong, I can see the benifits to all involved but sadly there are others who will use this information so spoilt it for everyone...

John, you say... as for irresponsible people well you'll never stop them with or without this guide ? so why make it much easier for them by addvertising all our sites ! Site guides on line are a bad idea, rules will be broken and we will never find out who was responsible. Claire, sites are the bac...

Before this happens Alastair... you will need the ask all of our site owners first ! wether you like it or not they have the last say.

I'm surprised to read 'that you were too embarrassed to reply to
a letter concerning a decision made by the club... I don't understand ?

Brian, have you forgot C.P. only do 'big ears' not 50% assymetrics with only 400ft ! not impressed....Ive' done them off the winch at !000ft minimum with no hill behind me...

Alistair, I'm fully aware why they were doing them ...but you know 400ft is far too low ! sorry if I'm being a pain in the arse but when other club members see this sort of stuff they might have a go !

Can you tell me whats happening with our new 'Club Coaches' are they signed off yet ?

I never said 'Cumbria' upset farmers I said you have 'problems' with upset farmers... we all know Gordie does a lot of work for the Cumbria club and I bet he would like to spend more time flying than sorting out problems created by pilots who don't read their site guide or just turn up and fly ! I w...

SIV on Crossfell - 400ft top to bottom... come on lads get a grip...

Club Safety officer...any comments ?

Gordie, how do you know the opinion of our famers ? our club welcomes anyone to fly here...as long as they are qualified, BHPA current, and they contact a member ( for obvious reasons ) Our sites are kept up to date via the web site (best in the country) Why are gagging so much to have our sites gui...

Martin, I am pleased you have highlighted this information because it needs sorting out ! Lordenshawes site... this can only be flown between Nov 1st to March 31st (game keepers agreement) if someone flies this site at any other time we could lose it ! I am currently in negotiations for a site aroun...

What a load of tosh... calling our club 'anti information ' the club voted not to put site informaton on our web site for obvious reasons ! Visitors contact the club...they go out with a current club member or... if you are a BHPA member you can join the club ! and get a site guide. I don't understa...

I think completely the other way round Ron...there are too many accident that don't get reported... so sadly we can't learn from them ! As we all know 99.9% of all incidents are pilot error and if reported we can all learn from them, then hopefully the figures should start to drop. (clap) Most incid...

Better still...do it on something with a proven record 'A hangglider' 90k top end

I posted on May 10th Club House 'Long grass in landing fields'

Everybody should always check out the landing fields before using them !

XC pilots have to be even more careful...

The grass is very long at East hill (both fields) can we all land on the side of the hill or very near the bottom, spoke to the farmer on Thursday afternoon and he will be cutting them next week.

Cheers.

Test... didn't work ?

Gary, you never told to me that you had shortened your brake lines when I asked you about the flight in hospital....and why did you shorten them ?

Its very good practise stalling your glider... (HG) as long as the conditions are OK.. it keeps you sharp and alert on recognising all the symptoms for the day when you will need it. Paragliding... I like to slow the wing down to a point where it starts to get sloppy and the brakes get heavy... agai...

1.00pm 26th May, Hownam Law the boys are sitting in heavy rain showers at the moment with light westerly...

Longknowe is the place to be...Good XC potential today !

Brian Day, It sounds like to me that you did the right thing, X/Fell is not the ideal place to be going XC when you are new to this sort of flying, as you know its a huge area with some deep valleys, getting low over Alston can be quite scary and turbulant. When JW mentioned it was also windy ! anot...

Training in the Cheviots last night till dark (9.00pm) and West hill was perfect for the PG's...not a club member in sight ? The wind was smooth 8-10mph N.W. with beautiful cloud streets to the coast, classic conditions. I thought if sombody turns up now they will do an Ian Miskin and go for a late ...

Two years ago I trained a student called David Greenlee (Irish chap) he is a captain for British Airways flying 747's and he tell's me that he can't wait to get home to fly a real flying machine...his Avian Rio hangglider ! In the middle of his training I thought he was really learning fast, then I ...