Bognor Birdman 2013

ron freeman · Post by **ron freeman** » Tue Jul 16, 2013 12:16 am

Great weather down at Bognor Regis at the weekend with a great result for the club

Ron Freeman - Northumberland 1st 85m £900

Kevin Smith - Northumberland 2nd 44m £500

Paul Fessi - Sussex 3rd 41m £250

Excellent weekend, well looked after, great fun had by all & Kevin met some nice ladies.

Trevor Robinson · Post by **Trevor Robinson** » Tue Jul 16, 2013 8:12 am

Thats a good result Ron. But spooky as it may seem I was talking to an old boy on the weekend of your success on Tailbridge who had stopped for a look. He was from the Dover and Folkstone Club and one of the regulars in those comps of long ago. His best memory was beating you on one of the few non drinking tasks, although it was on a spurious technicallity and he still feels a little guilty about it

brian day · Post by **brian day** » Tue Jul 16, 2013 8:35 am

Mr Wallis has changed! And I must say, quite an improvement!

Graeme Gilroy · Post by **Graeme Gilroy** » Tue Jul 16, 2013 9:18 am

Well done Ron and Kevin, flying the Northumbian flag

Graeme

bill-scott · Post by **bill-scott** » Tue Jul 16, 2013 11:48 am

absolutely brilliant well done Ron and Kevin must have been a great weekend would like to do it myself one day

tony anderson · Post by **tony anderson** » Wed Jul 17, 2013 8:27 am

Well done guys .

berow · Post by **berow** » Wed Jul 17, 2013 5:36 pm

Congratulations.

Post by **gary stenhouse** » Wed Jul 17, 2013 9:30 pm

nice one chaps does anyone ever try it on a paraglider?

ron freeman · Post by **ron freeman** » Thu Jul 18, 2013 12:58 am

gary stenhouse wrote:nice one chaps does anyone ever try it on a paraglider?

A few have tried and they diid not get very far the best was around 45m

Graeme · Post by **Graeme** » Thu Jul 18, 2013 11:48 am

nice one Ron! Well impressed

Lloyd · Post by **Lloyd** » Thu Jul 18, 2013 2:39 pm

Nice one, champion again!

AngusB · Post by **AngusB** » Thu Jul 18, 2013 3:15 pm

Well done both of you!
We should make a NHPC trip of it next year, not that Ron needs cheering on but it seems he needs stronger competition!
Congratulations!

steve-gill · Post by **steve-gill** » Fri Jul 19, 2013 6:56 pm

Well done Ron and Kev. What were the conditions like?

Dave Hunter Snr · Post by **Dave Hunter Snr** » Fri Jul 19, 2013 7:20 pm

Nice one Ron + Kevin.
Here's a link, http://youtu.be/96sRM_FtP2E

John Wallis · Post by **John Wallis** » Fri Jul 19, 2013 8:12 pm

Good video clip and it just goes to show how fine the pitch control is to get max glide on a hang gliding wing. A Usain Bolt type run might give the 100 meter flight

ron freeman · Post by **ron freeman** » Thu Jul 25, 2013 6:30 pm

Thanks for the kind comments the weather was great with 7-8 mph south west winds and very hot 31c !

The URL from Dave Hunters post was on the Sunday and my flight was 83m
The water depth was about 4-5ft which was much better because you could pick up your glider and walk out with no damage to your wing.

Saturday we jumped with a higher tide so we had less height above the water which made it difficult to get flying.

Try this URL http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezoICkTlUo8

Kevin Smiths first jump into the channel, well done Kevin !
This was my best flight 85m Iv'e studied the flight and its without doubt my best take off ever ! if we had the full 35ft instead of 25ft the 100m's was on..

It would be nice to run faster but its not easy to control the wing with turbulence from the take off platform.. you must keep your wings level before launch with the odd obstruction in the way.. safety rails, light beacons and the English channel !

Eddie Davis · Post by **Eddie Davis** » Thu Jul 25, 2013 8:02 pm

Well done Champ

Mehdi · Post by **Mehdi** » Sun Jul 28, 2013 6:53 pm

Very well done Ron and Kevin.

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