Canada
Flying-filled Labour Day
Submitted by Jayson Biggins on Tue, 09/02/2008 - 00:37.
Click image for more pics!Mt More than a dozen pilots, more than two dozen flights, and dozens of airtime hours at Mt Prevost!
Quebec Flying
Submitted by Jayson Biggins on Sun, 08/31/2008 - 15:15.
Click image for more photosNatalie and I hook up with the Distance Vol Libre crew outside Montreal
GP Couple
Submitted by Jayson Biggins on Mon, 08/18/2008 - 15:10.
Click image for more photosTracy and Bart fly tandem!
Fulford Landings
Submitted by Jayson Biggins on Wed, 08/13/2008 - 22:34.
Click image for Photoset #1XC flights on Saltspring!
Sweet Saltspring
Submitted by Jayson Biggins on Tue, 08/12/2008 - 01:00.
Click image for more photosTandem flights for Joelle and Tyler
Solo soaring for Rick, Paul, Lee, and Kuno
Splashdown report
Submitted by Stewart Midwinter on Mon, 08/11/2008 - 20:32.Yet another successful Lakeside Splashdown competition has wrapped
up. For the umpteenth year in a row we were able to run the contest
on the Saturday, and didn't have to fly on Sunday (good thing
considering how the Saturday night party went). Only once in 32
years has the contest had to be extended to the Monday.
This year once again we had sunny skies and an early start, with the
hang gliders being heli-lifted up to launch (except for the late
arrivals - right, Bruce and Zeke?). After a 7:00 pancake breakfast,
Linda's Day!
Submitted by Jayson Biggins on Mon, 08/11/2008 - 01:55.
Click image for more photosMac (aka Paul M.) kites and his wife Linda flies!
100 miles
Submitted by Rob Clarkson on Thu, 08/07/2008 - 12:23.Finally. Like most pilots, I’ve wanted a hundred mile flight since I started flying cross country. I was confident after getting close several times’ last year that this would be the year I break through the hundred mile barrier. In Australia hundred mile flights are a lot more common. In Forbes they often call 100+ mile tasks. With all the rain this year conditions were softer than normal and I was unable to make goal on the longer days. Coming home my hopes were for a big flight in May on the prairies. Most hundred mile flights in Canada are in Alberta in May.
100 hours
Submitted by Rob Clarkson on Thu, 08/07/2008 - 12:17.I’ve been putting a lot of effort into improving my skill and ranking over the last three seasons. Breaking my collar bone two seasons ago put an end to that season. Last season I was hoping to get 100hrs for the season. The weather turned poor in the late summer and fall. I stalled at 92hrs. I got a great start this season in Australia in January. After some good flights in Arizona I thought I might hit a 100hrs by early summer. Again I was stalled by terrible weather all summer. Finally the sun came out and I was able to break the 100hr mark this season.
