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Welcome
Sylmar is the world capital of hang gliding and pilots have been flying hang gliders in these mountains since 1969. The first U.S. National Hang Gliding Championships were held here in 1973. The Flight Park is located just outside of Los Angeles and we enjoy around 300 days of flying a year. Please check out the rules and site information before flying here.
Pilots and non-pilots are welcome to enjoy our flight park year 'round! Fly high, fly far, fly safe!
Thanks for visiting the Sylmar Hang Gliding Association's Web site.
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Andy Beem and Fred Waugh over Ojai
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Kagel Gate Combination Changed
January 31, 2009
The big scary lock on the Kagel gate malfunctioned and is in for repair. In the meantime, we have a temporary 4-digit combination lock on the gate. Please see the members area for the new combination.
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February 7, 2010
The LZ is damaged this time. Jim Thompson reports that "Santiago Creek" has built a large delta of mud and rocks, so that the main Pacoima stream channel is now cutting across the lower LZ. While it is still usable at the moment, the forecasted rain on Tuesday could be bad.
Board Meeting. The next Board meeting is Thursday February 11 at 7 pm at the Windsports house. Come see what it takes to keep our Club going.
The pavilion plans continue to move forward. Rich Grigsby has created a wonderful landscape design that will incorporate the required handicap access ramp of decomposed granite and a garden of California natives.
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 February 8, 2010 8:50 am
No reports for Sunday. TODAY....could be flyable. There's no NE in sight which is odd. In fact, there's no wind anywhere right now. NWS forecasts N at 10 to 20 in the morning. That's generally a good sign of a turnaround. The soarcasts show W with a predominant light WNW up higher. There's a significant inversion at around 4700ft with a potential at 6700ft. Other soarcasts indicate really low. There's also an indication of low clouds. I don't feel great about it, but the computer suggests otherwise. Did I mention cold. I'll say max altitude of 5K. Reports Cutter or call (626) 260-1615
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Betty Pfeiffer's Parachute Clinic
The parachute clinic was a huge success, with forty of us now safer and more knowledgeable about what to do in a bad situation.
Incredible thanks are due to Betty, Mike Washlake and the rigging team, Joe Greblo and Hungary Joe who worked hard for our club at an obvious cost to their own businesses, Storm, and to LA Valley College for providing the gym; the event couldn't possibly have happened without all of you.
Lynn's event planning was extraordinary, and we're grateful for all the other SHGA volunteers, including Barton, Katherine, George Stebbins, Megan, Oscar, Lisa, and everyone else who chipped in.
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An SHGA hero (or heroine) is a volunteer who takes the initiative to do a project, such as...
Forest Service Ambassadors
These folks constitute our Forest Service subcommittee. They've built a strong working relationship with the Forest Service. As a result, we can now use the Towers Launch during some forest closures and launch from Lukens again!
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To join these heroes, you could consider this randomly chosen project:
(posted February 1, 2007)
Coordinate clinic about GPS units
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