Sylmar Hang Gliding Association

Hi all, Hungary Joe has graciously agreed to teach a Basic Weather class on February 15th from 9am to 12pm in our Pavillion. Anyone interested in gaining a better understanding of how to read and understand weather that affects you as a pilot is welcome! Please RSVP to me (czumpft@singular.com) so w...

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Will save on all the wretched exercise!

On Friday September 25th, I broke my left arm up at Big Sur. Fortunately, it was just a comminuted fracture of the left humerus which reduced pretty nicely on its own so I do not need surgery however, I won’t be flying for awhile. Prior to going to Big Sur, I asked Joe if I could fly if the condit...

The SHGA is hosting a booth at the Sylmar Olive Festival this weekend 9/20-9/21. For more details on the event - http://www.sylmarolivefestival.com/ If you would like to volunteer to help, please contact me asap - czumpft@singular.com, and I will put you on the schedule. We especially need volunteer...

NOTICE: from the National Forest Service - http://www.fs.usda.gov/alerts/lpnf/alerts-notices Date(s): Jul 26, 2013 Contact(s): Forest Headquarters (805) 968-6640 NO CAMPFIRES OR STOVES ALLOWED IN THE BACKCOUNTRY Due to extremely dry vegetation and an increasing fire danger, Level IV fire restriction...

D'Q and Joe, Thanks for the feedback; unfortunately because it is our launch site, casual hikers to the area don't think about who else might have left the site trashed. Personally I have never seen a pilot smoke on launch and was surprised to get the email and I also know that pilots (including me)...

I just received an email from a (non-pilot) friend who hiked up to launch last week and was dismayed by the amount of cigarette butts and trash lying around. At the risk of nagging, we are in a HIGH fire danger period so if you must smoke on launch, please be sure to dispose of your butts in a metal...

Emily/Andy,

Erika would like to fly and I am available to drive but need a vehicle. We can get our glider out there but my van is not a good launch-run vehicle.

We are both looking forward to coming out!

Cyndia

Please provide directions

I am on the 3pm truck as well! Look forward to flying with you!

Thanks Rome! A HUGE thank you needs to go out to Lynn and Katherine without whom this event would not have been as successful as it was. Their dedication to our club is truly awe-inspiring and I love working as a part of their team. Katherine, please thank Paul for me as well; he cooks up one great ...

The SHGA is now accepting credit cards at the Silent Auction - Visa, MC, Am Ex, & Discover using our fantastic Wi-fi, an iPad and a Square Reader. So now you can shop for the holidays! New SHGA t-shirts will be available as well as all of the Silent Auction items so graciously donated to our eve...

Thank you Bob for posting this! I tried breaking it up but I guess not enough. If anyone wants to bid on any of these items and you either can't be at the event or will be flying, let me know your Maximum bid and I will bid the item up to that amount (ebay style). Email me (don't respond to this pos...

Thanks Bob for editing and posting. I'll follow up on your site. Chip, I actually copied the entire post into a word document (with the formatting intact) and then pasted it into a new message would suffice without having to do additional editing. It did not! I also tried splitting the list in half ...

Hi all, I have been trying for 2 days to post the item list for the Silent Auction! We have received over 80 items for the auction (I have grouped some together to keep the bidding to 60). Unfortunately when I try to post I get a Fast CGI error. If you would like to see the complete list, please sen...

Thank you Robert for organizing the CPR/First Aid class today. I really appreciate and recognize the effort to organize these events! Lifesaver's did a great job - both instructors were terrific and I hope they can come out and take a flight with us. Both seemed very intrigued by our sport! It was g...

Rome - I picked up the five boxes that Don Banas left for me of Bennet's stuff. I hope to be flying tomorrow so let's talk about Wayne's stuff! Thank you! This is going to be a great auction! I have already gotten cool stuff from Flytec and USHPA beside all of Bennet's stuff. The more the better :) ...

Thank you so much! I sent you a PM regarding getting the items.
Cyndia

Lynn will be getting out the details but the Spring Air event will be on May 11th this year so mark your calendars! One of the non-flying events will be a silent auction. I have already gotten goodies from Wills Wing, USHPA, and Sports Aviation (including a signed copy of "The Secret of Champio...

yo Steve, put me down for all day. My card expires pretty soon so I might as well renew it now
thank you to all who made this happen!

Thanks for the reminder Steve; glad the pilot and the nose wire person was ok. Please also remind folks who are helping on the wing wires to be sure and duck as the pilot starts their run. I launched a couple of weeks ago with pilots standing on each side of me. I yelled clear, my nose person dove o...