Sylmar Hang Gliding Association

How about calling it the "Kagel Air Races", and call the "Course for the Day"?

Or "Kagel Air Rallye"? It is in stages after all.

"Race" and "Course" sounds more fun and interesting
than "Comp" and "Task"....

I guess it starts to make some sense. Which sounding is more accurate for local (i.e. Sylmar) conditions, generally? Or is it an amalgamation of both L.V. and Miramar?

How do the numbers (on the left) corresponding to altitudes? And why do they go down as we go up?

Would be great if you would have a clinic on "How to Read the Data and Predict the Flying Conditions". If you have any interest in doing so. There are so many sources for infomation, but they need to be deciphered, like runes or something. Maybe there would be an opportunity at the next fe...

Yeah, and needs to work with Macs instead of the other kind.

Anybody know?

Cool movie.

Isn't it amazing what a racket those powered harnesses make? Wow.

Weapons of Mass Destruction?

I am responsible for the accident. I was his wire-man.

I begged Joseph not to fly. "Think of the gophers!" I pleaded.

With an imperious baritone he barked: "CLEAR! CRETIN!"

And off he went. Pilot-in-Command. The launch was good.

(the forum cut off the last part, here it is...) (cont.) Some times pilots who try to do this, make the mistake of relaxing this yaw force at the moment they start their run. This mistake causes the glider to begin to yaw back into the wind and lift the wing. The trick is to continue to apply whatev...

Here it is. I was guilty of making assumptions about how to deal with crosswind take-offs, Joe Greblo set me straight. As usual. Here is my mail to him and his reply: On Feb 27, 2006, at 10:51 PM, Jesse Benson wrote: Hi Again: A Garlock question re: yawing vs. letting the nose rotate into the wind: ...

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Greblo led a gaggle of us to Garlock early Sunday. Myself, Lynden, Don, Chris, Eric and Kris Greblo. Beautiful desert scenery on the way: trucks with dirt-bikes, cozy little meth- labs settled amonst the rocks, and a strange 6-wheeled vehicle driven by black-masked militants: Minutemen perhaps? Afte...

Today I reached new levels of descent. Everywhere I looked, there was sink, even the kitchen kind! Forget the other guys, I was the Plunge Master! The vario was wailing so much, I was convinced it had fallen right off the base tube, but no, that was me! Unbelievable! How lucky can one guy get? In fa...

The crappy quality of the scan is a big part of it's charm. It feels authentic.

Powerlines: the only thing I fear more than a mid-air collision.

Hope he will be OK.

How about a parachute deployment clinic with simulator?

How about 60 days? Good, done, moving on...

I loved reading that story. Very well written. Much better than most of those dry, heavy-on-the-stats comp blogs. He communicated the same sense of astonishment and adventure I feel when flying, but on a much bigger scale of course. I like especially the part where he lands near a Denny's. He enters...

This is the second mid-air in a little more than one month. This is the situation that causes the most anxiety for me, as it is SO dependent on everyone else being predictable and dependable in their behavior. Maybe this is a good time, what with the crowded flying season around the corner, to run t...

Godspeed.

Christian's is the best idea so far. Also the cheapest.

Several pipe/ribbons sets could be stored in the LZ, and brought up and installed quickly.

Who is accepting donations for this? The club?