Seventh Annual Winds of a Hurricane Fly-in a Success!
Cross Country Fly-in (Kanarraville, Utah)
Hoag, Grant <GHoag> writes:
The record-sized group of 26 hang gliding and 9 paragliding pilots plus families, friends and dogs took over the Red Ledge Campground in Kanarraville, Utah for the 4th of July weekend. Most pilots made a six hour drive from Southern California, but pilots came from as far away as Detroit.
The fly-in successfully targeted the cross country wanna-be crowd, and pilots logged their first cross-country flights under Hungary Joe's guidance while climbing the steep learning curve on how to go cross country We got many flights of up to forty miles and were frequently climbing past 15K. Nobody got hurt, and everyone went home smiling.
Flying was divided between the Hurricane Ridge and Cedar Mountain. Flights over the back of the Ridge ending in the Virgin River LZ and in Colorado City, Arizona. XC from Cedar kept pilots on their toes from the late afternoon over development with switchy winds and cloud suck, which resulted in a lot of scrape aluminum and scary stories!
Watch for the 8th Annual Winds of a Hurricane on Cedar Mountain in 2007!
From the Oz Report
Seventh Winds of Hurricane Fly-in Big Success
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