Amazing Mid Air Collision!

Submitted by Rod Stuart on Mon, 31/10/2011 - 11:50.

http://youtu.be/N65ALqiBW_o

Ed soars The Rock of Gibralta or 'Gay Fountain' for the first time.

Submitted by Rod Stuart on Mon, 16/05/2011 - 00:09.

14 May 2011
Ed is the first off to soar 'Gay Fountain' on the Port Hills, Canterbury.
Check out this youtube video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WiZpQw3WR0
This site probably takes a light W to NW wind. It was a little choppy in the NNW wind this day. It is a good 8:1 glide out to safe landing areas with a respectable head wind component. Takeoff is on the west side of Coopers Knob near a water trough/faintain and landing is across the road from the Raspberry Cafe near Taitapu. A promising new site ~ be respectful of the land owners. Happy landings Rod

Awesome day at Cheeseman ~ a double yoke high after a dieing southerly does work!

Submitted by Rod Stuart on Tue, 11/01/2011 - 10:34.

On the 9th of January 2011 11 hang gliders and 2 paragliders flew Cheeseman.
There was a classic double yoke high and a dieing southerly and it was pumping!
Cloud base was only 7000' but there was lift everywhere.
7 hang gliders made it to Springfield and Mark Nicols dived over the back at Porters on his Atos to reach Lake Colleridge.
The day before Mark landed at the top of Arthurs Pass in a 15knot southerly.
What an awesome day! Happy pilots enjoyed a well earned beer at the Springfield Pub afterwards.
Bring on the double yokers!

PPG Rules

Submitted by Rob Kennedy on Thu, 16/12/2010 - 20:09.

1. WHEN A CRASH SEEMS INEVITABLE, ENDEAVOR TO STRIKE THE SOFTEST, CHEAPEST OBJECT IN THE VICINITY AS SLOW AND GENTLY AS POSSIBLE!
2. WHEN AN ENGINE FAILS ON A POWERED PARAGLIDER, THERE IS ALWAYS ENOUGH ENERGY LEFT TO GET TO THE CRASH SITE.
3. WHEN LEARNING TO FLY, NEVER TRADE LUCK FOR SKILL.
4. BETTER THAN NOTHING BUT, REMEMBER THAT WEATHER FORECASTS ARE JUST HOROSCOPES WITH NUMBERS.
5. A SMOOTH PPG FOOT LAUNCH IS MOSTLY LUCK, TWO IN A ROW IS ALL LUCK; THREE IN A ROW IS PREVARICATION. (TELLING PORKIES)

Paragliding at the Scarborough Cliffs

Submitted by Steve OShaughnessy on Sun, 26/09/2010 - 15:41.
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Paragliding the Scarborough Cliffs
The cliffs can be a great place to soar when the wind is too light at Taylors Mistake. But it's not a PG3 rated site for nothing, plenty of pilots have gone into the water, been blown over the back or ended up with a glider in the trees at launch. It definately pays to get a good briefing from an experienced pilot the first few times you fly there. This article might fill in the gaps.

Two good reasons not to leave your paraglider laid out on launch at Castle Rock

Submitted by Steve OShaughnessy on Wed, 15/09/2010 - 08:16.

1. UV from the sun will destroy it.

2. Someone will see it and think you've crashed. Then call the emergency services. Resulting in a visit from the rescue chopper, two fire engines, an ambulance and the police.

New Site at Darfield

Submitted by Rod Stuart on Tue, 07/09/2010 - 16:57.

At 4.35am on Saturday 4th September 2010 a new flying site began to be formed at Darfield.
We expect that work will be complete within a few thousand years and appologise for any inconvenience. It is hoped that this site will give us closer access to the Southern Alps. I hope that CHGPC club members did not experienced too much damage when the initial one megaton blast went off to commence work this project.
Happy landings
Rod Stuart

Pakistan 2010

Submitted by Grey Hamilton on Wed, 16/06/2010 - 19:50.
Pakistan 1

Speaking of Pakistan, we have had an absolutely incredible three weeks here.. From the moment Rob and I set down in Islamabad we have been treated like royalty. First we meet with Sajjad who is the president of the Pakistan Association for Free Flyers in Rawalpindi and he went out of his way to look after us in every regard for our flying and transport to Chitral in the NW of Pakistan.

Get flying condition updates through Twitter

Submitted by Steve OShaughnessy on Wed, 21/04/2010 - 11:44.

If the conditions are good for flying you can receive a txt from Nimbus via Twitter. To set this up follow these instructions:

* Go to Twitter and register.
* Activate your Twitter account by clicking the link in the email Twitter sends you.
* Go back to Twitter and click Settings, then click Mobile and activate your moible phone.
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Cheers
Steve O'Shaughnessy

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