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Written by Tom Moock
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Thursday, 19 April 2007 |
Spring Flying Is ON Spring flying started out with a bang with the Potato Hill XC League event in March. Both days were on the light-lift side, yet we still had pilots in goal for the two fairly aggressive tasks. The turnout was huge, which kept Jug working tirelessly to keep the organization work under control. “Between collecting paperwork, distributing maps with turn points printed on them, getting rosters filled in, personal site intros for newbies, explaining waypoints and route entry, getting us the latest weather info, putting together the task committee, the tasks, the task board, running the briefings, getting the task called early enough for an appropriate launch window, and of course all the prep work before the weekend, dealing with all the downloads, the malfunctioning software, and loads of other jobs we probably won’t think of until we try to run one of these ourselves,” says Eric Reed. The Aspen 2 - photo by Klaus Schleuter
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Upcoming Spring BAPA Activities |
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Written by Ann Sasaki and Brent Erdmann
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Thursday, 19 April 2007 |
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The lovely spring season is upon us bringing green hillsides, wildflowers and instability. Spring often provides some very good flying conditions but the weather can be fickle. A hoped-for great
post-frontal day with cumulus clouds and cool temperatures with bright sunshine can easily turn into an overdeveloped cloudy day with rain or now showers in the mountains. A forecast pleasant onshore flow may end up being overly brisk winds with a high gust factor. But, on some days, it does all come together and that's what we are all out there para-waiting for in the Spring. |
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The Mori Point site is officially open! |
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Written by David Sondergeld & Chip Sheppard
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Thursday, 19 April 2007 |
But with significant restrictions......Hurray, Mori Point is open again!! Mori Point is part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA) and is a protected wildlife space. Although it’s not the greatest PG site around, I have very fond memories of what used to be the “training hill” where I originally learned to fly (in 1996) under the skillful guidance of Hansa Rejmanek, the then-fledgling instructor with Airtime of San Francisco. The site has been closed for a long time due to environmental concerns but, thanks to the efforts of a few determined pilots (principally David Sondergeld), Mori Point is open again, albeit with substantial restrictions compared with the site we remember. The purpose of this article is 1) to introduce the site to those who are new to flying since it closed, 2) to provide a preliminary site description, including the new restrictions, and 3) to describe the new procedures required of pilots who want to fly there.
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Written by Wally Anderson
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Thursday, 19 April 2007 |
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It’s been quite a while since the last report. My apologies for being lax and not getting them out on a timely basis. One problem is that I’m not receiving first hand information in most cases.
I’d like to encourage everyone to fill out accident & incident reports. This is very easy to do & you don’t have to be the pilot involved, just a witness to the event. Your perspective as a witness is often better than that of the pilot involved. It’s very easy to file reports. Just go to the club web site, http://www.sfbapa.org/, click on accident reports & fill in the blanks. This will also automatically forward a copy to USHPA as well. As always all names are kept strictly confidential by both BAPA & USHGA.
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Written by Gene Pfeiffer
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Thursday, 19 April 2007 |
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May 5 – 6th weekend.
This year’s Fly-in will be held on May 5 – 6th weekend. This is the prime time for Anderson Flat flying. The mountains and meadow are green and the thermal are working. If you are a P2, you should have some mountain thermal experience. For information about flying at Anderson Flat, see Kim and Mike’s excellent web site for Anderson Flat at: http://www.flyzephyr.com/aflats.htm
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Written by Tim Sirianni
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Thursday, 19 April 2007 |
Meeting called to order at 7:05. New members/Notable Guests - Paul Gazis, USHGA Regional Director. Began Paragliding in August, 2006.
- Jason, a P2. Student of Cloud 9 at Point of the Mountain, UT.
- Frank, P2 from Georgia, Learned from Dixon in 1999. Not flying much until recently.
Officer Reports Chip spoke of an interesting trip to Guatemala, which he reported as a beautiful country with good cheap food and good non-pilot activities. As a flying site it is only so-so, with small LZ's and only one launch suitable for the best LZ.
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