FOOTLAUNCHmarch
The
democratic newsletter
This is a warning. Global
warming fanatics are taking over the world. Resist and think for
yourselves! Bee in his bonnet – who me?
Not another word I promise…
Next club
meeting; on Wed 14th March at The Pheasant,
As
Safe flying, Richard
SAFETY MATTERS and other stuff
Another HG fatality due to failure of the strap connecting chute to harness: http://ozreport.com/11.039
Comps and meetings
Registration is now open for the 2007 season BPCup!
Follow this link for the entry form. www.bpcup.co.uk/entry.php
For those that haven't heard of the BPCup, we're a
Read about the new discount system we have in operation on the FAQ page. Also,
the round location we still have to announce is almost certainly going to be
See you this summer and happy thermals. Richard, Pete and the
rest of the '07 BPCup team.
Lakes Charity Classic
Entries for the 2007 LCC are now open.
Full details for the event, its organisation and an entry form can be found
under the 'Lakes Charity Classic' link on the CSC website homepage (http://www.cumbriasoaringclub.co.uk)
The LCC has a long
history of attracting pilots from all over the country who join together to
have a good time in a fantastic part of the country and, at the same time,
raise a good amount of money for charity. We hope that this year's event will
be as successful as last year's.
Many thanks, Simon
Raven CSC Contact / Secretary / Membership Sec.
this
sounds fun apart from the mention of “chilled out tunes” and “beach party
atmosphere”
This year’s
On the evening of Saturday 2nd June the CSC Annual Party will be held on the field right at the
lakeside and 1500ft below the Buttermere Moss flying site. Pilots will have the
chance to fly down into the party, perhaps
even showing off a few acro manoeuvres over the lake (!!!) before
landing on the beach right next to the 'Gin' beer tent! A big barbecue / cold
buffet meal is available (£5 per person) whilst the band plays some chilled out
tunes to help you relax into the 'Beach Party Atmosphere'.
The bar will be serving real ales, carrying on the "we can pull a
pint anywhere theme' and will be improved and more female friendly this year
with alco pops, wine and soft drinks for you all to drink your way through!
The Lakes Charity Classic 2007 prize giving event will take place at
around 9 p.m. giving everyone plenty of time to fly as much as possible and
after this the band will crank into full gear for a two hour set for you to
rock your socks off too. When the band are worn out D.J. Sharman and D.J Slate
(works at the local slate mine) will crank the decks, keeping your legs
wobbling until the early hours of the morning with 3a.m. being the final cut
off point - so be prepared. This year’s event therefore will be a flyers party
for you and your friends. We have moved on from the all night doos and wanted
to have a much more 'beach party' feel this year. The venue is amazing and is
one of the most beautiful locations in the whole of the Lake District. Please
come along bring your friends and help make this year’s event be as successful
ever.
We look forward to seeing you share in the fun.
There is no charge to turn up and join in and, if the conditions are
right, you can get a fly in as well and land right at the party – HOW COOL IS THAT!!
If you would like to eat then we will be making a charge of £5.00 per
person for BBQ food (vegetarian option available) – all we ask is that you
pre-order and pre-pay for
your food (BEFORE 30th APRIL) - just to help us with the organization.
NOTE: If you have entered the LCC 2007 and
have been confirmed as having a place then you will have already ordered any
BBQ meals so no need to complete the form.
Please complete the attached ORDER FORM and return it to the address
shown (BEFORE 30th APRIL)
with a cheque made payable to ‘CUMBRIA SOARING CLUB’
GET YOURSELF ALONG – IT’S GONNA BE FAAAANTASTIC!!
Dear Doreen,
Do you have a problem? Whenever I was
worried I remember my wise old granddad used to say
to me “ Dat is jammer, Smakelijk eten
Doe voorzichtig.” I never did find out what he was on about. Do we have that
sort of egalitarian caring society these days? Looking at my postbag I
would say I don’t know. Ask
me anything – yes anything!
Dear Doreen,
After reading Footlaunch for some time now, I’ve come to the conclusion that you don’t bother opening your letters but just make up the problems and stick your advise on the end. I’ve written to you loads of times and never had a letter published.
Yours in disgust, Brian Dinnertime
Dear Sharon,
Don’t get mixed up, believe me: it’s clear as a bell – if
Yvonne can’t be trusted to stay loyal to you, you really can’t be expected to
wait around for her! She’s gone away from you and there’s absolutely no reason
why you shouldn’t make other friends.
Whether your special friend should be your vario is
really up to you.
But remember, friendship is basically a matter of liking
people (or electronic gadgets) and giving to them – stop thinking of it as a
mad scramble and more as a bowl of luke-warm soup.
I hope this helps, Doreen.
Dear Doreen,
Most of the members in my club are constantly discussing what they are doing at the “le weekend” (pretentious bunch), who they are going with and so on. It’s a tragedy if they even have to stay around the house for one day. I’m not at all like them. I’m perfectly happy to stay in with a good book about aerodynamics. Why aren’t they?
Yours diligently, Rebecca Frontage
Dear Rebbecca
Read Jade: My Autobiography
That’ll get you out of the house.
I hope this helps, Doreen.
Dear Doreen,
I am a Health and Safety Inspector (B Doc Brum (Hons)) (for my sins!). The other day I was taking a walk with my (good) lady (wife) on the (magnificent) Malvern Hills when I came across a bunch of people playing with what looked like (gigantic) kites. Upon closer inspection they revealed themselves to be what I think are known as Para sailors. I was astounded to discover that they had no (government issued) licence of any kind and (furthermore) intended to throw themselves off the hillside in an attempt to fly (these contraptions)! I decided to quiz one of these madmen, as their general demeanour seemed to suggest (a certain) recklessness. It transpired that not one of them had undertaken a proper (if any) risk assessment and that they mostly made it up as they went along. Also, not one of them had any sort of radar identity (transmitter) on them, which in my book is asking for a mid air collision with a (Jumbo) Jet. When I asked him if he had a mission statement he just shouted “To infinity and beyond!” and ran down the hill. Should I write to my (local) MP?
Yours in good faith, Roger Shuntwound
Dear Roger
It appears that you have an over-developed risk gland.
The condition which (I understand) is known as Banalus Dedicatus. This can be easily remedied by your local GP
combined with a course of letter writing to an MP who lives very far away.
I hope this helps, Doreen.
Dear Doreen,I can’t think of anything to worry about. Should I be worried?Bob Lossfactor
Dear Bob,One day you will probably die whilst the taxman owes you money – how’s that? I hope this helps, Doreen.
News
04/03/2007
Hang glider pilot stuck in tree (sounds like a paraglider to
me – too stupid to be a hangy)
Florence, Italy – A hang glider pilot was plucked from a tree in Tuscany on Sunday, three days after he crashed into a tree and just dangled there helplessly.
Antonio Montagno, 47, was hanging head down in the branches when a rescue team from the Italian fire brigade eventually located and freed him.
"He was completely weak and had to be taken to hospital," a spokesperson for the rescue team told Italian television that featured the story of the "Prisoner in the tree" quite prominently.
The experienced hang glider pilot had taken off from a hill in Florence on Thursday.
After sailing for several hundred metres, he encountered a sudden gust of wind and became entangled in the branches of a tree.
Even though a friend had seen him take off and then start to go down, it took days before firefighters, civil servants and volunteers finally managed to find him.
"The unfortunate victim was hanging at a height of about 10m and was practically completely entangled in his red and white hang glider," a firefighter said (but in Italian).
Aren’t marketing people and those who are swayed by them a load of ******s? It’s just a bloody car for goodness sake! Proper hang glider pilots yearn to drive rusty 20-year-old Peugeot estates.
Peugeot 207 SW Outdoor Concept - Auto Shows |
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Not many people actually go hang gliding or rock climbing much, but the market for vehicles that suggest their drivers do is tremendous. We earthlings are a silly lot. Peugeot says its Geneva concept car, the 207 SW Outdoor, is “for those who love open-air sport and leisure activities, who are in search of unique and intense experiences.” There hasn’t been a vehicle launched in 10 years that wasn’t aimed at that phantom demographic, and for people who barely exist, they buy a lot of cars. To appease those high-flying folks, the 207 SW Outdoor has a panoramic full-length glass roof, perfect for tracking your base-jumping buddies, and a rugged plastic rim around the base of the vehicle to protect you from all the cacti you’ll be running over as you chase them down. A 107-hp, 1.6-liter diesel four-cylinder ensures that the SW Outdoor does its part to preserve the environment the driver so enjoys. |
I put this in again to fill in space… sorry, in case people
missed it.
Low
Air Time Malvern Members At Kettle Sings
At the committee it
was raised how we often do not get to see new low airtime members. And
consequently they do not get involved with the Club. A problem that arises
because of the 15 hr minimum limit that applies to Kettle Sings. So just when
they could do with some help, we leave them to their own devices at not a
particularly easy site, Castle Morton.
So we have decided
that on selected days, under certain conditions, they can fly from KS.
Apart from a couple of reasons; spine back and houses underneath, a much better
site. It has a much better take off, a reasonable top to bottom, and huge
bottom landing.
How will the days be
selected? Well this will pretty much be up to you. If you want to fly, even mid
week, give me a call.
01684 572723
But I will also flag
up days that I think will be good on the mail list.
If you need any more
information, or are not sure about something, give me a call.
Conditions:
1 A
Malvern club coach must be on site.
2 You
must be a full member.
3 You should
have some airtime achieved recently, say 5 or 6 hrs
4 You
should have a working 2 meter radio.
5 A
reasonably modern glider, good glide angle, with speed system.
6
And on the day you must report to the coach before flying.
See you there, Bryan.
Oiyitsmytubesobuggeroff
(Editor’s selections from Youtube –
Send in your own favourites)
I’m sure most Hangies have watched these very stylish fliers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KITzUrOTi_o
but I include it so you
can compare and contrast…
…With this one. Proof
that sound effects can make an amusing video even funnier. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIvN40sAuZk
Now Feel smug at these pathetic attempts to aviate. That isn’t flying, it’s falling with style (and they have the nerve to call it soaring!) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBa9wdOANHw
This rubbish is made by the barmy bunch but if you feel life isn’t too short have look at it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3-QIlsWhaw- But when you think about it, why did we (okay, the Americans) go to the moon other than because of politics? It was a strange period in history – but no stranger than today I suppose.
Famous envelopes 
Recently bought on Ebay. What a piece of history! Signed by the then-RAF Erk Gerry Breen!
Go4IT
OLD NEWS. READ THIS AND
In order to encourage more entries into the ‘Go for it’ League it was decided that on entering (free entry) a flight for the league the pilot will automatically enter a raffle for a £50 cash prize.
Pilots will get a Raffle ticket for each entry into the League, but the maximum number of tickets to be held by any one person is to be THREE.
The Raffle will be drawn at the Christmas Meal.
Entries to Tim Crow to be in within one month of the flight.
Rules
1.
UK flights only.
2. No infringement of airspace.
3. Must have Pilot rating or be under instruction from one on
the day.
4. Flights between 01/12/04 to 30/11/05.
5. Co-ordinates for T/O and landing required plus distance
from point to point in Km as a
check. Flights will be scored to nearest
100m.
6. Defined flights (BHPA rules, see below) Coordinates for
turn points in addition. Bonus
distance awarded provided 60% of flight
outside ridge lift.
7. Stone’s throw award for smallest flight submitted (or
known about) provided
distance 5km or greater.
Go4IT Flight Types
Open Distance (score =
distance)
Open Distance flights do not have any turnpoints. Open distance
flights will score the straight-line distance from the start point to the end
point.
Dog-Leg (DL) score =
distance
Dog-Leg flights are open distance flights with a single turnpoint.
The turnpoint does not need to be declared beforehand. The turnpoint is
permitted when pilots are forced to make a substantial change in direction.
Out and Return (OR)
score = distance x 2 when the majority of the flight is out of ridge lift.
Out and Return flights commence at a start point, go round a
single turnpoint, and return to the original start point. The coordinates of
the start point and finish point are therefore identical. The start/finish
point may be different to the actual launch/landing points but the flight
distance is only measured from the start, to the turnpoint and back.
FAI Triangle (T) score
= distance x 3 when the majority of the flight is out of ridge lift.
An FAI Triangle is one which satisfies the FAI’s 28% Rule
(shortest side must be greater than, or equal to, 28% of the distance flown).
To fly a triangle you must round three turnpoints, and return to the original
start point. The coordinates of the start point and goal are therefore
identical and for declared triangles and local records, must be one of the
turnpoints. The start/goal point may be different to the actual launch/landing
points.
Special Rule to
encourage pilots to attempt triangle flights
Note that for non-declared triangles, using GPS verification, you
can fly a loop and you will be scored the best triangle which can be fitted
inside it. Your track log points must cross to complete the loop. This means
you don’t have to start and finish at a turnpoint but may start midway along a
leg. This is to encourage pilots to try triangle flights.
Flat Triangle (FT)
score = distance x 2
A Flat Triangle is a triangular flight as above, except that it
does not conform to the FAI 28% rule. Completed Flat Triangle flights score the
distance multiplied by 2 when the majority of the flight is out of ridge lift.
Failed Triangle (score
= distance)
A Failed Triangle is an attempt at a triangular flight in which
the pilot fails to make it back to the start point. Failed Triangles score the
total distance from the start, around up to two turnpoints and back towards the
finish point.
ADVERTS
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Demo weekend
March 17th-18th
Ozone, Gin, Nova, UP and Airwave
If you are interested in trying new
wings please call…
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April now full, full, full…
September and October available..
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REALLY HIGH
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We have some Makalu 2 ex demo’s available DHV1-2 and also Kantega 2 ex demo’s available…please call for sizes, colours and prices.
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Mobile
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www.airtopia.com robin@airtopia.com
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