July 2004 Bulletin - Kernow Hang Gliding & Paragliding Association
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1. KHPA BULLETIN Flying St Agnes Chapelporth or Perranporth 727 IMPORTANT CALL 01872 552266 EACH time before you fly any of these sites St Mawgan Truro airfield and now Culdrose have all agreed to let Perran Airfield know of any aircraft activity that will occur around this airspace By calling Perran airfield and letting them know of your intentions to fly it s Not just polite it s your duty It s your life their airspace and it s just a local call SO DO IT One call could make the difference between you knowing of a low passing helicopter in front of take off at 2pm and not knowing and having a nasty surprise or accident Restrictions at Perranporth The parish council have imposed restrictions on power kites kitesurfers and other kite powered things as to where they can operate on the beach To see details follow this web link http airjam co uk AJ 20powerkites 20home htm There is a map giving details at the bottom of the page This will only affect a few of us directly but there are possible implications for our use of the beach Paragliders in particular should take note and even more specifically those practising ground handling with paragliders on the beach Thankyou Patrick for this news KHPA Bulletin July 29004 JULY OH Firstly apologises For not including our main NW site Perranporth on last months Sites Rose Wheel Thank you to the pilot that politely pointed out the mist2. yellow orange with Black leading edge amp tips Solid safe high performing top end DHV 1 2 with real XC amp Comp capabilities Has safely flown me in 1600ft min 16 up Spanish thermals to 11 000ft asl without collapsing One careful owner from new May 2001 great second wing Sold with bag user manual repair material 700 For more details or enquires contact Andrew Hancock 07890061999 01736 871520 andy handy2 worldonline co uk KHPA Burletin July 2004 page MINUTES OF THE J ULY MEETING OF THE KERNOW HANG GLIDING AND PARAGLIDING ASSOCIATION MONDAY 127 J ULY Apologies Apologies were received from Steve Hawken attending to poorly offspring The Minutes of the last meeting were read and agreed Correspondence None Matters arising The problem of what to do about the poor service from the insurers following Andy s accident in Turkey was discussed It was agreed that the first action would be to write to Airsports as the agents asking them to investigate why it took so long to give the go ahead for the operation We could decide on any further action depending on the outcome It was agreed that the secretary would liaise with Brian and write the letter to Airsports Vicky was able to feedback about Flushing and Trehayne Vean She said that Peter C had not yet spoken to the farmer at Flushing but said that no flying should take place until he had Regarding Trehayne Vicky said it was still in crop but
3. 816531991 All information is for guidance only All pilots must make their own assessment of the site KHPA BuLlLLeTin July 29004 Page 3 July s Weather Link http www itadvice co uk weather jack STARS htm Netscape Reviewed Check out this months web site by visiting the above link WEATHERJACK aka Jack Harrison is a retired airline pilot who now mainly flies gliders and has put together this fantastic website which offers a multitude of weather information The homepage displays his daily general forecast predictions for the whole country often up to 6 days ahead He grades the soaring prospects from 1 crap to 5 superb and splits the UK into rough East West North South areas Thursday predictions ae ee to pt Showery upper air moisi Vanable but large amounts medium and high cloud day 5 day 4 day 3 roel Be day 1 chowers and dead areas 10 F420 hir a Ge har PAIRA har E har iae har fa i eR ert at Dh S a er oa oe But some sun and curnulus base 3 500 where SWS 1 Je fw Je fw z 2 Friday predictions Repeat of Thursday sunshine showers dead areas Tan S e day 4 day 3 day j Showers in bands wasi to east 108 7 120 hiz P48 hir F284 hel 1680 hat Pasa ha Perhaps in the east showers a little lighter today 2 1 E Nevertheless large amounts medium and high cloud Flying winds S 20 Scroll to the bottom of this page and click on drop down menu under Major Links then click on Weath
4. a little path that has a few pot holes Top Landing Anywhere that s clear on top of the cliffs Bottom Landing Anywhere on the sandy beach at LOW tide Good points This is the best place to stay up on the towans if it s a light North West direction It s the highest part of the towans and has a good bowl in the cliff that produces some good lift Hazards 1 There are people that will walk over you wing if you leave it on the launch because of the foot path so don t 2 ROTOR is here way behind take off so watch out 3 No beach landings when tide is in KHPA BulLeTin July 29004 Page 2 XC Potential Virtually none unless you are lucky enough to catch a sea land thermal popping off St Ives drifting on a Westerly wind which triggers off The Black Cliffs site between October and April NO ONE HAS XC d from Hayle yet Not even local resident Skygod John Trewartha How to get there amp Parking Drive through Hayle and turn off towards The Towans Follow road through Phillack and up and onto the towans built up area Drive as far as you can on this road until you get to the Hayle Bluff Inn Park at the Bluff Inn it s the safest place to park and then it s then a 5min walk to take off mulimap allt oe i aa i k PA AS j a CE p 7 i ra ome Met Fr i Cm jy L Py i t Cro wn t apiri Ei t Licence Ma 43 F au Site Contact John Trewartha on 01736 757771 or 07
5. ake to me Doh Anyone wishing to receive the updated Site Rose wheel with Perranporth included please contact Andrew Hancock Secondly Thankyou To Alan James for kindly letting me test fly his Firebird Grid at Perranporth on Sunday 18t July Yes it does SAT quiet well hey even at 100ft above take off Thirdly CONGRATULATIONS To Mark Bulter and John Trewartha for passing their Tandem rating through John Welsch of flight cu ture in Devon on Monday 19 July Well done guys Dam now you will be charging us to go tandem bye bye freebies Poor flying Conditions so far this month There has been very little flying done in the first half of July as the weather has been poor The end of July is forecast to be light predominantly Northwest amp Westerlies so get out there and fly your socks off people I have not received any stories photos or articles for this month s bulletin mainly due to the lack of flying due to the weather Let s hope next month more of you will send in something for me to print Andrew page Hayle Black Cliffs O S SW 555 389 Wind Directions NW 10mph plus Pilot Level cp Mainly Paragliding although desperate hanglider pilots may wish to try Site Description 80ft 100ft Black Cliffs This cliff is the one in front of haven holidays park Take Off Take off is next to the look out bomb thingy to the right of the cliff as you are looking out to sea Take off is
6. and Abertyswyg several people went over the back but there were no great distances flown With Chairman Pete winning the day on Sunday Patrick thought it probable that Kernow had won but we were definitely through to the final We were reminded of the need for a good team for the final at the end of August Jane Green said it was definitely OK for Roger to go straight from Spain to the competition Club Flying there had been quite a lot of flying this month The Green Machine having both flown cross country from Highcliff that day hence their late arrival for the meeting Incidents Barry Green owned up to splitting his lip with a poor landing at Long Mynd He also reported seeing a class 5 glider pile in after stalling to avoid power cables on landing XC Flying All mentioned previously KHPA Bulletin July 2004 Page 6 Social events It was agreed there should be a barbecue at Gwithian on Friday 6 August at 6 30 which will be postponed to Saturday if wet if in doubt ring Chairman Pete we should park in the Godrevy Caf car park then go over the bridge and alongside the river to the beach Any Other Business Gay thanked Chairman Pete for a great weekend flying I think she meant Paul said he had received back a cheque from Debyshire Soaring Club because they had been unsuccessful in their bid to buy Shining Tor Alan said he was sorry to note that there was no FOFF this year the only alternative being the Mere bash he als
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8. it may be available for towing after the harvest Mark B reported back about the meeting with the modellers He Paddy and Jon T had attended the meeting Apparently there is a code of conduct for flying with model aircraft produced by the BHPA It was suggested that this should be published in the sites guide to let all pilots flying know Hang glider and paraglider pilots were reminded that we should be aware of the problems faced by modellers such as difficulties with judging separation of aircraft when high and the fact that they do not always see approaching gliders as they tend to be focused on their own aircraft Hopefully both sets of pilots will be aware of each other s requirements and limitations and should take them into account when sharing the air Training Graham reported several good days Saturday the 10 was particularly good with three students all getting good soaring flights and top landings Mark also reported a few good days with several new students Competitions Graham Phipps told us about Millau He said he suffered dreadfully from wind too much of it to fly at Millau So for two days they had to drive for two hours each way to find a less windy site Graham did not do very well in the competition He said that Millau was a nice flying site but not a good location for competitions Patrick reported on the semi final of the BCC in South Wales over the 10 and 11 of July They flew both days at Merthyr
9. o warned about the banner towing plane flying at cliff top height again Graham P warned about kite buggies on Perranporth sands They could be a problem for hang gliders flying top to bottoms Mike drew everyone s attention to the fact that Barry Green was 67 and wished him a happy birthday Phil W warned that it was Culdrose airday the following Wednesday so anyone flying should look out for extra traffic He also said that unfortunately there would be no hang glider simulator because it was broken There being no further business the meeting closed at 9 30 KHPA Bulletin July 2904 Page 7
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