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Kernow Hang Gliding & Paragliding Association BULLETIN Editor’s Blurb N ow it really looks like the summer has taken control and we can now look forward to a bo- nanza of flying opportunities over the next few glorious months. Whatever goals or wishes you had in mind (getting a new glider, doing your first thermal flying, getting a personal best) - now’s the time to make them happen. The month of May lived up to its ‘May showers’ reputation: it was diabolical, with only around 1 in 4 flyable days if you weren’t working. Now it’s behind us and the first few days of June have already seen stacks of action. The editor’s news is that he’s taken a university job in Ankara, Turkey, and will be moving out there with Annie on the 14th August. So the club will have to find a replacement for the August issue of the Bulletin! The ideal person would be someone who has editing experience, can use a PC, and is current with their flying. Anyone one out there who fits this job description and who wants to give back something to this exceptional club? Please help! (And you can always just com- mit to a year or even half a year if there is a con- cern that it will go on forever!) Mark AS What’s Been Happening? Last month’s flying - some highlights Sennen flying, 1st, 9th, 30th May. There has been an increasingly large turnout at Sennen over the past few weeks. For those new to MAY 2006 KHPA Bulletin May 2006 page 1 the site, together with Gwenvor it takes anything from a Northerly to a West South Westerly and you can fly over the town and out over the cliffs where the rock climbers can be seen climbing routes directly below you. It’s a popular tourist destination and you are likely to meet a visiting pilot - or someone who used to fly back in the 70s or 80s - who comes up to say hello. Below you can see Martin J. attempting to launch from his customized ramp on the WNW hill between Gwenvor and Sennen! On this same day, Mark AS flew down from where he took this shot, landed on the ramp, exchanged a few words, and then hopped off into the ridge lift again! Carn Brea XC, 30th May. John T and Mark B were at Carn Brea on this windy but booming day, and both went over the back in good thermals. John did two XCs on that day: the first to the edge of Culdrose airspace where he was forced to land since cloud base was just above 2000ft and he couldn’t get the clearance he needed, considering the helicopter activity below him. On the second attempt he made sure he tracked further East, via Gweek, and made it to the Lizard for 26 km. He took some inspirational Martin ground handling on 9th May from his ramp!

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KernowHang Gliding& ParaglidingAssociation

BULLETIN

Editor’s Blurb

Now it really looks like the summer has taken control and we can now look forward to a bo-

nanza of flying opportunities over the next few glorious months. Whatever goals or wishes you had in mind (getting a new glider, doing your first thermal flying, getting a personal best) - now’s the time to make them happen. The month of May lived up to its ‘May showers’ reputation: it was diabolical, with only around 1 in 4 flyable days if you weren’t working. Now it’s behind us and the first few days of June have already seen stacks of action.

The editor’s news is that he’s taken a university job in Ankara, Turkey, and will be moving out there with Annie on the 14th August. So the club will have to find a replacement for the August issue of the Bulletin! The ideal person would be someone who has editing experience, can use a PC, and is current with their flying. Anyone one out there who fits this job description and who wants to give back something to this exceptional club? Please help! (And you can always just com-mit to a year or even half a year if there is a con-cern that it will go on forever!)

Mark AS

What’s Been Happening?Last month’s flying - some highlights

Sennen flying, 1st, 9th, 30th May.

There has been an increasingly large turnout at Sennen over the past few weeks. For those new to

MAY 2006

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the site, together with Gwenvor it takes anything from a Northerly to a West South Westerly and you can fly over the town and out over the cliffs where the rock climbers can be seen climbing routes directly below you. It’s a popular tourist destination and you are likely to meet a visiting pilot - or someone who used to fly back in the 70s or 80s - who comes up to say hello. Below you can see Martin J. attempting to launch from his customized ramp on the WNW hill between Gwenvor and Sennen! On this same day, Mark AS flew down from where he took this shot, landed on the ramp, exchanged a few words, and then hopped off into the ridge lift again!

Carn Brea XC, 30th May.

John T and Mark B were at Carn Brea on this windy but booming day, and both went over the back in good thermals. John did two XCs on that day: the first to the edge of Culdrose airspace where he was forced to land since cloud base was just above 2000ft and he couldn’t get the clearance he needed, considering the helicopter activity below him. On the second attempt he made sure he tracked further East, via Gweek, and made it to the Lizard for 26 km. He took some inspirational

Martin ground handling on 9th May from his ramp!

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shots of the flight as you can see. All of you XC hounds, take your cameras with you and let us share some of your breathtaking experiences!

Chapelporth, 13th May.

A perfect day at Chapel, with ridge lift giving a consistent 350ft ATO, and easy cruising between St Agnes and Porthtowan. It was a Spring tide

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thought, and by late afternoon there were no bottom landing options and the wind had dropped a little. Mark B had a close call jumping the gap between Chapel and Porthtowan. Everyone new to this site, beware of that gap - it can be very sinky and if there is no beach don’t attempt it! Others have landed in the sea here before!

The Hang Gliding British Open Series, 2

Graham Phipps, Steve Hawken and Geoff Brook all went up to Yorkshire for the second round of the British Open Series on the 27th-29th May but it was canned - too blown out. So Graham comes back in first position still! Only one round to go.

School Action

A good first two weeks of May and first week of June for Phippsy’s Cornwall Hang Gliding and Paragliding Services school, with lots of towing EP and CP action. To see all that’s been accomplished here, check out the ‘What’s On’ link at www.flychaps.f9.co.uk.

Mark Butler from Cornwall Paragliding helped Mark AS get up to scratch for his Pilot rating which he passed with flying colours this month, and he’s also gotten Brett through his CP.

British Club Challenge (paragliding), SE Wales, June 3rd-4th

A cracking weekend in Wales for Mark Butler, Dave Stevens, John Trewartha, Mark Ashton Smith, Michel Kerhoas and Glen Fowler. The Saturday was a very light NW’ly so we flew from the Blorenge. Everyone got away, with cloud base at over 5,000 ASL, but there was a lack of clear XC strategy. Those who were going for distance flew East - straight into sea breeze, but we should all have tracked cross wind over the Black Mountains to the North where the clouds kept working. Then we could have attempted triangles or out and returns (see report below)- if we’d known that they were allowed. We live and learn. Glen had an awesome first XC flight ever. At one point he was seen big-earing out of a dark cloud that was sucking him in - and he didn’t have a reserve! Michel who is new to thermal flying also flew well. It took all his concentration to get out of all the lift to land!

On the Sunday - another high pressure day - Dave S, Mark B, and Mark AS all flew open distance from Merthyr to the outskirts of Abergavenny (flying over a decked out Ken en route!), while John T. flew to Pontypool. These flights were all around the 24-25 km mark and they should have added up to a decent result for Kernow for that day. We’ve got a bit of catching up to do though. We need to hold a round here in Cornwall!

The turnout at the comp was better than the

Stepping stones to the Lizard

Cloud shadows en route

Back on land at the Lizard

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previous Easter weekend round, which was good to see. For those of you who came last time but not this time round, try to make the next round and you’ll find a lot of comradery and friendly advice from other clubs that you perhaps didn’t get a taste of before. And chances are the conditions will be much lighter, without the strong Spring thermals!

Andy Hancock in Annecy

Andy got a surprise flying holiday from his girlfriend Sarah last month - in Annecy! The weather was perfect, and both of them got to fly - although Sarah was a little unnerved by the guide’s vivid description of various paragliding accidents on the drive up to take off. She got into the flight and managed to get some first class photos on the flight down though.

There are over 80 flying sites in the Annecy area and many consider it the best place for paragliding holidays in the mountains. If you want a break from flying, you can rent bikes, roller blades, go rock-climbing, or chill out at cafes in the amazing old town of Annecy.

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Glen’s mate, Glen, Mark AS, Dave, Mark B. and Michel on the Blorenge. Photo: John T.

Kernow boys relaxing at the campsite

Andy over lake Annecy

Andy and his Airwave Sport 2. Sarah tandem above.

Sarah, Andy and their paragliding guide.

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British XC League Flight Types: Bump up your scores!On Saturday’s BCC round at the Blorenge, Ken Wilkinson, currently ranked 5th in the UK XC League for paragliders, outscored us by a long way by doing what’s called an ‘FAI triangle’. None of us in the team knew how this kind of flight could be scored so highly, so let’s review it here.

First, get into www.pgcomps.org.uk and click on the XC League -> XCL Table dropdown tab. Then click on Ken’s first listed flight (67.2 km). This is what it says: FAI Triangle on a paraglider. Club: Avon Glider: Nova Mamboo Date: 3rd June 2006 Time: 13:00 Duration: 2hrs Takeoff: Blorenge Tp1: SO 31822 13535 Tp2: SO 30372 20815 Tp3: SO 24608 16450 Landing: Blorenge Leg 1: 7.42k Leg 2: 7.23k Leg 3: 7.78k Distance: 22.4k Multiplier: x 3 Score: 67.2

The critical thing here is that Ken effectively flew a loop and fit the best triangle to this loop with legs of under 8 km on each leg. They are added up and then multiplied by 3! So little runs of a few k instantly amount to close to 67 km! And Ken didn’t have to declare the flight as a triangle before he set off. If he had, he’d have got the total distance x 3.75! The same logic applies to out and returns, but here you get your total distance x 2. Another point - pointed out by Pete. It doesn’t matter where you start your triangle or out and return if it’s undeclared, so if you define it as at the bottom of the hill, then if you can’t make it back to the top you can still get your points if you scrape back to the bottom! Not the most honourable way of getting points - but hey, there’s a lot to be said for getting into the top 10 of the UK XC league!

Let’s review the flight types for the league:

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. The minimum flight distance is 10km.

Turnpoint Flights (Score: distance). Turnpoint Flights are open distance flights with up to 3 turnpoints. This means that you can use flight optimization software to compute your best distance. Our 3 turnpoint rule, which includes separate start and finish points, is in line with the DHV’s popular Online Contest (OLC). The minimum flight distance is 15km.

Flights to Goal (Score: distance x 1.25) Flights to goal will also be scored in a straight line. The start point and goal must be declared by the pilot prior to launching. Completed goal flights

score the straight-line distance multiplied by 1.25 when the majority of the flight is out of ridge lift. The minimum flight distance is 10km.

Out and Return (Score: distance x 2, or distance x 2.5 when declared). 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. Completed Out and Return flights score the distance multiplied by 2 when the majority of the flight is out of ridge lift, or the distance multiplied by 2.5 when the flight has been declared beforehand. The minimum flight distance is 15 km.

FAI Triangle (Score: distance x 3, or distance x 3.75 when declared). 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. Completed FAI Triangle flights score the distance multiplied by 3 when the majority of the flight is out of ridge lift, or the distance multiplied by 3.75 when the flight has been declared beforehand. The minimum flight distance is 15km.

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. However for declared triangles and local records the FAI rules still apply, and your start and finish must be at one of the three turnpoints.

Flat Triangle (Score: distance x 2, or distance x 2.5 when declared). 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, or the distance multiplied by 2.5 when the flight has been declared beforehand. The minimum flight distance is 15km.

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. However for declared triangles and local records the FAI rules still apply, and your start and

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finish must be at one of the three turnpoints. In practical terms what might this mean for us? How might we use this information? Well take our BCC flight on Sunday 4th June. Dave, Mark B. and Mark AS all flew from Merthyr to Blackrock to Abergavenny. The open distance score is around 25 km. If we’d called it a ‘Turnpoint Flight’, we could call Blackrock a turn point and bump this up to over 30km, getting that extra part of the curve!

For another example, if on the Saturday on the Blorenge we had taken a fix on the take-off and defined that as turn-point 1, and then defined two other turn points, say 4km from take off, each a leg of a triangle, all we’d have to have done was to fly between them, and get a total score of 4 + 4 + 4 = 12 x 3.75 = 45 km! If we’d done this unintentionally (undeclared) we could get 12 * 3 = 36 km! You could probably do this with one thermal, provided it got you up to base directly above the hill which was more or less what happened on Saturday!

We like to be efficient as pilots, so why not do a declared FAI Triangle with 4 km legs rather than flying 45 km from the Blorenge to Bristol across the Severn - about the same distance! Sorted.

Think of what might be possible in Cornwall from Carn Brea or Rosewall - or from a tow site, even better - in a very light breeze! Let’s start seeing some site records! Remember you need your GPS to confirm it if you want it entered in the UK XC league - oh, and you need your Pilot rating.

Are these the same rules for hang gliders? I would assume so - but I don’t know for definite. Pete or Phippsy will know.

Mark AS

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Points of InterestThermalling technique

This is a quote from Christopher Sturdy’s letter to Cross Country magazine this month:

Some years ago, after I started flying paragliders, but having been interested in thermalling since my numerous sailplane flights under training in (yes) 1966, I set out with pencil and paper to work out the logic of centring a thermal. I came up with the following: fly straight if the rate of climb is increasing, turn if the rate of climb is dropping or very importantly, just staying the same. You must react the moment you perceive your climb rate

has dropped or levelled out. Minimum vario lag is advisable; why have lag anyway since your senses tell you before any vario what is happening.

It works for any shape of thermal - round, oval, amoeba-shaped, and you can amaze your friends by centring a thermal blindfold chalked on a carpark if one of them is a good enough vario beeper.

The rule couldn’t be simpler. For you XC hounds out there, what are your thoughts?

Beach Restitution Lift?

On the first few days of June, Sennen has been behaving strangely for an hour or two in the evenings. From there being almost no wind - certainly not enough to soar in - a window opens and there is widespread lift taking you up to 150 ft or more. Some of us were wondering whether this might be the sand giving up the heat it has absorbed during the day as the temperature drops in the evening. Seems like a sensible theory.

Property for Sale

This ad was spotted in the Cornishman last month. That’s the Editor on his orange Gangster doing his bit for property prices at Carbis!

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Letter from a visiting pilot

Alan Phipps was sent the following friendly letter on May 30th.

Subject: Bank Holiday Flying

I just want to pass on a quick word of thanks to yourself and your members that were at Perran Sands on Sunday. I was down for a bank holiday camping trip to Newquay and for the off chance brought along my paragliding gear to see if I could get a flight in. I think after speaking to yourself on the Sunday I nipped down to Perran Sands and was greeted by a very friendly bunch of guys already flying, who stopped and gave me a few hints on the site. This is the 4th time I’ve flown outside of Cumbria within the UK and the pleasant reception I received was a credit to the club and its members, as some areas of the country can get very protective over their local flying sites when visiting flyers are around. I also found your website very useful for identifying the appropriate sites and providing the flying info required. Please pass on my comments to the flying committee and anyone else that may be appropriate. I’d also like to take the opportunity to highlight to you a flying party being thrown by my local club, the Cumbria Soaring Club (www.cumbriasoaringclub.co.uk). I’ve attached a poster of the all night party that we will be holding on the 17th June. I realise that its a very long drive for you guys down in Cornwall but if any of your members are in the area, or want to make the trip up, I can assure them a warm welcome. Thanks again,

Joshua RiceCumbria

May NoticesSteve Penaluna Trophy

In May’s club meeting three individuals were proposed for the Steve Penaluna Trophy: Al James, Dave Stevens and Graham Phipps. Who wins it will be decided at the next club meeting by a select committee. Alan Phipps explains the rationale behind this prestigious trophy:

“Here is an extract from KHPA minutes for June 2002. I think it is intended that the panel should comprise members who knew Steve Penaluna and

best able tom award the trophy to some one who best emulates Steve’s attitude to flying. Hope this helps.” [Alan Phipps]

The Penaluna Trophy. Pete “unveiled” a massive bronze trophy generously made by Paul Howse depicting a flame leaping from the Charbre mountain overlooking Larangue. It was agreed that the trophy should be awarded annually each May, to a member chosen by a panel for “Exceeding normal standards and enthusiasm” . Thanks were expressed to Paul for making this trophy.

Calendar

Cumbria Soaring Club ‘BASH’, Saturday 17th June - early Sunday.We are now tying up the last few loose ends for the next CSC ‘Bash’.

In the tradition of all good festivals the music line up is not confirmed yet but in addition to the band we will also have some excellent musicians playing. If it comes off prepare to be amazed by a solo guitarist chap from Penrith...We have also got an awesome electric guitarist coming to join in and jam along.

So the idea is to keep the bands playing to around 11/12 then the D.J.s will take over. We’ve got the grooviest ones we can find; no heavy drum and bass but funky leg wobbling tunes with awesome mixing all the way through the night!!!!!!!

The ‘Sick and Wrong’ Dance Tent is bigger then last year so there will be plenty of room to swing your limbs.

The ‘Northern Lights’ Chill Out Tent will provide a venue for the musicians to jam away through the night with all their amps and kit. So, if your dancing legs get tired, one will be able to take time out listen to yet more groovy tunes.

After exerting yourself and the thirst has kicked in then refresh yourself in the ‘Gin Tent’ where the quality real ales will be running through out the night (by the way we will have twice as much beer as last year to consume our way through). At a minimum donation of £1.50 a pint you won’t find better value and it all goes to helping pay for the ‘Bash’; so please help us drink it all again.

If you need something to soak up all that beer then hot food will definitely be available this year courtesy of a monstrous hot food van.

This year’s Cumbria Soaring Club ‘Bash’ promises to be a kaleidoscope of magic music and eccentric experiences that only the organisers can provide.

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So pass the word guys and lets make the highest (altitude wise) party in the U.K. as epic as possible!!!

Venue: Bewaldeth, North Lakes area, Cumbria -

BLAZE Firewalk challenge! 27th JulySecretary Chris and Chairman Dave will be braving a firewalk at Stithians soon. They are still looking for sponsors.

British Open Series, 22-26 July

Hang Gliding British Open Series 3rd meet - Long Mynd/Mid Wales. Will Phippsy successfully defend his title? Keep tuned in.

HOMEGROWN festival, 8-10 SeptBob Drury and Cross Country magazine are holding a flying festival they describe as follows:

“Somewhere among lush flying sites with big distance potential. We wanted to try out all the new gliders in a festival during the day, and catch up with our friends, drink and throw silly shapes to local bands until the early hours. Good food, talks and seminars by some of the country’s best pilots, acro displays by the world’s most talented pilots and a trade tent with the latest gear and bargains would top it all off. ...Come and join us for the first

UK Homegrown Festival - bring the family!

Test fly the latest gliders, harnesses and technology.

Second hand glider market: drop your glider off, or come and snap up a bargain.

Tasty food, real ale bar, live music from local bands, and children’s entertainers.

Fantastic camping facilities right on site - even hot showers!

XC seminars led by experienced guides Jocky Sanderson and Bob Drury. Plus a host of other fascinating speakers.

100 km distance potential in most wind directions from spectacular local sites.

Photography masterclass with Jerome Maupoint.

Acro displays by the world’s best pilots.

XC competition with prizes for hang gliding and paragliding classes.

Tickets: £20 per head, including two nights’ camping. Kids free. Tickets strictly limited! Buy now at www.xcshop.com. Latest info at www.xcmag.com.

Hang Gliding Bleriot Cup Aug 2006The dates are now firmed up as 14th to 19th August with 12th & 13th as practice days. Venue: Mid Wales/Long Mynd rumoured to be under consideration.

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MINUTES OF THE APRIL MEETING OF THEKERNOW HANG GLIDING & PARAGLIDING ASSOCIATION

AT THE CLINTON SOCIAL CLUB ON 8th MAY. 2006

At 20.10 Chairman Dave welcomed 24 members to this meeting.In the absence of Secretary Chris, Mark AS acted as secretary for this meeting.

Apologies for absence were received on behalf of : Secretary Chris, Tim Jones, Aleck Birch and Mark Butler.

Minutes of the last meeting were read agreed and signed.

Matters Arising.

Steve Penaluna Trophy. Nominations were taken for this prestigious trophy, awarded for ‘doing the best you can do and driving it further’. Alan James, Dave Stevens and Graham Phipps were all proposed and seconded. Any other proposals are to be submitted before the next meeting. The trophy winner will be decided by a committee. Paul agreed to get the trophy inscribed.

Club membership pilot ratings. Nothing from Chris. This should be sorted out at the next meeting.

Aviation Safety Meeting. Alan Phipps reported that the safety aspects of the meeting came across well, and that the CAA wanted us to use transponders - although not within the next couple of years. An advantage of using transponders is that if our location is known, more airspace may become open to us. The cost of this gadget was estimated at under £200/piece. Alan advised us not to fly helicopters.

Club Coach Strategy. Graham has booked a club coach course for November, and everyone is encouraged to participate whether or not they want to become active club coaches.

Military Helicopter at St Agnes. Paul, Roger and Big Al were there on a Thursday. As it turned, its blades were beneath the cliff. Graham reminded the club to use the mid-week flying number for Perranporth airfield, found on the last page of the Bulletin.

St Agnes. The council have given this to the National Trust. John T. informed the club that they were going to remove the power lines. There was debate on the implications for us and it was agreed that it we should keep our heads down and see what happens.

Regular Reports.

Hang Gliding Training. Phippsy reported 5 days training with a number of tow conversions, EPCs, CPCs, and taster sessions. Paragliding Training. Mark reported no training.

Competitions. No paragliding comps this month.

A HG BCC round was held at the Long Mynd, where Daisy, Little Al and Patrick all put in a good performance to win it for Kernow. Kernow kicked ass and everyone was scared.

John Trewartha reported on the PG BCC round proposed for Easter weekend. Chairman Dave, Mark B. Mark AS, Annie, Manuel, Alan, Michel, Terry and John all enjoyed the weekend, even thought he competition was canned. Kernow pilots flew every day at Merthyr, Pandy, the Blorenge, Fochriw, and Rhossili Bay. The best and the worst days were at Merthyr.

The first round of the British Open was held in SE Wales on the 28th-30th April, with 59 registered pilots. Phippsy won two of the three tasks flown, putting him in overall first place and giving him an excellent start for his defence of the title he won last year. The club congratulated him. Patrick Buxton was placed 12th, and Steve Hawken and Geoff Brook joint 38th.

Club Flying. Yesterday (7th May), little Al and Big Al were thermalling from Graham’s field. There were 5 consecutive flying days towards the end of April at Aggie and Perran.

Incidents. Mike Cliff had a bad accident at Perran on the 29th April. He span in on big ears in rotor

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and was airlifted to hospital. H damaged 3 vertebras and needed an operation. It was suggested that coaching may have been useful. Graham reported an up country pilot - Nick Thomas - had an accident on his hang glider which resulted in 2 bent uprights and damaged glasses. Hakim thought he was going to die at St Agnes, after losing height. It was suggested that he should have pulled on the base bar.

Other Business.

Bulletin. The Bulletin Editor position is going to be open in August and will need to be filled.

Membership. Our treasurer reports that over 50% of last years members have still to renew their membership. Also only 20 out of 80 members have returned their KHPA membership forms.

Alan Phipps apologized for his self-inflicted wound.

Members’ Forum.

Air Ambulance donation. Mike proposed that a donation of £100 be made to the air ambulance appeal. Chairman Dave seconded the proposal and the vote was carried with no objections. Woody suggested a letter be written to thank the air ambulance for their help at Perranporth. Flying event. John had talked to a Hayle town councillor about the idea of a 4-5 day flying/kitesurfing event over the water at Hayle for next year, and got an encouraging response. Up to 2006 there is Objective One funding available to pay for public events like this. This idea was discussed by club members. Mark Woodhams suggested it could be a combined paragliding and hang gliding event. It was agreed that a committee needed to be formed who could do further research and then report back to the club.

That completed the business for the evening and the meeting closed at 21.45

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Abbott Mike 01736 798598 07866 170 632 [email protected] Anderson Annie 01736 351858 07980 810 689 [email protected] Alan 01208 79050 07816 534 325 Ashton-Smith Mark 01736 351858 07980 634 965 [email protected] Phil 01736 795915 [email protected] Kev 07900 046 574Birch Aleck 01726 890956Brennan Terry 07971 693 158 terrybrennan@mercuryflooring. wanadoo.co.ukBull James 01752 851773 07734 294 858Butler Mark 0700 5980362 07971 795 559 [email protected] Patrick 01872 274667 07887 841 813 [email protected] Ian 01840 261718 07941 623 650 [email protected] Mike 01736 710376 [email protected] Pete 01209 716522 07977 841 117 [email protected] Mike 01752 269378 07884 292 493 [email protected] Gavin 01209 219081 07971 459 894 [email protected] Mark 07801 370 725 [email protected] Crockford Peter 01326 372107 07976 721 350 [email protected] Jenny 01736 761838 07710 219 465 [email protected] Paul 07785 232 444Dodge Tom 01579 363144 07957 360 988 [email protected] Paul 01209 217304 07979 328 169Eagle Nigel 01637 880546Easthope Geoff 01872 573308 (Honorary Member)Ferguson Vicki 01326 315013 07977 793 518 [email protected] Finch Mark 01736 762991 [email protected] AlanFowler Glen 01326 374938Fox Martin 01726 852190 07989 593 172

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Surname Name Phone Mobile e-mail

Fox Martin 01726 852190 07989 593 172Full Roger 01736 796140 07768 661 498 [email protected] Paul 01326 574498 07749 890 061 [email protected] Alan 07929 132 006 [email protected] Gay 01326 574498 07812 710 883Jones Martin 01736 871246 [email protected] Tim 01209 832234 [email protected] Michel 01326 372215 07767 887 834 [email protected] Kippax Richard 07733 407 673 [email protected] Koller Graham 01452 502599 07814 133 536 [email protected] Alan 01209 831748Knight Jon 01736 753387 07768 254 274 [email protected] Manuel 01326 314719 07866 367 310Marking Ron 01209 213254 (Honorary Member)May Graham 01209 843380 [email protected] Raymond 01872 863006 07773 027 263 [email protected] Dave 01872 573835 [email protected] Phil 01209 719309 07737 674 806Ongley Clive 07901 851 855 [email protected] Stephen 07753 744 440 [email protected] Alan 01872 273839 07980 275 918 [email protected] Graham 01209 842877 07785 593 559 [email protected] Neville 01736 330412 07919 034 652 [email protected] Mark 01736 755156 07977 207 991 [email protected] Barry 01503 265934 Rainey GrahamReynolds Brian 01209 210174 07773 080 906 [email protected] MikeRose Stephen 01208 814989 07968 585 281 [email protected] Scott Martin 01872 572456 Seyler Patrick 07775 697 241 [email protected] Chris 01752 851696 07855 512 309Stevens Dave 07855 688 203 soapy@sprite-motorcycles. freeserve.co.uk Stockman Richard 01392 215411 07887 526 488 [email protected] Christiane [email protected] Summers Wanda 01736 762991 07919 613 361 [email protected] Karl 01752 851818 07899 075 033 [email protected] Roger 01736 368407 07813 098 483Trewartha Jon 01736 757771 07780 997 650 [email protected] Ron 01736 361555 07782 132 691 [email protected] Mark 01749 672654 07714 692 841 [email protected] Phil 01326 564369 07879 416 308 [email protected] Richard 01872 520647 [email protected] Chris 01209 860401 07977 250 225 [email protected] Thomas 01503 240556 07790 530378 [email protected] Jeffery 01736 793298 07748 813 58Wood Mike 01752 204987 07881 595 668 [email protected] Mark 01326 378555 [email protected] John 01637 879281 [email protected] Charlie 01872 222945 07795 273 374 [email protected] Dzintars 07773 395 598 [email protected]

*If your details have changed, or you wish you include your details to fill in the gaps! Please contact: Paul Howse 01326 574498 / 07749 890 061

I M P O R T A N T N U M B E R S :Perranporth Airfield 01872 552266 Highcliffe (Mr Crocker) 01840 230418 RNAS Culdrose 01326 574121 Lands End Aerodrome Control Tower 01736 788944Penzance Heliport 01736 364296 Military Freephone for midweek flying 0800 51 55 44 Red Arrows, Royal Flights and TRA’s 0500 35 48 02KHPA Bulletin May 2006 page 10