Thank you Brian. You are doing a great job. When the next election rolls around, you got my vote…

Thank you, thank you, thank you Owen for all the work you do!

Welcome to paradise Gregory! Yes, Rebar Dan would be a good starting point. The requirements for flying our flying site can be found under…”Site Guidelines” I look forward to seeing you in the skies. Crestline is a great place to fly. You will rack up LARGE amounts of airtime in a very short time period because we have so many soar-able days here, (somewhere around 300 days a year.”)

Andy H-4 #967

Just what were they filming? I asked but the reply was vague and uninformative…I would like to see the finished video product. Was it an advertisement, documentary, adult video? Just curious, no big wow.

Merry Christmas to all, and may everyone have a happy new year!

Photo is from Jonathan Dietch

Well, I did my patriotic duty and voted in the USHPA election. One glaring thing stood out as I looked at the choices of representatives. Out of all the possible choices, there was not one hang glider pilot on that list! Not one, sad. I am too damn old and do not have the skills needed to fill the position. BUT…in all of the flying community, there is not an HG pilot who could at least throw their hat into the ring? WE started this thing way back in the day, Yet our kind have no representation in the club that we pioneered (USHGA/USHGPA). Evolution is a cruel and uncaring bitch. There is now only one Hang glider manufacture left in all the United States, and they are only half-hearted at best…ever hear of anyone winning a major comp flying a Liberty or a Horizon? If hang gliders were animals, we would be on the Endangered Species List! LOL                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           I have been flying seance the days of bamboo and plastic, before The USHGA even existed. I even got paid to fly my hang glider as a stuntman. (Young Andy “WAIT!…you want me, to fly my kite, and get paid for doing it??? YES, THERE IS A GOD!”) I have watched flying change from a 1960s happening into a real sport. Some changes were for the good and some were even necessary if the sport was to survive without the heavy hand of government becoming involved. But not all. Since the dissolution of the Hang Glider Manufacturers Association (HGMA) in 2022, there is no longer even a centralized body certifying hang glider designs in the U.S. Instead, safety certification now relies on the manufactures themselves. Allowing companies to self-regulate does not always work out too well, just look at Boeing aircraft.

But enough of this pity party Andy, you want some cheese with your whine? Your just unhappy that you can no longer fly like these young whipper snappers that crack off 100 mile XCs like it was just another day. But this old bird-man is going to keep flying for as long as he can, but my time on this planet grows short.

Enjoy the future kids.                                                                                                                                          Andy…

Thank you Luke for staying on top of this. Previous BODs have worked with Previous owners of the property to the East of the LZ. You are right. THEY have lots of lawyers and deep pockets to fund those lawyers. The best the club can do is be respectful to them and maybe get them to make the area adjacent to our LZ one of the green spaces they are required by law to build into the plan for the development to come. Hopefully they will recognize the potential that having a world class flying site next to their property could be. Maybe offer their representative a tandem ride so they could see for themselves what an asset CSS could be. This was done in the past and had very positive results. but, alas, that company sold the land to another company and…You already know the story far better than I do. So, just keep up the good work that you and the present BOD are doing and hope for the best.

Thank you, thank you thank you!!! So good to have all three weather stations up and running!