US Hawks Hang Gliding Association

I located a new potential hang gliding site today in southern Oregon. Takeoffs both south and north, 1900' vertical, a 5-mile ridge, with an abundance of large landing fields below. This should provide excellent wintertime ridge soaring for me. Since I will be officially opening and regulating this site (as I have done with several other world-class southern Oregon sites) I will be requiring that all pilots be US Hawks members ONLY. What does this mean? It means that USHPA members will not be allowed to fly here. Is this vindictive because non-USHPA members are excluded from other southern Oregon sites? I see it more as equal opportunity for pilots whose conscience won't allow them to join that corrupt organization.

Rodger wrote:I located a new potential hang gliding site today in southern Oregon. Takeoffs both south and north, 1900' vertical, a 5-mile ridge, with an abundance of large landing fields below. This should provide excellent wintertime ridge soaring for me. Since I will be officially opening and regulating this site (as I have done with several other world-class southern Oregon sites) I will be requiring that all pilots be US Hawks members ONLY. What does this mean? It means that USHPA members will not be allowed to fly here. Is this vindictive because non-USHPA members are excluded from other southern Oregon sites? I see it more as equal opportunity for pilots whose conscience won't allow them to join that corrupt organization.

But Rodger that is so unfair! -----But wait a minute----- That’s exactly what USHPA is doing----- and it always seemed fair------ but now I’m not so sure.
Why is it so hard to wrap my mind around this concept?
IS THERE A THERAPIST IN THE HOUSE?

You GO Rodger

Is that anywhere near Glide, Oregon?

I was in that area a couple of weeks ago. The weather was great, sunshine and mild temps.

Saw two gliders on top of a Cooper wagon, near Grant's Pass. That's as close as I got to flying during the trip.

We, wife and me, did a lot of walking the beach, poking at dead things with a stick. But hay, the weather was great!

Congrats on the first.... US Hawks Assn. Flying Site

Hello Rodger!!!!!

Thanks for all your efforts in opening up flying sites!!!     

If there's anything that the US Hawks can do to support you, please let me know. We could, for example, send out an email message announcing your new site if you like.

With regard to it being a US Hawks ONLY site, that's very generous of you. Thanks very very much. And since US Hawks membership is free, that doesn't put too much of a burden on anyone who wants to fly there!!     

I would suggest forming your own US Hawks Chapter ... it's also free. As you can see, we provide a forum for every Chapter, and it would be a great way to kick off your new club and site!! Just let me know, and thanks for opening up a new site. If it weren't getting so cold up there, I'd be on my way up there to celebrate with a flight!!



Best wishes, and again, please feel free to post, email, or just call me if there's anything we can do to help you secure or promote your site!!

Bob did you fail to notice:
QUOTE, RODGER----
"I will be requiring that all pilots be US Hawks members ONLY. What does this mean? It means that USHPA members will not be allowed to fly here."

To fly here we have to drop USHPA membership.
Which I would be totally fine with if the Hawks had a lot more exclusive sites.

Bill,

Check out all of the possible FL across the valley. ~10.
Like I have said many times in the past, the lumber industry creates FL all over that Reg1.

Yet they receive a large portion of Foundation grants and special attention from ushPa.

Hawks only Go Rodger

I really like this from candidate Patrick Terry, Reg9:

USHPA should be in the fore front of securing flying facilities across North America

billcummings wrote:Bob did you fail to notice:
QUOTE, RODGER----
"I will be requiring that all pilots be US Hawks members ONLY. What does this mean? It means that USHPA members will not be allowed to fly here."

I don't think Rodger is that mean or vindictive. After all, he's neither a USHPA Officer nor the owner/operator of hanggliding.org.

billcummings wrote:To fly here we have to drop USHPA membership.
Which I would be totally fine with if the Hawks had a lot more exclusive sites.

We're working on it Bill!!!! Maybe we can work with our newest Mo Hawk to start opening a site near Saint Louis!!     

SamKellner wrote:Check out all of the possible FL across the valley. ~10.
Like I have said many times in the past, the lumber industry creates FL all over that Reg1.

Great observation Sam. If we could just get them to clear the stumps a little better it might make for better LZs as well!!

SamKellner wrote:I really like this from candidate Patrick Terry, Reg9:

USHPA should be in the fore front of securing flying facilities across North America

Yes. They could start at Torrey Pines.   

Rodger,

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And SG hasn't deleted 'US Hawks' yet. This could get interesting.