[Bill Cummings]

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Now Robin and I are off to Dry Canyon NM (USA) to fly.

[howie]

Howie@Smithsburg: http://youtu.be/kv3o33ypyDM

[howie]

howie@smithsbrug 12/30/11: http://youtu.be/YSm1Lq-QheI
Bunny hill .I am looking for more I just don't doo much
Video or logs much more than my maintenance logs for my trikes.

[howie]

here are some more of my gliders

[Bill Cummings]

Howie,
I just looked up our two local observers at the USHPA members website and I see that Robin Hastings and Mike Ellsworth no longer are listed as observers.

Here is what I believe: A lot of Regional Directors have ties with schools and dealers. They voted to cut the list of observers. They made it harder to remain an observer. The result is that outlying pilots now have to travel farther to get rated. With that travel expense comes higher food and lodging costs than at home. Waiting on the weather and observer's availability extends the time away from home to get the rating done.
Rick Masters said it best: Hang Gliding isn't dying out. It'$ being MURDERED!

[howie]

It's the reason I started
Doing What to the FAA rules
Say. We are all far103

[howie]

Per my phone call it
Dose not sound good
So let's have a the official vote

[howie]

No sweat of my back

Back to doing what i do
Have me removed from
Your members list you don't
Need my name in your list

[Bob Kuczewski]

Howie,
I just looked up our two local observers at the USHPA members website and I see that Robin Hastings and Mike Ellsworth no longer are listed as observers.

Here is what I believe: A lot of Regional Directors have ties with schools and dealers. They voted to cut the list of observers. They made it harder to remain an observer. The result is that outlying pilots now have to travel farther to get rated. With that travel expense comes higher food and lodging costs than at home. Waiting on the weather and observer's availability extends the time away from home to get the rating done.
Rick Masters said it best: Hang Gliding isn't dying out. It'$ being MURDERED!

Howie, Bill's observations and comments here are the source of your problems. We are trying to fix this and make it better. We cannot fix it immediately, but the more members we have, the faster we can come up with a viable solution.

If you support what we are doing, and if you appreciate that we're doing our best with the resources and constraints that we have, then we would welcome your continued membership. But if you demand that we issue you an H3 now or you'll leave, then you're welcome to do that as well. The US Hawks is for people with the patience and commitment to improve the sport of hang gliding for all of us. We welcome those who share that goal, but we understand that not everyone has that patience and commitment.

Sincerely,
Bob Kuczewski

[Bill Cummings]

No sweat of my back

Back to doing what i do
Have me removed from
Your members list you don't
Need my name in your list

Howie, I couldn't go flying today due to being up most of the night not being able to stay/fall asleep.
I think I'm a party pooper since Mike and Robin canceled plans to fly too.
I finally woke up after 10:00 am and started out the day with ice packs on my neck and back and had breakfast just past noon.
I filled out my log book for Saturday and was about to call you but I see you look seriously ready to pull the pin and release the US Hawks to fly off on their own.
Your frustration with the rating issue is also one I have been through in the past. It's one of the many reasons I've fallen out with THE U$hPa.
It took the USHGA many years to put together a working safe rating system. I am hoping a parallel and fresh start with the US Hawks will move along at a faster clip since it only will be focusing on hang gliding.
It may not be that I will be able to leap from the saddle of the running USHPA (Pony Express) horse onto the back of the fresh horse of the US Hawks. My membership in USHPA is about to run out. I'm still wondering if I'll pull the pin on them to fly off in their own direction carrying a load beyond their wing capacity.
( I hope my analogy of pony's and hawks still has you on the same page with me because I'm loosing my train of thought.)
Anyway, your dissatisfaction with the status quo is exactly why the US Hawks took flight. You are a perfect example; a case in point; of the dissatisfaction many hang gliding pilots are sharing.
I hope you change your mind because your ideas could well be the faster solution that the US Hawks are working towards.
We appreciate any suggestions you or anyone can offer.