![]() HANG GLIDING & PARAGLIDING | AIRMAIL L E T T E R S T O T H E E D I T O RGREAT NOSTALGIA Our magazine is get-ting more interesting from issue to issue. Name, pilot name, wing type, month & year of photo. Phone, email address AND a photo caption, location, site (1 per photographer) photographers name, mailing address, Submission MUST INCLUDE: Signed contributor agreement Have been taken no earlier than January of 2010. Unaltered at the highest resolution you have. PHOTO SUBMISSION GUIDELINESSubmit horizontal photos in digital format with a MINIMUM HANG GLIDING & PARAGLIDING | FLYMASTERFlymaster USA is proud toīRIEFINGS N E W | I M P R O V E D | B U Z Z W O R T H Y Heres to spring and the amazing summer to come! Since we cant get to every event, we hope to live vicariously through your photos and tales. We urge you to attend at least one USHPA-related event this year and maybe even take pictures, write up your experience, and send it in! Pilots in other parts of the country are inspired by articles they read in our magazine. Chris Hilliard reports on the Gin Evo XC, while John Heiney is back with another Freedom reviewthis time for tandem pilots! Two wing reviews are included for those interested in new gear this season. Jeff Shapiro, just back from a first ascent of a treacherous peak in China, discusses life, flying, and the pursuit of altruistic goals with Christina Ammon. This issue includes an interview with a luminary of the free-flight and outdoor industry. What better club to start with than the Tennessee Tree Toppers! If you are part of a chapter or club that should be featured, drop us a line. Sturtevant is back with the first installment of a new section in the magazine showcasing chapters and clubs. If you have a plate that you think belongs on this cover, we will run a follow-up to this montage in a coming issue.Ĭ.J. As you can see from the cover, Paul Voight has been collecting shots of vanity flying plates for some time. The April magazine is packed with good information. Send in your pictures with captions and enter a competition to win big prizes for your fly-in! This year, were going to devote a section of the magazine to displaying your photos from USHPA-related events throughout the country. Many of the fly-ins are great places to bring non-flying friends as well, for a day of experiencing our culture and, perhaps, taking a tandem flight and socializing at a delicious barbecue. ![]() Attending these events is not only incredibly fun, but also helps our communities grow. A calendar of events appears in the back of each issue of our magazine as well as on the USHPA website, under the Calendar and Events tab on the left toolbar. Pilots across the country will be planning their summer and keeping an eye on events that match their schedules. More people have been choosing PG over HG in the last 20 years.B y the time you receive this magazine, spring will have arrived. ![]() Paragliders can be packed up and thrown in the back of a small car. Don’t believe me? Put in a helmet and lay on a bed, with your head and shoulders extended out past he edge. We are designed to balance our heavy head on our necks in a relatively vertical orientation, and prone is painful in a short time period. With a paraglide, you fly along in a seated position, without holding up a helmet on weak neck muscles. On the other hand, a paraglider can fly in lighter conditions, eeking out lift when a hang glider would give you a quick sled run. Lying prone, arms outstretched, soaring like a bird. Flying a hang glider is a lot like being Superman or being a bird. The advantage of hang gliding is that you can fly in stronger conditions, and in general hang gliding has higher performance. The two are complimentary, rather than exclusionary. I have flown both, but have much more time in HG.
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