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6/29/2015

Canadian Hang Gliding Championship 20152015-06-28 to 2015-07-04

Mara Launch was chosen today as it looked fairly stable.
Simple task south to Vernon Mountain then Freedom Flight Park.
Pilots started launching soon after the window opened for a slow climb up to 7k before getting on route. No one made goal today.

Larry Shumlich blew his launch and broke his femur and cut his eye and a heli vac took him to kelowna. He is in stable condition and we all wish him a rapid recovery.

After the launch re opened... I was in the second gaggle an hour later and we managed to get up to over 10k however the sun shut down and we ended up short as well.

Report created: 2015-06-29T10:04:46-06:00

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27 pilots registered so far

6/27/2015

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The Friday night BBQ was well attended and thanks to Big Surf Beer from kelowna for all the suds!

Some koool BBQ landing vids posted here by Claudio Mota

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Pilots list will be up tomorrow
Many notable pilots are here including the defending champ John Theoret!

Bit of a tired start to practice day. Many chose to take the day off and rest. It was over 100 degrees!
Coopers had a slow start then Dangerous Dave Gibson led the way up.
Tyler and and Rory Duncan finished off high over Saddle and raced around a few turnpoints.