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Events: June 8-14 2025 Lumby Air Races and Lumby Days Family Festival  www.LumbyDays.ca.  See you at cloudbase !
 
The Lumby Air Races is a fun, simple, and educational cross country triangle flying event for Hang Gliders and Paragliders and is our main annual L.A.F. Fundraiser that helps support our non profit society which supports our local flying sites and designated landing areas . 

​10k, 25, 50k and 100k FAI official triangles will be mapped out and available to challenge as pictured below.
​We like to keep it simple as possible and keep the drama meter on low and the FUN Meter running as high as
possible : ) . Fly as many triangles as possible...Best 1-3 flights count for winners.
Pilots choice of task and launch.. Coopers Launch or Saddle Launch ONLY to qualify for the LAR prizes as this event is sponsored in part by Lumby Days and NORD and the people can see both Mountains from the Lumby Days Event Location.

Current GPS and cable required for self scoring with all scoring flights uploaded to either XContest or Leonardo. Computer and Internet connection available on deck in pilots lounge.
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 2024 Lumby Air Races Winners were:

Paragliding Sport 1st Place & Personal Best Ike Burkhart, Lumby
Paragliding Sport 2nd t Place Michel Laurin, Courtenay
Paragliding Open 1st Place Bill Goglin, Williams Lake
Paragliding Open 2nd Place Kevin Ault, Cultus Lake
Paragliding Open 3rd Place Norm Lawlor, Harrison Hot Springs

Hang Gliding Sport 1st Place Randy Rauck, Lumby (2 triangles)
Hang Gliding Sport 2nd Place Bill Soderquist, California
Hang Gliding Sport 3rd Place Rick Hines, Spallumcheen (points)
Hang Gliding Topless 1st Place Jesse Scrimbit, Sicamous (points)

Pilots also came from Ottawa, Cochrane, Canmore, Vancouver, Victoria, Quadra Island, Armstrong, Revelstoke, Enderby, Fernie, Coquitlam, Kelowna, Salmon Arm, and Coldstream.

2023 Lumby Air Races Results 
  
Jenson Pound from Roland Manitoba 1st place Paragliding
Terry Butcher Lumby BC 2nd place Paragliding. 
Patrick Hughes Kelowna BC 3rd place Paragliding
  
Balaji Iyengar Merritt 1st Place Hang Gliding, 
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Terri Dyke ( incoming award ) 
 
   

Past Results

 Results 2018 Lumby Air Races

1st Place Hang Gliding Open - John Lang - Kelowna BC
2nd Place Hang Gliding Open - Pedro Rederson - North Vancouver BC
3rd Place Hang Gliding Open - David Bacon - Summerland BC

1st Place Paragliding Open- Don Herres - Lumby BC
2nd Place Paragliding Open - Michel Laurin Courtney BC
3rd Place Paragliding  Open-  Eric Gesinger Victoria BC

1st Place Hang Gliding Sport Class - Steve Parson Chemainus BC
2nd Place Hang Gliding Sport Class- Randy Rauck Lumby BC
3rd Place Hang Gliding Bryan Saulnier Sport Class  - Port Coquitlam BC


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Results 2017 Lumby Air Races

1st Place Hang Glider Open - Evan Smith Fernie BC
2nd Place - Chris Florkow Nanimo BC
3rd Place - Dave Bacon Summerland BC

1st Place Paraglider Open - Richard Bruneau Vernon BC
2nd Place - Steve Park Lumby BC
3rd Place - Bill Goglin Horsefly BC

1st Place Hang Glider Sport Class - Stew Trowsdale N. Van BC
2nd Place - Garth Hemming Lumby BC
3rd Place - Brian Saulnier Port Coquitlam BC

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​Results from 2016 Lumby Air Races event
1st Place Open Hang Gliding - Dennis Turner Moyes Rx - Crows Nest Pass Alberta
Second Place Open Hang Gliding - Randy Rauck WW T2- Lumby BC
Third Place Open Hang Gliding - John Lang WW Talon- Kelowna BC

1st Place Sport Class Hang Gliding - Mark Bagg Klassic- Kamloops BC
2nd Place Sport Class Hang Gliding - Rick Hines WW Sport- Hamilton Ontairio
3rd Place Sport Class Hang Gliding Garth Hemming NW Liberty - Lumby BC

1st Place Paragliding - Steve Park - Lumby BC
2nd Place Paragliding - Bill Goglin - Horsefly BC
3rd Place Paragliding - Dale Caldwell - Squamish BC

The 11th annual Lumby Air Races ran from June 5th to the 11th and all the visiting pilots had a very fun time. 25 intermediate and above rated pilots entered the 10km and 25 km triangle race that was measured with GPS devices and many other novice pilots just flew for the pure fun of it....Though the weather wasnt good for racing on Friday and Saturday during Lumby Days, we had some good racing days during the week. The Lumby Air Force would like to thank all our sponsors for supporting this annual fund raising event including ...The Lumby Days Society, N.O.R.D., Super A Foods, The Freedom Flight Park , Randy Rauck Realty 

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Canadian National Hang Gliding Championships - June 27- July 4 2015 
 
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Base- Freedom Flight Park Lumby BC 

Main Launch Sites - Coopers, Mara, and Vernon Mountain 

Racing around closed circuit triangles 25km-100km 
Race to Goal 

Intermediate and Advanced Pilots only 
King Post and Open Class 

Meet Producer - Lumby Air Force Flying Club 
Meet Head - Bruce Busby 
Meet Scorer - Doug Keller 
Meet Safety - Garth Hemming 


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Tyler Borradaile Heads down Lumby Ridge

10th Annual Lumby Air Races Results - The 10th annual Lumby Air Races for Hang Gliders and Paragliders were held in conjunction with Lumby Days again this year. The event was stretched to 7 days. Many good racing flights around the Lumby Valley were made by the pilots who came to race. Distance and times were measured by GPS. The Lumby AirForce would also like to thank all the vollunteers and especially The Lumby Days Society, Area D director Rick Fairbairn and Super A for their continued support of the event. Terry and Jackie Butcher created a great Greek dinner and the awards party was well attended. 

The season long Lumby Air Race runs till the end of Sept. and so far $500.00 cash is up for grabs for any new local National and world records in the 10km 25km 50km and 100km FAI closed triangle race for PG and HG. 

 $1500.00 cash were given out for prizes and Northwing contributed some swag. 

Hang Gliding 10km Triangle Race 
1st place king post - Bryan Saulnier, New Brunswick 
2nd Place King Post - David Bacon, Summerland 
3rd place King Post - Mark Bagg, Kamloops 

10km and 25km Triangle Races 
1st place Open Hang Gliding - Randy Rauck - Lumby  

Paragliding 10km Triangle Races 
1st place Claudio Mota Lumby 
New record 16:43 min 
2nd place Peter Spears Vancouver 
3rd Place Mark Tarrant Calgary 

Paragliding 25km 
1st Bill Goglin Horsefly 
New Record 119 minutes 
2nd Al Thielmann Mission



 


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