USHGA Hang Gliding April 1978 by US Hang Gliding & Paragliding Association

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EDITOR: Gil Dod gen ASSfSTANT EDITOR LAYOUT & DESIGN: Jonie Dodgen STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERS W A Allen. Leroy Grannis. Bettino G roy, Stephen McCorroll OFFICE STAFF MANAGER: Carol Velderroin Janel Meyer {Advertising) Wendi Tullle (Membership). Ki t Skrodsk1 (Renewals) Amy Gro y (Hong Rohngs)

ISSUE NO. 63 APRIL 1978

HANG GllDING

l,ISHGA OFFICERS: PRESIDENT LloyCI Licher VIC E PRESIDENT Dennis Pagen SECRETARY Ja n Cose TREASURER Alex Duncan EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Lloyd Ucher Alex Duncan Jon Case USHGA REGIONAL DIRECTORS REGION 1 Jay Roser M1choe1 Pnngle REGION 2: Jan Cose, Wallace Anderson REG ION 3 lorn Mllk1e. John Lake. Mlchoel Riggs. REGION tl Lucky Campbell Ken Koerwllz REGION 5· none REGION 6 Jim WIison REGION 7 Thomas Holey. Ron Chr1slenson REGION 8· Don McCabe REGION 9 Dennis Pagen. Bob Mortin REGION 10 Dick Heckman. Jerold Welch REGION 11 David Broyles REGION 12· Cro1g Mavis. Horry Sudw1sche1 DIRECTORS-AT-LARGE f?EGION 1: Alex Dunca n REGION 2 Lloyd L1cher REGION 7. David Anderson REGION 10 John Horris. HONORARY DIRECTOR Hugh Mo rion EX-OFFICIO DIRECTOR ot USHGA as we o re o d1v1s1on ot NAA Vic Powell CIVL DELEGATE Horry Robb The Untted Sla tes Hong Gliding ASSOCJO· lion Inc. 1s o division of 1he Nohonol Aeronouhc Assoc1a1ion (NAAJ which 1s the official U S repr.esentol1ve of the Federof1on Aeronouhque lnlernohonaie (FAI). lhe world governmg body tor sport aviation The NAA. which represenls lhe U S al FAI meetings. hos delegaled to lhe USHGA supervision of FAl-reloted hang gliding octlvil1es such as record attempl. and compelil1on saf'\ctions HANG GLIDING mogo11ne ,s pt.bltshed for hong glidir'lg sporl enlhuslasls lo creole lurlhe, ln1ereS1 m lhesporl. by o meons ol open communicollon ond 10 odvoooe hong gltding methods and sofe!V Contnbul1ons ore welcome Anvone Is 1rw1fed lo coi,tribule articles. pholos ono lllu61ro11ons concern,ng hong ghdfng oc1lv11tes It the mole11ot Is to be returnee! a stomped self-oddressed return envelope must be enclooed HANG GLIDING mogoztne rese1ves the right to edit con11tbul1ons whe,e necessorv The Association and pubflcolion do nol assume resp0ns1blllly to, the molerlol or opinions of contributors HANG GLIDING mogozme ,s p,Jbllsheo mon1n1v by lhe Un1led S101es Hong Gl1d1ng Moc1ofion. rnc whose mo1hng address Is PO Sox 6(>306 Los Ar1ge1es Col1f 00066 ond whose offices ore rocoleo ot 11312V, Venice Blvd, Los Angeles Calif. 90066 1eteph0ne (213) 390-3065 Second class postage ,s paid or Los Angeles. Colll f<ANG GLIDING mogo11ne Is pnnted by S1ncto1r Printing & lithe Alhambra Colli The USHGA Is o member con1rolled educotlonol and scienh!lc orgon1zolion dedrcoted to exp1011ng oil facets 01 ullrohghl flight Membership Is oper\ 10 anyone inletested 1n !his reolm of flight Dues fo1 full membership ore $20 per year lS21 tor foreign odd1esses). suscriplion rotes 01e S15 for one ye1or S26 tor 1wo veors S36 tor th1ee years An lntr0duc101y six-month trial ,s available for S7.50 ChongE!'l of address should be sen! six weeks 1n oOvonce Including norne, USHGA membership nurnber pre~1ous and new address and a mo1llng label from o recent issue

CONTENTS FEATURES

SAFETY GUIDELINES FOR HANG GLIDING IN THE WORLD'S GREATEST byDonPartridge THERMAL CORRIDOR

VOLMER JENSEN part two

SEEDWINGS SOARING SAFARI

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Interview by Alex Duncan by Bob Trampenau

Article and photos by Mary Plumb

BASIC AERODYNAMICS HANG DIVING MAGAZINE

by Mike Meier BYWARoeckerandBill liscomb Photos by Bettina Gray

HANG IN THERE HANG GLIDING AND EXERCISING JUDGEMENT

by George Worthington

DEPARTMENTS 4 EDITORIAL 6 ULTRALIGHT CONVERSATION 6 INDEX TO ADVERTISERS 14 CALENDAR 31 WINDLINES 38 USHGA REPORTS-Attention All Foreign Pilots 61 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING 67 STOLEN WINGS COVER: nm Belche r pllots Wrang ler sponsored Stratus 5. Photo by Belcher. C ONSUMER ADVISORY: Ho ng Glid ing Magazine and USHGA. Inc,. do not endorse or toke any responslblllly for the p roducts advertised or mentioned editorially within these pages. Unless specifically explained, performance figures quoted In advertising ore o nly estimates. Persons considering the purchase of a gilder ore urged to study HGMA standards. Copy right @ Uniled States Hong Gliding Assoclotlon. Inc. 1978. All rights reserved to Hong Gilding Magazine and Individual c ontributors.

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Editor, My is Magnan, The probably unl"amiliar outside my immediate And because 01· this, ii has come to my attention just recently that my brother, Jeff who · more widely known, has mistal«.'n for or accused of being responsible for M l'g. And since this to he a sc!f.pcrpc111ati111', belier, I am writing t!Ji.s letter in an attempt to clear the· air of rnmors, implications and assumptions of the role of Jeff in relation to Magnan the f was :111 am the sole of Magnan Mfg. Jell was and is tile cksigncr of the SumL:imx· & ll which I produced. Jefl' and l ,ll anytime. nor now partners in way of om! or written agrcc111cnts, 01 l;crwisc. formed and owned Magnan prior to any hang gliding related activity, Jell and f worked togctlicr on a production 111crit of his Su11da11cc rl1c intention ol' this arrangement ror Jeff 10 continue with rcscan.:lt and development am! met o expand in my manufactming facilities. Altltougli Jell was working for M:ignan Mfg, as partial employee, I knew of his J'uture plans lo eventually break lo form his own away from Magnan compa11y and become an i11dcpendc111 entity, I would continue lo my own prnd1H:ts 1101 necessarily related to gliding. I am the only responsible pcrso11 fm the business dealings of Magnall Ml'g, Jell did nol share or ltold any interest, stocks, royal Iics, monetary profit ol' Magnan Mfg, Jefl' no more responsible for Magrnm dcpts, deal, ings, or liabilit ics than an cnrplnycc or a com pany, This upheld in a court involving Magnan Ml'g and Jel'f 111 that Jell was dismissed liable entity, Anvonc Jcfl' of being responsible liable either financially or morally and has 1101 investigated I he facts. [I has been difficult for Jen to function to his fullest potential in lhe hang gliding cormmmity, mcel.s, l apologize lo Jeff not competitions., informing the hang gliding community much sooner on this issue, I hope this statement will clear Jeff' from stigma which his. Magnan l .aguna I !ills,

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and consume flown by these hypo· tlictic giants would of over J,000 sq. rt and weigh some 1,000 lbs. I am 190-lb !ang 4 hang glider whose air fanaticism peaked i11 illl' far soulh the Continent ln and Chile the type of glider wllich introduced the seriously lras· been Ilic Seagull copied with slight 11wdif'icaliuns, 500 wen: sold and flying in this part of world, the introdm·tion of this model only poorly built flown with meager rcsulls. 111 had to and yell candidalc, Although in I hose times, ta11cc of people plainly founded crashed for of a11c111pts lo fly, and an lhc origin of all simple. I weighed too much for those small rogallos. inlrndm:tion of the Seagull produced mainly because the device supported me, this and in order to perform nicely champio11ships I built an """'"'·in'fl than tile regular used a normal

In spite former mistakes This excellent airborne 1111dcr co11 fidcnl of my oil on a difficult nmpath and with no wind comlitions. light person would have made it, but my weight produced un immediate sink after the and tile rigltl wing tip of the glider to bushes resulting in loss of control and 300 fl. down steep and stony hill, which made me redis, old walking which I had lo use cover for quite awhile, n1c philosophy of all I his is that free J'lighl sport and that the under dcvclopmcnl. The when

whiclt loo big, produces high places Ilic light guess i I' all m:tn11factu1re1·s this and in lhc proportions lhc situation would irnpnwr· problem isn't solved by increasing I lie glider by 20% but by gradient fully proportional. The glider 120 lb. of double person flies efficiently should for person and not si111ply a lill k bit bigger.

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locatio11 ,11Hl time. 111111 fo1 lhermals as long II'> yo11 11:!Yl' s11lli,:i('flt height to reaelr a l:111di11g lrnt vo111 ,:omsc toward tire valky ii to lo\\ !he lirl'rrnals arv urnally pk11til11l lllil it is ntrc111cly ri•;ky to count 011 finding one to 1•.ct y11\1 out of the canyon, fli)'hl pl,m to allow for a co11pil' nf areas ol' ,111110 tlw valley, ,,ink 011 tlrc Strnlcgicallv, tire be1t pmitioll for distance flyillg is 111 l'i,000 IL directly 11hovc the vpin,· of tire lll<lllllUlim, lowevcr, J1ighcr winch the,1: altitll(kv m11y tend to blow you over the lop necc',"ilatinµ that a cour,v be held so111ewhat l'rom this height you ate ill ir1 front of I he position ol !'real potential to go whnc yon to, Unfnrtrmatcly, this nol an ideal situa-

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with the slightly banked and about 0° nose down :10 mph splash but myself ,rnd Ilic kit 11nltur1 in about two or . 11 tlir' tide h,1d been out, 1hc c11ou/!h.

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hand had just barely aho11t 200 fli;dlt ) unscheduled t mm, became !own the nose whenever of stall appc,nccl /\ml yet more slowly and t hcrcl'orc to the stall speed.

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thcrntor(t is rnloror sumc kind in such a wind··Cliff situation). I was scared to death. The was Durinµ dozens of orHop in snbsc· quent weeks I never got a scratch, bul I didn't land on my feet much of lhc lime, down

couldn't I

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well in the lessons in afraid on the firs1 launch (with It

to compare

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harness and I hem I had confident. My Kestrel

When l had been months and had

my with felt

convinced. Honest

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