• May 4, 2010 - 7:30pm - Heritage Grill - Start of Year Party!
• Stay Tuned for more ...
• November 2, 2009 (tentative) - 7:30pm - Heritage Grill - the club's Annual General Meeting - please plan to attend!

Unless otherwise specified above, most general club meetings take place at the Heritage Grill in New Westminster (details below). This year again, the club will be having meetings at a few different locations, including Pemberton and the Fraser Valley.  Look at the list above for the next scheduled meeting.

Meetings are open to anyone, member or non-member. In addition to a little club business, meetings feature a presentation on anything from a pilot's recent flying trip, to a HAGAR discussion, to a treatise on meteorology, catching the latest flying clips or DVDs, or something equally interesting to club members.

447 Columbia Street New Westminster Almost right next door to the Columbia skytrain station

The Heritage Grill is located at 447 Columbia Street in New Westminster, and is a funky little jazz restaurant with excellent food, an extensive bar, and an eclectic back meeting room for the club to use. There is lots of free street parking after 6 pm, and the restaurant is located almost right next to the Columbia sky train station. Please do not bring in ANY outside food or drink to a WCSC meeting. We used to meet at a great pub in Coquitlam, with great food, drinks, and a private meeting room. All at no charge to the club. Unfortunately, someone foolishly brought their own can of beer into a club meeting, then compounded the blunder by leaving the empty can for the staff to clean up. The next day the club was informed that we were no longer welcome to meet there. Having outside alcohol in their facility actually puts their liquor license in jeopardy.

March 20, 2010
Agassiz Elementary School

The cost for the clinic is $30 Canadian. It would greatly help the club if you would pre-register for the clinic, as it will help us with scheduling. If possible, please pre-pay as well, using the payment page you'll find on the registration page. We have to pre-pay for Betty's airfare. Most of the other costs have been covered by generous volunteers, so the cost of the clinic can be kept low.

Reserve clinic pre-registration and payment

May 4, 2010

Heritage Grill, New Westminster, BC (see above)

Come and celebrate the beginning of the main flying season! No big agenda, no formality, just hang out with your flying buds!

May 23 - 29, 2010

Alberta

Contact Ross Hunter and/or Mark Dowsett

Featuring...

The event will run  June 13 - 19, 2010  and will be based at the Freedom Flight Park one mile north of the town of Lumby, BC.

The  National Hang Gliding  event will follow the very popular 5th annual "Lumby Air Races".

Competitions is exciting triangle, rectangle and open distance races measured by GPS equipment carried on board each glider and scored at the end of each day on special computer software.

Pilots will foot launch their gliders overlooking the town of Lumby from 3500 feet above sea level and circle up in hot rising thermal air currents to heights of up to 12500 feet above sea level before racing around 25km, 50km and 100km courses.

The National event will draw Canada's best Hang Glider pilots, and other pilots from around the world. They will compete at this very challenging week long race that will have a FAI class 2 world rating with the CIVL FAI world sport flying association and earn world points for the next World Championships in  Sigillo Italy in 2011 . 

This will be the 8th time Lumby has won the bid for The National Hang Gliding Championships in the last 34 year.

Organization Committee:
Producer/Promotor- Lumby Air Force/ Randy Rauck
Meet Director - Garth Hemming
Garth is a new Lumby Air Force member, Director/Treasurer and was one of the organisers of the 96 East End nats in Sask. with Mike Reibling. A very successfull event.
Launch Director- Ian McArthur
Safety Director- Randal Willford

Scoring System   (GPS mandatory)

Classes: HPAC Class A/B GAP/Racing Meet
FAI CIVL Cat 2
Open Class
King Posted Class
Sports Class (minimum 20 hours and 20 mountain foot launches)

• Sat. Eve June 12th opening celebration in conjunction with the Lumby Air Races and Lumby Days
• Sat. Eve June 19th Awards Banquet and party
• Special Edition 2010 Canadian National Hang Gliding Shirt
• Live dance music and Flyers Jam in the Raven Aviation Hanger Sat. Eve June 12th after dinner for pilots and friends and support personal.
• Flyers Music Performance/Competition/Dance starting @ 10pm Sat. Bring your instruments and rhythm makers
• Ongoing Lumby Days festivities including concerts, beer gardens, amusement park and fun and games for kids.

Options

• Opening Celebration onsite Feast $20.00
• Many B+B's, Motels and Hotels and camp sites within 1-15 miles
• Kayaking, hiking, fishing, boating, swimming, water skiing, gold panning near by

Early Bird Before March 1st only $150.00
Before June 1st $175.00
After June 1st $200.00

Practice day on June 12th.

Trophies awarded in the following classes:

3 Places Open Class
3 Places Serial Class (DHV 2 or lower)
3 Places Master Class (Over 49 yrs.of age)
1 Place Women
1 Regional Champion

July 3 - 4, 2010

Bridal Falls Flying Site - Rosedale (Chilliwack), BC

The Bridal Falls Air Races are open to hang glider and paraglider pilots, family, friends, and interested public. There will be lots of FUN competitions and challenges for pilots of all skill levels, including:
- Out & Return XCs
- Greatest Altitude & Longest Flight
- Discounted Tandem Flights

Click here for everything you need to know

For site info check out the CBCC Chelan Site Guide

Camping:   Bebe park, which is directly across the river from the soccer field LZ, is the best option for camping.

More information on the Chelan area can be found at the Chelan Visitor Information Center website .

If you have further questions you can contact Darren Darsey

US Nationals Part 1
Chelan WA

The annual Willi is a friendly and relax competition open to pilots of every levels and wing types. 80$ entry fee this year. Breakfasts and prizes dinner included.

The dates had to be changed, the PG national bumping us back.
Monday jul 26 being a work day, the last task will likely be on saturday jul 24.

Follows the Willi XC Challenge.

Hosted by Bruce Busby

Canadian PG Nats Info

More Info?

For further information contact Les Sainsbury at (250) 727-3819

Come join us for this classic event: we will continue with the same format as

last year, but with more prizes and cash for our winners. We plan to bring the latest wings from Aeros, MacPara and U-Turn to test fly.

Cost: by donation ($10 minimum). Money collected will go to the Bridal Falls Web Camera. A special prize will be given to the person with the largest donation.

Location: Burnaby Mountain (of course).


Date: Friday, Aug 21, 2009 (starting after 4PM) - weather permitting.

There are three events that all qualified pilots may enter:

Solo A: Fly the most laps around the trees (taking off from before the path – no foot faults).
Prize money $25.

Solo B: Fly then kite the most laps around the trees (foot faults are allowed).
Prize money $25.

Team C: Fly then kite the most laps around the trees (foot faults and "helpers" are allowed).
Prize money $50.

Rules:
1. If during your flight, you touch a tree or person with your wing you are disqualified from all events.
2. You must land on your feet for the flight to count.
3. You must be a HPAC or USHGA member to enter.
4. You must have fun.

A special thanks to last year's sponsors - Westcomb and Deimos Paragliding:

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Deimos Inc
Ph 604-418-7328
Toll Free 1-877-FLY-PG13