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- Mon Jan 08, 2024 5:23 pm
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: Mara Lake
- Replies: 2
- Views: 361
Re: Mara Lake
Thanks. I was just curious whether the owners of the LZ were still letting people land there.
- Sat Dec 30, 2023 9:04 pm
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: Mara Lake
- Replies: 2
- Views: 361
Mara Lake
Just Curious if the site at Mara Lake is been flown anymore ? I looked on Google Earth and it appears like a house and some outbuildings
have been built near the old LZ .
have been built near the old LZ .
- Tue Jul 11, 2023 1:18 pm
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: Paraglider stuck in tree Canada Day
- Replies: 1
- Views: 477
Re: Paraglider stuck in tree Canada Day
Here's a link I found in The ALBERNI VALLEY NEWS https://www.albernivalleynews.com/news/alberni-search-and-rescue-calls-on-tree-climber-to-help-stuck-paraglider/?emailmd5=18E47D8C5B29F20226583035D05C3B5C&emailsha1=242118187616197129226249238226692041781885277324197&emailsha256=918ecbf8367665...
- Tue Jul 04, 2023 10:57 am
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: Paraglider stuck in tree Canada Day
- Replies: 1
- Views: 477
Paraglider stuck in tree Canada Day
Saw an article in the Alberni Valley News about a paraglider stuck in the trees in Port Alberni,on Canada Day.
Apparently a helicopter and the Alberni Valley Rescue Society dispatched to assist . Anyone know any details ?
Apparently a helicopter and the Alberni Valley Rescue Society dispatched to assist . Anyone know any details ?
- Tue Jun 28, 2022 5:04 pm
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: Eyes outside please
- Replies: 0
- Views: 577
- Thu Feb 24, 2022 9:08 am
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: WCSC ISS amalgamation
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2757
Re: WCSC ISS amalgamation
Whereas I really don't have a horse in this race, let's talk about everything that was right with this club. The club was originally called the Victoria Hang Gliding Club. It was started in 1975 /76 by myself ,Andrew Barber-Starkey, Chris Cameron,and lloyd Mathews. At it's peak it had I believe, som...
- Sun Jan 02, 2022 12:44 pm
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: Midair between Cessna Caravan and paraglider
- Replies: 3
- Views: 385
Midair between Cessna Caravan and paraglider
Some tragic news out of Texas https://youtu.be/j7dClvpupZQ
- Tue May 04, 2021 8:46 am
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: Collision Avoidance
- Replies: 0
- Views: 355
- Fri Dec 11, 2020 9:30 am
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: Mother Woodside...
- Replies: 13
- Views: 867
Re: Mother Woodside...
Rocks or the green stuff ?
- Wed Jul 22, 2020 10:24 am
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: Port Alberni Launch Access Agreement Secured!
- Replies: 3
- Views: 943
Re: Port Alberni Launch Access Agreement Secured!
The launch is 3 miles from the airport (CBS8) Although currently designated as a aerodrome status , sometime next year it will become an airport. With the RNAV approaches being implemented,it is anticipated that the ATF will become an MF ( mandatory frequency ) With sailplane traffic and the occasio...
- Tue May 19, 2020 12:16 pm
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: Vancouver Airspace Modernization Project
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3026
Re: Vancouver Airspace Modernization Project
The aforementioned tip of the alert area at the NW corner of 145H was actually designed for a specific purpose. It was there to join the alert area to the class E airspace ( 3500' ceiling ) on Vancouver Island . This allowed for legit XC flights back to Vancouver Island. This tip did cut into the Du...
- Mon May 18, 2020 1:11 pm
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: Vancouver Airspace Modernization Project
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3026
Re: Vancouver Airspace Modernization Project
FYI, the alert area 145 H has a ceiling of 2500' msl and 4000' msl . Not agl as you have indicated. There is a big difference !
- Fri Apr 10, 2020 10:31 am
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: Interested in flying the Gulf Islands?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1257
Re: Interested in flying the Gulf Islands?
Another good resource, ask an old hang glider pilot. It's all been done before .
- Fri Apr 10, 2020 10:31 am
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: Interested in flying the Gulf Islands?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1257
Re: Interested in flying the Gulf Islands?
Another good resource, ask an old hang glider pilot. It's all been done before .
- Mon Mar 09, 2020 6:18 am
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: Fraser Valley Air Traffic Advisory
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1526
Re: Fraser Valley Air Traffic Advisory
What ? . . . . . . . .No bottle of Scotch ?