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Disclaimer: This is my understanding, but by no means do I truly know what I am saying. As you weight-shift you load one half of the wing more. As the glider is an arc, the loaded side will pull more and bank the glider (even if just a little). The entire lift vector tilts to the loaded side. Now, p...

Wise words, Martin. With your permission, I'd like to put this post in the newsletter.

Thank you.

I, unfortunately, cannot edit the poll and add more options. It would erase all the votes so far. Here is another nomination that unfortunately arrived late. Nevertheless, It's still worth meeting Chris Phillips! Chir Phillips Chris Phillips is 32 years old from Squamish British Columbia. He loves c...

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Looking forward to meeting all the new outstanding pilots!

Moon “Machine” Choi moon3.jpeg moon2.jpeg He has now over 160 hours in about 5-6 months and flying all over BC and now in the USA at Marshal / Crestline. Flown from Benny to WS on his own. Moon took a chair on the HPAC Safety committee (as he is a medical doctor). Moon has already performed several...

Here are all the nominated rookies. It's great to see all the new passionate and engaged pilots that will surely take the community and sport forward. Although only one gets the award, they have all proven their character, attitude, and skills. Make sure to say Hi the next time you meet them on the ...

Hello WCSC members! This year we have an opportunity to award Rookie of the Year to some aspiring :pg :hg pilot. The award represents the development of safe fundamental piloting skills and contribution to the community. Please send your nomination to events@westcoastsoaringclub.com (or post here) b...

How about this?

If you see a hang-glider pilot assembling his frame, provide them with ample space. Imagine the wing already assembled with its entire span. Ideally, dedicate the uncarpeted back of the launch to them as hang-gliders don't mind the exposed ground.

Feel free to improve or extend...

Hey gussy11! I am really not sure what are you trying to achieve by your posts (other than irritate people). Could you please put some effort into improving the article? (https://www.westcoastsoaringclub.com/launch-courtesy/) It admittedly does not consider HG on the launch but it is largely based o...

That's tragic . Greater adoption of FLARM and FANET would prevent such accidents.

Hey Martin, I appreciate the proposal but could you please extend a bit more on the possible benefits of this? As you said, it won't block motorcycles (a recent issue), it seems it will merely make the jerks and everybody else walks a bit further? I do think dumb often goes hand in hand with lazy. B...

Hello Martin, naive pilot here. That was properly grumpy :D but I appreciate your points. In my mind, this project is exactly about using our "brains". When we go out there it's always a bet and the more information we have the better bet we can make. The weather station is just another pi...

Great idea martin, thank you very much for putting the effort into this. I guess the challenge will be to find a relevant spot that won't have a local bias in wind or temp, that will be out of the way of pilots. Maybe near the windsock? also is there any way to make it less vulenerable to vandalism...

Discussion about the weather station project :idea:. Coordination of effort. I will post here updates. Web preview: http://pg-weather-station-deployment.s3-website-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ If there is no opposition, the station will be mounted on Woodside during March. We will evaluate the project t...

There was over an hour-long presentation and a long Q&A session at the meeting. I think the presentation was very well thought out and address pretty much all questions asked above. Maybe worth joining next time ;-) The summary is approximately (somebody please correct me if I am wrong): The cur...