WELL TITERS TO THE COAST NOT 1 BUT 2

Post by **gary stenhouse** » Sat Jul 04, 2009 7:17 pm

well what more can one say just look at the xc league and see the marvels of the new paragliding record from tp i think.

followed by a retrieve from a happy mad dog and possy

cheers gary

Chris L · Post by **Chris L** » Sat Jul 04, 2009 8:37 pm

Nice one Gary, I'd looked at XC weather this morning and was convinced it was to windy, and we were going to head for titters as well.

Oh well sometimes thats just how it goes. Had a cracking ride on the motorbike with Martin on a tour round Northumberland

followed by a nice hour and a half run so can't be to downhearted

Theres always tomorrow

Congratulations to you and Chris on what must be a record breaking flight in the Cheviots

Jim Bittlestone · Post by **Jim Bittlestone** » Sat Jul 04, 2009 8:56 pm

Excellent, amazing that a wee zit of a hill like Titters can produce such flights. Why didn't anyone say it was such a good hill?
I went to Cookies for a sunbath in a gale. Eventually took off and had half an hour. Pales into insignificance, nice one men.

ron freeman · Post by **ron freeman** » Sun Jul 05, 2009 12:34 am

This might finally put to rest that the Cheviots hills are a great place to fly
as long as you are at the right site at the right time ! (no different to any hill in the UK)

I can't understand why its taken so long for club members to use this site in the right conditions....

A club member many years ago flew to the coast from this site on a paraglider but well done ! its not easy to get away from a small site.

The XC record for the Cheviots hills area is 45 miles.

Post by **gary stenhouse** » Sun Jul 05, 2009 7:48 pm

would be interested in who the pilot was who flew to the coast in the past on a paraglider. as every one thought it had not been done before on a pg

must of been a long time ago so untill the pilot claims it i will be putting myself forard for the site record.

cheers gary

Post by **colin keightley** » Sun Jul 05, 2009 8:24 pm

Talking of site records do we have a list of sites and records.

ron freeman · Post by **ron freeman** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 12:47 am

Paragliding has been going on in this club for well over 17 years ! and there has been pilots doing all sorts of good flights in the Cheviots and they were not to fussed about telling everybody what they had acheived.

12 years ago in July I flew over the back of Moneylaws with a paraglider pilot, I was hanggliding and we got to cloudbase together then he flew into the distance towards the Cheviot ! I never saw this pilot ever again !
(could be still up there) I landed at Powburn next to the cafe.

Colin, A list of site XC records are somwhere on this forum ?

John Wallis · Post by **John Wallis** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 8:07 am

http://www.nhpc.org.uk/nhpc/viewtopic.p ... on+berwick

If you would like to enter a site record please send your flights to Ron Freeman via the message board and It will be verified...a take off & landing witness will do, most members fly with a GPS so your flight should be recorded ! if successful it will be entered into the record listings.

Good luck

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Biddlestone edge to Millfield Peter White 21mile HG

Titilington Pike to Berwick upon tweed John Wallis 23mile HG

East Hill to Cessford (Scotland) Ron Freeman 23 mle HG

West hill to Newbiggin by the sea Ron Freeman 24 mile HG

Moneylaws to Amble Ron Freeman 32 mile HG

Coldsmouth to Wooler Stu Stevens 12 mile HG

Longknowe to Lesbury Ron Freeman 26 mile HG

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Fingers · Post by **Fingers** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 8:37 am

John Wallis wrote:http://www.nhpc.org.uk/nhpc/viewtopic.p ... on+berwick

Not viewable for the people in the cheap seats.

Dave Hume · Post by **Dave Hume** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 9:13 am

Not sure but I think the 45 mile record from the Cheviots that Ronnie mentions was done by my old instructor Mike Mavin back in the eighties, who took off from the Bowl on a single surface school glider after a days training and ended up in Scotland.

Is that right Ronnie?

Dave

Post by **colin keightley** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 10:10 am

Try again Fingers I have moved this topic to the competitions section. If anyone has any flights to be entered as a site record then maybe the competitions officer can verify them for entry

Chris L · Post by **Chris L** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 11:18 am

Wheres the Bowl? Sounds an interesting place. Can we not renogotiate access?

John Wallis · Post by **John Wallis** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 12:17 pm

Not sure but I think the 45 mile record from the Cheviots that Ronnie mentions was done by my old instructor Mike Mavin back in the eighties, who took off from the Bowl on a single surface school glider after a days training and ended up in Scotland.

Is that right Ronnie?

Dave

Naa he only got to Kelso

Post by **chrisfozz** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 12:24 pm

Gary, it may come as a surprise but looking at the flights recorded in the XC leuge you allready held the site record!!!
http://www.nhpc.org.uk/nhpc/modules.php ... R_DISTANCE

Post by **gary stenhouse** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 12:41 pm

so can i now be put down as site record of 21k
taken in igc format and done on gps dump so proof of tampering

at last i have flown more than 20k this year

cheers tp pg champion

Dave Hume · Post by **Dave Hume** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 2:40 pm

gary stenhouse wrote:so can i now be put down as site record of 21k
taken in igc format and done on gps dump so proof of tampering

at last i have flown more than 20k this year

cheers tp pg champion

As the paragliding site record Gary. You'll have to try it now on your hang glider to have a go at John Wallis' hang gliding site record.

Strange how hang gliding records are always quoted in miles, and paragliding records in km isn't it.

Well done Gary

ron freeman · Post by **ron freeman** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 5:37 pm

Dave Hume, typing error should be - 35 miles Moneylaws to southside of Amble.

Mike Mavin was just short of kelso, great flight on the wing that he was flying 'Skyhook Cutlass' and I think his vario packed in halfway through his flight !

Its long overdue for some of our club members to try to break club site XC records, the knowledge & equipment is much better these days a 100 mile flight could be just around the corner

The Bowl is long gone (serious shooting area now) Hogdon Law is just behind the bowl so all is OK.

Post by **colin keightley** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 6:06 pm

It may be that paragliding or parapente at the time was started on the continent hence new money however km is far easier to use anyhow. Im all for keeping old money but doesnt have to be the only money.

Post by **chrisfozz** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 6:38 pm

this was what i had planned to show in my previous post, the list of best flights from TP posted on the XC league, as you can see, up till saturday, Gaz had the best flight with 0.5km

Post by **gary stenhouse** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 6:59 pm

wow 0.5k open distance was a pretty impressive record to date on gps, such a shame gps was not around a long time ago to see if paterns are there in relation to triggers thermal source to see if you can do the same flight time and time agian

cheers gary

Jim Bittlestone · Post by **Jim Bittlestone** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 7:24 pm

I just

tried to do the same for East Hill but couldn't print the screen. Inept as usual

Post by **colin keightley** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 8:42 pm

Will this do

Jim Bittlestone · Post by **Jim Bittlestone** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 8:52 pm

Cheers Colin, I'm sure someone must have got further than 3.9km. Didn't Lloyd get to Wooler recently? Has anyone got further?
Gary must have the record for most time spent there?

Also is there no record for Humblton Hill? I went there recently with Chris Fozz and Lloyd, looks like big hills behind?

Fingers · Post by **Fingers** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 9:42 pm

Like I say, 1 km push directly out from the summit of East hill. Land 1km out front of East Hill, easy eh?

If enough publicity could be generated I would sponsor such a challenge.!

Kay · Post by **Kay** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 10:15 pm

Malcolm Tulley !!!! Paraglider Pilot Anyone remember him..or his flights ?

Have a word with Anto, or even Malcolm him self as he just lives outside Threlkeld now. But when we were just starting training Malcolm lived in Alnwick and I seem to remember he did some cracking paragliding flights from the Cheviots. I think he may hold a good few PG Cheviot records.

John Wallis · Post by **John Wallis** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 10:23 pm

Aye I remember Malcolm and his Mrs Sam? Didn't he teach in the Cheviots? He was as guilty as Anto for starting this paragliding carry on.....

ron freeman · Post by **ron freeman** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 11:45 pm

GPS vs Maps.. make no difference to going XC except gps is much faster !

Trigger points change all the time because famers change there crop fields all the time, the only thing that dosen't change is ridge lift...many a good xc flight has used ridges to keep them going or waiting for the conditions to get better

That was the fella 'Malcome Tully' when we went over the back of Moneylaws.

Dave Hume · Post by **Dave Hume** » Tue Jul 07, 2009 9:08 am

ron freeman wrote:
The Bowl is long gone (serious shooting area now) Hogdon Law is just behind the bowl so all is OK.

Only trouble is Hogdon Law is a north easterly which would put you straight into the danger area so no good for XC. The south easterly direction of the Bowl was clear airspace almost to Edinburgh.

However all is not lost as going over the back of East Hill would put you on more or less the same track.......

Jim Bittlestone · Post by **Jim Bittlestone** » Tue Jul 07, 2009 9:49 am

Aha, East Hill is the key to unlocking the big one. Gary your plan has been exposed.

Misk · Post by **Misk** » Tue Jul 07, 2009 9:51 am

Dave Hume wrote:
Only trouble is Hogdon Law is a north easterly which would put you straight into the danger area so no

However all is not lost as going over the back of East Hill would put you on more or less the same track.......

- Start from Hownam and give yourself a chance!

Well done lads - that flight will be something you can always look back on.

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