Date Of Birth: 1959
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Anything Else: Hang gliding since 1978 .... 1500 + hours. Obtained a PPL (D) Microlight licence in 1992 but decided he didn't like engines and let it lapse. Hang gliding - best height 15,500 feet from St Andre in the French Alps and in the UK 9,700 feet in wave from Semerwater near Hawes in the Dales. Best XC 65 miles ( the sea got in the way ).
silliest hang gliding moments ........ did the Blackpool Birdman
competition one year ( about 1985/6 ) leaping off Blackpool pier on a Super Scorpion hang glider into the sea
....... a stint as a hang gliding bum for a little while although lived in a Datsun 180B and tent as opposed to a Volkswagen camper !!
....... on classic cross country days doing lots of one thermal wonders ending up sitting on the ground not too far behind the hill because I was keen but cr--p!!
........Memorable sailplane moments ....5500 ft in a sea breeze front / convergence over the Duddon estuary with CFI Dave North and having to burn it off because the hour was up.
....... giving Alan Meadows a bit of a fright on aerotow when I got badly out of shape at no more than 200 feet ..... he released me from the tug end. I then made it even worse and gave
Peter Lewis in the back even more of a fright as I unlocked the airbrakes at the same time as trying to release the tow cable.
........ struggling with that bloody rudder to co-ordinate my turns .... bank, rudder, pull back instead of just bank and push out
........ having a really strong urge to get my legs out , flare and start running on finals for a landing
Club Trophies: The Optimum Financial Services Trophy in the K21 for a gain of 11350 ft in March 2006
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