SHPF Blog

Please find below a link to the SHPF committee meeting for the meeting held on the 8th Feb 2010.

SHPF-Meeting-Minutes-February-2010.docx

Labels: 2010, committee, February, meeting, minutes, SHPF

Please find below a link to the 2010 SHPF AGM minutes.


SHPF-AGM-Minutes-Jan-2010.docx

Labels: 2010, agm, minutes, SHPF

Please find below a link to the proposed timetable for the Scottish Nationals Paragliding Series, X-Scotia (in a different format - mored details to be advised) and the BPC as prepared by George. These dates will all be added to the SHPF Calendar in due course.


Diary-2010-Scottish-Nationals.doc

Labels: 2010, date, nationals, paragliding, series, SHPF, x-scotia

Please find below a link to the slides prepared by Mike for use during the recent SHPF Gathering.

SHPF-AGM-10-slides.pdf

Labels: 2010, agm, Jardine, Mike, SHPF, slides

SHPF-Constitution-Jul-97_001.pdf

To see the constitution and goals of the SHPF as stated way back in 1997 please click the link above which will open in a new window.

Labels: 1997, constitution, pdf, SHPF

Please find below links to the various videos Robert Veitch took at the recent SHPF Gathering 2010. These show paragliding reserve deployments in the afternoon of the 16th January 2010.
All videos were taken from the top of the facility - nearly 100 feet up. This is probably as close as it is possible to get to being the perfect setup for testing out paragliding and Hang-gliding (though none this year) reserve deployments. Missed it this year then why not pencil this into your diary now for a similar weekend in January 2011 when it should next be run.

The SHPF Gathering consists of a mixture of acitivities - obviosly starting with the deployments shown here, followed by repacking in a large heated space below launch!. This is then followed by the SHPF AGM and a talk by a sky god - last year John Sillvester and this year Eddie Colfox. The Sunday - following some more social activities - usually consists of more technical talks and activities. This year talks were by Dave Thomson, Tony Spirling - really excellent re pyschology, and Cliff Smith re avalanches - especially pertinent as one of the pilots present had been caught in one very recently in the nearby Pentlands .....

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Labels: 2010, deployment, parachute, paraglider, Ratho, reserve, Robert Veitch, route, SHPF, videos

Please click the link above to see the status for all the paragliding reserve deployments made at the EICA at Ratho - within a spreadsheet - throughout Saturday 16th January 2010.

To see a scan of the original document click the document below. Thankyou Gordon.
SCN_0001.pdf

Labels: 2010, deployment, Gathering reserve, pdf, SHPF, spreadsheet

SHPF-Meeting-Minutes_December-2009.pdf

Labels: 2009, committee, December, meeting, minutes, SHPF

Please find below links to the latest details about the 2010 SHPF
Gathering and the Booking Form

Labels: 2010, EICC, Gathering, Ratho, SHPF

The 2010 SHPF Gathering is scheduled for 16-17 January.

The format will be similar to 2009 ie:
Saturday - Reserve deployment and repacking, AGM followed by evening talk by a suitable sky god (Probably at EICC, Ratho)
Sunday - Skills and technical training sessions.

Labels: 2010, agm, deployment, Gathering, repack, reserve, SHPF

Please find here a link to the most recent committe meeting minutes.

Labels: 2009, committee, meeting, minutes, SHPF

Labels: book, flying, paragliding, photos, scotland, SHPF, sites, submit

X-Scotia 2009 Matt Church	X-Scotia 2009 by Mark Robson
X-Scotia 2009 R Veitch

Labels: 2009, Mark Robson, Matt Church, photos, Robert Veitch, SHPF, x-scotia

Just to advise that the above page has been updated with some more detail on what is happening over the coming week. Various media organisations have also been advised of what is happening with a short press release etc copied below...

Flying high over Tibbieshiels

Have you ever fancied flying high in the sky like a bird, well this week (9th - 16th May) you may well see some world class paragliding pilots doing just this. They will be up in the air just above Tibbieshiels by St Mary's Loch and maybe flying 50Km or more over the Borders. The British Paragliding Cup/Scottish Open and British Open Championships will be taking place from 9th -16th May. These top championships are weather dependent and so if the wind is too strong then these human birds may not fly. However here is hoping that there will be a very competitive and enjoyable event, with some spectacular flying. The Borders will be well represented with some excellent pilots who hope to do well in these competitions. You never know you may well be inspired to join these top fliers in the future.


For more information

What:
British Paragliding Cup (BPC) and Scottish Open 9-12th May, followed by the British Open Paragliding Championships13-16th May 09

Where:
Based at the Tibbieshiels Inn at the end of St Mary`s Loch

More detail :
The BPC is held at various locations throughout the UK during the year but this is the only round being held in Scotland this year. For more details please see http://www.bpcup.co.uk/borders.php or http://www.shpf.co.uk/shpf-British-Championships-09.php Scottish pilots competing in this competition can also opt to be considered for the Scottish Open. Currently there are 104 pilots registered for this event http://www.bpcup.co.uk/pilotlist.php

Some photos and links from last year :-
http://groups.google.co.uk/group/LLSC/browse_thread/thread/93817c7ee02b9b5e/cad783b2abc45b29?lnk=gst&q=scottish+open#cad783b2abc45b29
http://picasaweb.google.com/BobVeitch/BPCBordersRoundScottishOpenJuly13th2008#
http://picasaweb.google.com/BobVeitch/ByRikMcHargBPCScottishOpenParaglidingBroughton13thJuly08#
http://picasaweb.google.com/BobVeitch/BPCBordersRoundScottishOpenJuly12th2008#

British Open Paragliding Championships
This is the highest level free flying competition to come to Scotland for 12 years - (a FAI Category II competition) where pilots are competing for World ranking points. A competition of 3 rounds with the other rounds being held this year in July: Piedrahita - Spain and in August: St Jean de Montclar in France.
Currently there are over 50 pilots registered for this event.
http://www.pgcomps.org.uk/

There are a number of Scottish Pilots from the Borders area - perhaps one of the most significant being David Thomson who will be heavily involved in both events especially with respect to weather and flying site choice each day.

As paragliding is such a weather dependent activity if it is bad then all these people will be looking for other activities to do in the Tibbieshiels area - if you have a website to which you might want a link then please feel free to email it to webmaster@shpf.co.uk

To learn to paraglide in Scotland there are 2 schools to choose from - Cloudbusters and Flying Fever links here :-
http://www.cloudbusters.co.uk/
http://www.flyingfever.net/index.html

A Borders pilot who will be heavily involved in the site selection and or weather related decision making activities during these competitions will be David Thomson at http://www.bordercrossings.co.uk/

Regards,

Robert Veitch for the SHPF

Labels: 2009, borders, BPC, championship, May, paragliding, SHPF, St Marys, Tibbieshiels

Please find in this link the most recent minutes of the committee meeting held in Edinburgh on 19th March 09.

Labels: committee, march, meeting, minutes, SHPF, x-scotia

Steve Durkin has prepared a summary of the work he and others have been doing on our behalf with respect to Airspace within the Glasgow / Edinburgh region.
For his full final report please click this link.

Labels: airspace, Gargunnock, NATS, SHPF, summary

I am looking to prepare an "uber gallery" consisting of your best 3 to 5 photos from all time related to free flying. To help in this endevour please send an email with your name and a short description if applicable to webmaster@shpf.co.uk
Thankyou in advance.

Labels: 2009, gallery, request, SHPF

Please find in the above link the full 2008 results along with details on the scoring system used for the Scottish Hang-gliding and Paragliding Federation Trophy.

Labels: 2008, federation, results, score, scores, SHPF, system, trophy

To open the minutes from the Scottish Hang-gliding and Paragliding Federation AGM, held at the EICA, Ratho on 24th January 2009 in a new window click here.

Labels: 2009, agm, hang-gliding, minutes, paragliding, SHPF

We anticipate more than 50 people using the zipline on Saturday - a great turn out but it does mean we'll all have to be slick and quick on the turn around.

Gordon has assembled the list with approximate timings and this can be found here.

Remember Aerofix will be providing a professional repack service from about midday.

John Silvester is psyching himself up for his first chat north of the Border. Please encourage friends (especially climbers or anyone interested in the Himalayas) to come along for this talk.

On the Sunday there may be a comp simulation session, with tasks around Ratho to show what happens at a comp - downloading tasks and uploading logs etc. Please bring your GPS and any associated cables.

See you at Ratho

Cheers

Mike

Labels: 2009, Gathering, repack, reserve, SHPF

Click the title above to get more details on the location of the SHPF Gathering, reserve deployment, repacking, AGM, John Silvester talk and events for the Sunday 25th January.

Labels: EICA, Gathering, information, John Silvester, Ratho, repack, reserve, SHPF, update

The Chogo Lungma Crossing - 150km across the high Karakorum .... from Hunza to Skardu, by paraglider (with an extra fleece)

An illustrated talk by John Silvester as part of the SHPF Gathering on Saturday 24th January 2009, Edinburgh International Climbing Arena.

Where is this - well here is a Google Earth KML file which takes you to roughly the Chogo-Lungma area.

Labels: 2009, Chogo Lungma, EICA, Hunza, January, John Silvester, SHPF, Skardu, talk

Please find here a link (which opens in a new window) to the most recent SHPF committee meeting minutes prepared by Naomi Miskin.

Labels: 2008, meeting, minutes, miskin, naomi, paragliding, SHPF

If you click the above title you should then be able to add the SHPF blog feed to your iGoogle.

Labels: feed, google, igoogle, paragliding, scotland, SHPF

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Labels: 2008, May, paragliding event 2008 scotland, SHPF, videos, x-scotia