SHPF Blog
17 March 2010
SHPF Committee meeting minutes from 8th Feb 2010...
SHPF-Meeting-Minutes-February-2010.docx
Labels: 2010, committee, February, meeting, minutes, SHPF
SHPF 2010 AGM minutes
SHPF-AGM-Minutes-Jan-2010.docx
Labels: 2010, agm, minutes, SHPF
11 February 2010
SHPF- Scottish Nationals and X-Scotia dates 2010..
Diary-2010-Scottish-Nationals.doc
Labels: 2010, date, nationals, paragliding, series, SHPF, x-scotia
SHPF 2010 Slides by Mike Jardine
SHPF-AGM-10-slides.pdf
Labels: 2010, agm, Jardine, Mike, SHPF, slides
SHPF Constitution - July 1997
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
26 January 2010
SHPF Gathering 2010 - Videos - Paragliding Reserve deployments at EICA Ratho
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
16 January 2010
SHPF Gathering reserve throwing status
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
13 January 2010
SHPF Committe meeting minutes 8th December 09
11 December 2009
SHPF Gathering 16/17th January 2010
Gathering and the Booking Form
Labels: 2010, EICC, Gathering, Ratho, SHPF
20 November 2009
SHPF Gathering 16+17th January 2010
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
3 November 2009
Committee meeting 30th Sept 09 - minutes
Labels: 2009, committee, meeting, minutes, SHPF
6 October 2009
Scottish Paragliding + Sites guide
Labels: book, flying, paragliding, photos, scotland, SHPF, sites, submit
3 June 2009
X-Scotia 2009 photos ....
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Labels: 2009, Mark Robson, Matt Church, photos, Robert Veitch, SHPF, x-scotia
6 May 2009
BPC / Scottish Open and British Championships
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
30 March 2009
SHPF / X-Scotia Committee meeting minutes 19th March 09
Labels: committee, march, meeting, minutes, SHPF, x-scotia
23 March 2009
Scottish TMA Reclassification from E to D - Summary
For his full final report please click this link.
Labels: airspace, Gargunnock, NATS, SHPF, summary
19 March 2009
Photo gallery request ....
Thankyou in advance.
Labels: 2009, gallery, request, SHPF
4 March 2009
SHPF Trophy 2008 results and scoring system ...
Labels: 2008, federation, results, score, scores, SHPF, system, trophy
4 February 2009
SHPF AGM minutes from 24th January 2009
Labels: 2009, agm, hang-gliding, minutes, paragliding, SHPF
22 January 2009
SHPF Gathering - Reserve deployment latest ...
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
21 January 2009
SHPF Gathering - more details ..
Labels: EICA, Gathering, information, John Silvester, Ratho, repack, reserve, SHPF, update
7 January 2009
J Silvester talk at the SHPF Gathering 24 January 2009
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
6 August 2008
SHPF Committee meeting minutes
Labels: 2008, meeting, minutes, miskin, naomi, paragliding, SHPF
3 June 2008
Add a thing to show the SHPF blog on your iGoogle
Labels: feed, google, igoogle, paragliding, scotland, SHPF
2 June 2008
X-Scotia 2008 Videos part 2
Labels: 2008, May, paragliding event 2008 scotland, SHPF, videos, x-scotia



