SHPF Blog
21 July 2008
Photos of The Scottish Open and BPC Saturday 12th July, Abington
Quoting Nigel and Sue Pacey,
"We were on our way back home and stopped to see the very impressive display of paragliders as we turned off the M74.
I am surprised you didn?t cause the odd accident as you were all very visible from the motorway.
I am a keen amateur photographer and took the attached photos which you might like to post here....
With the grey sky you were not the easiest to photograph!!"
Nigel Pacey
Labels: 2008, abington, july, open, pacey, paragliding, Scottish
17 July 2008
BPC & Scottish open photo galleries
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| BPC- Borders round & Scottish Open July 12th 2008 |
and on Sunday 13th July - Broughton Heights, near Broughton.
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| BPC 080713 |
Labels: BPC, galleries, open, paragliding, photo, pictures, Scottish, tos, veitch
13 July 2008
Lots of pilots about to be in flight at Broughton
BPC & Scottish Open Paragliding Task set .....
Race to Goal, Takeoff ~T09050 1312", Multi launch, thermal right, Window open 11:45, Close 14:30. Race start 12:15. Goal close 17:00, Land by 17:00, Report in by 17:30, Check in asap and closes 19:30.
Task:-
Takeoff - T09050 Broughton Heights, Prestart2.5km radius round T02055 (TP1) then 4.14km I think to Race start which is a 10km radius circle around M24016 and start of speed section. End of speed section 2km from the goal G09017. Total distance 44.9km.
Labels: 2008, BPC, july, open, paragliding, Scottish, task 2
BPC & Scottish Open - Setting the task
Broughton - BPC &Scottish Open 13th July 08
Conditions - light slightly SW expected to get better during the day.
Labels: 13th, BPC, broughton, july, nationals, open, paragliding, Scottish
12 July 2008
Scottish Open - Paragliding Google KMZ 12th June 08
Just showing Takeoff, Turnpoint and Goal
Labels: 2008, Earth KMZ, google, july, open, Scottish
BPC Borders & Scottish Open - status 16:10 Race start
Labels: BPC, event, open, paragliding, race, route, Scottish
BPC Borders & Scottish Open - status 14:30
Quite a few paragliding pilots went free flying as there is apparently going to be quite some time before the task is started. There had been some discussion about moving site because the wind had veered a bit West but the decision was made to stay put.
Labels: 2008, BPC, open, paragliding, Scottish, status, whiteside
BPC Borders & Scottish open -12th July - Task set
Takeoff - T07035 White Hill - external cylinder 2km radius - with takeoff within 1km.
Turnpoint M0404 2.8km down the ridge - 400m radius then speed to Goal 25.7km Go2011 near Moffat - 1km radius.
Elapsed time multi launch attempts allowed, thermalling direction leftWindow and race start 12:30, Check-in closed 17:30. SMS or voice check in.
Labels: BPC, open, paragliding, Scottish, task
BPC Borders & Scottish open - 12th July 08 status
Well everyone has decamped to T07 - White Hill- near Abington and at least 18 pilots have taken off for a free fly :-
Labels: abington, borders, BPC, hill, open, paragliding, Scottish, whiteside
BPC - Borders & Scottish open status
Labels: 2008, borders, BPC, open, Scottish, status
08 June 2008
X-Scotia 2008 Videos Part 3
Labels: 2008, event, May, paraglider, paragliding, paragliding event 2008 scotland, Scottish, videos, x-scotia
07 February 2008
SHPF Committee meeting 30th January 2008 - minutes
Labels: federation, hang-gliding, meeting, minutes, paragliding, Scottish, SHPF
28 August 2007
Scottish Nationals Paragliding Series - Arran
Registration and briefing will be at 10:45 at the Mc Alpine hotel opposite the ferry terminal Brodick Pier, Arran, on Saturday morning.
Bob V
Labels: 2007, Arran, nationals, paragliding, Scottish, series
16 August 2007
LLSC round of Scottish Nationals Paragliding Series postponed 1 week
Weather permitting, we will hold the Tinto round on 25/26 August.
George McGhee
Series Co-ordinator
RV - As usual as more details are made available they will be on this page :-
http://www.shpf.co.uk/scotparanationals.php
Labels: nationals, paragliding, Scottish
03 July 2007
The Scottish Nationals Paragliding Series - reminder
See you there.
Labels: competition, nationals, organising, paragliding, Scottish, series
05 June 2007
BPC photos
If you wish to see the photos and videos (in Picasa format) that I took on 3 of the 4 days of the recent Scottish round of the BPC - click the title.
Bob V
Labels: Bob Veitch, BPC, photos, Scottish, videos
02 June 2007
Scottish Nationals - Arran round postponed
Quick note to inform you of the rescheduling of this weekends Scottish Nationals Paragliding Series round scheduled for Arran.
Owing to a clash of dates with the Lakes Charity Classic and a fairly
poor weather forecast, the Arran round will now take place later in the
year.
Cheers,
George
Labels: 2007, Arran, nationals, paragliding, Scottish
08 May 2007
Scottish Paragliding nationals and Events updated
Just in case you weren't already aware,
This coming weekend may well be the SMPC and first round this year of The Scottish Nationals Paragliding Series and as such I have updated this page. This will be as usual changed as and whenever I have new information available.
The decision as to whether the weather is good enough for a competition on the 12th / 13th May will be taken tomorrow evening (Wed 9th May) so keep an eye on the above page.
I have also updated the events page - here with as many things as I can find and if you know of any other events please tell me and I shall get them posted asap as well.
Bob V
Labels: calendar, events, nationals, paragliding, Scottish, series
24 April 2007
Scottish Nationals Paragliding Series dates 2007
As usual the Nationals page here will be updated as and when information becomes available nearer the time.
12/13 May - SMPC (This round is flexible and decision normally made by the Wednesday evening prior to the chosen weekend.)
02/03 June - Arran
07/08 July - Aberdeen
18/19 August - Tinto
08/09 September - Borders
06/07 October - Ochils
Hopefully this years series will be just as successful as last years.
See you on the hill.
Bob
Labels: 2007, club, dates, nationals, organising, paragliding, Scottish, series
25 March 2007
Scottish Nationals Presentation to Tina Wood
Labels: 2006, nationals, paragliding, presentation, Scottish, Tina
24 February 2007
Scottish Nationals Paragliding Series - 2006 awards
Labels: Kenny Cooper, nationals, paragliding, photo, presentation, Scottish, series
07 February 2007
SHPF AGM 2007 Agenda
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
10TH FEBRUARY 2007
TINTO HOTEL, SYMINGTON
1 Introductions
2. Apologies for absence
3. Minutes and Outstanding Actions from last AGM (26th February 2005)
4. Chairman's Report
5. Treasurer's Report
6. Sites and Safety Report
7. SportScotland and Scottish Sports Association Report
8. Communications
9. Programme for 2006
10. Subscriptions
11. Election of Executive Committee
12. AOCB
13. Presentation of Awards
Labels: 2007, AGM, federation, hang-gliding, paragliding, Scottish, SHPF
15 January 2007
Free Flying Social weekend and SHPF AGM, 10th and 11th Feb
Ratho is shut so no chuck?n?pack event so how about trying to get as many
pilots together to fly or talk about flying?
Tommy Bryson is the main organiser with help from David Thomson, Cliff Smith
and other members of the SHPF committee.
Rough details are as follows
Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th February
Tinto Hotel at Symington
Saturday, Daytime
If flyable we plan to run a coaching day at Tinto/Broughton or nearest
flyable site.
Coaching will be targeted at what you want to learn so let us know what you
want to do. We might even set some simple but achievable tasks. Ideas
include ground handling, the perfect take off, flying in company, the art of
top landing, how to fly 100km??.
If its not flyable we aim to offer a range of flying related sessions mixed
in with some social time to catch up with all the free flyers who turn up.
Session topics are flexible but could include GPS, flying weather, Harness
setup, DVD shows, slide shows, photo competition, bring and buy sale etc. If
there is anything else you?d like to see please let us know.
5.00pm (ish) the SHPF AGM and annual prize giving.
6.00pm (ish) Meal in the Hotel £15.95 for a 3 course meal or cheaper bar
meal options.
7.30pm Slide show and talk by Steve Etherington. Topic TBC but will focus on
Steve?s paragliding exploits home and abroad. For those that don?t know him
Steve is one of the UK?s few PWC pilots who according to Tommy has a few
right guid tales t?tell.
Once Steve shuts up you can socialize for as long as you want.
B&B is available at the Tinto Hotel for those that want to stay over.
Sunday
If flyable a similar plan to Saturday.
If not flyable a similar plan to Sauturday.
PLUS David Thomson and LLSC are planning on running a CP and P exam. Further
details from DT to follow.
The main thrust of the weekend is to try and get pilots together, have some
fun, get some flying done if we can, share experiences, have some fun, get
some coaching, have some fun, watch the rain pish against the Hotel windaes,
did I mention have some fun???..
So over to you.
At this stage we don?t need any firm commitments but the following would be
helpful
Do you think the idea is a good one?
Do you plan to attend ? helpful for us to know rough numbers so we can alert
the hotel
What coaching would you like?
Volunteer coaches
Volunteers to run a session
That?s it for now. Further details to follow once we get some feedback.
Please feel free to circulate this initial information.
Now for the deal clincher this event is FREE and if that don?t get the
Adeerdonians down nothing will??????.
Cliff Smith for and on behalf of Tommy Bryson
Labels: AGM, hang-gliding, paragliding, Scottish, SHPF

