UNITED STATES HANG GLIDING & PARAGLIDING ASSOCIATION JULY/AUGUST 2018 Volume 48 · Issue 5 $6.95 RAISING MONTANA New Pilots Go Up and Over Yesteryear's Gender Assumptions Incident Reporting + Competition Flying + Cold Air Advection REGIONAL DIRECTORS 1 AK/OR/WA Rich Hass Matt Henzi 2 North CA/NV Jugdeep Aggarwal Paul Gazis Robert Booth 3 South CA/HI Ken Andrews Dan DeWeese Alan Crouse 4 AZ/CO/UT/NM Bill Belcourt Ken Grubbs 5 ID/MT/WY/Canada Randall Shane 6&11 AR/KS/MO/NE/OK/LA/TX Tiki Mashy 7 IL/IN/IA/MI/MN/ND/SD/WI Doyle Johnson 8 NH/CT/ME/MA/RI/VT Calef Letorney 9 DC/DE/KY/MD/OH/PA/VA/WV Martin Palmaz Dan Lukaszewicz Executive Director Larry Dennis [email protected] 10 AL/FL/GA/MS/NC/SC/TN/VI/PR Beth Van Eaton Bruce Weaver Operations Manager Steve Kroop [email protected] Matt Taber Erika Klein 12 NJ/NY Communications Manager Paul Voight [email protected] Chris Webster DIRECTORS AT LARGE Information Services Manager Paul Murdoch [email protected] Steve Rodrigues Galen Anderson Greg Kelley Membership Coordinator Felipe Amunategui [email protected] Mark Forbes OFFICERS & EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE EX-OFFICIO DIRECTOR Paul Murdoch Art Greenfield (NAA) President [email protected] Efficient Performance The United States Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association Inc. (USHPA) is an air sports Alan Crouse organization affiliated with the National Aeronautic Association (NAA), which is the official Vice President representative of the Fédération Aeronautique Internationale (FAI), of the world governing [email protected] body for sport aviation. The NAA, which represents the United States at FAI meetings, has Steve Rodrigues delegated to the USHPA supervision of FAI-related hang gliding and paragliding activities such Secretary as record attempts and competition sanctions. The United States Hang Gliding and Paragliding [email protected] Association, a division of the National Aeronautic Association, is a representative of the Mark Forbes Fédération Aeronautique Internationale in the United States. IOTA 2: the new Performance-Intermediate Treasurer [email protected] What is your cross country dream? 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We are always looking great Greg Gillam, Art Director articles, photography and news. Your contributions are appreciated. [email protected] C.J. Sturtevant C.J. Sturtevant, Copy Editor Photographers ADVERTISING All advertising is subject to the USHPA Advertising Policy, a copy [email protected] Jeff Shapiro of which may be obtained from the USHPA by emailing [email protected]. 2018 JULY/AUGUST2018 INCIDENT ANALYSIS Chris Santacroce NICK GREECEPREFLIGHT COLLEGE STUDENTS FLY Tom Webster REPORTING INCIDENTS Calef Letorney RIDGE SOARING LORE Dennis Pagen CALENDAR / CLASSIFED / RATINGS ree flight is the greatest game of “choose your own benefits to membership at no cost. adventure” ever conceived. Our free flight “stories” Sara Weaver gives us her first, of many to come, pieces Ffit the Edward Packard model perfectly, which fasci- to be featured in the USHPA magazine about her start nated many of us as children. In these teenage-oriented in hang gliding, from Kitty Hawk to competing. We’re books, the protagonist faces two or three options, each excited to have Sara contributing frequent reports about of which leads to more options and, finally, to one of life under wing. many endings, depending on one’s choices. Similar to Another Kitty Hawk alum, Tom Webster, reports on a the books, when we are flying without an engine, we are group from the Colorado College recreation department presented with a variety of choices, complicated by the who learned to fly at the Point of the Mountain during a unpredictability of the outcome of our action. But this spring break. unpredictability can, in fact, be minimized with repeated Calef Letorney is back with a critical piece on our need practice and exposure to the decisions made during a to change our culture for accident reporting in order to flight. predict and prevent future accidents, while Jeff Shapiro The saying “it’s better to be lucky than good,” is ques- reports from the thriving flying scene in Missoula, tionable when we observe that those who are good, more Montana, as well as what makes a great pilot. often get lucky. I would say that’s because they have nar- Honza Remanjek drops by to begin a new weather rowed down their results by choosing successful routes series based on his famous Cross Country Magazine in their story, over years of flying, thereby eliminating works, and CJ Sturtevant, the hardest working woman in unexpected twists or trick endings. Due to the ever Free Flight, is back with a piece on Zac Majors’ win and changing and evolving environmental factor in which we the great event held at Quest Air in Florida. operate, an unexpected adventure always awaits us, but Dennis Pagen chips in a piece on advanced ridge soar- isn’t that what keeps us coming back? ing techniques. The July/August issue kicks off with a call for regional These are the days, my friends. Make sure whatever ad- directors. USHPA is a volunteer led organization. This is venture you choose makes you happy and keeps you safe! your chance to run, or nominate, someone who wants to make a difference in free-flight in the US. Martin Palmaz is back with his monthly installment about USHPA, this time explaining membership benefits. USHPA is making a concerted effort to continuously add 6 USHPA PILOT MAGAZINE JONATHAN BYERS COVER Kara Shapiro pulling up in Missoula, Montana. Copyright ©2018 United States Hang Gliding and Paragliding Assoc., Inc. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise without prior written permission of USHPA. 2018 JULY/AUGUST2018 INCIDENT ANALYSIS Chris Santacroce 10 ADVECTION | HONZA REJMANEK COLLEGE STUDENTS FLY Tom Webster 26 REPORTING INCIDENTS Calef Letorney 30 RIDGE SOARING LORE Dennis Pagen 56 CALENDAR / CLASSIFED / RATINGS 62 44 Kerio Valley Chasing Personal Bests in Africa NICK GREECE 14 20 SARA WEAVER The Future is So Bright She Has to Wear Shades SARA WEAVER COMPETITION FLYING Extra Credit in Your Favorite Field of Study C.J. STURTEVANT 36 46 BIRDS OF A FEATHER? 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