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ASSOCIATION NEWS ARTICLES HGFA ............... .. ................. 6 1981 US t~asters ....................... 4 VHGA ........ .. .......... ... ... ........ 13 Who is Who in Hang Gliding - Ron Grey 7 QHGA . ..... .. .... ... .......... ... .. .. 16 Power Lines - Sca rey ~1ons ters ......... 8 Nobby Notes . ...... ............. .. .. 18 The Lucky Escape ........... .... ..... 8 ACTHGA ....... .. ....... ... ............. 22 The Fatality .......................... 9 SAHGA ................................. 24 Another Accident Report ............... 10 NSWHGA . .. ............................ 30 1981/2 Mt Buffalo X-C ................. 11 Australian X-C League ................. 12 Letters to the Editor 32 Beppu ....... .... ..... ..... .. .......... 14 Australian X-C League Report .... ..... 15 t1arket Pl ace 34 Competitions - Transport Australia Warning 17 Accident Prone ........................ 19 20 Tony got the hang of gliding in USA Cover Drawing: John Reynoldson No Guarantees of Airworthiness ........ 26 assisted by Wings Whipstall Inner-City Flying ..................... 28 29 SKYSAILOR used glider list ............ 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GOODHOOD, 5034. 2 /982 MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL WHAT TO DO I. Check your SkySailor wrapper Is your membership number corr ec t ? (Fema l e pil ots have a numb er t hat ends in F) Is your rating correct? Is yo ur name spel t co r rectly? Is yo ur address co rrect, par ti cular ly i ncl uding the pos t code? 2. Work out how much you should pay 3. Send your cheque a wrapper to HGFA Admistrotor /4 8o/combe Road +------------------------------t MENTONE, 3/94 IMPORTANT NOTICE DO NOT send your renewal to anybody other than the Administrator! In i982, HGFA will be dealing with a computer agency rather than stealing computer time. This means that the process may be a little slower than FEES last year. Sending your renewal to anybody other than the Administrator will GUARANTEE NSW that your membership renewal will be Vic. extensively delayed. Q'land. $30 Tas. W.A. A.CT $32 .50 S.A. $35 The total fee is made up of a state fee (which varies), a HGFA fee of $15 and an insurance levy of $10 . The fee may be paid by cheque, postal order or bank cheque. DO NOT SEND CASH IN THE MAIL!! Pilots are expected to be members of the Association of the State in which they res ide. If you have moved States and you are still a member of your old State, please indicate if you wish your membership to be changed. 3 Nichols, and 1981 Southeast Regional Champion 1981 US Masters and former member of the Grandfather Mountain Australian Steve Moyes, probably the best hang Flying Team, Mike Degtogg. gl i der pi 1ot in the world and wi nner of the pas t two Masters of Hang Glid ing Championships, will be Also in strong contention will be the 1980 facing an outstanding field of international pilots ~rouse Mountain champ and top aerobatic pilot plus a new tournament format in his quest for an ln the world, Rob Kells; two-time Masters finalist unprecedented third straight Masters title here and tallest hang glider pilot in the world at 6'7" September 15-20. Jeff Scott; plus Ashevill e's Dave Ledford and ' Atlanta's Dug Lawton, who both fly consistently Grandfather Mountain and Piedmont Airlines, well at Grandfather. sponsors of the Masters of Hang Gliding Champion­ ships, have doubled the 1981 purse to $10,000, The new format facing Steve Moyes and the other making this the most prize money in the country Masters contestants this year is one-on-one for an annual hang gliding event. competition. In the past, pilots raced against the clock but this year they will launch Leading the international challengers are s~multaneously the race to designated points on the French National Champion Mike DeGlanville and hlgher peaks of rugged Grandfather Mountain, 700 Canadian Robin Pederson, who won the Grouse feet above the mile-high launch site. Mountain Tournament in British Columbia. The The pilot with the best win-loss record is the 1981 Canadian National Champion and new Masters Champion. Points will be assigned as 1981 Canadian Hang Gliding Association point tie-breakers for controlled landings at MacRae leader will be determined this week, and ~both Meadows, site fo the Highland Games and 1,000 feet winners will be competing at Grandfather. British below launch elevation. National Team members Jeramie Fack and Bob England are also expected. The new one-on-one format will accommodate a field of up to 32 pilots with the number of The Americans are led by former Masters competitors cut in half for the final rounds. The champions Mike Arrambide, Ton Peghiny, and select field, which is here by invitation only, Dave Rodriguez, who join Moyes in giving the assures plenty of world class flying. six year-old tournament all its past champions as competitors. Meet Director is Tom Haddon of Mechanicsville, VA, the 1980 National Hang Gliding Champion and Favourites from the United States also include a finalist in the 1980 Masters. 1980 US Hang Gliding Association competition point ·(Reprinted from The Mountain Times 10th September leader Matt Wagner, past National Champion Keith 1981 P. 9) / . HANG GLIDING - Two time defending champion Steve course to take as the airtime was at least 30 Moyes moved into sole possession of minutes and the one-on-one format forced both the lead as the sixth annual Masters of Hang pilots to compete for the same lift. Extremely Gliding Championship completed its eighth round close flying was standard practice. of competition at Grandfather Mountain. The finals cut the field to 10 and on some rounds Moyes, a native of Sydney, Australia, upped his all the pilots were on the course at the same record to 7-1 in the one-on-one competition. Former time. Everyone gets to know each other better Masters Champion Mike Arrambidie of Ventura, in the air and a feeling of respect is expressed Calif. and Bruce Ase of St. Paul, Minn, were tied on the ground which supplied an air of satisfaction for second at 6-2.Asheville's David Ledford was for all the pilots there. part of a five-man group at 5-3. Steve Moyes The event is scheduled to end Tuesday, Moyes could clinch the title with a ninth-round win, (Moyes, of course, went on to win his third Cerro Gordo Cup Masters Championship.) The winner speaks MOYES WINS CERRO GORDO CUP (Owens Valley, California) - Australian Steve The US Masters of hang gliding at Grandfather Moyes captured the Cerro Gordo Cup in a Moyes Mountain, North Carolina, was an extremely Meteor, with the longest flight of the difficult meet to win. The pilot skill level competition being Moyes' 137 miles. The Meteor was so high and guys that were in the 10th to is manufactured by US ~1oyes of Bri dgman, Mi chi gan, 20th places were good enough to win it. All and is the same olider that is called the Meqa III pilots were kings in their own area and were in Australia.