 | Bring your stories and pictures! Its time again for our AGM, Please make time to come and enjoy stories and movies from this years activities. If you would like anything added to the agenda please contact: Norm Krcmar OSA President - FlyOKPresident@gmail.com TerryButcher OSA VicePresident -FlyOKVPresident@gmail.com Thank you and hope to see you there. Please come and support the club. Norm |
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13th Annual 2018 Lumby Air Races, Hang Gliding and Paragliding June 3th- June 9th 2018 - Completed5/17/2018  13th Annual 2018 Lumby Air Races |
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Note: Until further notice landings in the Lumby Valley are only permitted at the Freedom Flight Park for rated H2 and P2 or above flyers with HPAC insurance, unless under direct supervision of a certified instructor and flight school. Advance permission and a signed Lumby Air Force Waiver mandatory for all flights from Coopers Launch and landings at Freedom Flight Park as well.
Jacob Brunning uploaded a four-minute video "Hike and Fly" this week showing some of the spectacular views of West Kelowna he gets while paragliding. Filmed last fall around Trader's Cove above Westside Road and includes footage of Okanagan Lake and the surrounding mountains. Full Story...
Matt Paley produced this dog's view of paragliding. Enjoy!
 | We have secured a new LZ for the Mara Launch. It is located at 7920 Vernon-Sicamous Hwy. https://goo.gl/maps/yeiFcLBr7QH2 The owners are Heidi and Dave Green. They have graciously consented to landing on their property. This LZ is suitable for both HG’s and PG’s With that said they have a a few things that they would like us to keep in mind... |
• Parking is provided at the farm please park as directed.
• Don’t land in the tall grass (this is a hay field) the north side of the field is generally dryer and thinner grass.
• Entrance is through a gate at the south side from the parking lot
• Please use the outhouses near the Saloon. They have children and neighbours.
• This couple also have camping and rentals available on site and they sell farm raised meat and other items lets support them as much as we can!
• Don’t land in the tall grass (this is a hay field) the north side of the field is generally dryer and thinner grass.
• Entrance is through a gate at the south side from the parking lot
• Please use the outhouses near the Saloon. They have children and neighbours.
• This couple also have camping and rentals available on site and they sell farm raised meat and other items lets support them as much as we can!
| | The questions that pilots get from the public are vast and varied. There is, however, some standard ones like the title of this article. Here is a great video that quickly and succinctly describes the 'thermals' that we use to gain elevation and why our vertical goal is 'cloudbase'. Keep this one bookmarked on your phone. |
A new track visualization tool to add to your collection. Doarama is a very sleek and simple way to review and share your flights. It accepts .igc and .gpx file formats which most gps's produce. Simpler to use than Google Earth and smoother, it also has built in social media sharing tools to boot and the ability to use VR glasses. Enjoy!
Sample flight...
http://www.doarama.com/view/121940
Sites main page...
http://www.doarama.com
Sample flight...
http://www.doarama.com/view/121940
Sites main page...
http://www.doarama.com
Windyty.com is a new tool I stumbled upon. Quite mesmerizing. This thing is beautiful and has a road map layer when you zoom in close enough. It even works on smartphones. There is a link as well on the Pilot Resource Tools Page.
There is also http://earth.nullschool.net/ which was the original tool and has a more uniform colour style.
There is also http://earth.nullschool.net/ which was the original tool and has a more uniform colour style.
Flight Log and Forum Entry
On Mon our trip started in Edmonton with me (Evo) being logged in my XCskies and looking for potential good XC weather in the mountains and my brother driving. First target was Golden,BC but rainy weather slashed our XC dreams for next day. So we continued to long missed Okanagan.
Forecast was looking great for Lumby with excellent laps rate and wind direction for a potential flight to Revy. Between Revy and Vernon we were planning the flight and potential routes in regards to conditions. Arriving late in Kelowna went to bed tired but full of good dreams for next day.
Tues June 4-th woke up and looked outside. At 9am nice puffy cumulus clouds were building already. We loaded our gear and headed out to Coopers. By the way the day was looking our dreams for an epic flight were one step closer. We caught a ride with cool HG pilots at Randy's place and Fred was kind enough to drive the truck down. On launch there was 7-8 pilots waiting for conditions to pick up. By the time we got ready fairly good cycles started coming. We launched a bit after noon time. Alex on Gradient Avax XC3 (an classic EN-D wing) and me on my new baby Aircross U6 Comp wing(a second generation true 2 riser design).
On Mon our trip started in Edmonton with me (Evo) being logged in my XCskies and looking for potential good XC weather in the mountains and my brother driving. First target was Golden,BC but rainy weather slashed our XC dreams for next day. So we continued to long missed Okanagan.
Forecast was looking great for Lumby with excellent laps rate and wind direction for a potential flight to Revy. Between Revy and Vernon we were planning the flight and potential routes in regards to conditions. Arriving late in Kelowna went to bed tired but full of good dreams for next day.
Tues June 4-th woke up and looked outside. At 9am nice puffy cumulus clouds were building already. We loaded our gear and headed out to Coopers. By the way the day was looking our dreams for an epic flight were one step closer. We caught a ride with cool HG pilots at Randy's place and Fred was kind enough to drive the truck down. On launch there was 7-8 pilots waiting for conditions to pick up. By the time we got ready fairly good cycles started coming. We launched a bit after noon time. Alex on Gradient Avax XC3 (an classic EN-D wing) and me on my new baby Aircross U6 Comp wing(a second generation true 2 riser design).
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