Posted by CAHGC on Monday, January 13, 2014,
Flight of the month went to Adam West for first attempt at the Rondebossie XC challenge (going XC from our training hill). All flights greater than 10km count towards this challenge. Adam managed to sneak in a 10.9km flight in strong SE winds.  From Adam: The wind was blowing +40kmh on the hill, but cumulus were popping off to the SW. Thought there might be a chance of catching a ride under one and going XC.
It was really fun to go over the back, drifting over the fields. It was hard to stay ou... Continue reading ...
Posted by CAHGC on Saturday, November 16, 2013,
Flight of the month went to new member Edward Copley for a solo SLP flight. Well done! Continue reading ...
Posted by CAHGC on Saturday, November 16, 2013,
Flight of the month went to Greg Gibson and Mark van Wyk for a beaut of a flight at Noordehoek Peak.  Continue reading ...
Posted by CAHGC on Saturday, November 16, 2013,
Flight of the Month went to Mark and Fabiano for pioneering a site in Franschoek:
Mark's story:
Today was one of those amazing days I'll
never forget. Fabiano and I pioneered a site. Well, more Fabio. He found the
spot, checked it out, found the landing and decided to go fly it. I just got
him to send me off first so I had a wireman. Flying the site was awesome. The sun had
vanished behind the clouds, but we still managed to climb up 2975' AMSL. We
chased each other around the ... Continue reading ...
Posted by CAHGC on Saturday, November 16, 2013,
Flight of the month went to Arjan De Kock for a vario-less XC at Porterville, to the Piekenierskloof Pass, back to Saron Gap and back to Dasklip. Continue reading ...
Posted by CAHGC on Monday, March 11, 2013,
Flight of the month went to Adam West for a flight from Dasklip, over Pakhuis, into the Northern Cape. Full story here: http://hgrsa.blogspot.com/2013/01/dasklip-to-northern-cape.html Adam heading over Doringbos towards the Northern Cape Continue reading ...
Posted by CAHGC on Tuesday, January 22, 2013,
Flight of the month for December went to new pilot, Arjan de Kock, for his first XC flight at Dasklip. A really special moment for any soaring pilot. Well done! Arjan's story:It’s
Saturday afternoon and I’m at a climbing competition in Cape Town. This is
supposed to be my element but I look around the plastic walls and people that
came here to compete. I feel completely un-inspired... its hot... climbing
walls is a futile pursuit & I’m drained from driving countless hours
from Namibia...... Continue reading ...
Posted by CAHGC on Thursday, January 17, 2013,
Flight of the month goes to Grove Steyn for an exciting and innovative flight from SLP.http://www.paraglidingforum.com/leonardo/flight/702245From Grove:
I see that I only managed to launch from the lower take-off at 15h00 after Paul and I had sent off Mark. The prevailing wind was SW, but the thermals still pulled the streamers up straight regularly. I had to work a bit to get up above the bridge section of the road. Thereafter I hung around at ridge height working the moderate thermals wh... Continue reading ...
Posted by CAHGC on Friday, October 19, 2012,
Flight of the month goes to Paul Laros for a fantastic, late-afternoon flight to Sneeuberg in Sir Lowry's Pass valley.  From Paul:I had a wonderful flight at SLP this afternoon. Earlier I had to choose between watching the Bokke against the All Blacks or an afternoon flight. [The Bokke got spanked - Ed.] I am glad that I chose to fly.
I took off at the lower take-off at about 5 pm. The wind was W, but fairly cross on take-off due to the sea breeze affect. I had to wait for a straight cycle but... Continue reading ...
Posted by CAHGC on Tuesday, October 9, 2012,
Flight of the month went to Adam West for a 25km FAI triangle on Table Mountain. Flight track can be found here: http://www.paraglidingforum.com/leonardo/flight/627614 Continue reading ...
Posted by CAHGC on Sunday, October 7, 2012,
Posted by CAHGC on Monday, April 30, 2012,
Some excellent XC flights again in January, with big altitude gains and long flights, including a crossing of the Pakhuis Pass (last done in 2009, and previously 20 years before that). Flight of the Month went to Steve Pelley for his first thermal flight (a big moment for any soaring pilot). This was an exceptional feat considering it was effectively a low save on a small hill (i.e. very, very tricky). Well done Steve!  From Steve: "I headed out to the hill hoping to catch a decent post-fronta... Continue reading ...
Posted by CAHGC on Monday, April 30, 2012,
Dec-Jan saw a couple Porterville fly-aways with many long flights over 100km and several pilots breaking their personal bests. Flight of the Month went to Adam West for a new personal best flight from Dasklip to just short of Van Rhynsdorp. Tracklog can be found here:  Derigging near Van Rhynsdorp. Continue reading ...
Posted by CAHGC on Tuesday, January 10, 2012,
Flight of the month goes to Adam West for an out-and-return flight from Signal Hill to the along the Apostles and back. "A perfect Signals flight. Challenging to get around the face of Lion's Head, and once up, abundant and smooth lift. Racing under the clouds to the end of the Apostles and back and then meeting up with Eric on the Lion's Head crossing and doing it all again. A sunset landing and a cold beer in Mouille Point topped off a great flight."
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Posted by CAHGC on Tuesday, January 10, 2012,
Flight of the month goes to Eric van der Walt for a 48km triangle at Porterville during the Gatskop competition. Eric waiting on launch (photo Coral Benn)
Eric's tracklog can be found here. Continue reading ...
Posted by CAHGC on Sunday, November 20, 2011,
Flight of the month goes to new pilot, Stefan Nel, for his first soaring flight! Stefan's story below reminds us of the simple joy of flying and how lucky we are to enjoy this incredible sport.  Stefan on the ramp at Dasklip Stefan's story: The day was almost perfect... A windy Thursday afternoon on Rondebossie at the end of September. Few of us was there, Lennox, Ian, Chris and Steve. Having heard about Steve's awesome soaring flight the week before with an "accidental" top-landing and all, I w... Continue reading ...
Posted by CAHGC on Tuesday, July 12, 2011,
Flight(s) of the month went to Ross Hofmeyer for some excellent winter flying at Rondebossie. Although a new HG pilot, Ross has been showing excellent command of a range of skills from light wind launches and spot landings to high wind flights and top landings. Great stuff Ross.
Ross just after take off
Ross' story:
I was really fortunate over the last few weeks to get 4 nice flights in at Rondebossie. On 18 June the club held a 'check flight' day to encourage all the members to get their licen... Continue reading ...
Posted by CAHGC on Sunday, April 17, 2011,
The flight of the month went to Adam for a 77km FAI triangle at Dasklip during the March Gatskop competition. An epic day, with huge climbs to over 3000m ASL. The story here: Almost at cloudbase, 3300m ASL.
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Posted by CAHGC on Tuesday, April 12, 2011,
Some good flying this month with several pilots going over 100kms. However, the deserving winner was Grove Steyn for his back-to-back Klawer Flights from Dasklip. Over 130kms two days in a row. Altitude gains of up to 3200m ASL. Fantastic flying.  3000m ASL above Clanwilliam Dam en route to Klawer (photo A.West)
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Posted by CAHGC on Tuesday, April 12, 2011,
The flight of the month went to Christopher Mellor for his first soaring flight. 45 minutes at Gericke's Point. Video put together by Dick can be seen here. Nice one Christopher! Continue reading ...
Posted by CAHGC on Wednesday, November 24, 2010,
This month's flight of the month went to Ian de Vries, for his class-winning flight at the recent Gatskop competition. Ian's story:
climbing under a cloudy sky at Dasklip (photo A. West) So after a quite a few Rondebossie trips,
and two weekends of no flying at Porterville, I was pretty fired up to fly my
hang glider there. The long range
forecast looked really good the whole week, which helped build excitement, and
it turned out accurate. So Saturday dawned and it looked fantastic. 103 pil... Continue reading ...
Posted by CAHGC on Thursday, October 21, 2010,
This months Flight of the Month goes to Greg Gibson for a nice Rondebossie session. Greg's story: I arrived at Rondebossie at around 3.30 on Saturday afternoon. The wind was perfect, quite smooth at around 25kmh. I rigged as fast as I could and took off at about 4.00. I played around the hill for about half an hour and was really thirsty so top landed, had a quick drink and took off immediatly. This time I was up for about 1 hour. There was consistent lift with very tight but strong bands o... Continue reading ...
Posted by CAHGC on Wednesday, September 29, 2010,
Despite being winter time, there was lots of flying this month, mainly at Rondebossie. Some guys getting nice airtime in preparation for summer. The flight of the month went to Adam for a solo flight at Signals. The story here:
"Saturday afternoon turned into a wonderfully mellow Signals day. I headed out there late and just caught the tail end of the day. Not a day to get high or go far, but a wonderful day just to enjoy flying!
Follow this link for a video of this flight...
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Posted by CAHGC on Monday, August 16, 2010,
Some good flying this month. In the end the FOTM went to new HG pilot Ross Hofmeyer for his first soaring flight and top landing at Rondebossie. The sweetest flights are not always the longest. Nice one Ross!
Ian flying the Sonic at Rondebossie (pic Ross Hofmeyer)
From Ross:
In the light of Eric's really great flight I feel a bit sheepish accepting the award but appreciate the support and enthusiasm offered to new pilots by the club. It's a great encouragement.
I was really keen to fly that d... Continue reading ...
Posted by CAHGC on Wednesday, July 14, 2010,
This month saw the reopening of one of our favorite old sites, Rondebossie. While there was some flying at Signals, most of the flying happened at Rondebossie, with several new pilots dusting off the cobwebs and getting some airtime. One of these was Ross, who had his first HG flight in over a year. It is great to welcome Ross back into the fold and look forward to more flying from him. Some pictures from flying at R'Bossie are below (all pics by Kyle Zietsman):
Adam, just after launch
Ross c...
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Posted by CAHGC on Wednesday, July 14, 2010,
This month's flight of the month went to Eric van der Walt for a solo Signals Flight.
Eric in front of Lion's Head (look closely) - pic by Adam West Eric's description of the flight: I was up on Signals yesterday from about 2 pm, and it looked good, if slightly stronger and gustier than I would have liked to deal with on my own, especially with a new glider -- only the second flight with the U2. So I sat and waited to see if the wind might drop a little, which it did. Eventually I rigged, a... Continue reading ...
Posted by CAHGC on Friday, June 25, 2010,
Posted by CAHGC on Friday, June 25, 2010,
Lots of flying this month in Wilderness and on the Peninsula, but the flight of the month went to Ian de Vries for his first thermalling flight in a hang glider at Segdefield and his relaunch at Kleinkrans for a Paradise ridge run. Ian has shown lots of enthusiasm and commitment to making the transition to HG from PG and is a worthy winner of this month’s FOTM. Ian's story of the Kleinkrans-Paradise Ridge run below:Tyronne, Dick, Kenny and Myself arrived at Holiday Inn to find a strong SW b... Continue reading ...
Posted by CAHGC on Wednesday, February 17, 2010,
Another good flying month, with many fine flights. The flight of the month was awarded to Adam and Eric for their flight from Dasklip to Piekenierskloof Pass and then across the flats to Piketberg.
  A description of the flight can be found here. Well done!
We had some really good flights this month, with several in
the +80 km range and one of 131km. Adam showed tracklogs and pictures from the
December Dasklip trip, including flights from Porterville to Klawer and to Bree
Rivier. Eric described his exciting flight over Pakhuis. Really cool,
ground-breaking stuff. This led to a good discussion about how to go over the
back of mountains efficiently. There was some flying at Wilderness and Sir
Lowry’s too.
Ultimately the Flight of the Month was ... Continue reading ...
A nice diversity of flights this month from
Cape Town and beyond. Eric relayed his stories from Bulwer where he got a
couple of flights. Adam had a 71km flight from Dasklip to just short of
Clanwilliam. But Flight of the Month went to Greg Gibson for his return to the
air at the Map in Wilderness. Greg has been patient and has persevered in
getting back in the air and it is great to see this commitment. Well
done! 
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Flight of the Month went to Adam for a flight to just short of Constriction during Gatskop. The story:
Google earth tracklog colored by climb rate
A bunch of us hangies joined in on the paragliding community's friendly pre-season comp, Gatskop, at Porterville. After a poor flight on Saturday, I had a nice flight on Sunday. I had a good launch, but for some reason, after 300 flights in my harness, I grabbed my drogue chute pocket (where I keep my energy bar) by mistake instead of my ... Continue reading ...
Flight of the month for October went to Adam for his ridge run from Signals to Scarborough. The story:
32 kms from Signals to Scarborough. A really fun flight and a new personal best for me at this site. The flight itself was easy, just a point and shoot ridge-run. The only tricky bit came navigating some cloud in Hout Bay and thus having to go deep downwind along the steep cliffs of Chapman's Peak over the ocean before finding lift. The glide from Chapman's to Scarborough was a buttery smoot... Continue reading ...
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