It gets worse.http://www.ushpa.org/2009/11/what-is-paragliding/
How is hang gliding different from paragliding?A Hang glider has a rigid frame maintaining the shape of the wing, with the
pilot usually flying in a prone position. The Paraglider canopy shape is
maintained only by air pressure and the pilot is suspended in a sitting or
supine... mehr

The USHPA BOD and committees are a bureaucracy, basically divorced
from reality by their structure. What passes for acceptable comment and action
is nothing that you would find in everyday life. Let's look at one example:This is the new look of competition at the USHPA. It was passed Thursday night
at the BOD meeting:
Motion to reorganize... mehr

Key issues the BOD is told that it is addressing:

Ranking and validity system is divisive
Only intense, high-end events are sanctioned
Sanctioning process unstructured
No quality assurance for pilots
Potential USHPA liability
No USHPA support for meet organizers

The BOD solution to the first one is to have a separate ranking
for "open... mehr

http://ushpa.orgThe new site is beautiful.But,Hang gliding dangerous, but paragliding not?http://www.ushpa.org/2009/11/what-is-hang-gliding/ (the second paragraph):
Hang gliding can be dangerous, and should only be performed under
proper supervision or by someone with technical experience and training.... mehr

I have placed the following reports up on the Oz Report:
http://ozreport.com/docs/091027OPENfinal.pdf and
http://bit.ly/W8S74. These are two reports
from the USHPA Executive Committee on their last meeting and the summary of
their meetings. Much information on Bob K's issues. mehr

A power point display: http://bit.ly/3aZ4bQ. mehr

Do the proposed changes to the competition program conform to the
focus?
The USHPA Focus statement is found here:
http://www.ushpa.aero/policy/SOP-02-01.pdf
The Primary Focus of the USHPA is to promote the growth of sport
flying in foot launchable soaring aircraft. The Board of Directors will not
adopt, nor will the Office carry out programs... mehr

The USHPA Mission statement is found here:
http://www.ushpa.aero/policy/SOP-02-00.pdf
One provision of the mission statement is:
E. Maintain a working relationship with manufacturers and the
manufacturers’ associations that will serve to promote the sport.
Are you as a pilot aware of any working relationships between the
USHPA and any... mehr

His blog post.
Launch looking north. After town the north cliffs begin.
First there's the start: The minimum sink glide to the edge of the start
cylinder is practiced over and over. The cylinder must be crossed within five
seconds of the start time or you're playing catch up the entire race. This year
we flew an exit start 1.5km away from... mehr

What happens when you try to launch unhooked when scooter towing?
Not much. Apparently in this case the tow instructor didn't notice that the
student was not hooked in, even though the instructor was using a turn around
pulley and was sitting on the scooter next to the student.The sequence as a
Microsoft Power Point slide show. mehr

Sander van Schaik <<sander>> sends:
mehr

The "lobbying" begins this afternoon in Austin. I'm in the Palm
Springs airport. mehr

Mike Haley states
here:
Many, if not most, top comp pilots do not face true financial
hardship.
What is "true" financial hardship?How does Mike know if this statement is true or not? Has he surveyed the
competition hang glider pilots? Has he looked at their tax returns?I just find this statement to be remarkably ignorant. If he had... mehr

Can we measure our proposals against our goals and see if they
are headed in the right direction?
Mike Haley states
here:
Moreover, such an assurance could justify higher sanctioning fees
for competitions which could be used to fund other parts of the program, if
desired.
So Mike wants to charge higher sanction fees, seeing sanctioning... mehr

Mike writes
here:
USHPA needs a consistent and fair way to measure altitude for
scoring competitions.
This has not been an issue for hang gliding competitions in the
US. Why are we even discussing it? It was an issue in Europe at the 2009 Worlds
(and previous comps). It is an issue at the Bogong Cup in Australia. But we
could care less about... mehr

Mike writes
here:
Moreover, to correct some current misinformation, the members of
the CWG itself have not particularly believed for months now that the CWG’s own
first draft system (presented at the Fall, 2008 BoD) is particularly the way to
go, though the CWG has only recently begun assimilating and reporting its
findings, giving... mehr

Through an ongoing discussion with a Competition Workgroup Member
it has dawned on me
Why is there no goals statement that accompanies the proposed
changes from the USHPA Competition Workgroup to the USHPA Competition Program? I
would suggest that it is because there are conflicting goals and if the goals
were made explicit then the... mehr

Thanks to Raul mehr

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/screw_the_pooch
If you go here,
you'll notice that the USHPA BOD is scheduled for the 12th through the 14th. It wasn't always
that way. In fact until Monday, the BOD meeting was scheduled for Friday and
Saturday, November 13th and 14th. This is the normal schedule for a BOD meeting.
The EC meets on Thursday and... mehr

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