Ollie Gregory writes:

It’s time to sign up, gear up, brush up, team up, and get uppity.
Team Challenge 2010 begins Saturday, September 19th and the early registrations
indicate this year’s winning team may already be out there, putting last year’s
lessons into practice.

If you are a Hang 3 or 4 foot launch pilot and you’re eager to learn and help
others while soaking up the wisdom of the Old Ones of hang gliding you may be
their worst nightmare. Come to Team Challenge and you may well be on a pickup
team with a master of the sport. Your flights will score more than theirs, and
the winning team is most often the one that learns the most, listens best and
helps each other along during the week.

Just to show that everyone gains at Team Challenge, you could also wind up on my
team. That will be guaranteed fun! (And you could make me a winner.)

For the first time, thanks to a grant from the Foundation for Free Flight, there
are five scholarships to be awarded for TTT members to who want to attend Team
Challenge. To apply for one those slots, send me (Ollie Gregory) an email about
yourself and detail what you would like to do with the knowledge imparted
through TC, to promote hang gliding. You can find me at our club website. If you
have paid for a slot and are selected for the scholarship, your TC fee will be
refunded.

We’ll have continuous learning regardless of weather, with seminars from Dennis
Pagen, Mark Stump, Mike Barber and others. The beautiful Henson Gap campground
(now with WiFi) has ample camping space, hot showers and indoor plumbing. The
clubhouse is being renovated and readied to make us even more comfortable. If
you haven’t been to Henson Gap or a Team Challenge, ask someone you know who
has.

Read more at:
http://sequatchiecompetition.com/team_challenge.html

Sing up online at:
http://sequatchiecompetition.com/tc_reg.html

Nearby Lookout Mountain Flight Park is hosting their September Fest, September
17-19. Come early and get your Fest on.

Superman!

Plan to stay for the week following Team Challenge, and show your mettle in an
“I’ll take the high road,” flat out Open Distance XC contest as we host the
first Superman of the Sequatchie September 26 thru October 2.

Tennessee Treetoppers is a worldwide hang gliding community of pilots and
friends who gather to fly in the beautiful Sequatchie Valley of Southeast
Tennessee.