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Long Mynd Soaring Club
The Gateway Centre, Shrewsbury. December 4th 10.30am – 9.30pm. Tickets are £10 in advance (£12.50 on the door)
During the long dark winter months most of us pilots will resign ourselves to laying our gliders down into hibernation. Those with a ‘die hard’ attitude will either wait it out on the hill through snow and wind or travel to the far flung corners of this planet. All waiting / searching of those most magical of moments - air time. For others, winter flying exists mainly in our heads, by reliving successes / failures of the past year and dreaming of adventures in the next. During these months we will need our senses reviving, our neurons sharpening. We will need to be reminded how it feels when we’re doing what we love so much. We will need to be inspired.
This December sees the first, of what we hope might become an annual event celebrating free flying. We are planning a day of films and speakers which extol the varied aspects of this sport.
The programme is not yet finalised but so far includes;
Jocky Sanderson’s Security in flight 2. it’s been 14yrs since his first best selling SIV film. there have been great leaps in glider design, performance and safety so jocky has produced a new version filmed in high definition and using slow motion editing techniques. a keenly anticipated film. also showing a selection of other recent films covering acro, adventure and cross county flying and short films from pimple queens.
Toby Colombe on flying big distances in the mountains. Toby is the current world record holder for a 168km out and return on a tandem in slovenia. he won 1st in the british open, slovenia 2010 in sports class. 1st in british championships 2009 in sports class and 2nd in serial class. he runs a successful company guiding in morocco, france and spain. Steve Nash and Gareth Aston talk about their Mongolia expedition. A representative from the Air Ambulance talking about the service and ways we can help them at incidents.
Video competition. Beyond Extreme will be presenting the prize sponsored by Sol for the most watched ‘you tube’ paragliding film of 2010 entered on the Beyond Extreme website. See their forum for details. Photography competition and exhibition. Cross country magazine are awarding a prize for your best photograph taken 2010. This must be your own photo and not have been shown on any forum. Email your entry to us before 10th November. One per person. photos will be on show and for sale.
(Bill Morris BHPA licenced parachute packer) There are a limited number of places available. Cost is £20. must be booked and paid for in advance. Email us for information and bookings.
Selling items for the outdoors and for flying, it’s perfect for early xmas shopping.
open for lunch (jacket pots, sandwiches, pannini etc) 12.30 - 2.30 then coffee/tea/beer cakes till 8.30
Email us if you would like to be put on our mailing list, or for any further information.
Elliemouse2@yahoo.co.uk or mkfly@hotmail.co.uk