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Long Mynd Top landing - especially Hang Gliders
Posted by Dave Thomas at 2010-07-27 23:19

Reiteration of the point to not fly behind the road when top landing. This is especially important for Hang Gliders who believe that they can penetrate back into wind once behind the road, however experience over many years has shown that this is often not the case. The road runs diagonally behind our launch field, and it is natural to assume that approaching into wind is as easy from by the entrance gate as the far corner, but this does not normally appear to be the case. This may be due to the effects of where the road drops down the hill and acting as a venturi near that area, or the particular profile of the launch area. Landing on the road, cars or fence is really not a good idea, and we don't want to have experienced pilots zooming in low over the cars and giving the false impression to less experienced pilots that this is anything except a very highly skilled and potentially risky manouvre.

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