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Randy Rauck has been appointed as the newest Senior Instructor of HPAC/ACVL by the Board of Directors at its recent December 2021 virtual meeting. Randy has a long history in the sport and is the owner/operator of the Lumby Flight Park in Lumby BC, which offers instruction in both hang gliding and paragliding.

By Will Gadd

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thlpmaSZWlA

Many of our members have at one time or another been to the legendary flying site Point of the Mountain. Here is an update on a new development going in at the base of the mountain and how the flying community and developers are working together to maintain the best of what is the Point of the Mountain Flight Park.

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8qfGRUw_sM

By Will Gadd, Paraglider Pilot, Red Bull Athlete;
and introduction by Randy Parkin, HPAC/ACVL Alberta Director and Vice-President HPAC/ACVL

Mark Dowsett in Ontario and Kevin Fischer in Alberta have both achieved their TII status.

Mark Dowsett is a Senior Hang Gliding Instructor in Kitchener, Ontario, and Kevin Fischer is a Hang Gliding Instructor just west of Red Deer, Alberta. Congratulations to both of these veteran instructors.

Jacqualyn Pichette of Lumby BC has been named the new Chair of the HPAC Safety Committee by the Board of Directors. She will be joined by a number of pilots from across Canada. More information about the Committee, its members and its work will be published in the next newsletter.

By Robert Vandenbegine, Chair of HPAC Competition Committee

In the previous article (Has competition changed the way I fly cross-country?), I mentioned the advantages of flying in a group, so here I’ll talk about instruments and show how through competition, I was forced to learn and master certain features.  A good pilot with a good wing will be less efficient in flight if he does not master his instruments.

https://www.dhv.de/en/archive/article-archive/germanys-anti-hero/

Vladimir Tsarkov on a 65 K Triangle Flight