by Tyler | Nov 28, 2020 | The Launch
We are celebrating 50 years teaching Hang Gliding full time and, to a lesser degree, Paragliding. For the first 25 years we taught HG and, later, PG using the 100-ft-high ‘mount garbage’ called Centennial Park in Toronto). Since then, we’ve been exclusively a...
by Tyler | Nov 28, 2020 | The Launch
After 27 years of enjoying paragliding flights in different corners of the world, I felt it was time to give back. Together with my wife Sigi, who is a long time pilot as well, we developed a new flying site in 2008 named ‘El Nido’ in our little adventurous town of...
by Tyler | Dec 29, 2017 | The Launch, Uncategorized
Many members have raised questions regarding the status of our new websites (HPAC and ACVL) and the Membership Management System connected with them, due to a lack of information or misinformation. This newsletter is dedicated entirely to this topic and we hope...
by Tyler | May 31, 2017 | Ratings, The Launch
Request to Instructors and pilots: Once ratings have been earned by pilots, they should be submitted and recorded within one month of completion by the pilot. Instructors, please submit your students’ ratings promptly, and pilots, if you do not see your ratings...
by Tyler | May 31, 2017 | The Launch
The Board of Directors at its 2017 Annual Meeting met with senior officials of Jasper National Park to review the 2015-2017 trial period of our sport in Jasper National Park, the first National Park in Canada to allow it. Jasper Park Visitor Experience personnel Pam...
by Tyler | May 31, 2017 | The Launch
The Board reviewed the wide variations in quality of instructor certification across the country. A proposal came forward from a Senior Instructor for raising the base-line quality of instructor certification in Canada and it was approved in principle by the Board of...
