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[Underdog]

Simple question,list sites where if you are courteous,follow protocol and experienced (previous hang 4 25 yrs.)you can show up and fly without getting hassled ?

Guess we might call those Free-Flight sites....

[dshman]

In other news, check out the new home of free-flight as well as the very truncated and growing list of un-ushpa sites on ASC homepage:

http://www.aerosports.org/

Free Flight Facilities Web Site
Billingham Paragliding https://bellinghamparagliding.weebly.com/
Fly Torrey Pines, CA https://www.flytorrey.com/tandem-flights/
Adventure Paragliding, CO http://www.adventureparagliding.com/
Fly Sun Valley, ID http://www.flysunvalley.com
Air Squared Paragliding, WA http://www.airsquaredparagliding.com
Rogue Hang Gliding Club, OR https://www.facebook.com/RogueHangGliding/
Dockweiler Beach, CA http://windsports.com/

[dshman]

Come fly here in southern Oregon you won’t need papers, although you can get all old ratings renewed and special skills on mebership card for $30 and ASC is FAA recognized. Go to Areosports.org click on Hang glider rating program and look it over

[remmoore]

Simple question,list sites where if you are courteous,follow protocol and experienced (previous hang 4 25 yrs.)you can show up and fly without getting hassled ?

Guess we might call those Free-Flight sites....

Even in California, there are unregulated sites. Don't expect, however, that the locals won't be sizing you up. Just the typical questions, but nobody wants to draw attention to their favorite unregulated site by letting someone with sketchy skills or equipment need a helicopter ride out. I'm not saying that's you - just saying.

RM

[cheesehead]

MOST sites, actually, except for the best-known ones near cities and regulated by big clubs. In 30 years have had to sign waivers or show USHGA card very few times.

[cheesehead]

But let me add: always contact the locals first. Show them respect & listen to their advice. Then you'll quickly be welcome to fly their sites with them.

[TjW]

But let me add: always contact the locals first. Show them respect & listen to their advice. Then you'll quickly be welcome to fly their sites with them.

Didn't happen that way in the 70's. It became a question of who you knew. If you knew a guy who knew a guy, then maybe you were okay. Maybe.
And their site was always the hardest, most critical site in the world to fly. That's why they had to be so careful about who they'd let fly it.

[cheesehead]

Been flying since 1988 and have never had that kind of experience. Usually lesser-flown more undeveloped no-club sites have a small number of locals who like taking nice, considerate visitors flying. Some of these places are as good as the best well-known sites in the country.

[TjW]

Sure. In 1975, there was a Hang Rating system started. Once that got accepted by a majority of sites, it wasn't such an issue. Before that, it was.
It may be that history won't repeat itself.