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By SeeMarkFly
#398174
A little free advertising on the custom paint job for the senior citizen's transport bus.
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By kukailimoku
#398176
With Chief's sail no less.

Sweet.
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By pec1985
#398185
kukailimoku wrote:With Chief's sail no less.
Yep!
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By DMarley
#398192
Nice that whoever chose the images chose hang gliders over paragliders. Many people would have done the opposite, preferring the look of jellies over blades for some unknown reason.
:P
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By miraclepieco
#398195
Lakeview, Oregon - the "Hang Gliding Capitol of the West!"
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By SeeMarkFly
#398197
Bet you can't eat just one...
We did two vans with this design.
miraclepieco wrote:Lakeview, Oregon - the "Hang Gliding Capitol of the West!"
I like to say " Lakeview is just a glide down from a Sugar high."
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By Nicos
#398239
Top stuff guys
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By ChattaroyMan
#398261
SeeMarkFly wrote:Bet you can't eat just one...
We did two vans with this design.
miraclepieco wrote:Lakeview, Oregon - the "Hang Gliding Capitol of the West!"
I like to say " Lakeview is just a glide down from a Sugar high."
That's pretty sweet! I'd like to learn more about how it was all accomplished. We have a community up in NE WA that is getting fairly keen on us. We're having our first Fly-In there in July (Inkler's Point - Chewelah, WA). I don't think they have a transit system (don't really know). But, these photos are sure great to show the Chamber about how another Chamber is embracing flying.

BTW, tried to find information on the Festival of Free Flight for 2017 and haven't run across anything. When is it this year?
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By SeeMarkFly
#398267
ChattaroyMan wrote:BTW, tried to find information on the Festival of Free Flight for 2017 and haven't run across anything. When is it this year?
The "chamber" has had a few changes in leadership this year and is not currently planning on hosting the event. I'll always help with weather and site selection for anybody showing up.
Things can still change.....
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By SeeMarkFly
#399186
Nicos wrote: Thu May 11, 2017 1:09 amTop stuff guys
Wait till they tell you I'm NOT a member! :shock:
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By Nigel Hewitt
#399197
On the Devil's Dyke, a huge stone age earthwork near Brighton UK, the hill is so associated with Hang gliders that the inn on the top has it on its sign.
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By SeeMarkFly
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As most of us folks in Lakeview get older we like someone else to drive for us.
We got a bigger bus to handle more of us.
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By SeeMarkFly
#411070
TomGalvin wrote: Sat Jul 10, 2021 2:02 am How often is it flyable in Lakeview, Oregon?
Mid-June to late September. The first two weeks of August are usually the best.
We have different launches for different winds. A few years ago it was East all week so we went up on Winter Ridge and opened up an old launch.
Black Cap, Sugar (California), Dougherty Slide, Tagg's Beaute, Palisades, Ponderosa, Patton meadows (East facing cliff launch)...
There is a lot of problems right now due to the smoke from California burning but I just chased a pilot 70 miles on July 3rd.