This year was my second competition in the Corryong Cup and just as much fun as the last one. The competition is very popular due to its feel-good factor, with over 70 competition pilots coming from all over Australia, to compete (in a friendly way) but mainly to share in the spirit of the event and their common passion for flying. The 70 places filled within 18 hours of the competition being opened! Each morning the pilots would assemble at the local pub for an initial weather briefing and recap of the previous day, with recognition of the achievements of the pilots and the generous support pilots were giving each other and a bit of light-hearted humour. This was then followed by a briefing on the mountain launch later in the day where the flying course for the day would be decided by the Task Committee along with the launch order. There was always good buzz on the hill each day with pilots busily set-up in anticipation of more great flying, plenty of camaraderie, and chilling-out waiting for conditions to come on and everyone to get off the hill. Though I didn't come close to winning any of the daily flying tasks I had a ball the entire week and made a few PBs. Our KGB Team appreciated our driver Connor being on hand to carry gear, pick us up from local famer's paddocks and having a cold beer on hand at the end of the day! There was great flying by everyone and this video captures just a small part of it! Thanks to all the Committee members, volunteers, Stuie for safely ...
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Hang gliding 2012 - Corryong Cup
Hang gliding 2012 - Corryong Cup Video Clips. Duration : 10.10 Mins.
This year was my second competition in the Corryong Cup and just as much fun as the last one. The competition is very popular due to its feel-good factor, with over 70 competition pilots coming from all over Australia, to compete (in a friendly way) but mainly to share in the spirit of the event and their common passion for flying. The 70 places filled within 18 hours of the competition being opened! Each morning the pilots would assemble at the local pub for an initial weather briefing and recap of the previous day, with recognition of the achievements of the pilots and the generous support pilots were giving each other and a bit of light-hearted humour. This was then followed by a briefing on the mountain launch later in the day where the flying course for the day would be decided by the Task Committee along with the launch order. There was always good buzz on the hill each day with pilots busily set-up in anticipation of more great flying, plenty of camaraderie, and chilling-out waiting for conditions to come on and everyone to get off the hill. Though I didn't come close to winning any of the daily flying tasks I had a ball the entire week and made a few PBs. Our KGB Team appreciated our driver Connor being on hand to carry gear, pick us up from local famer's paddocks and having a cold beer on hand at the end of the day! There was great flying by everyone and this video captures just a small part of it! Thanks to all the Committee members, volunteers, Stuie for safely ...
This year was my second competition in the Corryong Cup and just as much fun as the last one. The competition is very popular due to its feel-good factor, with over 70 competition pilots coming from all over Australia, to compete (in a friendly way) but mainly to share in the spirit of the event and their common passion for flying. The 70 places filled within 18 hours of the competition being opened! Each morning the pilots would assemble at the local pub for an initial weather briefing and recap of the previous day, with recognition of the achievements of the pilots and the generous support pilots were giving each other and a bit of light-hearted humour. This was then followed by a briefing on the mountain launch later in the day where the flying course for the day would be decided by the Task Committee along with the launch order. There was always good buzz on the hill each day with pilots busily set-up in anticipation of more great flying, plenty of camaraderie, and chilling-out waiting for conditions to come on and everyone to get off the hill. Though I didn't come close to winning any of the daily flying tasks I had a ball the entire week and made a few PBs. Our KGB Team appreciated our driver Connor being on hand to carry gear, pick us up from local famer's paddocks and having a cold beer on hand at the end of the day! There was great flying by everyone and this video captures just a small part of it! Thanks to all the Committee members, volunteers, Stuie for safely ...
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