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- Fri Mar 16, 2007 5:21 pm
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- Topic: A New Launch?
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Living half my life, these days, in Safford, I look up everyday at Mt. Graham and daydream: Here are the approximate numbers... Heliograph Peak: proposed launch 10,028 MSL LZ... along Hwy 191 3,300 MSL net vertical drop ............................ 6,728 feet!!!!!! glide ratio: launch to LZ = 6.75/1...
- Fri Dec 22, 2006 7:26 am
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- Topic: A New Launch?
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- Thu Dec 21, 2006 2:04 pm
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- Topic: A New Launch?
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Mt. Graham
Eric:
Did you get a chance to bring up the subject of a possible launch in your meeting with the USFS?
Did you get a chance to bring up the subject of a possible launch in your meeting with the USFS?
- Sat Sep 16, 2006 6:35 am
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- Topic: A New Launch?
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- Fri Sep 15, 2006 9:31 pm
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- Topic: A New Launch?
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- Fri Sep 15, 2006 6:30 am
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Eric: The proposed launch is on the east face of Heliograph Peak. This is in the Safford Ranger District of the Coronado National Forest. The site is on ordinary USFS land, however, it is restricted by a "Special Closure" to protect the Mt. Graham Red Squirrel. As such, motor vehicle access is restr...
- Thu Sep 14, 2006 7:58 pm
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It is a site that would be rarely used. This is actually a plus, I would think, in dealing with the Forest Service. They might be more receptive to the idea if we voluntarily agreed to limit the number of hang gliders in a given period of time. If it costs $850/ year to insure five sites now, that w...
- Thu Sep 14, 2006 12:25 pm
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- Topic: A New Launch?
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Morey: Thanks for the input. This is pretty much what I thought, however, I wanted to at least ask. My work takes me to Safford and Willcox, quite a bit, as well as Tucson from time-to-time. I do want to fly your developed sites, I've been skunked twice at Miller but I haven't given up hope. I'd als...
- Thu Sep 14, 2006 10:15 am
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- Topic: A New Launch?
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Here's a rough outline, of a process to follow, that I have roughed out in my head, in order to progress toward a Heliograph Peak launch: 1. Is there sufficent interest? How many people would actually fly there? 2. Is it safe and viable? Let's get together and hike up there, have you guys take a loo...
- Thu Sep 14, 2006 8:07 am
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- Topic: A New Launch?
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A New Launch?
Please allow me to introduce myself. My name is Len Clements. I am a Phoenix area hang glider pilot with about 13 years experience in our sport. My work has recently taken me to southern parts of Arizona. It is the nature of hang gliding that we tend to go to the same launch sites, over and over, be...