Crestline Soaring Society

With great sadness, we report that Richard Seymour was fatally injured while flying on Saturday, June 21, 2008. He was 57 and had been flying for nearly 20 years. He is survived by his wife, Julie.

The exact cause of the accident is uncertain, but Richard was unable to maintain control of his glider while on approach to land. The last hang gliding fatality in Los Angeles County was more than 21 years ago.

Saturday totally a different day than Friday. Some pilots were good enough to get above the constant up and down cycles over the spine.
Many of us struggled for quite awhile. Some finally giving up and
seeking the LZ. After at least 30 minutes of tight scratching
with several wings found and cored a tight thermal which broke me through the wind layer. The pilots who had gotten up earlier
had already left for X/C. Jerry who I had flown with on Friday again was my flying partner. The stronger lift was just behind launch where I spent alot of time. Tried going to South towers early and got drilled. Saw Jerry heading for Rad Dans and heard Everday Mike on his new radio expressing how good it was down near

Awesome flying. Kissed the clouds several times, got really cold,
Serious wire snaps. My max altitude was 7350 approximately 200ft above clouds. Everyday Mike managed 7400. Lost sight of him
when he got under a pretty sweet cumi. Took off around noon. Back flag had been waffleing down. Launch flag died once then reinstated. Good launch caught the house thermal and never looked back. About 2:15 decided to land, but shear was in the middle of LZ, so I thermaled up over the lake and boated around until the LZ

Sylmar Hang Gliding Association cordially invites CSS friends and pilots to join us in our Flight Park on Saturday May 3, 2008 for our annual Spring Air Festival and Competition. Among many reasons to celebrate, we are 25 years old! It should be a great day of flying, BBQ and festivities. And, we would love to set our best pilots against yours!

Pilot check in: 9:30-11am
Pilot Meeting for Comp: 10:45am

sitting at the john wayne airport baggage claim area (as i often do) i've thought how cool it would be to see hang gliders hanging from the ceiling. after all, orange county is the home of wills wing, southern california was the epicenter for hang gliding in the seventies, and well, it's an airport!

a month of emails, phone calls, letters, and face to face meetings with the airport administration followed... and this morning, i received notice from the curator of the john wayne airport arts commission that my proposal for a hang gliding exhibit at the john wayne airport, has been officially (and unanimously) approved!

Dear CSS pilots. I'm PG pilot from Poland and i will be with my flying friend in CA in the middle of the march. (weekend 15-16 of march) in LA area. If weather will be Ok i want to try some flying (i hope some thermal) in Marshalls. I,m looking for contact to local pilot's to help us with flying in this place and also we are looking for some not expensive place for sleep. Motel, hostel or Camping. We traveling with tent we don't need lux 5 star just clean and safe. We both flying PG for 10 years.

More sad news I'm afraid. Pilot, friend and neighbor, Larry Grimes passed away last week from complications of cancer. http://www.legacy.com/PE/Obituaries.asp?Page=Notice&PersonID=98445952

Larry and his twin brother Garry shared a hang glider in the 80's. They both left the sport when they started to have families. Larry got back into flying, and was joined by his son Joey, about 4 years ago. Never one to do the same thing too often, Larry took his glider all over southern California.

The Passing Zone (our own Owen Morse and comedy partner Jon Wee) will be performing at the world famous Comedy & Magic Club in Hermosa Beach, CA! Their comedy/juggling act has appeared coast-to-coast, on TeeVee numerous times, and even at the White House!

Dates: Nov. 27th through Dec. 1st, 2007
Show Times: 8:00 pm Tuesday through Friday
7:00 pm and 9:15 pm on Saturday
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