Meet the MHGA Board Officers

President - Richard Hays

 Age: 50
City; State: Phoenix, Md.
Occupation: Hang gliding school owner; Insurance agent
 
Flight Experience:  Began hang gliding in the summer of 1976 at Oregon Ridge. Became an instructor shortly thereafter. Worked for Sail Flight, Econ-O-Flight, Imperial Hang Gliders, Other Brothers; and Washington School of Hang Gliding before starting my own school in 1982.  Currently hold a Master rating, Advanced Instructor Rating and am a region 9 Examiner.  Previous MHGA Flight Director 3 consecutive terms. Have flown in Colorado, The Virgin Islands, Washington State; Massachusetts; New York; Florida and of course Pa. and Va. and WVa.  Flown everything from standards to topless, Teratorn Ultralight; Paraplane Ultralight; but currently have throttled back due to time constraints ( kids, jobs, other pursuits ). Current President of the MHGA.
 
Best Flight:  XC flight from High Rock, Md. to Cockeysville, Md. in 1985; Highest- at Telluride-going to 18,200' MSL Best gain: Ridgley, Md. 7,800' AGL
 
Current glider: Falcon 2, 225 a.k.a. Mongo.
 
Favorite site: High Rock and Oregon Ridge

Vice President - George Tutor

    Bio coming soon!

Treasurer - Bob Buchanan

    Bio coming soon!

Secretary - Kayla Campasino

 The euphoric feeling of flying for the first time is still fresh within
 me. I took a tandem with Shawn MacDuff while camping with my dad at Hyner.
 My heart was pounding as I looked out over the drop-off, wondering if that
 was where we would end up. CLEAR! Then we were running and suddenly I was
soaring without a care in the world. I knew right then that I wanted to be
 a pilot. So here I am, a 20-year-old student at Harford Community College,
 and a freshly rated H-1. As the new secretary of the MHGA club, I look
 forward to getting to know all of you better, and flying solo in the near
 future.  Kayla

Flight Director - Janni Papakrivos

Hi,

My name is Janni Papakrivos. I was born and raised in Germany. I came to the US four years ago and took hang gliding lessons with Rich Hays. What was supposed to be a fun thing to do quickly became a passion that will probably stay with me for the rest of my life. HG to me is commitment, training, challenge and setting goals. Sometimes, when I do poorly, it is curse, too. My goal is to fly 100 miles. I am working very hard to accomplish that. It's not easy. You need immaculate skills, an iron will, the perfect day and a bit of luck. It will soon happen.
When I don't fly I work at NIH as a research scientist. Right now we're trying to figure out drug resistance in malaria, certainly not an easy task.

Looking forward to flying with y'all.

Cheers