2007 News

Member Applications have been mailed.  A big  thank you to those who have already returned your forms.  This makes the treasurers job much easier!  The 2005 member roster was used for the mailing so if you did not get one and want to join you can get an app from the join/renew page or let me know and I will send you one.  Check out the cover letter from the clubs President.

We would like to have some patches produced for the members.  What logo should we use for the patches?  The logo at the top of the page was from our former web page.  I don't know who designed it.  If you have an idea for a patch or would like to design one for us let me know.

March 17, 2007

Read Fred Permenter's "MHGA - In The Beginning", a recounting of the early days of the association.  A must read!  Available in the About MHGA page.

March 11, 2007

This site goes public!  After years of being without an internet presence we are now up and running.  Content submissions and critique welcome.

March 4, 2007

Member renewal forms will be mailed sometime in March.  Please update your information and send it back promptly.  Or you can join as a joint member of the CHGPA and MHGA through the CHGPA website.  

March 3, 2007

At the March 2nd meeting an election was held to replace outgoing president Brian Van-Hull.  Richard Hays was elected into office with a unanimous vote.  MHGA Movie Night was the theme of the evening with a showing of "Speed Gliding" and "Party at Cloud base"

April 15, 2007

Harry Carbaugh is in the hospital.  He has had three surgeries for heart, colon and gall bladder problems.  Please keep the Carbaugh's in your in your thoughts.  

April 7, 2007

The MHGA has a new sponsor.  Connie's Travel has donated a vacation promotion to be raffled off at the High Rock Fly-In this year.  You can visit Connie's travel site in the Links page.  Thanks Connie!

May 21, 2007

2007 marks 30 years as an active hang glider pilot for MHGA co-founder Fred Permenter.  Retirement took Fred from Maryland to Florida in 2002, so he's become a towhead enjoying regular flights at the Wallaby Ranch.  Life is good!  Check out Fred's Picture here.

May 7, 2007

The MHGA website has been updated on the Fells Point website in the "Things To Do Nearby" page.  A big thanks goes out to Jacqueline Greff of Tonal Vision for providing this site!  You can visit Jacquie's site in the Links page. 

August 16, 2007 

This years High Rock Party / Fly-In will be held on October 13th and 14th.  Chili, BBQ chicken and pasta salad will be served for the meal at the end of the flying on Saturday.  Registration fee will be $10 and will include beer and food.  Two raffles will be held. One for a discount island getaway from Connie's Travel and one for a new glider at cost from the Maryland School of Hang Gliding Inc.(Moyes and Wills Wing Only).  All proceeds from the Fly-In will go to Emma Jane.  A wine tasting will also be enjoyed.  Bring a bottle of wine in a paper bag and we will number them.  If your bottle wins the tasting you get a refund on your registration!

A new picture of a windy launch from High Rock has been added to the MHGA Memorabilia page.  A must see!

October 16, 2007

I want to personally thank you guys for your contributions to this years High Rock Fly In.  We were able to meet all expenses and donate $ 340.00 to Emma Jane Carbaugh in support of her and her family for allowing us to land on their property ( 30+ years!! )
 
To Kraig and Connie; the raffle was a big success and netted a lions' share of the money for the gift contribution to Emma.  Thank you so much for your generous contributions.  Everyone got recognized the night of the raffle and will so again in the forthcoming article posted for the two websites.
 
Richard Hays
Pres. Maryland Hang Gliding Association

November 29, 2007

Its that time of year again. Like a bad case of gas, Christmas is right around the corner.  And so is the annual MHGA meeting which is slickly disguised as a Party. 
 
The usual as usual.  Leigh will be doing her do with the food; I'll get the booze; Alex will try and set the deck on fire with the fire pit and the hot tub will be waiting for the first bare ass to hit it.  Or...bring a suit.
 
We'll put some hang gliding videos on and some shots of the recent outings at The Pulpit, High Rock and Oregon Ridge. We'll recap the recent fly-ins too.
 
So....don't be lame. Get off your Merry Christmas derriere's and get to the house on Friday, December 7th at 7pm.   Bring some libations ( or not ) and a dish ( or not ).
 
Do you want to do a wine tasting?  If so, bring a bottle of hooch and we'll bag it up.  And maybe we can get the wine master of ceremonies ( Danny Brotto ) to referee again.  Make it good or make it bad; just bring it and bag it. 
 
Friday, December 7th at 7pm.  2700 Papermill Road; Phoenix, Md. 21131  !!!!!!

November 9, 2007

The next meeting will be held on December 7th at Richard and Leigh's.  As usual this will be our Christmas party as well.  Come on out and tell your flying stories for the year!

A new link has been added in the links section about methods and chemicals for cleaning sail cloth.  Thanks goes out to Ultralight News for providing this researched information.

December 11, 2007

 
DECEMBER MHGA MEETING?  CHRISTMAS PARTY:
 
Usual anxiety over who and how many would attend. Very hard to plan a meeting/party when you don't have a clue if 2 or twenty are going to show.  As it turned out, we had a head count of 20!  So...thank god Leigh planned for that regardless of my whining and negativism.
 
George Tutor once again donated the steaks ( god damn good steaks too I might add ) and they were grilled to perfection. Thank you Georgie!   Other menu items were steamed shrimp, salad, rolls, fancy little hot dog thangs, cheeses, dessert cakes, etc. etc.  Thanks to all who brought stuff too.  We never did get around to the wine tasting but from all the empties found the following day, it apparently was a "silent" wine tasting event with every bottle a winner. There was also a pretty good selection of beers ( Sam Adams, Corona, Yuengling, Heineken ) for the beer boys, but...quite a few left over so...we're either getting wimpy or everyone is switching to wine.
 
Two fires were going all night; one on the side deck and one out front by the hot tub. Brian Vant-Hull drove down from NYC and graced us with his presence around 10pm!  Hugh and Sally came up from DC and Ashley also arrived with some cool movies. Rusty also came down from Harrisburg and Steve and Mara Krichten came down from the NE Maryland area.  So....the MHGA was well represented by the long distance dudes.  Speaking of movies, we had some video footage of the Pulpit Fly-In; The High Rock Fly-In and....the Thanksgiving weekend get together at Oregon Ridge/flying fun. Hey Ashley.....you left your movie here!
 
The crowd thinned out around midnight except for some die-hards who dove into the hot tub. Everything finally ended around 2pm with some overnight guests safely put away here and there.
 
All in all, we've had a very successful MHGA year.  The meetings have been a huge success overall and we've even experienced some growth.  We'll do a recap of the year at the March meeting and plan some stuff for 2008.  Thanks to everyone who has made the MHGA a success this year.  Merry Christmas, Happy New Year and see you in March!
 
Richard Hays
Prez. MHGA