How and when the Hang Glider arrived in the United Kingdom. This new industry resulted from the success of one particular aircraft, the hang glider first built by John Dickenson in Grafton, Australia and first flown by Mr Rod Fuller, at Grafton, on the 8th of September 1963. It took eight years for the first Dickenson Type hang glider to appear in the United Kingdom. This was towards the end of 1971.

oh and mabye a bit about climate change. Which was also where I completed my BHPA club pilot rating in October 2010. Even back then after completing my course I knew I wanted to return when thermals would be booming. Saturday the 21st may, dawned with clear skies but again the threat of things becoming.

One of the other places I waste my time. Where I let off steam on diving subjects. Nigel and the Inspiration Rebreather. Tanks upside down for accessibility. Decompression planning and gas blending for Pocket PC. Gas blending to 300bar nitrox and trimix. The promised write up on the Haskel pump. MS Word and Excel spreadsheets. Decompression and other diving physics. What do the various DIN fittings look like? Tone bust and CTCSS modification.

You can join our school for an introductory flying lesson on the South Downs of Sussex, close to London and Brighton.

Gibraltar Farm, Firle, E Sussex. LEARN TO FLY HANG GLIDERS - - 2015 - - LONDON AND SOUTH EAST - - BHPA SCHOOL - -. Hang Glider maintenance and repair service. Introductory One or Two Day Hang Gliding Courses.

Just five minutes from our main sites and. BRITISH HANG GLIDING and PARAGLIDING ASSOCIATION LICENSED SCHOOL. THE ONLY PARAGLIDING SITE IN THE UK FLYABLE IN EVERY WIND DIRECTION. Airsports unique private paragliding site in the South East at Steyning is recognised as one of the best all-round paragliding training sites in the UK where many well known paragliding and hang gliding pilots took their first steps.