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Old January 10th 14, 12:24 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
son_of_flubber
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Default Paraglider winching aka kiteing


On Thu, 09 Jan 2014 07:22:46 -0800, son_of_flubber wrote:

Here is something completely new to me: Paragliders set up temporary
winch sites in interesting places.



On Thursday, January 9, 2014 3:56:11 PM UTC-5, Martin Gregorie wrote:

Its not that 'interesting'.


The paraglider is winching to 800 feet and VFR traffic in this area is restricted to 1000 feet and there was no NOTAM.