Southern Para Pilots

President
John Frazier
paraflyer21@yahoo.com
404-434-9667.

Vice President
Douglas LaPointe
dolapointe@comcast.net
404-754-4675

Safety Officer
Hynek Cibula

Secretary
Lida Frazier

Treasurer
Andrew Nortje
naartjie_us@yahoo.com

Greetings All,

It was great to see everyone last night and I'd like to send a hearty welcome aboard to Paul and Allen. We look forward to flying with you guys soon. Please be sure to download and sign waivers for Bell Mtn if you have not already done so and send them to me. My contact information is on the SPP site. I'd also like to welcome future pilot Judy. I hope you decide to give Luis a call at Atlanta Paragliding and pursue your P-2 certification.

The following topics were discussed:
-The self-rescue tree clinic is going to take place, weather permitting, on Jan 31 and Feb 7 at APE. Please post your date preference so Bob and Nathan can plan accordingly. The cost for the clinic is $20.00 per person.

-Reserves. I'd like to encourage all pilots to have their reserves inspected/re-packed before we get into the spring flying season. Radi is ahead of the curve already. Now is a great time of year as flying opportunities have been almost nill.

-Site research. I would like to get everyone in the business of searching for new sites. I am currently working on a potential site near Cleveland. County tax offices can provide information regarding land ownership and contact numbers for potential sites.

-We are planning a Spring fly-in at Bell Mtn to kick off the coming season. There is an inexpensive motel (Mull's Motel), real in-expensive, with a view of take-off and camping all around Hiawassee. Instead of trying to fix a given date to compete we plan to make it a season-long competition. This will encourage pilots to record their flights and give everyone benchmarks to shoot for. Our target date, weather permitting, is April 25-26.

-Meeting location. The On the Border restaurant is working for now and we pretty much had the place to ourselves last night but if anyone would like to propose a change of venue... feel free to do so.

That's about it. See ya in the sky!

John