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Many of the waivers that must be completed before flying at sites in the Maryland, Virginia, and Pennsylvania areas are available on this page. So are miscellaneous forms relevant to Region IX contests, Fly-ins, and Incident Reports.
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Both of these waivers can be sent to the Treasurer of the Capitol Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association. As of 2006, this office was held by:
Dave Bodner
3208 North 5th Street
Arlington, VA 22201
In addition to the waiver, pilots flying The Pulpit, Fisher Road, or
Bill's Hill must either purchase a
Pulpit Sticker or
join CHGPA
as a `Flying Member`, since the club pays for the
insurance of all three sites.
To fly at the sites in Shenandoah National Park, you must complete a Liability Release Form and a Special Use Permit Application. The release is available in PDF format, while the permit is available as a MS-Word file and in HTML format:
A PDF reader is needed to view and print the release. If you don't have one, you might want to download Adobe Acrobat from adobe.com
The Special Use Permit requires details about the LZs for the Shenandoah National Park sites. Just write "ON FILE" in large letters across the three areas where this information is requested. You must send the release, the SUP application, a photocopy of your USHGA membership card, and your check to the address listed at the bottom of the permit application. After processing, the National Park Service will send you two copies of your permit; you must then sign and return one of those copies.
Both the launches and the LZs for the Shenandoah sites are fairly technical.
Do not fly them without the guidance of a pilot who knows them well.
As of January 2003 this waiver's status is unclear. We have yet to
determine if any particular club has overall responsibility for
Jack's Mountain, and needs to have these waivers on file. If you
happen to know, please contact CHGPA.
The Avonmore (aka `Southwest Site`) Waivers: Launch -and- Right-Of-Way -and- LZ
The Templeton Waiver
Note that the Templeton and Avonmore waivers must be notarized.
Once completed, contact a member of the
Daedalus Hang Gliding Club
to get them to the appropriate person.
The Hyner View Waiver (PDF)
Additionl information,
including the various classes of membership, fees, and the mailing address for your
completed waiver, is available at the
Hyner Club website.
The Sacramento Waiver: Launch -and- LZ
Signed and witnessed waivers for Sacramento and Elizabethville should be mailed
to the appropriate Wind Riders Site Coordinator
(Joe Gorrie as of 7/2002) with a check for $10.
The Mountaineer waiver is identical for six of their sites; for each site, a copy of the Mountaineer waiver must be completed, and the appropriate launch and LZ information (summarized below) must be added. Completed Mountaineer waivers can be mailed to Jim Rowan:
Jim Rowan
13818 Florida Ave.
Cresaptown, MD
21502
The CVHGA waivers
Pilots interested in flying CVHGA sites in central Virginia (such as Daniel's,
Massanutten, Massanutten Peak, Tobacco Row, and Reddish Knob) must contact
a member of the CVHGA in order to obtain the appropriate waivers and site
protocol information. As of August 2002, these contacts were: