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Event info
2015 East Coast Hang Gliding Championship is organized by Highland Aerosports of Mariland, USA. The event will be held from May 31 till June 06, 2015 with no rest days. We expect a lot of interesting hang gliding tasks in the East coast flatlands.
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Highland Aerosports is a club situated in Ridgely, Maryland USA . It is a town airport with all the necessary infrastructure. To launch there it is absolutely necessary that all pilots shall be thoroughly skilled at aerotowing and capable of aerotowing in competition conditions.
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Prize funds and scoring categories
- Class 1
- Class 1 Sport
Contacts
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General questions
- Adam Elchin
- hanglide@aerosports.net
Event info
2015 East Coast Hang Gliding Championship is organized by Highland Aerosports of Mariland, USA. The event will be held from May 31 till June 06, 2015 with no rest days. We expect a lot of interesting hang gliding tasks in the East coast flatlands. Launch will be done by air tow.
Flying site
Selection and entry fee
$250 early/
$300 after 3/15/15
Tow Fees - $300
To pay entry fee please visit this link and register http://www.aerosports.net/eccreg.html
Pilots must have an intermediate (H3) USHPA rating with, XC, TURB, and AT ratings.
Pilots must have successfully aerotowed their glider model in competition conditions at least 10 times. USHGA intermediate rating (H3) and USHPA membership with aerotow sign-off required minimum 7 days prior to the start of the meet.
Prize fund and scoring categories
1,2,3 in Class 1 Sport
General schedule
May 31 @ 10:00 a.m. Pilot Meeting
May 31- June 06, 2015 Competition flying days.
June 06, 2015 Prize giving
Daily schedule
09:30 - Transport to take-off
10:00 - Pilots' briefing / Task Committee meetings
12:00 - Take-off window opens
16:30 - Scoring office opens
22:00 - Provisional results
Schedule is subject to change by Meet director
Accommodation and Activities
How to get here
It is located 1 hour drive from Washington, DC and two hours from Philadelphia.
Ridgely Airpark, 24030 Race Track Road, Ridgely, MD 21660, USA
Ridgely, MD United States
Plane
The nearest airport is Dulles International Airport of Washington DC.
Car
It takes about 2 hour to get to Ridgely form Dulles airport and Pholadelphia. It takes about 1 hour to drive there from Washington DC along 301 highway.
Taxi
10 minutes from Ridgely center.
Downloads
Waypoint files
Organizers
Highland Aerosports
24038 Race Track Rd.
Ridgely, MD 21660
410-634-2700
Davis Straub
Contacts
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General questions
- Adam Elchin
- hanglide@aerosports.net
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A Good But Wet Time
The ECC lived up to its reputation for fun and friendly flying. Only two days out of seven had actual real tasks, but four days of attempted tasks. The flying was lovely here as always.
Class 1
- Oleg Bondarchuk (113)
- Mitch Shipley (112)
- Rich Cizauskas (117)
First Place winner Oleg Bondarchuk had to leave early.
Class 1 results
Tasks and results
Task 1
31 May, 2015
Class 1 Sport — 36.6 km — Race to goal
Task 2
01 Jun, 2015
Class 1 Sport — 24.4 km — Race to goal
Task 3
05 Jun, 2015
Class 1 Sport — 28.8 km — Race to goal