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USHPA Safety Program
 Hang Gliding Preflight Safety |
 Paragliding Preflight Safety |
LAST UPDATED - 03/01/2013 |
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USHPA SAFETY AWARENESS CREDO
I promise to respect the choice to fly, conditions to fly, my equipment, & my responsibility to others.
To protect the sport, the places I fly, the freedoms I enjoy, & the people in this free-flight community. I am a FOCUSED PILOT* *Learn more about this program here All Pilots Why Can't We Get a Handle On This Safety Thing? by Mike Meier (owner of Wills Wing and former USHPA Director) - this article appeared in the September 1998 issue of Hang Gliding magazine.- Association-Wide Safety Lessons Learned - coming soon
- NEW The Target On Your Back by Paul Voight, March 2013 Magazine
- Awakenings by Steve Messman
- Glider Emergency Response by Lt Jeanette Kehoe, Golden Fire Dept
- Choosing An Instructor/School by G. W. Meadows
- Being Prepared by Gary Trudeau
- Thermals Part One: Collectors, Wicks and Triggers by Will Gadd
- Thermals Part Two: Thermals and Clouds by Will Gadd
- Thermals Part Three: Thermalling Technique by Will Gadd
- AOPA's index to on-line "Safety Pilot" articles
- Rigid Wings - Part I: Spins, Speeds and Safety by Dennis Pagen
- Rigid Wings - Part II: Spins, Speeds and Safety by Dennis Pagen
- Buying A Used Hang Glider by G. W. Meadows
- USHPA Rigid Wing Guidelines by Dennis Pagen
Paragliding Specific
- Risk Management in Paragliding by Irene Revenko
- Risk Management by Tim Pfeiffer
- Really Big Collapses by Paul Klemond
- Flying the Crowded Skies by Paul Klemond
- Luck, Longevity and the Limits of Skill by John Halle
- How To Avoid Cloud Suck by Steve Roti
- From Parachutes to Paragliders by Kurt Kleiner
- 2009 Safety Issue -- seven HG & PG safety articles (PDF)
- Spirals, Spins, Collapses: Know the Difference?, by Luis Rosenkjer
- Safety: A Constructive Response, by David Dagault
- The Three P's: Preparation, Practice, Prevention, by Steve Roti
- Two Cent Tips, by Mike Steed
- Back to the Training Hill, by Bacil Dickert and Joe Gregor
- Sprog Settings and Hang Glider Pitch Stability, by Dennis Pagen
- Pilot Error, by Ryan Voight
- 2007 Hang Gliding Accident Summary by Joe Gregor and Bacil Dickert (PDF)
- 2005 Hang Gliding Accident Summary by Joe Gregor (PDF)
- 2004 Hang Gliding Accident Summary by Joe Gregor and Brian Vant-Hull (PDF)
- 2003 Hang Gliding Accident Summary by Tom Johns (PDF)
- Hang Gliding Accidents - The First 20 Years by Doug Hildreth (PDF)
- 2010 Paragliding Accident Summary by Mike Steed (PDF)
- 2009 Paragliding Accident Summary by Mike Steed (PDF)
- 2008 Paragliding Accident Summary by Mike Steed (PDF)
- 2007 Paragliding Accident Summary by Mike Steed (PDF)
- 2006 Paragliding Accident Summary by Mike Steed (PDF)
- 2005 Paragliding Accident Summary by Jim Little (PDF)
- 2004 Paragliding Accident Summary by Jim Little (PDF)
- 2003 Paragliding Accident Summary by Jim Little (PDF)
- 2002 Paragliding Accident Summary by Jim Little (PDF)
- 2001 Paragliding Accident Summary by Jim Little
- 2000 Paragliding Accident Summary by Paul Klemond
- 1999 Paragliding Accident Summary by Paul Klemond
- 1998 Paragliding Accident Summary by Paul Klemond
