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| Andre
Odinius |
| Andre flies regularly at Westbury
on his new Airwave Tatoo win. Andre is an experienced pilot and
has been flying paragliders for some years and he is strongly focussed
on XC flying. |
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| Bertie
Grotrian |
| Bertie is an experienced flier at
Westbury, seen here flying his Gin Bandit DHV-2 paraglider. Bertie
also flies a Java flexwing hang-glider with 'White Horse Marquees'
advertised along the leading edge. |
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| 'Big
Dave' McCarthy |
| Big Dave is often at the slope
with his large Airwave Sport wing. Dave is a very experienced paraglider
pilot and tandem instructor. |
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| Brent
Pullen CLUB COACH - PG |
| Brent flies an attractive red Vibe
wing when he gets the time to fly. He is the Avon Club's Westbury
Site Officer and a former Avon Club committee member and lives locally
to the site. |
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| Cathy
Lawrence |
| Cathy is the Avon Club's Nova Magazine
editor. She flies an Advance Epsilon wing paraglider in pretty red
and yellow seen here at Westbury in mid October 2004. This year
Cathy finishing her qualification on hang-gliders. |
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| Chris
Jones |
| Chris is an avid flier flying microlights,
hang-gliders and paragliders. He flies an Advance Sigma wing in
Red and Grey and is seen here in April 2004 turning in front of
takeoff at Westbury. |
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| Chris
Rogers - CLUB
COACH - PG |
| Chris has been flying for a few years
and now flies a red DHV 1-2 Nova X-Act. He is seen here flying it
in June 2004. Chris is also a CLUB COACH and will be happy
to help or advise any low airtime paraglider pilots. See
him on the hill. |
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| Colin
Hale |
| Colin flies at Westbury with his distinct
Airwave Concept FR hang-glider. One of the few flexwings that have
winglets. Colin is also an experienced sailplane pilot. He has recently
upgraded his wing to a class-2 rigid wing hang-glider. |
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| Colin
Williamson |
| Colin is seen here flying his attractive
yellow Vibe DHV 1-2 wing at Westbury on a thermic day in early summer
2004. Colin is an enthusiastic flier and is in the air when ever
he can make it to Westbury. |
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| David
Glew |
| David is a regular visitor to Westbury
and flies a red Gradient Golden DHV 1-2 wing. |
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| 'Farmer
John' Young |
| John has been flying at Westbury for
a few years and now flies a an orange/grey UP Makalu. John farms
livestock and crop on his Wiltshire farm. Anyone who sees farmers
as a problem regarding our sport should meet John and find out that
some farmers are really nice guys! |
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| Geoff
Cannon |
| Geoff is one of Westbury's regular
hang glider pilots. He flew his two-tone blue flexwing seen here
departing the slope in August 2004. He has recently bought a Class
2 ATOS wing for those longer out-and-return days. |
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| Helena
Svensson |
| Helena is often seen at Westbury with
partner Nick Farley and she is photographed here on her pretty mauve
and red Ozone Atom DHV-1 wing on the north slope. |
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| Ian
Pepper |
Ian is a 350 hour plus pilot and flies
an attractive lemon-yellow Nova Carbon DHV 1-2 wing seen here on
the north ridge in March 2004. He Recently returned from working
and paragliding in warmer climates overseas and now lives in Wootton
Bassett he can be seen regularly at Westbury.
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| Jeremy
Thwaites |
| Jeremy flies at Westbury with his
Nova Artax dhv 1-2 in red and black. He is seen here with new
flight suit and harness. He also flies a class five hang-glider.
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| John
Porter |
| John has been flying since the end
of the 1990s and now flies a red Firebird 'AT' wing and a tandem
wing. John is a sports physiotherapist. |
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| John
Rose |
| John Rose flies very often at Westbury
and is usually seen higher up working thermals with patience.
He flies a purple Gradient Onyx DHV 1-2 wing, seen here in September
2006.
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| Kevin
Winter |
| Kevin has been flying hang-gliders
and paragliders for many a year and has high hours. He is seen here
flying his brand-new performance Wills Wing hang-glider on a very
cold day - 29 February 2004. |
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| Mike
Coupe |
| Mike now flies his new Advance Sigma
6 DHV-2-3 comp wing and spends the summers flying XC, often competitively.
In the winter months he usually flies at Westbury. In summer 2006
he flew an excellent 132km xc. Mike is a medical doctor. |
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| Mike
Holmes |
| Mike lives at Westbury and flies an
Airwave Sport 2 in blue and white. This photo shows what can be
done when a photo shoot goes right! |
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| Mike
Humphries |
| Mike flies Westbury regularly these
days on an attractive grey and orange UP Makalu wing. He is seen
here in August 2005 on the north slope. |
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| Neil
Atkinson |
| Neil is one of the highly experienced
early hang-glider generation of pilots who now flies a high performance
Class 5 Tsunami hang glider. He is seen here on a snowy February
day in 2004. Neil is the Avon Club's HG Competitions organiser. |
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| Neville
Almond |
| Nev has been flying sailplanes and
hang-gliders since the 1970s. He flies the latest high-performance
Class 5 Atos VR wing and is a top cross-country pilot in the UK
league. He also writes articles on free flying for Skywings.. |
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| Nick |
| Nick has been flying in the UK only
recently after learning in New Zealand. He flies a yellow and black
Nova Artax wing. |
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| Nick
Farley |
| Nick has moved to the area after working
airside in the airline industry at Heathrow. He flies an Ozone Mojo
paraglider which sports his company name - White Horse Landscapes. |
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| Nick
Romanco |
| Nick is an very experienced pilot
and flies a top of the range Class 5 Ghostbuster hang glider. The
high aspect ration wingform is clearly shown in this photograph
of Nick just departing Westbury in 2004. |
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| Paul |
| Paul has only just started paragliding
although he has been para-motoring for some time and has a CPL licence.
He is seen here flying his para-motoring wing at Westbury in September
2006. |
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| Paul
Warr |
| Paul has been flying paragliders
since 2003 and currently flies a while and red Flying Planet wing.
Paul is a lecturer in radio-freq engineering at Bristol University.
He is seen here at Westbury's nearby Rifle Range site at Mere.
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| Peter |
| Peter is a newly qualified paraglider
pilot and an ex-Army Air Corps fixed-wing Beaver pilot. He has
a UP Makalu in gold and blue. |
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| Phil
Skinner |
| Phil flies paragliders at Westbury
and flies a red Flying planet Spirit DHV 1-2 wing. Phil is an electronics
engineer and my partner but doesn't get so much time to fly at Westbury. |
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| Richard
Danbury |
| Richard Danbury is a cross-country
flier but often comes to fly Westbury. He is seen here on his Gradient
Aspen DHV 2 wing in 2004. |
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| Richard
Anderson |
| Richard has been flying since 2003
and is a regular at Westbury. He flies a UP Makalu wing in yellow
and blue. |
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| Rod
Taylor |
| Rod is a regular at Westbury and Mere
and he is an enthusiastic pilot with XC interests. He is keen to
comptete in the UK club challenge and has a Gradient Aspen DHV-2.
He is shown here on his original DHV-1 wing. |
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| Sarah
Ward |
| I fly a red and yellow Ozone Vulcan
DHV-2 wing. I love low-level jinking and thermal flying with the
aim of making cloud-base. It's wonderful up there. The cross country
that comes with making base is fun but I don't take the xc distance
thing terribly seriously. |
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| Simon
& Liz Wood |
| Simon and Liz both fly paragliders.
Simon has a passion for flying with a passenger on his Cosmic Rider
tandem wing. They are long time Avon Club and Westbury pilots. |
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| Simon
Chippendale |
| Simon has been flying paragliders
for at over ten years and flies a grey-red Ozone Vibe. Simon is
an inventor and runs his own company. He is one of the main regulars
at Westbury and will often be seen in the sky before anyone else
on difficult days. |
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| Stafford
Evans |
| Stafford is an experienced pilot
who flies a Gradient Aspen Two DHV-2 wing. Staff is likely to
be spiralling up in a thermal ahead of the rest and heading out
on XC. Staff also flies a blue and white tandem wing.
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| Steven |
| Steven flies a Sigma 6 DHV-2 wing
and has recently started flying at Westbury hill. |
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| Tim
Pentreath |
| Tim is an experienced pilot and flies
sites across the region but visits Westbury regularly. He was the
Chairman for the Avon Club and is seen here on his Advance Sigma
5.He also flies a yellow Gradient Aspen DHV-2 and a white tandem
wing. |
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| Tony
Moore CLUB
COACH |
| Tony is seen here at Westbury in
April 2004 flying a Nova X-Ray DHV-2 wing after a 4000foot climb.
Tony is the Club's Low Airtime\Safety officer for hang-gliding.
He also flies a class 2 hang-glider these days.
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