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The Alabama Hang Gliding Association is a group of pilots from the Birmingham area. Founded in 1980 , we have been flying from Chandler Mountain for 27 years, located about one hour north of Birmingham. "Jenkins" is a cliff launch with a ramp 800 feet above Beason Cove. The site faces SSE and is top landable with 10 miles of ridge to fly.Dunn/King site faces 170 degrees. Slope launch.Contact: Philip Dabney at moyesman@windstream.net
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Jenkins, located on Chandler Mountain, faces 150-160 and is a top landable, 750' agl cliff launch rated Hang 3. There is about 12 miles of ridge. Jenkins is located about one hour north of Birmingham off of I-59 near Horse Pens 40. The new Dunn/King site is a slope launch facing 170 degrees and is about 500-600' agl. This site is advanced hang 2 to Hang 3 rated due to glide management. Probably a 5 to 1 glide to LZ. This site is located on Blount Mountain about 6 miles NE of Springville off of I-59.
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- Philip Dabney
- Founder of the Alabama Hang Gliding Association in 1980. Flying since 1977. Hang 4 rated. Other interests are kayaking and playing guitar.CLICK ON PICS TO ENLARGE