Showing posts with label Setup area and top landing zone for Jenkins. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Setup area and top landing zone for Jenkins. Show all posts
Monday, March 26, 2007
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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
