More from 1980 Canadian HG nationals

In a recent post, Doug Keller posted some pictures from the 1980 national championship. One of them was of me with beer poured in my hair to celebrate setting the Canadian duration record. I went back to my logbooks and found my log book entries for that flight.

At that time of that flight, there was no official Canadian log book. I used a surveyor's notebook because it was sturdy and with good quality paper. Many of us wrote at length about our flights, as each one was a huge learning adventure, and a real gift. In later years, I gradually wrote less and less, and eventually only made short entries in an online notebook. But I continued to log each and every flight, not just because it is required by our rating system, but because it was personally meaningful.

When I took up flying sailplanes in 1987, I noted carefully the soaring association's official log book design, and used it as inspiration for the first official HPAC hardcover logbook.

To the reader: did you use to keep a logbook and log every flight? Do you still use a logbook or have you given it up? If the latter, what led to that?

logbook entry for Cdn. Duration reccord

2 Electra-Flier Spirits; photo by Graydon Tranquilla

Here is an in-flight photo taken by Graydon Tranquilla. It shows two Electric-flyer Spirits, which were very popular with the Alberta team as Willi Muller sold them. You can get a good idea of how steep the cliff is below the takeoff spot. Launching in strong winds was exciting, to put it mildly.

1980 Canadian Nationals at Mont St. Pierre, Quebec

Stewart Midwinter - Just landed after setting a new Canadian Duration record of 7:56.

Doug Keller launching above the clouds.

Leo Salvas posing with the pig which was wearing a Lumby Airforce T-Shirt courtesy of Willi Muller

All photos taken by Karen Keller.

1980 Canadian Hang-gliding Championship

Photos from the 1980s Canadian hang gliding championship held at Mont St-Pierre, Québec. All photos by Bob Grant.

Competitors

Front row: Aer Stephen, André Guindon, Stewart Midwinter, Lloyd Matthews, Robert Longtin, Kevin Power, Jeff Blake, Graydon Tranquilla, Robert Boileau,  Michel Tremblay, Carroll Redden, Daniel Guay, Bob Grant, Willi Muller.

2nd row: Randy Rauck, Patrick Goliot, _?, Larry Croome, _?, Tony Schmidt, Martin Dennis, Gord Acri?, _Sweeney, Dainis Mednis, Luc Boucher, Dwayne Barrett, Doug Keller, Andrew Barber-Starkey, Howard Vandall, _?, Simon Mitchell, Gary Vollo, Gil Bourhis, _?.

Back row:  Pete Holden, Michael Ward (Miko Vuori), _?, Chris Sali, _?, _?,Keith Riddell, Chris Smith?

Les pilotes suivants de Québec sont inclus:  André Guindon, Robert Longtin,  Luc Boucher, Robert Boileau, Michel Tremblay (je crois en manteau de cuir rouge ligné jaune), Pierre Charron.

 

 Front row: Luc Charette, Marcel & Nickolas & Lee Charette, Robert Boileau, _?, John Farnan;

Standing: _?, _?, _?, _?, Jan Cameron, Karen Keller, _?, _?, _?

Alberta team

Front row: Chris Sali, Dainis Mednis, Willi Muller, _?, Stewart Midwinter.
Standing:  Dwayne Barrett, Gary Vollo, Graydon Tranquilla, Howard Vandall, Doug Keller.

BC team - photo courtesy Deanna Boyes

 Front row: Tony Schmidt, Larry Croome, Jeff Blake & Animal, Andrew Barber-Starkey
Back row: Pete Holden, Chris Bennett, Leo Salvas, Martin Dennis, Randy Rauck, Lloyd Matthews

Ontario team

Front row: Michael Ward, _?
Standing: Chris Smith?,Aer Stephen?, Alex Sweeney, Colin Sweeney, Bob Grant.

 

Newfoundland team: Carroll Redden, Dr. Simon Mitchell

Michael Robertson

Willi Muller

If you can help us fill in some of the missing names, please let us know. Si vous pouvez identifier quelques-uns des inconnus, svp. fournez les noms.

1980 Canadia national hang gliding championship pilot list

Bob Grant had a print out showing all of the competitors at the 1980 Canadian hang gliding competition. It appeared in a video of his about The old days of flying in Canada. (the date in the photo is wrong.)