A diary of the Aussie team's journey through the 2007 Paragliding
Worlds at Manilla, Australia
Pilot
Profile
Name:
James Lawson,
Age: 31, Marital Status: Single
Job and how often in a typical week would you fly:
Student, 0 – 7 times a week
Sponsors: Gradient Gliders, Blueye
Eyewear Australia
1. What equipment do you
use:
Glider: Avax SR7-24
Harness: Advance Impress
Vario: Flytec 5020
GPS: Garmin 76s
Sunglasses: Blueye – rodeo
2. Approx hours airtime:
I have about 1300 hours of flight time.
3. When did you learn to fly and where?
I’m a coastal pilot by trade, learning at Stanwell Tops.
4. Best site in Oz:
Best site in Australia: Mt Borah
5. Best site O/S:
Best site overseas: Taylor’s Mistake, Christchurch, NZ
6. Best comp task you’ve
flown so far, the most memorable:
Best competition task was a 100km task from Mt Borah to a goal
the other side of Narrabri, not only was it my first task victory,
but I was on my third beer when the next guy arrived.
7. Why do you fly:
All work and no play is not very gay
8. Best flight ever:
Best flight ever was cruising at 4500m at 90kmh during a flight from
Mt Borah to Ebor (160 plus kilometers).
9. Worst flying experience so far:
Worst flight was a tree landing a Blackheath.
10. What tips can you give to newcomers
to the sport:
Don’t listen to pilots who
stand around launch all day, when everybody else is
flying.
11. Who do you most admire in our sport?
Dave (Wortho) Worthington
12. What are your other favourite
hobbies/sports:
Bushwalking, Mountain-biking, Rock-Climbing, Diving,
Cooking lasagna.
13. Favourite band and song?
Milk-Cow Boogie Blues by Elvis Presley
14. Best book you’ve
read so far?
Taming of the Great South Land by W. J. Lines
15. Have you ever thrown your reserve?, if
so tell us about it.
I have never thrown my reserve.
16. Biggest flying mistake so far?
Choosing to land at Ebor when I had a
good chance of making the coast (see
Q.8)
17.
What are your personal flying goals
To promote world peace through paragliding
18. Where are you going to be in 10
years time and doing what?
In 10 years I hope I won’t still be living with my Mum
Pilot
Profile
Name: James Lawson,
Age: 31, Marital Status: Single
Job and how often in a typical week would you fly:
Student, 0 – 7 times a week
Sponsors: Gradient Gliders, Blueye Eyewear Australia
1. What equipment do you use:
Glider: Avax SR7-24
Harness: Advance Impress
Vario: Flytec 5020
GPS: Garmin 76s
Sunglasses: Blueye – rodeo
2. Approx hours airtime:
I have about 1300 hours of flight time.
3. When did you learn to fly and where?
I’m a coastal pilot by trade, learning at Stanwell Tops.
4. Best site in Oz:
Best site in Australia: Mt Borah
5. Best site O/S:
Best site overseas: Taylor’s Mistake, Christchurch, NZ
6. Best comp task you’ve flown so far, the most memorable:
Best competition task was a 100km task from Mt Borah to a goal the other side of Narrabri, not only was it my first task victory, but I was on my third beer when the next guy arrived.
7. Why do you fly:
All work and no play is not very gay
8. Best flight ever:
Best flight ever was cruising at 4500m at 90kmh during a flight from Mt Borah to Ebor (160 plus kilometers).
9. Worst flying experience so far:
Worst flight was a tree landing a Blackheath.
10. What tips can you give to newcomers to the sport:
Don’t listen to pilots who stand around launch all day, when everybody else is flying.
11. Who do you most admire in our sport?
Dave (Wortho) Worthington
12. What are your other favourite hobbies/sports:
Bushwalking, Mountain-biking, Rock-Climbing, Diving, Cooking lasagna.
13. Favourite band and song?
Milk-Cow Boogie Blues by Elvis Presley
14. Best book you’ve read so far?
Taming of the Great South Land by W. J. Lines
15. Have you ever thrown your reserve?, if so tell us about it.
I have never thrown my reserve.
16. Biggest flying mistake so far?
Choosing to land at Ebor when I had a good chance of making the coast (see Q.8)
17. What are your personal flying goals
To promote world peace through paragliding
18. Where are you going to be in 10 years time and doing what?
In 10 years I hope I won’t still be living with my Mum
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