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Tuesday, 01 January 2008

Milk Hill - White Horse - hang gliding and paragliding

Status

Milk Hill White Horse is open as a members only flying site until 30th april 2008.

Natural England for the 2008 licence require pilots to have £5 million Public Liability insurance cover; through BHPA we each have £2 million.

Thereafter Natural England will require £5 (ilo £2) million public liability insurance.

To obtain this contact BHPA

Open all year round for pilots with appropriate extended insurance cover.

Open to Pilot rated Full TVHGC members only. Please see Restrictions.

Wind Direction / Details

SSE-SSW (but note that this is a new and untried site).

South facing escarpment.

Restrictions

This is a new site available to us on a one year trial basis and is therefore currently restricted to Pilot rated Full TVHGC members. Just to be clear - Reciprocal and Guest members are currently not allowed to use this site.

Sensitivity

To minimise our impact we are limiting this site to a maximum of 6 gliders in the air and a further 6 waiting.

English Nature owns and regulates our use of this site. Our licence specifically prohibits unaccompanied flying - as a public body they are particularly worried about accidents (they receive a copy of all our accident reports). Your companion needs to be somewhere within sight. The penalty for flying unaccompanied is a £50 levy, half to Oxfam and half to English Nature.

There are lots of horses in this area, often ridden by inexpert riders. As horses are easily spooked by low flying gliders. Never fly low over horses.

It always helps to take time to stop and talk to other people using the tracks, preventing problems developing.

Location

OS Grid Ref SU 100 637, Landranger 173, Pathfinder 1185.

Directions as for Milk Hill.

Parking

As for Milk Hill. There is no separate parking.

Access

As for Milk Hill, then along the path around the back of the bowl and through the gate onto the south facing escarpment. From this point keep at least 20 metres away from the fence line to avoid disturbing nesting birds.

Take Off

Approximate elevation 250m/755’ AMSL.

Anywhere along the slope to the west of the eastern boundary shown on the map. Keep at least 20 metres away from the fence line to avoid disturbing nesting birds.

Landing

There is no designated top landing area.
Slope land within the boundary marked on the map and at least 20 metres away from the top fence line.
The Bottom landing is along the south-facing track to the right of take-off, and before the farm buildings. Note that there is no agreement to use the private track from the ruined farm buildings to the road.

Hazards

This is a new and untried site.

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