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Milk Hill – White Horse

Milk Hill - White Horse - hang gliding and paragliding

Status

Open all year round.

Natural England for our licence require pilots to have £5 million Public Liability insurance cover; through BHPA we each have £2 million as standard, the extra can be obtained as a ‘top up’. To obtain this contact the BHPA.

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

Wind Direction / Details

SSE-SW .

South facing escarpment.

Restrictions

This site is suitable for all levels of pilot.

Sensitivity

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

The site is shallow and only really works in thermic or strong wind conditions. Care should be taken when ridge soaring the site in strong conditions as pilots have experienced turbulence from the fields in front of the hill.

Milk Hill - White Horse

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