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Rybury - hang gliding and paragliding

Updated: March 2013

Status

You must not fly alone at this site. Check the sign on the gate before you fly as the farmer may have young livestock grazing. This site sometimes closes for lambing each April and May (exact closure day depends upon the date of Easter and the state of the ewes – normally about 10th April: opening always 1st June).

Full TVHGC Members only. Please see Restrictions.

Wind Direction / Details

SW-NW

0.5km ridge and a little bowl 65m high.

Restrictions

The site is limited to Full TVHGC members only.
Just to be clear – Reciprocal and Guest members are currently not allowed to use this site. This site is now managed under an access agreement and we are only allowed to fly there on 20 days per year, bank holiday weekends are excluded. When you fly the site you should log its use by posting an entry in the ‘Flying Diary’.

You must not fly alone at this site. .

Suitable for all levels of pilot, but watch out for strong thermals on sunny spring days.

Sensitivity

The club has recently experienced problems with Rybury and its overuse.

The farmer is very concerned about pilots flying unaccompanied and the possibility of a casualty lying untended on the hill.  There is a £50 penalty, payable to Oxfam via the farmer if you do.

All vehicles must pay £1.50 (to a different farmer) at the clearly sign posted toll box to use the track, this toll is payable even if you do not fly.

Location

OS Grid Ref SU 084 637 Landranger 173, Pathfinder 1185.

Parking

Parking is approximately 1 mile along the track, approximately 200 yards before the lower barns.

Access

Rybury can be reached by walking westwards from the track through the gate and alongside the fence towards the hilltop.

Take Off

Approximate elevation 230m/755’ AMSL.

Anywhere at the top of the hill.

Landing

Slope land, or top land as appropriate, but see hazards.

The bottom landing area is the field just beyond the fence at the bottom of the slope (see area marked on map).

Hazards

Landing in the col (the gap) at the top of the bowl may result in being blown back into dangerous rotor!  If the wind picks up it is generally safest to land on the shallow spur below Rybury hill fort.

XC

Please study your Air-map carefully. Just try getting to Milk Hill! The best thermals break off from the top of Rybury enclosure so go there (in light winds) when you get high.
 

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