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THE PILOTS 
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Jeff O'Brien
#1
Hometown: Big Rock, Illinois
Years Flying: 10
Local Club: Utah Hang Gliding Association
Gear: Wills Wing T2C - Rotor Vulto S -
Flytec 6030
Longest Flight: 220 miles in Utah
More: All of it! Soaring a
foot off the ground at the local gravel pile or thousands of feet over
mountains in an exotic country. Meeting like minded individuals from
all corners of the globe that share my passion. Never forgetting how
fortunate I am to travel with my flying machine and see sights most
dream of. I'm thankful!
Thanks to my sponsors! - KAVU, Wills Wing, Flytec.
http://hang6.blogspot.com/
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Dustin Martin #2
Hometown: Phoenix, AZ
Years Flying: 12
Local Club: Arizona Hang Glider
Association
Gear: Wills Wing T2 144, Rotor Vulto S,
Flytec 6030
Longest Flight: 410 miles, Zapata
Favorite Aspect of Hang Gliding:
The groupies.
More: I learned all my social skills
running the
circuit with you guys. Shit.
Dustin's blog |
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Davis Straub #3
Hometown: On the road
Years Flying: 25
Local Club: Quest Air, Groveland,
Florida
Gear: Wills Wing T2C - 144, Moyes Matrix
Race Harness, Flytec 6030
Longest Flight: World Record 407 miles
in Zapata (four flights over 300 miles, Single Surface World Record at
205 miles)
Favorite Aspect of Hang Gliding:
Staying up in thermals at 9 AM while drifting low and fast over
hundreds of square miles of thorn bushes.
More: I'm interested in competition and
world records, but I would love to fly more in high winds at the beach.
The
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Jeff Shapiro #4
Hometown: Missoula, Mt
Years Flying: 16
Local Club: Missoula Hang Gliding and
Paragliding Club
Gear: Wills Wing T2C, Rotor Vulto-S,
Flytec 6030/geko
Longest Flight: 154 miles in Forbes
Favorite Aspect of Hang Gliding:
How dynamic flying is. We get to start an adventure in ever changing
conditions allowing the need for constant adaptation to those
conditions. I love getting to run off a mountain, fly for hours, land
in some farmers field and have your bro land next to you. I also love
those special moments when after a good climb or on your way to land
after a good flight, a loop just feels right. Flying is very much
"dreaming awake".
More: When I'm not flying, I enjoy
teaching people how to fly, trying to design Hang Gliding equipment,
training raptors to hunt with my dog and me, and most of all, watching
my 4 year old daughter grow like a weed.
Thanks to my sponsors: Wills Wing, KAVU, KEEN and Flytec |
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Zac "Zippy" Majors #5
(We are waiting for and expect a fifth slot.)
Hometown: just relocated to Santa Barbara, CA
Years Flying: 16
Local Club: Santa Barbara Soaring
Association
Gear: Wills Wing T2C 144,
Woody Valley Tenax, Flytec 6030
Longest Flight: 181 miles during Big
Springs Internationals
Favorite Aspect of Hang Gliding: The
synergy with nature and freedom you feel when you're flying over new
terrain with birds, or around clouds.
More: I enjoy teaching hang gliding and
feed off the energy of someone getting their first taste of
flight. Come fly with me in Santa Barbara. |
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Glen Volk #6
(There is a slight chance that we will get this sixth slot and it may
be open to pilots further down the list if Glen can't go. Glen has
stated that he is interested in going.)
Hometown: San Diego, CA
Years Flying: 30
Local Club: San Diego Hang Gliding and
Paragliding Association
Gear: Moyes Litespeed S 4, Moyes Matrix
Harness, Flytec 5030 Flight Computer
Longest Flight: 215 miles, Big Spring
More:
Father of two (daughter (24) and son (4). The 4 year old is my life on
the weekends, so I don't get to fly too much but when I do I really
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