1993 Canadian Paragliding Cross Country Notes

Longest flight of the year in Canada was by Mike Potter of Canmore. Mike flew 75km from Golden [hang gliding launch] to Spur Valley on the last day of the Canadian Nationals [guess he didn't enter, the competitors flew to Harrogate].

Sean Dougherty and Eric Unterberger shared the 3 flight average of 144km followed by Willi Muller 141km. Youngest pilot on the list was 15 year old Keith MacCullough of Calgary who started paragliding in the Spring and had a 21km and 7km flight during the Nationals in Golden.

Tow flights made the list for the first time. Sean Dougherty and Chris Muller had 62km flights in Alberta but on different days. Sean also had a tandem tow flight of 48km in the US with Audrey Perry.

Sean Dougherty spent a few days towing with the Emperior and Court down in Chelan in the spring. His 48km flight tandem with Audrey Perry was a milestone. His flight that day was the longest of the day and it was Audrey's first thermal flight(Sean useda vox for communications and his reassuring comments to Audrey were enjoyed by the chase crew). Glen Derouin flew in the New Zealand Nationals in January and had a few good XC flights. The World Championships in Verbier provided the rest of Glen's flights. Peter MacLaren and Chris Muller flew at the World's and also at a World Cup in Avoiaz, France. Their longest flights were competition flights using the 'cats cradle' task. Peter and Chris placed well in Avoiaz taking advantage of the better conditions and longer tasks than in the Worlds. Peter also placed well in the world cup in Gstadd, Switzerland, but tasks were shorter than Verbier and Avoiaz.