1996 Canadian Paragliding Cross Country Flights

Muller Hang Gliding & Paragliding publishes a list of all reported Hang Gliding Cross Country flights originating in Canada each year. Information is compiled from Canadian Competition Results and individual reports by pilots. The List is made up of the best three XC flights [rating is of this total], total XC flights - any site/any country.

All flights are in km. - Female Pilot*. Canadian Pilot living overseas**. Fixed Wing*** . Type of Flight: O-Open Distance; C-Competition; O & R - Out & Return; T-Triangle; Tow; Tandem, T.P-turnpoint

No.Pilot NameProv.GliderFlt.#1TypeFlt.#2TypeFlt.#3TypeBest 3 Flts.Total All Flts.
1 Kevin Caldwell AB Wills Wing XC 183.00 O-tow 158.00 O-tow 120.00 O-tow 461.00 1194.00
2 Ross Hunter AB Wills Wing HPAT 238.40 O-tow 89.60 O-tow 83.20 O-tow 411.20 1219.20
3 Steve Preboy AB Wills Wing HPAT 257.00 O-tow 91.00 O-tow 59.50 O-tow 407.50 461.60
4 Willi Muller AB Enterprise Elite 146.00 O 128.00 O 120.00 O 394.00 970.10
5Doug Litzenberger AB Airwave Kiss 204.80 O-tow 108.80 O-tow 8.96 O-tow322.56 322.56
6 Michael Schulte BC Airwave Klassic 115.50 O-tow 81.50 O-C-tow 76.20 O-C-tow 273.20 737.42
7Chris Muller AB Wills Wing XC 95.00 O & R 88.83 O-C-tow 81.50 O-C-tow 265.33 1489.85
8Roger Nelson AB Wills Wing XC 110.00 O-tow 79.87 O-C-tow 72.54 O-C-tow 262.41 896.88
9Barry Morwick Man Airwave Klassic 101.71 O-C-tow 81.50 O-C-tow 72.54 O-C-tow 255.75 378.73
10Mark Tulloch BC Moyes Xtralite 92.26 O-C-tow 81.50 O-C-tow 76.30 O-C-tow 250.06 463.60
11Ken Holman BC Airwave K4 81.50 O-C 72.54 O-C 72.05 O-C 226.09 362.87
12Joseph Mytka BC Moyes Xtralite 81.50 O-C-tow 74.65 O-C-tow 64.06 O-C-tow 220.21 421.50
13 David Ross BC Wills Wing XC 81.50 O-C-tow 74.65 O-C-tow 60.00 O-C-tow 216.15 573.53
14 Brett Hazlett BC Moyes Xtralite 86.06 O-C-tow 74.17 O-C-tow 53.00 O-C 213.23 612.09
15 Henry Maciesowicz Ont Airwave Formula 81.50 O-C 67.16 O-C 63.97 O-C 211.82 584.00
16 Joe Riccardo Man Airwave Formula 82.00 O-tow 81.50 O-C-tow 48.00 O-tow 211.50 391.50
17 Ron Bennett AB Enterprise Desire 81.50 O-C-tow 60.00 O-C-tow 59.50 O-C-tow 201.00 386.87
18 Gerry Grossnegger Man Airwave K5 74.17 O-C-tow 70.88 O-C-tow 55.09 O-C-tow 200.14 411.51
19 Richard Roussin PQ Wills Wing XC 91.50 O 53.25 O 50.50 O 195.25 365.75
20 Doug Keller AB Solar Wings Rumor 78.70 T.P-tow 58.70 T.P-tow 56.50 T.P.-tow 193.90 369.70
21 Nes Shumka Man Airwave Pulse 81.50 O-C-tow 58.69 O-C-tow 48.57 O-C-tow 188.76 291.77
22 Carroll Pelletier SA Wills Wing HP AT 83.00 O-tow 67.00 O-tow-C 37.00 O-tow-C 187.00 216.00
23 Ian McArthur BC Airwave Magic 1V 68.47 O-C-tow 62.39 O-C-tow 48.57 O-C-tow 179.43 227.77
Stewart Midwinter AB Swift*** 90.00 O & R 80.00 O & R 170.00 578.50
24 Jean Claude Hauchecorne AB Wills Wing XC 65.00 O-C 53.70 O-tow 50.00 O-tow 168.70 215.65
25 Ken Kinzie Ont Wills Wing Sport 60.68 O-aerotow 50.45 O-areotow 47.35 O-areotow 158.48 301.64
26 Stewart Trowsdale BC Wills Wing Sport 60.00 O 57.00 O 33.00 O 149.00 239.00
27 George Borradaile BC Wills Wing RamAir 65.00 0-C 52.00 0-C 27.40 0-C 144.40 195.85
28 Tyler Borradaile BC Wills Wing HP AT 65.00 0-C 52.00 0-C 27.35 0-C 144.35 196.80
29 Michael Underwood SA Airwave Calapso 54.61 O-C-tow 44.82 O-C-tow 43.27 O-C-tow 142.70 148.14
30 Mike Harrington BC Wills Wing HP AT 65.00 O-C 52.00 O-C 16.30 O-C 133.30 163.20
31 Stephane Marquis PQ Wills Wing Spectrum 58.00 45.00 27.00 130.00 130.00
32 Don Glass BC Wills Wing XC 78.50 O-C-tow 28.52 O-C-tow 22.01 O-C-tow 129.03 532.07
33 Ken d'Albertson BC UP TRX 65.00 O-C 31.46 O-C-tow 29.75 O-C-tow 126.21 194.51
34 Rick Miller AB Airwave Formula 44.49 O-C-tow 41.27 O-C-tow 35.95 O-C-tow 121.71 189.28
35 Richard Ouellet AB Enterprise Desire 40.00 O 40.00 O 40.00 O 120.00 160.00
36 Dan Keen BC Wills Wing XC 52.00 O-C 36.80 O-C 29.55 O-C 118.35 145.70
37 Kevin Thompson Ont Wills Wing 89.90 O-aerotow 17.69 O-areotow 10.55 O-areotow 118.14 118.14
38 Serge Salami PQ Moyes XS 117.00 O 117.00 117.00
39 Gary Ticknor Ont Wills Wing Sport 51.12 O-aerotow 34.77 O-areotow 24.80 O-areotow 110.69 129.60
40 Richard Chubey Man Airwave Kiss 105.00 O 105.00 105.00
41 Jeff Rempel BC Wills Wing XC 52.00 O-C 47.27 O-C-tow 5.45 O-C-tow 104.72 112.57
42 Dan Baum BC Airwave K5 52.00 0-C 27.50 0-C 25.00 0-C 104.50 174.35
43 Al Blatter BC Wills Wing RamAir 81.50 O-C-tow 21.19 O-C-tow 102.69 102.69
44 Ieda Hiroshi Japan Wills Wing XC 60.00 O 40.00 O 100.00 100.00
45 Barry Bateman BC Wills Wing HP AT 52.00 O-C 28.00 O-C 19.60 O-C 99.60 845.62
46 Martin Dennis BC Wills Wing HP AT 52.00 O-C 22.00 O-C 19.35 O-C 93.35 121.75
47 Rik Bouwmeester BC Enterprise Desire 52.00 O-C 23.70 O-C 16.30 O-C 92.00 106.60
Dave Wagner BC Airwave K2 70.00 O 22.00 O 92.00 92.00
49 Gerhard Dickmeis AB Airwave K2 49.00 O-Ctow 16.40 O-C-tow 14.37 O-C-tow 91.45 96.34
50 Neil Albright USA UP TRX 51.18 O-C-tow 26.08 O-C-tow 13.04 O-C-tow 90.03 90.03
51 Mike Swift BC Wills Wing HP AT 70.00 O 17.00 O 87.00 87.00
52 Steve Best BC Wills Wing RamAir 33.30 0-C 29.00 0-C 22.00 0-C 84.30 96.30
53 Tod Hixson BC Moyes XS 64.00 O-C 12.90 O-C 1.45 O-C 78.35 78.35
54 Bill Brass BC UP Axis 52.00 O-C 13.40 O-C 10.50 O-C 75.90 98.80
55 Ken Nicholson BC Wills Wing HP AT 52.00 O-C 10.65 O-C 10.00 O-C 72.65 82.00
56 Darryl Staples BC Enterprise Desire 52.00 O-C 13.40 O-C 3.90 O-C 69.30 69.30
57 Martin Polach AB Enterprier Desire 65.00 O & R 65.00 65.00
58 Charles Matheson BC Enterprise Desire 30.50 O 16.50 O 16.00 O 63.00 80.50
59 Angus Walker Aust Moyes Xtralite 29.00 O-C 21.15 O-C 12.25 O-C 62.40 62.40
60 Ron Docherty AB Enterprise Desire 60.00 O 60.00 60.00
Rob Pynaker AB Enterprise Desire 60.00 O & R 60.00 60.00
62 Don Smith BC Moyes Xtralite 52.00 O-C 5.45 O-C 2.40 O-C 59.85 59.85
63 Martin Henry BC Wills Wing XC 21.65 O-C 15.00 O & R 15.00 OP & R 58.10 992.00
64 Louis Drapeau PQ Wills Wing HP AT 58.00 O 58.00 58.00
65 Rob Stefaniuk AB Airwave Pulse 43.00 O-C-tow 9.00 O-C-tow 5.86 O-tow 57.86 57.86
66 Nolan Shaheen SA Solar Wings Rumor 56.57 O-C-tow 56.57 56.57
67 John Theovet SA Moyes XS 40.00 O-tow 16.00 O-tow 56.00 56.00
68 Jim Snell BC Wills Wing HP ll 52.00 O-C 52.00 52.00
69 Jason Metheral AB Wills Wing Sport 50.00 O 50.00 50.00
70 John Janssen AB Enterprise Desire 45.00 O 45.00 45.00
71 Al Innes BC Airwave K2 40.00 O 40.00 40.00
72 Randy Desnoyers BC Wills Wing HP AT 33.33 O-C 3.90 O-C 37.23 37.23
73 Harry Griffin-Beale BC Solar Wings Rumor 33.30 O-C 3.90 O-C 37.20 37.20
74 David Issak BC Airwave Pulse 15.50 O-C-tow 10.97 O-C-tow 10.01 O-C-tow 36.48 36.48
75 Bruno Allard PQ Wills Wing Spectrum 28.00 O 28.00 28.00
76 Terry Thordason AB Wills Wing RamAir 13.00 O 13.00 O 26.00 26.00
77 Tom Swift BC Enterprise Desire 25.90 O-C-tow 25.90 25.90
78 Guy Leblanc AB Wills Wing Sport 25.00 O-tow 25.00 25.00
79 Rick Hines BC Airwave Kiss 10.75 O-C 9.15 O-C 4.50 O-C 24.40 24.40
80 Vivian Hooper* SA Airwave Pulse 8.97 O-C-tow 6.57 O-C-tow 6.30 O-C-tow 21.84 21.84
81 Bruce Hanson AB Wills Wing HP AT 21.60 O 21.60 21.60
82 Les Sainsbury BC Airwave K2 18.15 O-C 18.15 18.15
83 Barry Berto BC Moyes Xtralite 10.00 O 8.90 O 18.00 304.40
84 John Pop Ont Wills Wing Sport 10.55 O-aerotow 6.55 O-areotow 17.10 17.10
85 Martin McLeod Ont Wills Wing Sport 15.69 O-aerotow 15.69 15.69
86 Bob Krider H.K Wills Wing HP AT 10.00 O 10.00 10.00
87 Steve Parson BC HP AT 9.15 O-C 9.15 9.15
88 Roger Prive BC Moyes Xtralite 7.25 O-C 7.25 7.25
89 Mia Schokker* BC Enterprise Desire 4.55 O-C 2.20 6.75 6.75

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