1997 Canadian Hang Gliding Cross Country Flights

Muller Hang Gliding & Paragliding publishes a list of all 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 ranked by the best three XC Flights - Total XC flights are by Canadian Pilots from any site, any country.

All flights are in km. - Air-Airtow - *Female Pilot - **Class 2 fixed wing

FINAL LISTING

1997 CANADIAN HANG GLIDING XC NOTES

Pilot Glider Flt. #1 Type Flt. #2 Type Flt. #3 Type Best 3 Total
1 Kevin Caldwell, AB Wills Wing XC 237.00 O-tow 225.00 O-tow 201.00 O-tow 663.00 1379.60
2 Roger Nelson, AB Wills Wing XC 240.00 O-tow 206.00 O-tow 193.00 O-tow 639.00 2530.00
3 Ross Hunter, AB Wills Wing HP AT 222.00 O 109.00 O & R 105.00 O-tow 436.00 600.00
4 Doug Litzenberger, AB Airwave Kiss 289.60 O-tow 75.20 O-tow 22.40 O-tow 387.20 395.20
5 Michael Schulte, BC Airwave Klassic 232.00 O 82.00 O-tow 65.50 O-C 379.50 441.30
6 Willi Muller, AB Wills Wing XC 150.00 O 115.00 O--tow 110.00 O-tow 375.00 1249.40
7 Steve Preboy, AB Wills Wing HP AT 220.00 O 141.50 O-tow 13.00 O & R tow 374.50 475.50
8 Ron Bennett, AB Enterprise Wings Desire 166.40 O-tow 102.00 O-tow 80.00 O-tow 348.40 609.40
9 Doug Keller, AB Solar Wings Rumor 136.40 O & R 107.50 O & R 104.2O O 348.10 723.50
10 Daniel Ouellet, PQ Wills Wing HP AT 126.40 O-tow 112.00 O-tow 100.80 O-tow 339.20 527.20
11 Armand Archione, Ont Wills Wing HP 2 147.20 O-Air 116.80 O-Air 54.40 O-Air 318.40 505.60
12 J.C. Hauchecorne, AB Wills Wing Fusion 100.00 O & R 100.00 O & R 100.00 O & R 300.00 500.00
13 Rick Miller, AB Airwave Formula 145.00 O-tow 65.00 O-tow 65.00 O-C 275.00 352.00
14 Geoff Dossetor, Australia Airborne Shark 87.00 O-tow 82.50 O-C 68.20 O-C 237.70 433.50
15 Brett Hazlett, BC Moyes CSX 82.50 O-C 81.40 O-C 72.30 O & R-C 236.20 731.26
16 Joseph Mrytka,BC Moyes Xtralite 108.00 O 82.50 O-C 45.00 O-C 235.50 336.00
17 George Borradaile, BC Wills Wing Ramair 82.50 O-C 72.30 O & R-C 68.00 O 222.80 222.80
Mike Harrington, BC Wills Wing HP AT 82.50 O-C 72.30 O & R-C 68.00 O-C 222.80 346.30
19 Karlo Apro Wills Wing Super Sport 137.60 O-Air 35.20 O-Air 33.60 O-Air 206.40 222.40
20 Martin Dennis, BC Wills Wing HP AT 82.50 O-C 72.30 O & R-C 51.50 O-C 206.30 297.20
21 Don Glass, BC Wills Wing Fusion 72.30 O & R-C 66.80 O-C 66.10 O-C 205.20 574.54
22 Tyler Borradaile, BC Wills Wing XC 82.50 O-C 66.10 O-C 55.80 O & R-C 204.40 562.70
23 Jim Snell, BC Airborne Blade 82.50 O-C 65.50 O-C 53.00 O-C 201.00 275.60
24 Mark Tulloch, BC Moyes CSX 82.50 O-C 72.10 O-C 43.60 O-C 198.20 261.90
25 Chris Muller, AB Wills Wing Fusion 72.30 O-C 69.00 O-C 56.00 O-C 197.30 779.12
26 Mike Swift, BC Wills Wing XC 72.30 O-C 68.00 O-C 53.00 O-C 193.30 340.50
27 Ken d'Albertson, BC UP TRX 82.50 O-C 70.50 O-C 32.40 O-C 185.40 232.80
28 Peter Bowle-Evans, BC Wills Wing HP AT 99.00 O & R 50.00 O 35.00 O 184.00 491.00
29 Bruce Hanson, AB Wills Wing HP AT 160.00 O-tow 15.00 O-tow 175.00 175.00
30 Darrel Bossert, AB Wills Wing XC 66.10 O-C 64.30 O-C 43.60 O-C 174.00 200.00
31 Dan Keen, BC Wills Wing XC 82.00 O-C 45.80 O-C 45.80 O-C 173.60 605.50
32 Alex Penner, BC Predator 82.50 O-C 49.40 O-C 39.00 O-C 170.90 208.30
33 James Lintott, AB UP TRX 100.00 O & R 60.00 O-tow 9.00 O-C 169.00 169.00
34 Steve Parson, BC Wills Wing HP AT 78.50 O-C 62.50 O-C 26.00 O-C 167.00 176.20
35 David Ross, BC Wills Wing XC 68.00 O-C 53.00 O-C 43.60 O-C 164.60 258.60
36 Miles Parenteau, AB Enterprise Wings Desire 112.00 O-tow 28.80 O-tow 16.00 O-tow 156.80 156.80
37 Stewart Midwinter, AB Brightstar Swift** 83.26 O-tow 71.00 O-tow 154.26 154.26
38 Marco Van Sterten, PQ 124.80 O-tow 21.60 O-tow 146.40 146.40
39 Ian McArthur, BC Airwave Magic 1V 28.00 O-C 69.70 O-C 47.20 O 144.90 144.90
40 Dan Baum, BC Airwave K5 56.50 O-C 45.80 O-C 42.00 O-C 144.30 183.30
41 Jeff Runciman, AB Airborne Blade 100.00 O & R 29.50 O-C 3.00 O-C 132.50 132.50
42 Henry Maciesowicz, Ont Airwave Formula 53.00 O-C 50.00 O-C 24.00 O-C 127.00 267.00
43 Steve Best, BC Wills Wing Ramair 72.30 O & R-C 50.50 O-C 3.50 O-C 126.30 126.30
44 *Kayo Fukuda, Japan Wills Wing XC 69.90 O-C 29.20 O-C 25.40 O-C 124.50 130.20
45 Jeff Remple, BC Airborne Shark 100.00 O-C 12.00 O-C 10.00 O-C 122.00 130.50
46 Kim Stauss, BC Moyes Xtralite 72.30 O-C 45.00 O-C 3.00 O-C 120.30 120.30
47 Stewart Trowsdale, BC Wills Wing Sport 57.00 O-C 53.50 O-C 3.50 O-C 114.00 125.00
48 Tom Swift, BC Enterprise Wings Desire 56.10 O-C 47.00 O-C 5.70 O-C 108.80 111.80
49 Rob Stefaniuk, AB Airwave Pulse 73.20 O-tow 25.00 O-tow 4.50 O-tow 102.70 102.70
50 John Janssen, AB Enterprise Wings Desire 47.00 O 47.00 O 7.00 O 101.00 101.00
51 Todd Hixon, BC Moyes XS 82.50 O-C 17.00 O-C 99.50 99.50
52 Ida Hiroshi, Japan Moyes Xtralite 48.00 O-C 43.60 O-C 91.60 91.60
53 Dave Palmer, BC Enterprise Wings Desire 82.50 O-C 3.50 O-C 86.00 86.00
54 Geoff Schneider, AB Solar Wings Rumor 60.00 O-tow 25.00 O-tow 85.00 85.00
55 Kazumori Sato, Japan Wills Wing XC 51.50 O-C 32.80 O-C 84.30 74.30
56 Richard Roussin, PQ Wills Wing XC 83.48 O-C 83.48 83.48
57 Harry Griffin-Beale, BC 50.50 O-C 16.00 O-C 13.3 O-C 79.80 79.80
58 Jim Scoles, Ont Airwave Magic 1V 52.00 O-C 27.50 O-C 79.50 79.50
59 Normand di Domenico, PQ Airwave Kiss 78.13 O-C 78.13 78.13
Francois Belair, PQ Wills Wing XC 77.74 O-C 77.74 77.74
60 61 John McClintock, BC Airborne Blade 72.30 O-C 72.30 72.30
62 Marco Levasseur, PQ Enterprise Wings Foil 70.00 O 70.00 70.00
Ray Ducharme, AB Wills Wing HP AT 70.00 O-tow 70.00 70.00
64 Scott Harrison, BC Airwave Kiss 39.00 O-C 22.00 O-C 8 O-C 69.00 69.00
65 Steve Thoss, BC 60.80 O-C 3.50 O-C 3.5 O-C 67.80 67.80
66 Ed Zeleniski, BC 66.00 O-C 66.00 66.00
Mark Dowsett, BC Moyes Xtralite 33.00 O 25.00 O 8 O 66.00 73.00
68 Ken Kenzie, Ont Wills Wing Ultrasport 56.83 C-O 56.83 56.83
69 Don Lacasse, BC Moyes SX 53.00 O-C 3.50 O-C 56.50 56.50
70 Paris Williams, USA Predator 41.50 O-C 14.00 O-C 55.50 54.00
71 Rick Christian, USA Seedwings Sensor 50.90 O & R-C 50.90 50.90
72 Akihiko Yamazaki, Japan Wills Wing Ultrasport 47.50 O-C 3.00 O-C 50.50 50.50
73 Andre Guidon, PQ Laminar 50.33 O-C 50.33 50.33
74 Rick Hines, BC Magic Kiss 50.20 O-C 50.20 50.20
75 Ken Kinzie, Ont Wills Wing Sport 50.00 O-tow 50.00 50.00
76 Terry Taggert, USA Seedwings Sensor 49.10 O & R-C 49.10 49.10
77 Gilles Boulainne, PQ Moyes Xtralite 48.46 O-C O-C O-C 48.46 48.46
78 Rod Wickham, BC Enterprise Wings Desire 42.00 O-C 3.00 O-C 45.00 45.00
79 Gerry Grossnegger, Man. Airwave K5 30.20 O-C 11.00 O-C 3.2 O-C 44.40 49.40
Stephen Noon, BC Moyes Xtralite 40.50 O-C 3.50 O-C 44.00 44.00
81 Dale Regehr, Sask Flight Designs Saber 32.00 O-tow 40.00 40.00
82 Gerhard Dickmeis, AB Airwave K5 39.00 O-tow 39.00 39.00
83 Moore Newall, AB Wills Wing Sport 33.50 O-C 33.50 33.50
84 Michael Robertson, Ont Wills Wing Falcon 225 32.00 O-tow 32.00 88.00
85 Louis Drapeau, PQ Wills Wing HP AT 17.20 O-C 14.10 O-C 31.30 31.30
86 Jacques Fontaine, PQ Wills Wing Ramair 31.25 O-C 31.25 31.25
87 Steve Younger, Ont Wills Wing Sport 29.59 29.59 29.59
88 Koseki Harushisa, Japan Wills Wing Ramair 19.00 O-C 9.90 O-C 28.90 28.90
89 Barry Morwick, Man Airwave Klassic 18.10 O-C 10.00 O-C 28.10 28.10
90 John Bouwmeester, BC Wills Wing HP AT 17.90 O-C 9.50 O-C O-C 27.40 27.40
91 John Theverot, Sask Moyes 25.00 O-tow 25.00 155.00
92 Evan Sampson, AB Apco Nimbus 23.30 O-tow 23.30 23.30
93 Guy Aubin, PQ Wills Wing Ramair 21.00 O-C 21.00 21.00
Nes Shumka, Man Airwave Klassic 11.00 O-C 10.00 O-C 21.00 21.00
95 Guy Leblanc, AB Wills Wing Sport 20.00 O 20.00 20.00
96 Normand Michaud, BC Laminar 19.50 O-C 19.50 19.50
97 Garth Cantrill, Sask Enterprise Wings Desire 19.20 O-tow 19.20 19.20
98 Roger Prive, BC Moyes Xtralite 14.00 O-C 3.50 O-C 17.50 17.50
99 Ken Harapnuik, AB Airwave Kiss 11.00 O-tow 5.70 O-C 16.70 16.70
100 Martin Polach, AB Enterprise Wings Elite 15.00 O 15.00 15.00
101 Paul Thordason, AB Wills Wing HP AT 15.00 O-tow 15.00 15.00
102 Greg Brauch, USA 14.00 O-C O-C O-C 14.00 14.00
103 Rob Pynaker, AB Enterprise Wings Desire 5.70 O-C 5.40 O-C 11.10 11.10
104 Jan Prandzioch, Man Airwave K2 10.50 O-C 10.50 10.50
105 Rick Hunt, BC Wills Wing HP AT 6.50 O-C 3.50 O-C 10.00 10.00
106 Mike Hawley, BC 3.50 O-C 3.50 O-C 7.00 7.00
Charles Matheson, BC Enterprise Wings Desire 3.50 O-C 3.50 O-C 7.00 7.00
108 Gus Larson, AB Airwave Kiss 6.00 O-tow 6.00 6.00
109 Dennis Turner. AB Wills Wing XC 5.70 O-C 5.70 5.70
110 Peter Needham, BC Wills Wing HP AT 5.30 O-C 5.30 5.30
Martin Henry, BC Wills Wing XC 895.00
Mia Schokker, BC Enterprise Wings Desire 216.00