Flying Site Waivers

All regional flying sites require the pilot to read and sign waivers, for your protection as well as the site property owners. Never fly a site without signing and submitting the proper waiver first! This is critical to maintaining our sites and good relations with landowners.

Please contact the appropriate club members if you want to fly a site. For details and additional pilot contacts, you may want to buy a Mid-Atlantic site guide.

Many of our sites are shared with the Capital Hang Gliding & Paragliding Association. Check their website for more information.

NOTE: All waivers are in the Adobe Acrobat PDF format. If you don't have it already, you'll need to download and install the free Adobe Reader software to view and print the waivers.

Mountaineer Club Sites
Fairgrounds
High Point
North Mountain
Spruce Knob
Zirks

The Mountaineer waiver is identical for all six sites; for each site, a copy of the Mountaineer waiver must be completed, and the appropriate site information must be added. Completed Mountaineer waivers can be mailed to:

Jim Rowan
13818 Florida Ave.
Cresaptown, MD 21502

Daedalus Club Sites
Avonmore (Launch)
Avonmore (Right-of-Way)
Avonmore (LZ)
Templeton
Note that the Templeton and Avonmore waivers must be notarized. Once completed, contact a member of the Daedalus Hang Gliding Club to get them to the appropriate person.

Capital Hang Gliding & Paragliding Association/
Maryland Hang Gliding Association Sites
The Pulpit
Fisher Road
Both of these waivers can be sent to Hugh McElrah,  VP/Treasurer of the Capitol Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association.
Jack's Mountain
As of January 2003 this waiver's status is unclear. We have yet to determine if any particular club has overall responsibility for Jack's Mountain, and needs to have these waivers on file. If you happen to know, please contact CHGPA at www.chgpa.org

High Rock - This is a sensitive site as it is located in a restricted area. For more information, follow the link to the CHGPA site information page.

Hyner Club Sites
Hyner View
(See the waiver for a mailing address.)

Other Pennsylvania Sites
Sacramento (Launch)
Sacramento (LZ)
Elizabethville
(Waivers sent directly to landowners---see waivers for addresses.)

Shenandoah National Park Sites
Dickey's Ridge
Hogback
Shenandoah sites require 2 forms to be submitted to the park. A Liability Release, and The Special Use Permit Application which requires details about the LZs for the SNP sites. Just write "ON FILE" in large letters across the three areas where this information is requested. You must send the release, the SUP application, a photocopy of your USHGA membership card, and your check to the address listed at the bottom of the permit application. After processing, the National Park Service will send you two copies of your permit; you must then sign and return one of those copies. The Shenandoah sites are fairly technical (both the launches and the LZs). Do not fly them without the guidance of a pilot who knows them well.

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