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Black Mountain Glider Port (LITTLE BLACK) Flight History DOCUMENTARY

4/3/2015

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We are proud to announce that our Black Mountain Open Space Park Flight History mini documentary has been released. 
Follow us for a day of hang gliding and paragliding at the Black Mountain Open Space Glider Port, a historic San Diego location that has been home to free-flight activities since the 1930s. Unpowered, foot-launched  gliders soar over Black Mountain Open Space offering a unique way to explore the park and commune with nature.

A Long Tradition of Flying at Black Mountain Park from Jim Karnik Films on Vimeo.

Black Mountain in Rancho Penasquitos is commonly referred to as Little Black to distinguish it from another Black Mountain in San Diego County that is commonly referred to as Big Black.

San Diego has a rich heritage of flight history that dates back to John Montgomery’s 1st glider flight in 1884. In the 1930’s re-interest in gliding was rekindled with Charles Lindbergh learning to glide off Mt Soledad and the cliffs of Torrey Pines with his wife Anne Lindbergh. Local school kids got very excited about gliding to be like Lindbergh and used Black Mountain as a proving ground for their wood shop class built full size gliders.

In the 1970’s Black Mountain once again became a popular location for Hang Gliding. This tradition continues today with Hang Gliding and Paragliding in the Black Mountain Open Space accessed from the Glider Point Trail and service road to the towers.

This video was Produced by the San Diego Hang gliding and Paragliding Association and the Friends of Rancho Penasquitos Preserve (penasquitos.org ) with support of the Black Mountain Open Space Parks Citizen Advisory Committee.
We produced this video to be included in a series of films presented by The Friends of Rancho Penasquitos Preserve and will posted on their web site (http://penasquitos.org/video.htm) .  The Video will also be included in the San Diego Parks and Recreation Ranger Movie Nights play reel.
SDHGPA will also be adding this video into a flight history section of their www.SDHGPA.com web site.

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The Friends of Los Penasquitos Canyon Preserve is a non-profit organization that is dedicated to the preservation, restoration, and management of the preserve and the adjacent open spaces and lands that once made up the old Peñasquito Rancho Spanish land grant. We support educational and recreational activities that foster an appreciation of the natural environment.
The San Diego Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association, SDHGPA, is a hang gliding and paragliding club dedicated to the promotion and preservation of foot launched soaring (non motorized "free flight") in San Diego County. SDHGPA is a local chapter of the United States Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association, USHPA. SDHGPA’s guiding principle is that all foot launched pilots of hang gliders and paragliders alike share common goals and interests best served by a united effort to promote flying safety, education, and good community relations in San Diego County.
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Filmed and edited by Jim Karnik Films fieldnotes.com

A big thank you goes out to all of our SDHGPA Pilots that participated on our flight filming day; Friends of Los Penasquitos Canyon Preserve and the the Black Mountain Open Space Parks Citizen Advisory Committee for their continued support; Ranger Cary Goldstein, Gary Fogel, Mike Kelly FLPC Conservation Chair, Ranger Ed Christensen, and all the other park rangers for their support and help with filming; Steve Rohrbaugh, Bob Hammond, Mike Latour, Peter Jay Brown, and Lee Hector for providing additional flight footage; Antonella Zampolli for all of her coordination in pulling all this together and making it happen, and special thanks to Jim Karnik for all his efforts and flexibility in waiting for the perfect flight filming day through our off season and wading though hours of resulting flight footage.

Steve Rohrbaugh
SDHGPA President

For more information, see: Black Mountain Open Space Flight History and San Diego Free Flight History

2 Comments
Toshi Shibayama
8/9/2017 07:26:02 am

I m a 30day temporary visiting pilot from Japan. I want to fly black mountain how should l do?

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Steve R link
8/9/2017 09:31:47 am

Hi, I presume that you are indicating that you have a USHPA temporary 30 day membership?

You will also need an SDHGPA Visiting Pilot membership. http://www.sdhgpa.com/join-sdhgpa.html

Then contact one of the Site Reps listed in the Site Guides to get connected with a local pilot for a site briefing.
http://www.sdhgpa.com/sites-guide.html

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