<table border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td> <img src="http://www.planetaviator.com/Portals/0/activesocial/profiles/_icons/pp_3_150_150.png?633916239996951380" /></td> <td valign="top"> My blog is random ramblings about flying with a emphasis on hang gliding. I share my experiences, fears, joys, of the sport and my travels meeting other like minded pilots on our planet. In addition, I will also be blogging on the various changes I will be making on our community site.<br /> <hr /> A little more about me:<br /> <a href="http://www.HerbBenton.com" >My Personal Website:</a><br /> <a href="http://www.WhitewaterHangGlidingClub.com">My LZ - Whitewater http://www.planetaviator.com/Blogs/tabid/86/BlogId/1/Default.aspx en-US Support@PlanetAviator.com Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:28:11 GMT Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:28:11 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blog RSS Generator Version 3.5.1.19887 <p>Another year comes to an end! Lots of exciting stuff happened this year; I finally soloed, PA gets a face lift, plus a lot more!</p><a href=http://www.planetaviator.com/Blogs/tabid/86/EntryId/16/Another-year-comes-to-an-end.aspx>More...</a> http://www.planetaviator.com/Blogs/tabid/86/EntryId/16/Another-year-comes-to-an-end.aspx http://www.planetaviator.com/Blogs/tabid/86/EntryId/16/Another-year-comes-to-an-end.aspx#Comments http://www.planetaviator.com/Blogs/tabid/86/EntryId/16/Another-year-comes-to-an-end.aspx Thu, 31 Dec 2009 19:32:00 GMT 0 http://www.planetaviator.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=16 <p>This is a continuation from my previous post on the fun that Rich and I had while trying to scooter tow Tuesday August 4th out at the Whitewater Hang Gliding Club</p><a href=http://www.planetaviator.com/Blogs/tabid/86/EntryId/7/Tuesday-night-scooter-towing-continued-part-2.aspx>More...</a> http://www.planetaviator.com/Blogs/tabid/86/EntryId/7/Tuesday-night-scooter-towing-continued-part-2.aspx http://www.planetaviator.com/Blogs/tabid/86/EntryId/7/Tuesday-night-scooter-towing-continued-part-2.aspx#Comments http://www.planetaviator.com/Blogs/tabid/86/EntryId/7/Tuesday-night-scooter-towing-continued-part-2.aspx Fri, 07 Aug 2009 13:00:00 GMT 0 http://www.planetaviator.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=7 <p> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"> <meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"> <meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"> <link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:\DOCUME~1\hbenton\LOCALS~1\Temp\msohtml1\01\clip_filelist.xml" /><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:PunctuationKerning /> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas /> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables /> <w:SnapToGridInCell /> <w:WrapTextWithPunct /> <w:UseAsianBreakRules /> <w:DontGrowAutofit /> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style type="text/css"> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> </meta> </meta> </meta> </meta> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Tuesday was a nice day and I was stuck indoors without a window to the world to look out, unless you consider Facebook a window to the world. I checked the local forecast for soaring from my hang gliding club’s website (<a target="_blank" href="http://WhitewaterHangGlidingClub.com">WhitewaterHangGlidingClub.com</a>) and saw that the conditions were okay.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Nonetheless, it was a nice day and I was stuck inside. I wanted to go flying, like everyday, and new that by the time I got out of work, drove to the airport, and assembled my glider that I would probably get only two aero tow flights in. Worse than that both flights would most likely be sled runs too. Then I remembered – our aero tow provider is closed on Tuesdays! Flying tonight wasn’t looking good…</p> <p> </p><a href=http://www.planetaviator.com/Blogs/tabid/86/EntryId/6/Tuesday-night-scooter-tow-flying.aspx>More...</a> http://www.planetaviator.com/Blogs/tabid/86/EntryId/6/Tuesday-night-scooter-tow-flying.aspx http://www.planetaviator.com/Blogs/tabid/86/EntryId/6/Tuesday-night-scooter-tow-flying.aspx#Comments http://www.planetaviator.com/Blogs/tabid/86/EntryId/6/Tuesday-night-scooter-tow-flying.aspx Thu, 06 Aug 2009 17:56:00 GMT 0 http://www.planetaviator.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=6 <p>A brief overview of the new blog section added to PlanetAviator.com</p><a href=http://www.planetaviator.com/Blogs/tabid/86/EntryId/1/The-first-blog-posting-on-Planet-Aviator.aspx>More...</a> http://www.planetaviator.com/Blogs/tabid/86/EntryId/1/The-first-blog-posting-on-Planet-Aviator.aspx http://www.planetaviator.com/Blogs/tabid/86/EntryId/1/The-first-blog-posting-on-Planet-Aviator.aspx#Comments http://www.planetaviator.com/Blogs/tabid/86/EntryId/1/The-first-blog-posting-on-Planet-Aviator.aspx Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:37:00 GMT 0 http://www.planetaviator.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=1 <p> A quick overview of my first solo and a thank you to those who helped me get here!</p><a href=http://www.planetaviator.com/Blogs/tabid/86/EntryId/4/My-First-Solo-Thank-you-everyone-for-all-the-support-and-encouragement.aspx>More...</a> http://www.planetaviator.com/Blogs/tabid/86/EntryId/4/My-First-Solo-Thank-you-everyone-for-all-the-support-and-encouragement.aspx http://www.planetaviator.com/Blogs/tabid/86/EntryId/4/My-First-Solo-Thank-you-everyone-for-all-the-support-and-encouragement.aspx#Comments http://www.planetaviator.com/Blogs/tabid/86/EntryId/4/My-First-Solo-Thank-you-everyone-for-all-the-support-and-encouragement.aspx Sun, 21 Jun 2009 04:15:00 GMT 0 http://www.planetaviator.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=4