HANG GLIDING REGISTRATION WINGMAN WEEKEND 2026
Product Details
Your registration includes:
- Wingman Weekend 2026 flying tasks and clinics including your LMFP Flight Pass
- Video footage of launches and landings (one day we will record launches and one day we will record landings).
- Official event t-shirt
- Sunday night award ceremony
- Flying with Friends
Wingman Weekend, originally created by Kit Martin, is LMFP's team event where H2/H3 pilots and P2/P3 pilots will be teamed with a more experienced “Wingman” for flying, fun, and learning via friendly competition and clinics. Your Wingman is there to guide and improve your flying knowledge base.
What to expect, in the words of our Wingman Weekend past participants, volunteers, and Wingmen...
"Loved flying with friends and just getting into the air."
"stoke level was high, everyone did the best with what they had to work with and the whole community made it work. safety and learning were priorities"
"Flying time; experience with many knowledgeable pilots; community building and networking"
"The sense of community, camaraderie, Esprit de Corp, motivation, and friendship."
This is what we have in store for 2026!
Wingman Weekend 2026 Event Details
August 20-23, 2026
- Safety is number one.
- Each hang gliding team will be comprised of a Wingman and three H2/H3 pilots. Each paragliding team will be comprised of a Wingman and three P2/P3 pilots.
- Your Wingman will be a strong H3/P3 or H4/P4.
- Wingman Weekend 2026 is a foot launch only competition. All participants must have a minimum of a H2 or P2 rating and their foot launch special skill sign off.
- This is a mountain launch competition. If weather prevents mountain launches, we will move the day's task to the training hills. If that isn’t an option, then there will be clinics and seminars.
- Flights will be scored on launch, duration, and landings. You will be scored on criteria including safe, well executed launches, thorough hang check/pre-flight inspections, your landing approach, your distance from the cone, and the length of your flight.
- Scoring methodology and criteria will be clearly communicated and sent out to all participants.
- Wingmen are here to help YOU, so only participants' flights will be scored.
- Our safety and task committee will meet each morning prior to the pilot meeting to determine the day’s events. Each morning's pilot meeting will cover the days events and a weather briefing. This will also be posted at launch. We all know that conditions change and you have to be flexible in hang gliding and paragliding, but we will communicate any changes as quickly as possible via pilot meetings and WhatsApp groups.
- Wingman Weekend registration is at the pro shop from 12:00 - 6:00pm EST on Thursday, August 20. Flying days will be Friday-Sunday, August 21-23. The award ceremony and pilot dinner will be Sunday evening. The schedule of events will be posted in detail.
