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AHGA's Flying Sites

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Shaw Butte

Description

Location: Metropolitan Phoenix
Usage: HPRF
Season: All year. Reduced use during summer due to heat and turbulence.
Requirements: Hang 3. Key to gate. Arizona Public Service safety course. Visitors will need AHGA membership after three flights. Sign in at steel lock-box at launch. USHGA membership required for all pilots.

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Oatman Mountain

Description

Location: Gila Bend, Painted Rock Dam.
Usage: Hang, Para, Rigid; Foot-launch
Season: All year, but very hot during Summer.
Requirements: Hang 2

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South Mountain

South Mountain Park is the largest municipal park in the world. It consists of a range of mountains thirteen miles long across the southern part of Phoenix, Arizona. Hang Gliding has been a recognized sporting activity in the park since the early 1980's.

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Mingus Mountain

Mingus Mountain, located in the Prescott National Forest between Prescott Valley and Jerome, is the AHGA's premier flying site. Free (to USHPA members) camping at launch, a poured cement launch ramp and a 'natural ramp' 150 feet north, approximately 4300 feet vertical, stunning scenery, and a grassy breakdown area combine to make this site one of the best in the USA.

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  • The information presented here is for reference only!

    It is meant to supplement NOT replace a site walk through with an experienced pilot. In the interest of safety the AHGA recommends that all pilots unfamiliar with the site fly in the company of an experienced pilot once or twice before flying there themselves.

  • Learn to Fly

    • HG Schools
      • Arizona Airfoils (Tucson)
      • Sky Masters School of HG (Phoenix)
      • Sonora Wings (Phoenix)
        • Tandems available
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      • Alas de Arizona (Tucson)
      • Desert Wind Paragliding
      • Fly High Paragliding (Phoenix)
      • Northern Arizona Paragliding

  • Or donate through snail mail:
    AHGA
    P.O. Box 39013
    Phoenix, AZ. 85069
  • Clubs near AHGA

    • Arizona
      • Southern Arizona HG Association
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      • Rio Grande Soaring Association
      • Sandia Soaring Association
    • California
      • Crestline Soaring Society
      • Elsinore HG Association
      • San Diego HG & PG Association
    • Utah
      • Utah HG & PG Association
    • Colorado
      • Rocky Mountain HG & PG Association
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