Tuesday, March 26, 2013

A group photo of perticipants

WORK SHOP ON TOURISM.
Terichmir Paragliding Club (TPC) held one day awareness raising workshop on tourism development in PTDC Booni, Mastuj Distt. Chitral.
The purpose of the event was to encourage the forgotten sector of tourism in chitral region with an obvious mission to provide off-form income earning opportunities for the youth of the area This is the way as to how growing pressure on natural recourses could be reduced.
The event was attended by a diverse array of stakeholders from different villages of north Chitral. Most importantly, Tehsil administration fully participated in the event and gave its commitment to support tourism secter in Chitral.
The young PG pilots of Chitral highlighted the importance of paragliding as a potential product at a pave with free style polo. It was conformed that there is bright future for the sport in Chitral, given the ideal take off and landing space in addition to non stop ideal thermal helping the pilots stay in the sky for long time to cover a long distance. The forum stressed the need to organize national level paragliding event in this region to the attract the tourist to the Region.

WORK SHOP ON TOURISM.
Terichmir Paragliding Club (TPC) held one day awareness raising workshop on tourism development in PTDC Booni, Mastuj Distt. Chitral.
The purpose of the event was to encourage the forgotten sector of tourism in chitral region with an obvious mission to provide off-form income earning opportunities for the youth of the area This is the way as to how growing pressure on natural recourses could be reduced.
The event was attended by a diverse array of stakeholders from different villages of north Chitral. Most importantly, Tehsil administration fully participated in the event and gave its commitment to support tourism secter in Chitral.
The young PG pilots of Chitral highlighted the importance of paragliding as a potential product at a pave with free style polo. It was conformed that there is bright future for the sport in Chitral, given the ideal take off and landing space in addition to non stop ideal thermal helping the pilots stay in the sky for long time to cover a long distance. The forum stressed the need to organize national level paragliding event in this region to the attract the tourist to the Region.

Tuesday, January 1, 2013

2012 Flights Summary



January 2012:

On the invitation of Pak Army. TPC pilots participated on the famous MalamJabba Snow Festival. The pilots spent 10-days there and had successful flights from MalamJabba heights. It was a great  practice for the TPC Pilots to exercise the take-off and landing in totally different environment.

 


April 2012:

Refresher training started from April 2012. Pilots spend a month in practicing ground handling and short flights. At the time of Qaqlasht festival TCP pilots had their first altitude flight from Zani Pass to Qaqlasht. Due to heavy snow on Zani Pass it took the pilots to trekk for one hour to reach the top.


July 2012:

This month started with the mega Shandur Festival. Paragliding from the past have been one of the major part of the shandur festival. Hence TCP pilots moved to Shandur to participate in this mega event. 6 Pilots from TCP shew their expertise to fly over Shandur polo ground from the near by hills.

Shandur festival was then followed by the famous KALAM Festival organized by Pakistan Army. 3 pilots from TPC, Mr. Zahir uddin Baber , Mr. Mughtasim, Mr. Farooq on the invitation participated in the event. The pilots had long flights for 5 days including flights from Hill Top & Mahudant. The participation was highly cherished by Pak Army.


August to December 2012:

TPC Cabinet after completing the participation in various festivals decided to launch a continuous long flights from Zani Pass. Pilots throughout the months followed had very long and interesting flights from Zani Pass. This helped the Pilots to increase the flight trimmings over 2hrs and furnish their handling skills.

Some of the flights were encouraged with the participation of foreigner Cross Country Pilots. It was a great opportunity for the TPC to learn the maximum on the presence of these foreign pilots.





Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Muzzafar Abad AJK Festival


Muzzafar Abad Festival 2012



Terichmir paragliding club participated in Muzzafarabad ,AJK Festival held on 22th-24th June, 2012. In this festival numerous pilots from various flying clubs participated. Pilot Mr Zaheer Uddin Baber, Mr. Mukhtasim BIllah and Mr Sajid represented chitral on the behalf of Terichmir Paragliding Club. The performance of the chitrali pilot remained unprecedented. Tourists from all over Pakistan enjoyed the festival, with maximum number of children and women participation.

Parglider pilots took off from Pirchunasi at the height of 9313ft and landed in muzaffarabad after long hours of successful flight. Few tourists showed their interest by taking off in a tandem flight with the pilots.

Terichmir Paragliding Pilots received appreciation from AJK Tourisim dept and were promised to be called in every festival here after.


Sunday, June 17, 2012

Sensational Flight from Zanni Pass.


Sensational flight from Zanni Pass.

The International PG Pilots including Brad Sander, Oriol Farnandos and two other cross-country pilots in addition to Terichmir Paragliding Club (TPC) launched a joint flight.

The international pilots immediately after taking off from Zani pass (12777 fts) diverted their flights towards Yasin, Gilgit. But the local pilots of TPC had a sensational flight over the snow caped mountains of Hindu Kush range and ultimately landed in Booni village. The pilots of TPC remained in the air for more than one and half hours. Baber gained 15200 ft. altitude.

Thursday, May 24, 2012

TPC organized a Paragliding Show in Booni



May 23, 2012
Terichmir Paragliding Club(TPC) Booni, Chitral organized a Paragliding show from Zani pass which is at the height of 12777 feet from sea level, in the lap of Terichmir. The paragliding team consisted of two foreigners, Robert and Gray from New Zealand and local pilots Muzafar, Baber and Mughtasim.
The pilots remain in the sky for two hours and landed in Polo ground Booni.
The foreigner pilots greatly appreciated the area as ideal PG spot and that the people of Booni, Chitral are lucky to have such opportunities. They carried with them wonderful memories and expressed their willingness to come to the area for paragliding time and again.  

Sunday, March 25, 2012

Malamjaba Snow Festival 2012

Terichmir Pargliding Club participated in the 2012 Malamjaba Snow Festival. The famous festival was organized by Pak Army. The purpose of the festival was to reassure the peace movement in the Swat region. Many tourists, including many snow sports lover participated in the famous 10 days festival. Terichmir Pilots shew a beautiful filight from the top of Malamjaba Hill. High govt personals , many foreigners including Noreweign ambassador for Pakistan visited and encouraged Terichmir Paragliding Club.

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Meeting With Pakistan Free Flying Association

A meeting of Terichmir Paragliding Club (TPC) with Pakistan Free Flying Association(PAFF) in Rawalpindi Islamabad on 18-19th Nov 2011. General Secreatry Mr. Babar and Treasurer Mr. Moghtasim Billah attended from TCP side wheras Mr. Sajjad Shah President  and Rtd.Col. Mr. Abdul Jabbar Bhatti represented PAFF.
A long discussion on the promotion of Paragliding in Nothern Pakistan specially in Chitral took place. It turned out to be a very successful collabaration of both the parties.
Finally TCP affiliated itself with Pakistan Free Flying Assoiciation. The meeting  ended with the prayers for long lasting relationship.

Monday, November 7, 2011

Information about Booni PG Pilots

Hi
All that is great to know about your comments on Baber’s turbulent flight, which has triggered a fruitful discussion for enthusiastic learners.  This discussion has provided us an opportunity to know more about the mishap that we can come across any time during our flights.

We are thankful to our foreign friends, for their being so sincere with us. We are proud to have contacts with a cadre of sincere friends around us like Mr Mukrim and Christian Rankl and others. Thanks to both of them for their concerns about the PG pilots of Booni, Chitral.

Here it should be clear to all of our friends that we are learned and responsible ones and try to improve our skills slowly and gradually.

Though none of us have had any formal training, yet we have learned paragliding through our own efforts and have been participating in a number of local and national events. In the year 2010 Mr.Mukrim visited chitral and in the course of his stay with us we learned a lot about various techniques of flying. He also taught us the very convenient and superior skill of ground handling. Ever since we feel ourselves to be at comparatively ease while taking off from any difficult point. Apart from that he informed us about many other important things during flights.

PG Pilots of Booni are thankful to Mr. Rankl for his full support. He knows well about our perception. During his stay at Booni he had also given time to teach us how to control the wing and what to do in the strong wind conditions.  It would not be an exaggeration to say that his linkage with PG pilots of Booni has made paragliding possible for us. We well come to both of them and other friends to Booni, in the future.

These pilots have established Terichmir paragliding Club (TPC) and held paragliding show in different villages of Chitral. In October 2011 we took off from the top of the mountain above Parkusap village and landed in the Mastuj village, which was a new experience for our emerging Paragliders. This year in August our flights from Zani Pass with Korean Paragliders enhanced our confidence.

To promote paragliding in this part of the country, we would like to have strong linkages with Pakistan Association of Free Flying (PAFF).We are hopeful that PAFF would provide full support  to the Paragliders of TPC.We need the proper equipments and gadgets for longer and higher flights.

Terichmir Paragliding Club will facilitate the visits of the foreign Paragliders and provide space for accommodation for them. The website of TPC will be launched soon via that you can be in contact with us for further information on paragliding in the Hindukush Mountains.
Thanks
Baber
GS.TPC
and
Muzafar Hussain
President Terichmir paragliding Club Booni Chitral
Email Address> muzafar_booni@yahoo.com

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Unusual flying

The story of Nasty flying

It was nearly evening ,when I landed safely in a filed surrounded by tall and small trees on the top most part of the Zezdi, a  village beyond the river  in the Torkhow velly,almost 20 km away from the point, where suddenly I was taken off by a strong gust of wind.

We usually go for ground practice; to the different spots of Qaqlasht platue. It was 30th of October 2011 in the afternoon we decided to go for short flights on the Qaqlasht platue.To day was also one of the normal days. It was a bit windy. Light clouds were covering the sky for a while and than the weather seemed normal. Any way we got to the point, where we spread our gliders, and started ground handling. The wind was normal, and both of my friends made short flights from the nearby hills.

While ground handling, I tried to practice a reverse launch turned quickly, the same movement I took off, and within few seconds I was in the height of the sky. I realized that the dark clouds were  going on their way, and I was sucked by the clouds. It was like a gigantic creature had made me it’s pray.

My glider was not moving towards ahead. During this time, I was not able to sit comfortably in my harness. I tried once to bring myself right in to harness, but it didn’t work. I left the idea, and tried to see down below me. Within few minutes I could hardly to see my friends and their gliders. The hills below me were getting smaller in moments. This time I was parallel to the peeks of the Hindukush and Hindu rage mountain ranges. I started feeling cold, as I had not enough warm cloths.

Facing to the west, I saw a huge piece of cloud, dark in the front, was fastly approaching me, though still in distance. I had no option except to do spiral in my mind, which I had never experienced before ever. Any way I had to survive and go away from the strong grips of the dark clouds. I knew that if I was further taken up in the sky, I even would not survive due to the cold, and  I would further not be able to control over the glider, against the unexpected situation.

I said to myself, it is already late, do some thing, what you can, but never done before.
I pulled my left break and released the right one. Now what I see! I was sitting in the middle and the mountains bellow me were circling around. The glider was just opposite of me. Must be few seconds, I felt my head very heavy, as if some thing abnormal was happening with me. I found the very high pressure on my glider NOVA  DHV1/2, which is almost a new one. I released the break and realized that I had lost not enough height.

Next option what I had heard or read, was to full stall the glider. I pulled down both the control lines. This time what happened with me is not easy to explain. I was falling from the sky. I could hear the sound of my wing swing ahead and back above me. My face was towards the sky, and I was feeling heavy above my chest. I had pulled the breaks and now I thought that I should released them slowly. Within few seconds my glider reopened and swung in the air. I had lost enough height. I decided to take the way towards Torkhow valley. This time I had released my self from the sucking of the clouds. I was flying with tailwind. My speed was more than normal. Crossing the mountains situated between the Mastuj and mulkhow rivers, I reached above the Torkhow valley.
After flying for nearly two hours I was able to make formation to land in the Zezdi village, beyond the river.

cloud sucking


It was nearly evening ,when I landed safely in a filed surrounded by tall and small trees on the top most part of the Zezdi, a  village beyond the river  in the Torkhow velly,almost 20 km away from the point, where suddenly I was taken off by a strong gust of wind.

We usually go for ground practice; to the different spots of Qaqlasht platue. It was 30th of October 2011 in the afternoon we decided to go for short flights on the Qaqlasht platue.To day was also one of the normal days. It was a bit windy. Light clouds were covering the sky for a while and than the weather seemed normal. Any way we got to the point, where we spread our gliders, and started ground handling. The wind was normal, and both of my friends made short flights from the nearby hills.

While ground handling, I tried to practice a reverse launch turned quickly, the same movement I took off, and within few seconds I was in the height of the sky. I realized that the dark clouds were  going on their way, and I was sucked by the clouds. It was like a gigantic creature had made me it’s pray.

My glider was not moving towards ahead. During this time, I was not able to sit comfortably in my harness. I tried once to bring myself right in to harness, but it didn’t work. I left the idea, and tried to see down below me. Within few minutes I could hardly to see my friends and their gliders. The hills below me were getting smaller in moments. This time I was parallel to the peeks of the Hindukush and Hindu rage mountain ranges. I started feeling cold, as I had not enough warm cloths.

Facing to the west, I saw a huge piece of cloud, dark in the front, was fastly approaching me, though still in distance. I had no option except to do spiral in my mind, which I had never experienced before ever. Any way I had to survive and go away from the strong grips of the dark clouds. I knew that if I was further taken up in the sky, I even would not survive due to the cold, and  I would further not be able to control over the glider, against the unexpected situation.

I said to myself, it is already late, do some thing, what you can, but never done before.
I pulled my left break and released the right one. Now what I see! I was sitting in the middle and the mountains bellow me were circling around. The glider was just opposite of me. Must be few seconds, I felt my head very heavy, as if some thing abnormal was happening with me. I found the very high pressure on my glider NOVA  DHV1/2, which is almost a new one. I released the break and realized that I had lost not enough height.

Next option what I had heard or read, was to full stall the glider. I pulled down both the control lines. This time what happened with me is not easy to explain. I was falling from the sky. I could hear the sound of my wing swing ahead and back above me. My face was towards the sky, and I was feeling heavy above my chest. I had pulled the breaks and now I thought that I should released them slowly. Within few seconds my glider reopened and swung in the air. I had lost enough height. I decided to take the way towards Torkhow valley. This time I had released my self from the sucking of the clouds. I was flying with tailwind. My speed was more than normal. Crossing the mountains situated between the Mastuj and mulkhow rivers, I reached above the Torkhow valley.
After flying for nearly two hours I was able to make formation to land in the Zezdi village, beyond the river.

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

HIKAP president Saifullah faces corruption charges

The president of HIKAP Mr Saifullah Jan is facing corruption charges in respect of embazzling the funding that was donated for the flood affectees of the Chitral district. The office bearers of the associations, after having scruitinized the financial misappropriation, have come up with a conclusion that the president has caused far greater financial damages to the association.

In the meantime, he has also involved in corrupting the hard earned money of the HIKAP pilots, who have taken the issue serioulsy.

He has been served wtih showcase notice by the member of the association with as many as 13 points, to which he is liable to answer. If he will fail to justity his action, his membership to the association will stand cancelled.

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

we celebrate the Eid in the sky

Some pilots in Booni demonistrated paragliding on the day Eid-ul Azha in Booni villege.

Friday, November 26, 2010

Flights on the Day of Eid

This was just an enternainment to people of  Booni after a long troubles and difficulties due to the fllood.
We took off when the people have returned to homes after performing Namaz -e-Eid. And waiting to watch us circleing in the sky