Originally Posted by
blind pew
Was required by the BHPA to have a sign off on my kiwi paragliding license so chose North Weald to do a winch course 20 years ago. The briefing by “rusty” included not to land on the motorway as they had been shut down for 6 months after a student had landed on the central reservation during rush hour which closed the motorway for a short while.
I was a gliding instructor at North Weald from 1976 until they moved to Ridgewell about 25 years ago. Although we did autotows and aerotows we never did any winch launching at NW in that period.
I have no recollection of anyone landing on the M11 and the gliding being suspended for 6 months. I’m sure we would all have remembered that!
Are you sure it was NW?