Phoenix Multisport held its Third Annual Fundraising Gala a few weeks ago. This year the Gala was held at CU's Folsom Field Stadium's club room. It's on the fifth floor of the stadium with 360 views of CU's campus, the Flatirons, and downtown Boulder. The Gala consists of a silent auction, dinner, and guest speakers. It would be a great opportunity to provide a look into hang gliding and how I use it as a tool to inspire the Phoenix Multisport community.
Folsom Field Club House
(shot taken in December)
Phoenix Multisport Third Annual Fundraising Gala
In June I put together a photo shoot and filming session over the Boulder foothills to get some air to air footage of the Phoenix Glider over its home town. With a lot of help from talented people we were able to capture some quality images and video. I'll post more about this when I get everything sorted. In the meantime I was able to edit a rough video and format some posters for Phoenix.
A FewPhoto Shoot Results
Pictures are cool, but having the actual glider really made the display stand out. The Wills Wing T2C is as much of a work of art as a flying machine. Having it present for people to get sense of scale, touch, and climb in makes the abstract concept the general public has of free flight a little more real. The 36 foot wingspan took up almost the entire width of the club room! The final piece of the puzzle was me answering questions and telling hang gliding stories from my first thermal to competition.
Phoenix Multisport Air Force Display
Getting the glider up to the fifth floor was a interesting task. At first I planned on walking it up through the stadium seating and handing up the dividing wall to the club room. In the critical time before the doors opened this plan was thwarted when the CU engineer and his keys were no where to be found. I briefly considered rigging a static line and hauling it up to the 5th floor balcony, but the risks involved were too high. Instead Ben Williams and I got a bunch of people and managed to shoe horn it up the double wide concrete stair case. It was tense at times getting 18 foot long broken down glider around each ninety degree bend, but we managed.
The End of a Busy Day
Overall the event was a huge success. As far as my plans for the "Phoenix Multisport Air Force" it was just a taste of what is to come and some positive exposure for hang gliding!
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