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...friend of his, an award-winning aerobatic HG pilot, was flying a beginner PG, on a beginner hill, in moderate conditions, and had a collapse that put him in a wheelchair for the rest of his life. A PG...
Dear all, Having already spent 8 days (and considerable money!) hang-glider training in the UK, the conditions have been so miserable that I haven't even achieved an elementary license yet. On two o
...hat people fly there but can't tell me much more. Does anyone have any info / pointers on this area and the conditions ? Thanks in advance. Michael O'Shea ...
...club, which are planning a tour in october, therefore we need all kind of information about the place, flying conditions, places to stay, etc Thank you for your help Haavard and Jon Andre, Trondhe...
...ummer time views. It was also extremely busy on these days since a lot of members took advantage of the great conditions. Nevertheless I stuck with it, even giving up many trips to the beach or to amu...
This happened in South Africa over the weekend, in very strong conditions: WIND CATAPULTS PARAGLIDER 200m TO HIS DEATH A paraglider died in a freak accident in Table View when a gust of wind catapul
...ind was nicely on but only 6 mph. I thought I would get a gentle top to bottom and check out the wing in calm conditions as I had just finished a complete line change. Safe tidy sensible safety person...
I read somewhere that to bring the wing up in strong conditions it is an advantage to pull it up on the centre 'A' lines. As lately it has been too strong to take it out of the house to try, I just
... violent ? I don't think they would break unless there were extreme condition but for all I know, the extreme conditions I'm thinking of might happen all the time for some pilots. These bendy tent p...
...ay things like ' if near a costal site, a sea breeze with start to occur around 7:00-9:00.' or ' peak thermal conditions will occur around 2:00-4:00 '. These time are off by a few minutes or up to a h...
With winter flying conditions approaching, it seem time to open up a dialoge on this subject. Let's hear comments (YOUR EXPERIENCE) about flying in wet conditions (caught in the drizzel or rain) whi
...ce/bppv.html I've had this condition for about 20 years now and found that I now get air sick under certain conditions. Once, while flying a training glider back to the field, the instructor took th...
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