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They are not required to do anything by the FAA unless they are flying another person. Flight logs are more than just a personal convenience. It 's an important way of keeping a history of flight...
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 After a recent enjoyable flight that i had to cut short im wondering if anyone has found any way of comfortably for us ...
Any XC HG pilots out there with experience with both the Ball Graphics Comp and the Arai Tangent flight computers?
I've almost talked myself into 'needing' one, and I'd be inte...
Yahoo!!
I've just had my first fully prone flight, 90 min long with left and right 360's and a couple of stall practices thrown in for good measure. Nothing else to say, but Hi and ignor...
How do computerised flight models of hang gliders do the landing flare? Mine always works the same way I do real landings, badly. -)
Hello Steve, Two years ago I was in Oludeniz for my first flights, it was marvelous :1700 m or some more to start and after 30 minutes flight (withouut thermals) land on a splendid white beach, there ...
I was recently in your situation and would recommend you try the Flight Design S2. The S2 is a new design DHV 1-2 so you won't find a used one but it has the performance of an advanced wing so yo...
...o Fly a Powered Parachute!' ...a Complete Guide PRIOR to starting training... Subjects covered... Preflight, Warm-up, Taxiing, Flying the Chute, The First DUAL Flight, The first SOLO Flight, FARs...
...f you cannot put more time in than that. If you already had twenty years under your belt , a half a dozen flight s would probably be safe for you ,. Stick to the occasional tandem flight from time to ...
... about 40% of PG accidents, including both solo & tandem deaths... are during the launch phase of the flight.... these accidents are most commonly a result of the 'Run... Run.. Run..' st...
Hi,
Just a little correction: the Wrights did not achieve self-powered flight. Their planes did not have the capability to takeoff by themselves for they needed a polley/catapult system to gain sp...
Something that always helped me was to slide my hands up and down the downtubes during flight to make sure I wasn't gripping.
...hang glider and the convenience (for those who don't live neat the best hill or tow site) of powered flight.
There are several types available. The one I fly is the Mosquito. This is a motor ...
Good for you. I know exactly how you feel, even tho' my first soaring flight was 15 years ago Did you land back on top? Well done!!
...termediate HG before they move into the hottest ship. It also gets expensive- a broken down tube is a $70 flight, 2 is a $140 flight, etc. The landing is the most difficult typical task in hang glidin...
Try the Morningside Flight Park located in Claremont. Their tel.# is 603-542-4416.
Keith C. Borgstrom
Have you thought about catching a cheap flight over to Bali? I hear its pretty good for ridge soaring. I believe there is a club there also
This flight was completed long before the FAA even knew about hang gliding.. someone on Oahu can give you the specific date, but it was in the mid to late 70's.
Dan
... the glider are in fact on the underside of the wing rather than on the front of the wing...
Hence in flight there is no 'Ram air', rather it is the reduction in STATIC Pressure rela...
...is a paragliding school in or near the Lake District UK?
I believe there used to be a school/pleasure flight set-up near Bowness a few years ago.
My wife and I are holidaying there this year, ...
...what this 'three valley' thing is, but if you're near Courchevel, I would suggest having a flight at St Hilaire and above the lake at Annecy. Both sites are very well known, and have sp...
Yeah, dont do it! Paramotorings horrible and noisy. Stick to unpowered flight, yay! But seriously, Id ring the BHPA and talk to them as they are actually fairly friendly and dont bite. Also I'd s...
...nco DG1 E. It is a good radio but one drawback is that if any of the buttons get depressed by accident in flight a continuous tone is transmitted which can be very annoying. Although careful location ...
A rough estimate is about 40% of all PG accidents are during the launch phase. So what changes to 'normal' PG theory/training can we easily make that can remove/reduce this class of PG accid...
...Brown the former owner is now the Moyes distributer. Try contacting him or Matt Tabor of Lookout Mountain Flight Park. Sorry, I don't have their numbers at hand.
-Marc remove the period in my...
...e you are experienced you can see and feel the texture of the fabric. There are machines that Pro=Design, Flight Design , and other manufacturers have that can numerically measure the porosity of the ...
... training I got given an Alien to use for my first attempts at ground handling, low hops and first 100 ft flight. The trainers then decided I'd outgrown it - a lifespan of about 5 hours.
It&#...
Firebird USA sell velcro pad for $25US that mounts on top of a fanny pack and is an excellent flight deck that carries camera and snacks. They also sell the pack for around $25 US?
... one of those inaccurate little propeller thingies). It also has a GPS input, and can store barograph and flight logs to your PC with the included software. Third-party software will even allow you to...
Hi, Unfortunate to have foudn this so late. I am from Singapore and had tandem flights at Bali (3hr flight from here) and last year at Jugra/Banting, Malaysia. This is a small hill, about 1hr drive fr...
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