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How stupid is it to do my bunny hill training with one instructor and then switch to another one for subsequent lessons?
The closest school has a shallow bunny hill, so the launch runs are long. M...
...younger, but Kagel has a crop of 40ish Hang2s
AS others have said, carrying the glider up the bunny hill is a burden - the usual limit on the number of runs per day is pilot fatigue. Taking as man...
... course in Trawalla next Saturday (doing it on weekends). For the first couple of days it will be small hill training, but after that it will be tows. I have a pretty stupid question. What kind of out...
...4's...all mountain flying.
My next lesson is on Friday...this will be #3. Im still on the 60ft hill. The istructor said I could go to the 150ft hill if I wanted. Im about 270 lbs clipped in a...
...ng sites about 100 km around Bonn.
In the north west near 'Jülich' (~ 60 km) is a little hill called 'Sofienhöhe', 135 m high and useable at wind blowing from southeast to ea...
careful, you might become known as the man who climbed a hill and flew down a mountain! ;^]
b.t.w., If you can find someone to teach you in the winter it makes humpin up the t-hill no sweat, literally.
Maybe, one day, but they look so uncomfortable to carry up the hill. The dogs b's for towing though! Lejair is just down the road so it's bound to happen sooner or later!
Perhaps the landowner? Or maybe air traffic control if the hill happened to be a grassy knoll on the edge of Heathrow Airport.
I have seen several pilots take there first mt. flights and even finish their training hill practice on Pac Air Pulses. Then go on to fly them for years,and learn to soar well and quickly .
...the Sirocco. It was a great glider in it's day but it's 25 years old. Keep it on the training hill if you fly it at all and only then after a knowedgable flier inspects it Are you listening ...
...nt as to the quality of training available. However, in the Canungra area there is a dedicated training hill, as well as hills that are suitable for soaring and thermal flying. Canungra is approx. 35k...
...gy Well you could always try sealing off a cell or two with plastic wrap, and getting out on a training hill.
On Mon, 14 Sep 1998 12:26:33 +0100, Steve Jeanes...
... I have personally witnessed 4 or more serious PG incidents where people have been helicoptered off the hill with crushed vertebrae and several others with broken arms or legs. HG's tend to resul...
...rse and just completed my FIRST soaring flight!!! 30 minutes worth just going back and forward across a hill ... I WAS LOOKING DOWN ON AN EAGLE!!!! YAHOOO!!!!
Thank you ... your normal service wil...
One very interesting read is 'Kill Devil Hill' by Harry Combs (Paperback $24.95 from Amazon.com) The book mainly covers the like Orville and Wilbur Wright but gives some great background int...
... for sale a Bill Bennett hang-glider purchased in the early 1980's never used excepted on training hill. Still in great condition. I do not remember the specs. If anyone is interested in buying a...
...tandem flights at Bali (3hr flight from here) and last year at Jugra/Banting, Malaysia. This is a small hill, about 1hr drive from Kuala Lumpur city itself.
Am planning to go over to Jugra end of ...
...ers coming out with smaller wings?????
On another topic, if one tows rather than learn on the bunny hill, then requirement for 'running' with the glider has been removed.
Let's ...
... machine and I am interested in the sport of paragliding and I was wondering if you can just find a big hill and go flying for a couple of hours. or is it a sport that you need very specific wind spee...
Cobble hill in Milton, 5 mi north of Burlington and run by Rick Sharp is your main prospect. I think the next closest are Ellenburg NY and Rutland VT way to the south. Way to the north is the supersta...
... have the actual figures or be able to correct these.
You are much much more at risk driving to the hill than you are flying from the hill. in the UK we have about 5000 to 6000 fatalities a year o...
Justin, low hills, 40-50 feet altitude. Sounds to me like you do not know much about hanggliding. I would suggest that you get the necessary lessons before making any buying decisions.
At 40-50 fe...
...us you'll get more training flights per lesson (unless you're slow dragging the glider up the hill) because his classes are usually small (< 4 students).
give Jim a call......
...e young Turkisch locals fold your glider for a little peace of money. Then I found it expencive to go uphill : We had to pay for the car, and had to pay a second time to a sort of 'hill-guard...
...hould steer clear from,
3 - What can I expect in terms of cost, rental equipment, type of training (hill climbing or tow), instructor availability?
Any comments would be appreciated.
Thank...
...rg) fly with others, and get them to come out and fly with you. Central Montana is an enormous training hill. After lessons you could fly there safely. My 2 cents. John Saltveit...
...main dual carraigeway towards Yaiza, and go straight past Tias. Go through Macher village, and down the hill till you come to a roundabout in a dip in the road. Turn right at the roundabout onto a bac...
It was shot at Butser Hill in Hampshire with some members of the Sky Surfing (local) club helping out, and also a shot was done at Martinsell, a now defunct Thames Valley site. I think it was about 19...
...ff flying aggressively for years. I now enjoy my flying _Much_ more and fly more aggressively (Not near hill or other pilots) than I ever did. I don't read 'Skywings' any more. not th...
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