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...sends your hang glider into a tailspin due to 'jetwash' as those big jets engines thunder by? Repent ye pilots spewing carbon into the atmosphere! Airline hostesses don sack cloth and ashes for the ...
Any hg pilots from brisbane australia here?
Dear experienced HG pilots As a HG student (Slope gliding level), i and some fiends, have been discussing the concept of learning to glide from altitude by towing HG off the ground. We are fully awa
...a F1/Fx). And (just to make sure someone answers): are competition gliders in the hands of recreational pilots more DANGEROUS than intermediate gliders? (knowing that both are infinitely more safe t...
...n decide if this sport has an acceptable level of risk for me I'd like to get more feedback from other PG pilots. If I fly a DHV 1 or DHV 1-2 glider in mild conditions will I get many collapses? Tha...
I just read the latest OZ report and am really excited about the conditions that the hangglider pilots are experiencing there. They have already had a couple of flights that beat the old world distanc
I am looking for poetry and photographs from flying enthusiest for possible submissions. Thanks
...ion.piloting General discussion for aviators rec.aviation.products Reviews and discussion of products for pilots rec.aviation.restoration Forum for debate on aircraft restoration rec.aviation.rotorcra...
...ce at some in my flying career. If you have to think it takes too long! Are there any other low airtime pilots out there who have done an SIV (extreme flying) course? What was your experience? What ...
Has anyone got a copy of 'Hang Gliding Training Manual' by Dennis Pagen or 'Hang Gliding for Beginner Pilots' by Peter Cheney that they wish to sell as I have tried on several occassions to buy these
Today (Sunday 24th) a PG and a tandem HG had a midair with both pilots killed. The tandem passenger is in a critical but stable condition (whatever that means). The accident happened at Stanwell Park
Hello We are 8 french hangglider pilots who plans to fly in the USA next spring (May 2001). Me, I am just the driver. They look to fly in Arizona, but they already flight ther 3 years ago, or in Uta
...g up the uprights produces a rotational moment that do the thing worse. I'm confused because there are no pilots I know complaning about this. The wing is O.K., i've two with the same result. No probl...
Hello fellow pilots... I was wondering if someone out there could spare a few lines to an ex hang gliding junkie! I started flying in 1980, was a total die hard for ten years. Flew all over, Owens
...onal flow has actually increased and it is almost raining. So much for the flying. Friday, August 27th, 3 pilots and myself agree to meet in Ojai at 9:30 for the 1:15 minute drive to takeoff. The day ...
...e). I hope everyone will take the opportunity to get a license and avoid the fines! ENFORCEMENT: GLIDER PILOTS - GET A LICENSE If you fly a hang glider and use ham radio to communicate, you had be...
Hello all pilots, Yesterday (11/17) my apartment in Queens New York was broken into and interestingly all I could find missing was my ~3 months old harness, parachute and helmet. The harness is a Bl
Hi all, What percent of hangglider pilots fly supine and what are the advantages/disadvantages of flying supine? I always assumed less wind resistance prone. Or is it a control issue? To my uninformed
I've seen a lot of pictures on the web of HG pilots (up very high) that don't seem to have a reserve chute handy.. What's up with that? Do some people skip using a reserve? (Like not wearing a seat be
...h as Airwave K2 / K5 and Solar Wings Scandal Is there any chance of teaming up with some school or club pilots for a day or two - I would need to borrow / hire all the necessary gear - somewhere in ...
Hello fellow pilots, I am doing a project for a mechanical engineering course at UC Berkeley this semester, and my group will design a cross bar for a topless glider. We would like to find out what is
...osted to Europg list by a new pilot in UK - I've replied as best I can from a UK perspective - can any US pilots add anything from their experience? I see you're at Sheffield, by your address - me t...
Awesome HG pilots, I'm an experienced skydiver that just took his first tandem flight. I'm VERY seriously thinking about getting rid of my rig and picking up a glider. Can someone tell me what the f
...ut couldn't figure out how to launch. (I know gimps fly, but there seems to be a lack of tandem certified pilots that are willing to run off a launch ramp with me (and I don't blame them). Towing seem...
...bout 800 hours in powered planes (Commercial ticket, ASEL, IRA) and know all about how much we instrument pilots depend on the radar controllers calling traffic. As I approach the bottom of a cloud (w...
Hi, would like to know if Paragliders (and paramotor pilots) use reserve parachutes, and how do they launch them...I'm a skydiver and we launch our reserves with a spring loaded pilotchute....I'm inte
... had a problem with Oscilation. I think it was pilot induced. When I relaxed it went away. I noticed some pilots talking about using a tail on the keel to help with the oscilating problem while towing...
I recently saw that Chuck Rhodes has been flying since 1975 and he has USHGA # 214! Are there any HG pilots out there with an older (lower) membership number? Angelo Mantas
...HGPGC do the other weekend, i couldn't attend as i was on holiday in france. Is there any news of the two pilots involved? I've checked the SEW web page yesterday and it said it was going to be inve...
...e an absolute newbie come this Saturday for my first HG lesson. My question is directed to the Millennium pilots on the list: Is there anyway to transition to a Millennium after earning my begginers r...
With All the excitment of Rigid wings many hang glider pilots should investigate the Marske Monarch Flying Wing. Marske Flying Wings is holding a Flying Wing Workshop October 7-11, 1999. This worksh
...much for our public image but I think it would improve our safety if we shared these incidents with other pilots and used this information to develop minimum conditions for flying a site. I had no fir...
... activities is full of bull shit. I can show you certified dumb ass skin divers, sky divers, power glider pilots, etc. who are dead as the door nail or broken up from stupid showing off mistakes. Cert...
with it. What about instructors using 2m to radio their students into the LZ? I see it all the time. That's 'business' use and doesn't sound very legal. If you'll permit me to nit-pick, Mir is not
...re flying one? Any and all opinions or comparisons welcome... Especially for Intermidiates or advanvced pilots that fly one for recreation. Good Air, All...
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My wife says that all HG pilots are male chauvinist pigs of the first order, so in revenge, here's a few reasons why it's best to be a bloke.... Old friends don't give you hell if you lose, or gain,
... your own, without guidance and instruction, you are as likely to kill yourself today as the early daring pilots of the 60's and 70's. Second, if that old glider you got has not been inspected by a HG...
...are being totally irresponsible. There is no valid opposing argument for this statement. 2. Responsible pilots will say and do lots in the name of safety. 3. Xazarlx20's account of how he taught h...
...n. By now the wind had picked up to ground us, so we eventually made our way back down. We met some hangy pilots, and made our way to the car park and then to the bottom landing to watch, and so that ...
...h as Airwave K2 / K5 and Solar Wings Scandal Is there any chance of teaming up with some school or club pilots for a day or two - I would need to borrow / hire all the necessary gear - somewhere in ...
...n the lake district(north England) and will soon be looking to buy a paraglider to see me through my club pilots licence,and maybe a bit beyond.Could anybody advise me on a good canopy/harness combina...
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