i second that rick,,,,,, hedge is that you youve been so quiet ive been wondering what happen ever since i heard you were heading out to fly the morning glory, that had to be awesome riding that hugh wave of lift . man i wish i was there to share that with you . i bet you were singing at some point through that . hey give us a full synopsis i want to hear about it. flying the morning glory is like in the 7th wonders of the world. Were you able to throttle down and stay aloft? you know ever scince that flight you did with me when i finally figured out why they call you hedgeview. you know i bet theres some goats reas and roos out there that are still talking about that! but now your going to have to change your name to gloryview.
Hi Guys. Was scolling through the truely spectacular Trike moments put up by Admin for the calendar, and couldn't help but submit this one. Taken several years ago during a successful trip to Northern Australia, back in the days when the Roll Cloud phenomena occurred much more consistantly than in recent years.
Shot was taken of me in my single seat Trike by a mate flying an Extaccy ridgid wing HG with powered prone harness. This cloud was extremely powerful, the base only 400ft AGL, but topping out to 7,000ft, and will probably be, for me, the defining flight of a lifetime. This cloud provided the definative 90 minute engine off cloud surfing experience as it rolled along the ground at 30kt, and have never seen it's like since, and probably never will again. Some blame global warming for the randomness of the occurance of these monsters in recent times. The local indigenous folk say we have upset the spirits responsible, by showing dishonour by too many of us flying too close to the cloud spirit in recent years.
Whichever theory you subscribe to, as with many flying experiences, the video or photos never do justice to what it was actually like, but the images are burned into our brains, never to fade for a lifetime.
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Oh man, I vote for this in the 2016 calendar!
i second that rick,,,,,, hedge is that you youve been so quiet ive been wondering what happen ever since i heard you were heading out to fly the morning glory, that had to be awesome riding that hugh wave of lift . man i wish i was there to share that with you . i bet you were singing at some point through that . hey give us a full synopsis i want to hear about it. flying the morning glory is like in the 7th wonders of the world. Were you able to throttle down and stay aloft? you know ever scince that flight you did with me when i finally figured out why they call you hedgeview. you know i bet theres some goats reas and roos out there that are still talking about that! but now your going to have to change your name to gloryview.
Hi Guys. Was scolling through the truely spectacular Trike moments put up by Admin for the calendar, and couldn't help but submit this one. Taken several years ago during a successful trip to Northern Australia, back in the days when the Roll Cloud phenomena occurred much more consistantly than in recent years.
Shot was taken of me in my single seat Trike by a mate flying an Extaccy ridgid wing HG with powered prone harness. This cloud was extremely powerful, the base only 400ft AGL, but topping out to 7,000ft, and will probably be, for me, the defining flight of a lifetime. This cloud provided the definative 90 minute engine off cloud surfing experience as it rolled along the ground at 30kt, and have never seen it's like since, and probably never will again. Some blame global warming for the randomness of the occurance of these monsters in recent times. The local indigenous folk say we have upset the spirits responsible, by showing dishonour by too many of us flying too close to the cloud spirit in recent years.
Whichever theory you subscribe to, as with many flying experiences, the video or photos never do justice to what it was actually like, but the images are burned into our brains, never to fade for a lifetime.
Wow! What an epic ride that must have been. I liken it to famous surfer Laird Hamilton's notorious ride on Tahiti's big wave documented here: (
) Great shot and I'm sure an unforgettable experience. Congrats. The pic has my vote for the cover shot!Wow! Its incredible nice.