The closest thing to flying like a bird used to be hang gliding - well last century anyway. But more recently I think this is more like a bird on steroids! (not so much a soaring Eagle)
this video just a good reminder to follow ridge rules and lesson on clearing your turn and generally being aware of your surroundings while flying a hangglider,soaring trike or anything that flys. whew it dont get closer than that
Youtube description 2010: "A 52 second video showing the typical pilot reception on landing at the Florida Ridge hang gliding park."
I think the bikini model is a female HG champion as well.
There were 20 trikes, 1 hangglider and 1 UL plane. In the afternoon visited us a little tornado. 4 trikes was damaged, but all was able fly home after repair.
Now this looks to be a very simple system. The pilot is still working on the development. Probably not a huge amount of thrust or extended time at high power but maybe a nice way to get up to supplement some natural ridge lift or thermal lift. Pretty cool.
...rness with a single surface Wills Wing Falcon hangglider. Flown in very gusty condi...el. I flew it with a double surface advanced glider (Moyes Lightsport 149). The...drag (kinda like trike wheels) and settle the hangglider into the wind- he did not r...
I got to go Hang Gliding this weekend and had a nice 40 minute soaring flight. If anyone wondered why I fly the Airborne Outback trike the way I do, this should clear...
...ose of you that are not "Headbangers" like me, here is the same hang gliding video without the mus...g! Notice the spot landing at the end (orange cone) and the paraglider that almost landed on my glider. When the lift shuts off, ev...