1962 Test conducted at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center to supplement research being preformed at Langley Research Center's Full Scale Tunnel. Different paragliders were flown or dropped to test its characteristics.
2300 miles (not straight line) from the San Juan Islands in Washington (near Seattle) to Brown Field (3 miles north of the Tijuana/Mexico border near San Diego, Calif....
After few windy days, Randy and I had a great flying day at Farmington, NM. We flew from Aztec Airport to Navajo Lake Airport. We enjoyed flying over the cottonwood trees that beautifully turned yellow, along San Juan River.
As of 19th January 2013 I am a certified microlight pilot. This is my first flight with this status - the day after my instructor signed off on my certification.
I made a round trip of approximately 50NM.
A biplane pilot traveling around 200mph barely misses a quad bike rider and the woman holding this camera on a runway. That has to be the closest flybys you'll ever see!