Comment on "Installing a BRS (recovery parachute)- Preference / use by Country"
“No checklist…not preflight…no safety pin…no chute…no more” - Full page ad the surviving family members placed in Hang Gliding magazine add from the 1970’s, with photo of the folded up wing on its way down.Comment on "Installing a BRS (recovery parachute)- Preference / use by Country"
A hang gliding 'chute is relatively cheap, and a small proportion of equipment cost. A...of those who wouldn't fly without one. A later thought is that hang gliding mostly occurs in soaring cond...Comment on "Teen's high flying dream lands him in Marion: 3 Days & 900 Miles"
This sounds like it was a lot of fun !!! Man I wish I was doing that stuff as a kid. I almost convinced my parents into hang gliding lessons at one point, but .... ...Comment on "XC and Ken's flight to Lone Pine in the Owens Valley / Sierras"
Fascinating photos. It reminded me from the past hang gliding at the Owens Valley. Was it nice flight? I was at the Flying J ranch. Joey flew his trike with my former wing, Aeros Strange-2. He likes this wing very much and is keeping it.Comment on "EAA pushes for ultralight training reforms- Instructors plunge from 3,200 in '02 to FIFTY !!!???? More WTF"
...Anybody hear of that practice? Would it work with dual ( 2 seats)??? I always wondered why no instructor I worked with ever suggested hang gliding as a useful step in under sta...Comment on "Christmas at Oceano Triking: "Toys for Tots 2011" - Oceano Airport, CA"
...yan end of the world as we know it fire and brimstone? Henry made the movie, but some of the footage was from my trike and my goofy hang gliding buddy Keith rocking out.