When I learned my lesson about Dew Point-- TIWTIWGTD
Hostman started this great group- Member's Life Stories. I told him I wished I had some great stories like his (see them under this group heading), but didn't think I did. I did have some TIWTIWGTD (There I Was Thought I Was Going To Die) Hang Glider stories though. He ...Tags: Dew Point, Temperature, Dew Point Temperature Spread, TIWTGTD, There I Was Thought I Was Going To Die, Ridge Lift, convergence, Soaring, Wave, Morning Glory, the block, tease, looking, lifting, needed
The Green 1 e-Glider from eUp Aviation- Canada. Electric Soaring Trike !!!
When I went to Dan Beattie's page, I saw this message from Dave G there about a Canadian Electric Glider company. Too cool. My next trike is definitely going to be an electric (used) soaring trike: http://flyeup.wordpress.com/ http://www.youtube.c...Tags: Electric, Soaring, Trike, engine, folding, soaring, trikes, right
Littlest Trike of them All video title "Air show time"
This is a Mosquito NRG powered harness with a single surface Wills Wing Falcon hang glider. Flown in very gusty conditions as a demo for an airshow. He demonstrated matching his airspeed to the wind speed and hovering (low with gusts-- not easy). Landing not so great, but I had one of these, a...Tags: Mosquito NRG, Swedish Aerosports, Soaring, self launch hang glider, powered harness, powered hang glider
Beautiful Movie Flying Hang Gliders across the Alps
http://www.servustv.com/cs/Satellite/Article/Faszination-Heimat-011259524198246 The cinematography is stunning, but the film is all in German language. Very cool to watch though. some cool stuff starting at 40 minutes too, and a surprise ending.Tags: Hang Glider, Alps, Soaring, water skimming, Glide Ratio, Thermal
Tags: Featured, 103, Two-Stroke, 2-Stroke, Soaring, Montana
Rainbow Beach 2013-- a Dream-Like Soaring spot
This came from the Oz Report. I believe it is actually in Oz. From what I see, it's like a dream land. I showed it to Ken and he wanted to go back to "my" dunes and practice some more to eventually get there. Anyone know more about this place? There's a vid of me launching a Mosquito FLPHG...Tags: Hang Glider, Soaring, Oz, Rainbow Beach
Thirteen grand over Portal Peak with a 447. (engine off)
Tags: Soaring, 103, Light Trikes, Engine Off, 13, 000 Portal Peak, Featured
2015 Flying Summary Interior Alaska.
A video summary of my flying season. In it you will see some of the topics I spoke on here for example: 1. FLPHG Wasp Harness 2. Improvements to make Gibbogear wings fly better 3. Ski FlyingTags: Hang gliding, FLPHG, Fairbanks, Trikes, Experimental, LSA, Ultralight, Soaring
2015 Flying Summary Interior Alaska.
A video summary of my flying season. In it you will see some of the topics I spoke on here for example: 1. FLPHG Wasp Harness 2. Improvements to make Gibbogear wings fly better 3. Ski FlyingTags: Hang gliding, FLPHG, Fairbanks, Trikes, Experimental, LSA, Ultralight, Soaring
Tags: Electric, Soaring, trik, earthstar, eGull