DIY Hang Gliding - No instructions, no lessons Part 1 First take off

[FlyMyU2]

There's a fine line between 'bravery' and 'stupidity'. I think you crossed over the stupidity line.

[jondbanana]

@jacoherbst Yes!!! Still going, want another one?

[jondbanana]

@jacoherbst Nice to meet you! Did you like that? Working on next adventure - Fixed wing motor powered stunt plane built with araldite....Love air!

[ontarga]

dumb

[jondbanana]

@ontarga I'm very sorry to hear that you are dumb, you do realise there are specialist out there that can assist you. Meaning of "DUMB" - Muteness, a speech disorder in which the person cannot or will not speak" I hope you've got a notepad, it does assist with communication!

[lexrox1]

You're a bunch a proper Ozzie nutbags!

[jondbanana]

@lexrox1 Thank you! Aussie Aussie Aussie!

[jondbanana]

@lexrox1 Oh yeah!

[atosvr2]

I've been flying hang gliders for 35 years....If this video is not staged and this is truly your first few attempts, I'm afraid soon you will get severely injured or die....Not trying to one up you mate. You don't want your pals on the scene of a fatality. Been there, done that. Don't wish it on anyone. Find instuction.

[jondbanana]

@atosvr2 Thanks for your response Atosvr2, no it was not staged, it was my first attempt at flying.

I really am happy people have been concerned and promote proper safe measures for the need of this great sporting activity. I belive that is a very good and needed thing.

It's a personal thing for me to challenge my own abilities and always give things a go. Most things I do, I've not done before, but it is not without previous thought, and lots of it.

take care Atosvr2, thank you!

[jondbanana]

Is that what it's called? Thanks! Penny. I can't answer you on that one, when I was in the air, it was all rather quick as you can see, my mind & body just reacted to what ever the glider was doing in association with the wind. When I was 11, I built my own hang glider out of bamboo from my parents back yard and jumped from top of the chicken shed, so I guess that may have been my first ever jump, only thing is the bed sheet I used as wing material did not hold the air too well :(

[jondbanana]

That is so true, I shoulda gone ages ago....

[penrynbigbird]

@jondbanana

So, jondbanana, tell me how a person who has never flown a hang glider before pulls off a low altitude, high banking flight like this?

[penrynbigbird]

YOU ARE LUCKY TO BE ALIVE