Hang Glider 100 Mile Landing

[leviterande]

did you hurt yourself? what was the wind speed there?

[chanctonbury63]

That was an eventful landing...

[Random1765]

you don't even have the word crash in the title while other people do when there's no crash go figure!

[m1aws]

Air can be as sweet as a little kitten or as vicious as a vicious thing. :-D

Is good to see you were not injured.

An earlier respondent commented a paraglider would of died in these conditions. Not so. The Saturday before last I was paragliding in hell. Low, tight wave bars and thermals. I'm here after constant collapses and smacked about. Wing is still good. I felt very sea sick. Snapped a buckle on my harness. :(

[chanctonbury63]

@m1aws The air isnt a problem. Its the ground that hurts!

[m1aws]

@chanctonbury63

The air can feck with your nerves well bad.

The ground..... Don't I know it! :)

His problem was the stance to land. can't weight shift forward on surges so bad.

Sh*t happens.

[xlentertainment]

Lots of gust, wow I thought you were going to stall out there for a minute, that would had not been a good thing... Did a bullet thermal get you on your final? I have seen a glider hit the outside of a thermal on a A.T. that was not good, it's like a fly swatter when hitting the outter side of a thermal nothing but stong sink. good luck

[dkjens0705]

I flew from Walt's Point, CA to Mina, NV in '96. I passed over Jane's at cloudbase, around 15,500', talking and laughing to my chase vehicle. They told me to suck on some oxygen LOL. Owens Valley is truly the most bad arse place to fly. Local flying (San Bernadino mountains) seemed dirty, small and limited to me after that.

[n49945]

it wasn't the thermal lol! Whack!

[Likano2]

They are risking their lives regardless how experienced they are.

[mavgrabber1973]

Not the best of hg landings but certainly understandable in those strong conditions. After a 100 mile, multiple-hour XC flight at high altitudes in strong conditions, pilots are known to get a wee bit tired.

Great XC flight, congratulations! By the way, the former "ranch" is Janie's, not Jane's.

[themixlife]

Was that really caused by a thermal or was it a gust of wind as he was getting ready to land?

[peanuts2105]

I found a thermal on circuit in my Discus 2c. That bought me another hour!

[Jestemes]

Haha oh c'mon,this is nothing....how can you call rhat serious?

[BenetFleck]

Did he die?

[miraclepieco]

He would only have died if he were flying a PARAGLIDER. Then the wing would have collapsed in that thermal turbulence and he would have fallen to the ground.

[cinebill]

I did that exact same flight in August of 1988. It was the pinnacle experience of my 12 year long hang gliding "career". I launched from Horseshoe Meadows road south of Lone Pine, CA and flew 4 hours to Jane's ranch in Nevada on a Moyes XS. The highest I got was over 16,000 feet MSL at Tinemaha, and the lowest was 200 feet off the ground at Black Mtn south of Bishop. I was lucky to get back up several places along the route. Thanks for the memories. It was good times.

[soaringman]

I would not want to be landing a hangie in those conditions

[belgianhorst]

actually there is quite a lot of wind as he starts to land, flaring may cause you to flip back a couple of meters a make you break your keel.

[roseytinted]

If you can walk away from it it`s a landing,100mile how long did it take you

[flyguy4fun]

not bad. you musta been beat. Nice flight,worht a few down tubes.

[gasdive]

My instructor told me never to take back a flare. Once you've pushed out, you can push out more, or you can hold it, but you can't bring it back in. Great flight and 10 times further than I've ever flown...

[belgianhorst]

your instructor is right but, in case of wind you do not flare. As I can hear from the film audio there was some wind probably caused by the release of a thermal nearby.

[morey000]

It's been a lot of years since I've made that 103 mile trek. Thanks for the memories.

[FABIOBRAM]

Congrats!!! How'd prepare yourself for that long flight? 4h and 103 miles... Wow!

Once again, congrats!

[RadioflyerGeri]

Huhh, tough weather conditions! 100 Miles, too much for me even with PPG :)

[Lighteffects]

I know how you feel mate... I land like that sometimes, good thing you walked away. Fly safe from Adrian (Moyes Litesport)

[ponhand]

100 Miles what a dream

[Groundhog92614]

It looks like a landing at Janies Old Chicken Ranch. Is that correct?

[tomterahedrob]

ouch! Id do again too. ever consider for wing tips fold down flexible fiberglass rods to cushion a less than perfct landing?Also have to replace leading edge?

[tomterahedrob]

how much did that cost?

[n6xej]

that was a $120 landing, but since the flight took 4 hours and was 103 miles, that makes the flight cost about $30 an hour or 12 cents a mile, what a bargin!

[tomterahedrob]

hope your wing is ok any damage?

[n6xej]

bent the leading edge.