Anatomy of the lead up to a ground-loop

Low airtime hanglider pilot flies low into the back of a bowl and seems to get away from the compression( you can hear me commenting to the camera that he's in a position to get caught by the compression), so I turned the camera away from him, only to see that he flew back into the same position , got caught, and made an unscheduled, first ever, top-landing in strong wind. Not being ready for this, he didn't get on the nose wires and let the glider ground loop. I missed a shot of him upside down as I was rushing over to the next field to help him get unclipped.

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• hangliding
• ground-loop
• low-airtime.