Demo of a light thermic 'wind' launch.

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Uploaded by on Jun 17, 2007

Following on from the 'abort' clip using the next cycle to launch, the very light thermic wind direction is tending to NNW while the take off slope is west facing, requiring a "curved path" using roll (move right) in addition to "adverse yaw" (a modest application of left brake. Landing early leaves only a 60sec walk back to the re-training student at the top of the hill. Precision Paragliding providing an alternative to the BHPA since the late 90's for BHPA & ex-BHPA pilots wishing to RE-train or new pilot entering the sport who do NOT wish to risk the standards/accident rates produced by 'normal' PG theory, practices & procedures!

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  • Hi :-) Nope but if you look at 0:40 you can see the bunch of keys that sounced like a LOT of change in my pocket ;-)

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  • haha - are you carrying about £20 in your pockets?

  • normalno.., mne toze nado budet poprobivat'

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