VERY FIRST scooter tow Albuquerque hang gliding lesson
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Uploaded by larswet on Jul 19, 2008
The very FIRST hang glider launching and landing at the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta Park in New Mexico using a stationary winch to pull the pilot (in a Wills Wing Condor 330) into the sky. We were just testing the controls and the setup and hope to be training with the rig next year or sooner. Pilots were Steve Cortez and Chris Gwin and the "whoa, whoa, whoa" clip was the pilot realizing he wasn't hooked in to the glider.
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I want to fly!!! I've already had a few lessons with Robin Hastings here in Cruces. I will be in Albuquerque from June to September. I'm so down. How can I contact you.
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Koool! :D
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...that glider looks like it is 225 sq feet or bigger.,..reminds me of the WW Condor...!
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Tell Scooter I said hi :)
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@larswet sorry, misread it. whats the name of the smallest glider?
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@larswet yes, i missed it. Thanks. What is the name of the smallest glider that u have? are takeoffs very hard?
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Yep. That's a WW Condor 330 that belongs to Steve Cortez here in town and that's him piloting it. I bought a new one that's all white as they don't make the orange ones anymore :(. Would have loved to have the colors. At least my new one has "LEARN 2 FLY" on the bottom in big blue letters. Come out some morning and I'll tow you up :)
larswet 1 year ago
every manufacturer makes small wings with small control frames, but the one we would probably use for you would be a Wills Wing Falcon 145 borrowed from a local pilot. Or you could just buy the glider and we'll include the lessons (but not let you take the glider until you graduate)
larswet 1 year ago
I still overshoot my spot if I haven't flown in two or three months. It ain't like a bicycle.
larswet 1 year ago
we would start you on a glider like the WillsWing Falcon 145. Takeoffs are easy. the "hard" part is landing gently where you want to land. It's really not THAT hard to land gently and it isn't THAT hard to land where you want, but doing them both in the same flight take a LOT of practice and many launches and landings (takes most folks a year and over 100 flights to get to where they can land on the spot they want gently.
larswet 1 year ago