Hang Gliding at Fort Funston 6-13-09

Flying my Millennium rigid wing hang glider at Fort Funston 6-13-09. The "one finger salute" at 50 seconds is for my friend Rick "the idiot" flying the blue paraglider. It's a customary gesture.

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• Fort Funston
• hang gliding
• Millennium
• rigid wing
• soaring

[VimT]

Hey Steve, I loved watching this video. That Mill is a great glider! Saw your video at Science Friday also. Congrats with your successes! Vim Toutenhoofd.

[smorrismlbco]

Thanks Vim!

Steve

[Skydive4ever]

Great video as always :-)

at 1:08 The Blue/White one on the right looked like it was in a standstill...

There must be some RC stuff doing some slope soaring too at times in that area?

[smorrismlbco]

The blue/white glider is a single surface trainer-type. People fly RC along the ridge at several places, but they almost never are visible in the low-res image of the helmet cam. Anything that looks like it's flying is another hang glider or paraglider.

Thanks,

Steve

[flyhghgy]

Nice video!

Is your friend a idiot because he flies a paraglider?

[smorrismlbco]

That's only one of the many reasons he's an idiot, I have nothing against paraglider pilots.

Thanks,

Steve

[heroineworshipper]

You need a TASE gimbal & a head tracker. Know a guy who sells those.

[flyhghgy]

Birds of a feather.....?

[spork33]

Rick the idiot here. While I'm clearly an idiot for any number of reasons, I think the primary determination of idiocy is that I'm not only buddies with Steve, but even willing to be near him in the air.

While I do fly PG, I also fly HG, full scale, and used to own a Millennium.