Hang Glider 100 Mile Landing
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Was that really caused by a thermal or was it a gust of wind as he was getting ready to land?
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did you hurt yourself? what was the wind speed there?
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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.
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@m1aws The air isnt a problem. Its the ground that hurts!
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That was an eventful landing...
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you don't even have the word crash in the title while other people do when there's no crash go figure!
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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. :(
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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
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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.
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it wasn't the thermal lol! Whack!
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They are risking their lives regardless how experienced they are.
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how much did that cost?
tomterahedrob 5 years ago
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!
n6xej 5 years ago 3
hope your wing is ok any damage?
tomterahedrob 5 years ago
bent the leading edge.
n6xej 5 years ago