Slurp56 0 #1 April 25, 2006 I got propositioned. My neighbor called to say that she would go skydiving with me if I went hang gliding with her. Personally I am all for it, but I dont know a damn thing about it. whats it like? Am I gonna die?________________________________________ I have proof-read this post 500 times, but I guarantee you'll still manage to find a flaw. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kimemerson 7 #2 April 25, 2006 I jumped from a hang glider once. Does that count? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
malboy 0 #3 April 25, 2006 best of both worlds then!www.ewancowie.com www.facebook.com/ewancowiephotography Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
popsjumper 2 #4 April 25, 2006 Once. Towards the end of this video there is a blip showing a hang glider take-off. I swear that this isn't me but it captured my one and only take-off exactly. Did you know that you can actually break an aircraft-grade aluminum keel with your head? Thank God for helmets but my neck has never been the same. http://theync.com/h041906gravity.shtml My reality and yours are quite different. I think we're all Bozos on this bus. Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wmw999 2,534 #5 April 25, 2006 I did it once (a 2-person glider, with me as the passenger -- yes, I was basically a tandem passenger I'd looked at doing it a long time ago, but in those days the equipment wasn't very good, and the chances of bodily damage were a lot greater than with skydiving. So I elected to pass. Technology has advanced in the intervening years. Wendy W.There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydiverbrian 0 #6 April 25, 2006 I did it before there were tandem hang gliders. Lessons learned: keep your speed up, fly upwind, crash in the sand. In a world full of people, only some want to fly... isn't that crazy! --Seal Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shawndiver 0 #7 April 25, 2006 Take the proposition!Been flying hang gliders for 15 years. If skydiving is a mainline adrenaline rush, hang gliding is more like an adrenaline IV drip. Not as intense as skydiving (usually) but you can fly for hours, gain thousands of feet of altitude and cross a hundred miles cross country in the right places. Also remember that a tandem hang glider flight is going to be as close to true hang gliding as tandem skydiving is to our sport. (Meaning there is a whole lot more out there to do and learn!) Go for it!_________________ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thanatos340 1 #8 April 25, 2006 There used to be a "Hang Gliding Simulator" near Racoon Mountian ijust outside of Chatanooga, TN. They had Cable Strung from a 120 ft cliff and attached a Hang Glider to it on a pulley with about 15ft of slack. If you did everything right, you could actually fly it to the ground. If you didnt, you would just ride the cable. It was a Fun. The same place had 185ft Bungee tower, Trikes (Basically a Hang Glider with an Ultralight engine), and Skydiving as well. It is where I did my first couple jumps Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slurp56 0 #9 April 25, 2006 Quote Once. Towards the end of this video there is a blip showing a hang glider take-off. I swear that this isn't me but it captured my one and only take-off exactly. Did you know that you can actually break an aircraft-grade aluminum keel with your head? Thank God for helmets but my neck has never been the same. http://theync.com/h041906gravity.shtml So you're saying I'm going to die? Mind you, I am being talked into it by someone who gave up the sport when she broke her collar bone. ________________________________________ I have proof-read this post 500 times, but I guarantee you'll still manage to find a flaw. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Darius11 12 #10 April 25, 2006 No but something I have always wanted to do. I wonder what the costs would be to get licensed and get your own gear? anyone know?I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not." - Kurt Cobain Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bch7773 0 #11 April 25, 2006 I've always wanted to try it. hey skyride offers hanggliding lessons "in my area" gee maybe i should do it. (my area is kansas... im pretty sure no one here hangglides.) MB 3528, RB 1182 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shawndiver 0 #12 April 25, 2006 Think very similiar to skydiving, with a greater physical requirement. (Think hucking a 70 lb glider up the hill over and over during student progression) One difference is that as soon as you are off student status, you will be expected to buy your own gear, not nearly as much rental options (and expensive if available!) for low timers as there is in skydiving. If you are lucky enough to live close to an aerotow park you can learn through tandem instruction, and skip the lugging the damn thing over and over again part..._________________ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #13 April 25, 2006 <> HaHaHA... hangies always whinging It's just like paragliding with a walking frame...... P.S I've got a tandem PG if you're ever in the U.K and fancy a shot. (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shawndiver 0 #14 April 25, 2006 Quote <> HaHaHA... hangies always whinging It's just like paragliding with a walking frame...... P.S I've got a tandem PG if you're ever in the U.K and fancy a shot. Hey! Easy now, I fly a bag wing too! Just a natural progression of performance, parachute, paraglider, hang glider!_________________ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #15 April 25, 2006 LOL........ BTW - All flyin's good.... I'd love to do a conversion course one day (we have a drive up take off so my old muscles wont suffer too much).... Sky Floater looks like a great way to go.. Blues (with well defined CUs) (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shawndiver 0 #16 April 25, 2006 Quote LOL........ BTW - All flyin's good.... I'd love to do a conversion course one day (we have a drive up take off so my old muscles wont suffer too much).... Sky Floater looks like a great way to go.. Blues (with well defined CUs) Sweet! go for it! Just remember, reverse launches and hang gliders don't mix!_________________ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Conundrum 1 #17 April 25, 2006 I have always wanted to go and there is a hangliding park not far from my house. I just don't have the money right now to get started with another activity! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mmytacism 0 #18 April 25, 2006 I did a tandem recently. As an adrenaline junkie, I was a little disappointed that nothing terrified me about the ride--not even the launch from the cliff. When I told my instructor that I was *too* relaxed during the flight, he did some high-speed swoops that were kind of fun. Actually, the most exciting part of the ride was the adventure *after* it: we ran out of thermals, so we landed on the nude beach below, took apart the hang glider, and carried it back up the cliff. So I got some climbing out of the experience, too. (: And I learned how to disassemble a hang glider...kind of. Okay, so that information really isn't all that helpful for you. As far as safety goes, I didn't do that much research on hang gliding, but you can get some information from the USHGA Web site: http://www.ushga.org/. I did my tandem at Torrey Pines Gliderport in La Jolla, Ca., and I think I paid about $175. Yes, I enjoyed the flight and yes, I would do it again if money were no issue, but I'd rather spend my cash on jumps than become a certified hang-glider pilot. If you do happen to live anywhere near San Diego/La Jolla (I don't, but I was visiting a friend in the area), I can definitely recommend Torrey Pines as a gliderport. Even though I was just doing a tandem, I got an hour's worth of instruction (we were waiting for winds to pick up!) and I learned all about the mechanics of hang gliding. I also met some great people there (including Dave, my instructor) whom I still keep in touch with. (: Reminded me of DZ culture. I guess that's the only info I can offer. Sorry! Hope it helps a little! Jessica Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
