Hang Gliding

This was my first flight in heavy rain in my new Lightsport. It was not as bad as I feared, although I was lucky that the rain had stopped by the time I came in to land.

In the air I just had to make sure I flew a bit faster than trim. I did a number of fairly flat turns at height with no serious problems. Don't even try a steep turn anywhere near the ground with a wet wing or you will spiral into the ground.

Yoda and I took 5 days off to go fly Dalby from the 21st-26th, here are Day 1 highlights.

The last couple of days out at Dalby Qld Australia. The Dump Wedged Tail Eagle gave my glider a nasty tear today. Most Wedgies will only get aggressive during mating season but this particular fellow has had an attitude ever since he moved into the neighborhood some years ago.

Highlights from a 2 hour flight over the Shenandoah. Hang gliding at Woodstock.

A beautiful sunny Sunday at Stanwell. Paragliders and Hang gliders enjoying the light SE-E winds. Lots of take offs and landings.

This is a shorter and more compressed video, still trying to find the balance. Also again I did a curves adjustment to the video because on my machine using Videolan my default viewer, the video is just right. It will appear a bit darker on Vimeo and Windows Media Player if you download the original video.