Hang Gliding: Lesson Four on the Beach

[rachelmanija]

Here is a spectacular fail landing, immortalized on Instagram. And here (smaller video) on Facebook. It was going so well until until the very end...

Today I feel like I really leveled up. There was much better wind than last time, so it was very easy to launch. There was also light turbulence and cross winds, so it was a challenge to stay on-course. However, I was in the air long enough that I had time to do a lot more and also make decisions.

There was one scary moment where I felt like I was swerving fast into the ground and I decided to land on the wheels rather than trying to land on my feet. (That's not the landing in the video.) Also several where I did not intend to land on the wheels but did anyway. But I had a bunch of flights that were great up to the landing, and even a couple decent landings.

I'm going again tomorrow to try to consolidate what I learned into muscle memory.

Comments

[summerstorm]

I'd never noticed how much hang gliders look like paper airplanes. Makes everything even funnier.

I'm glad you had a good lesson!