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Hang gliding anyone??
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Rushie
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FormerHangie
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At Lookout Mountain, if you're training for foot launch, you start on the small hill:
Once you can control the glider and land on your feet, you graduate to the large hill:
Then you graduate to the mountain launch:
You can throw in some aerotow tandems with an instructor, if you like.
Once you can control the glider and land on your feet, you graduate to the large hill:
Then you graduate to the mountain launch:
You can throw in some aerotow tandems with an instructor, if you like.
Gah, I need to try that sometime. Sure looks like fun.
flhrci
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@FormerHangie I may hate you some day. You got me interested in researching this some and there is a tandem place about 35 miles from where I live. Darn you!
I might try it once things warm up. Has to be safer than when I was skydiving, right? Maybe.
I might try it once things warm up. Has to be safer than when I was skydiving, right? Maybe.
FormerHangie
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Flying a hang glider is just about as dangerous as flying a light GA airplane. Skydiving is about the same as well, unless your're heavily into swooping. Swooping is the cause of almost a third of all skydiving fatilities. Sure looks cool, though.
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Anymouse
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I had an opportunity to do Lookout Mountain back in the 90s. Still regret that I didn't do it then. Still haven't done it. Still thinking about going sometime.
Shepherd
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I don't do parachutes, but I will do kites when I can get my hands on one.
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I'm actually surprised I haven't seen some hang gliding places like Lookout Mountain up in PA. I've hiked several trails around the State College/Altoona/Mt Union area that appear to have very similar topography changes. All they'd need to do is add a launch ramp!
