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firebug
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Location: Montgomery Alabama
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 Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2006 7:20 pm Post subject: Try Hang gliding it will help your flying skills |
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I went to Wallaby Ranch just outside Orlando Fl and got my hang gliding certification. It is great plus after you are towed up you are powerless. This has seemed to ease my concerns about engine outs. I have already had 2. I think that flying under the wing with no power makes you realize just what can be done without power. I do know that an ultralight will not perform as well as a hang glider but it still helps when it gets real quiet after the engine stops. If nothing else go up for a tandem flight with an instructor. I have also flown at Lookout Mountain Georgia. Great scenery.
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dhkey(at)msn.com
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| Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2006 6:55 am Post subject: Try Hang gliding it will help your flying skills |
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Wallaby Ranch (www.WallabyRanch.com) is the best hang gliding site and they
are the safest too. Malcom runs the place perfectly and his support staff is
great. It will take you a lot longer to learn how to hang glide than to fly
an ultralight. You cant change your glide slope on final; you have no flaps,
you can't slip it, and you wont be able to power out of it. If it feels like
they are holding you back they are being safe. You have one chance on the
landing and they'll make sure you can do it. There are no instruments, you
don't need them, a vario would help you figure out thermals.
Do Not Archive
David Key
Hang III
Wallaby, Lookout, Kitty Hawk, Sageback.
From: "firebug" <gcc1964(at)mon-cre.net>
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Subject: Try Hang gliding it will help your flying skills
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 19:20:34 -0800
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I went to Wallaby Ranch just outside Orlando Fl and got my hang gliding
certification. It is great plus after you are towed up you are powerless.
This has seemed to ease my concerns about engine outs. I have already had
2. I think that flying under the wing with no power makes you realize just
what can be done without power. I do know that an ultralight will not
perform as well as a hang glider but it still helps when it gets real quiet
after the engine stops. If nothing else go up for a tandem flight with an
instructor. I have also flown at Lookout Mountain Georgia. Great scenery.
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