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How I did it: I googled "hang gliding" to find some nearby businesses that could take me up in the sky tandem (attached to an instructor). I called up one place i really like, made sure they were licensed and safe, set up a time, drove out there, straped in a glider with my instructor and took off!! Our glider was attached to a tiny airplane and we became airborne as soon as the airplane took off. At about 1000ft my instructor unclipped the cord connecting our glider to the airplane and we glided freely through the sky. Lessons & tips: Don't be afraid..let your fear go. Don't be afraid if it gets a little bumpy up there. Trust your instructor. He or she has done it many times and you are probably in good hands. Enjoy the view and the wind in your face..it's one of the few times you will get to feel like a bird. Resources: google.com |
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How I did it: Signed up for a class and took it midweek. What was nice was I was the only one and got lots of personal attention. My boyfriend was willing to take pictures and as I did each flight, I got more accustomed to the feeling and how to make the flight last even longer. I got 9 flights, lots of tips and tricks and a day i'll never forget, plus i was smiling ear to ear all day. Read how I did it…
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How I did it: I said it is not worth doing, but I believe it could be. I took a "class" at the Jockey sand dunes on the Outer Banks. I launched off the dunes five different times flying myself the 10 or 15 feet to the ground. It was fun but over way to fast. If you were to do the tandem hang glide from a higher altitude, I believe this would be awesome. Read how I did it…
How I did it: i was backpacking in switzerland and decided to on a whim. it was expensive but very fun. we drove up in a van to the top of a mountain in the alps and ran down a sloping field to take off. its so peaceful but so thrilling at the same time because you're so high. Read how I did it…
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I almost did this once at Kitty Hawk, NC. You could go tandem with someone on a couple trips across the dunes. I was 16, poor, and it cost $60 to (as I understood it) skim across the dunes. To a poor 16-year-old, it hardly seemed worth it. Now that $60 doesn’t seem like as much, maybe I’ll do it just to say I did.
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I was very close to hang gliding yesterday. It was available at the sand park and someone asked if I wanted to hang glide. I told them I was interested… but we never got around to it. Well, at least I got to watch how it was done. And maybe I’ll come back in the future.
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This is such a huge long-term dream for me that I’ll definitely go through with it, just not very quickly… I’ve dreamed about it since I was a kid, esentially. And not just tandem flights, but really learning to fly myself.
I’ll definitely do it winter/spring 2010. I’ll have the time and the money then.
Maybe in spring 2010? Then I’d have the time and the money. This spring, not a chance.
And because of a back injury about 10 years ago I cannot skydive. So hang gliding is where its gonna have to be at.
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Hang gliding sounds amazing!
I want to fly…without all of the planes and silly stuff. I want to just be free and happy with the wind in my face and the Earth below me.
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I’m sure I’m whatever thousands of dollars away from this goal and right now it’s just a pipe dream but I started thinking about it again. I have a goal that I want to skydive and I still do but some how that seemed like it might be short lived. I found myself wanting sustained flight. I want to soar and see the beauty.
I trained to be a commercial pilot after I completed high school and once finished, quit flying and eventually became a carpenter. I feel if you have an interest in flying then hang gliding is as close to pure flying as you can get. I have not tried it nor have I talked to anyone who has, but it seems to me that flying with no loud engine, no air traffic control, and no seat is really flying.
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This sounds like a lot of fun and I think it would be a great time!
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