Some flying fun last saturday

[moyesboy]

Some flying fun last saturday
[video=youtube;doYHzTXiS-8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doYHzTXiS-8&feature=share&list=ULdoYHzTXiS-8[/video]

[matt35]

Dude that is amazing!!! What a great video. I have always wanted to learn to paraglide or hanglide....thanks for sharing got anymore?

[tonystevens]

Wow yeah thanks for sharing. thats pretty spectacular to watch must be a serious buzz doing it for real!

[matt35]

i wanna try!!!

[Tim Procter]

Great video Gordon, enjoyed watching that.:)

What is the red button you keep switching.??

[Flybar]

Thankyou Moyesboy/Gordon for the reminder of the "Wave"

Aberdare/Merthyr/Rhymney valleys with the wind at appx. 90% to them and we sitting at Tredegar waiting for the lenticular

clouds to start to form. When they formed it gave us the clue that a wave could be present.Then the race to get up into the waves as smooth as silk.Frighten ourselves to death

at the heights we could get,everything so small below.

Back down, a pray to the "Flight Gods" and a few "Woodbines". just to steady the nerves.

1978 on the "Birdman" pity we only had 35mm cameras then, so very little film was taken, and non exists as far as I know.

We did have the Walkman (look it up) to listen to though.

Thanks as they say for "the memory"

Regards

Peter (Flybar)

[challis349]

Fantastic Video,

Is it hard to get into hang gliding, I mean, are there many school/tandem flights about?

Thanks for sharing, it was pretty awesome!!!!

[moyesboy]

The red button starts the camera, three buttons- start movie stop and still.
The muvi hd10 matches the gopro spec but you can get them for 90 quid now with wireless remote.
There are only about six hang gliding schools I'd recommend in uk. many will say they teach hang gliding but might sell you paragliding instead.

As with all aviation, it can be a good deal to go and learn in Florida as you might get fully qualified in two weeks that way. Allow 6 months to get three or 4 weekends with the right conditions for learning here! Once you have some hours you can fly in more varied weather (and twice as much wind as paragliders!)

Pm me if you are serious about learning!

[moyesboy]

Often flown at Merthyr, only had wave there once though. There is a model Heli club a few km over the back!

[snowy]

Fantastic video great flying.

[moyesboy]

Oh by the way at the end of the film I'm right over Heli-extreme's flying field!

[p4ddy]

awsome :coolgleamA: Not 100% sure i'd have the balls to try that?

[matt35]

Is that a carbon fibre "handlebar"??

[moyesboy]

The control bar is carbon, as are the cross bars and outer leading edges of the glider. There are also some areas of the sail stiffened with carbon. Best glide is 14-15:1 at about 30 mph, still better than 10:1 at 50mph, and max speed is a bit determined by pilot bottle at something over 80mph.

[matt35]

after seeing this post i can't stop looking at HG video's on youtube....even came across Gordon on one of the hang gliding forums. Have now been in touch with peak airsports through facebook. Funny to think for the price of a new Heli i could actually learn to fly for real!!