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Flight Logs
Are (USA) paraglider and hang glider pilots legally required to keep flight logs by the FAA? Or is this just done as a personal convenience? John Mason Cayucos California
by Merlyn
Illegal common BHPA Ltd practice (Charity Flight Training)
So Murray changes the title and insinuates something that isn't going on. Basically a TV presenter is learning to paraglide. but Murray also added the folowing as a comment which he has also ...
by dried grass
Mid flight relief!!!!?????
...        � �                              After a recent enjoyable flight that i had to cut short im wondering if anyone has found any way ...
by swift tuttle
Flight model landing flare
How do computerised flight models of hang gliders do the landing flare? Mine always works the same way I do real landings, badly. -)
by mal_king
First prone flight
Yahoo!! I've just had my first fully prone flight, 90 min long with left and right 360's and a couple of stall practices thrown in for good measure. Nothing else to say, but Hi and ignore ...
by Linda2
Flight computer comparisons
Any XC HG pilots out there with experience with both the Ball Graphics Comp and the Arai Tangent flight computers? I've almost talked myself into 'needing' one, and I'd be ...
by dachs
Re:Self Training
Check and see if SportsCoverDirect cover HG they are the people I advise for PG cover MH Note in England Trespassing ONLY applies while your on the ground (I.e. Not while in flight)
by MurrayHay
Re:Which Vario?
... asinstrument.com FlyNet module is pretty good It connects to your phone via Bluetooth and logs your flight real time, so anyone who has Internet connection can see where you are! technology is ...
by jay
Re:Paraglider: Looking for good beginner/intermedi ate wing
I was recently in your situation and would recommend you try the Flight Design S2. The S2 is a new design DHV 1-2 so you won't find a used one but it has the performance of an advanced wing so ...
by Ducati999
Re:What paraglider would you recommend a beginner?
... PG's Design limit yourself to only about 5-7 years old. Glider use 5 (or less!) to 50 hours flight time. A good sign is: Advert stating the glider has been serviced & tested recently (i. ...
by MurrayHay
Re:flying in Turkey
Hello Steve, Two years ago I was in Oludeniz for my first flights, it was marvelous :1700 m or some more to start and after 30 minutes flight (withouut thermals) land on a splendid white beach, there ...
by PPCmann
Re:Ballast, glide-ratio and sink rate?
It's VITAL if accident rates are to be cut in paragliding that old established errors are corrected... ---------------------------- Quote: 'L/D changes with angle of attack' Ok the ...
by MurrayHay
Re:Would tandem training be worthwhile
... cannot put more time in than that. If you already had twenty years under your belt , a half a dozen flight s would probably be safe for you ,. ...
by Terence Murphy
Re:HELP-WANT TO JUMP OF MOUNTAIN
Chalcedon wrote: Paraglider pilots don't jump ... they run MH. It is important for safety to understand some fairly basic physics, as about 40% of PG accidents, including both solo & ...
by MurrayHay
Re:How do hang-gliders fly, and how do paragliders fly?
Bhaok wrote: [quote]both are cambered wings and produce lift the same as an airplane wing. the difference between the two is that todays hang gliders use battens in the upper and lower sails to hold ...
by MurrayHay
Re:Richard Pearse - aviation pioneer - new book
Hi, Just a little correction: the Wrights did not achieve self-powered flight. Their planes did not have the capability to takeoff by themselves for they needed a polley/catapult system to gain ...
by cihoovcvb
Re:HG/PG in Malaysia
Have you thought about catching a cheap flight over to Bali? I hear its pretty good for ridge soaring. I believe there is a club there also
by Duane
Re:I want to try Hang-Gliding in NH
Try the Morningside Flight Park located in Claremont. Their tel.# is <phone> . Keith C. Borgstrom
by Donadoni1809
Re:Pointers from the pros
Something that always helped me was to slide my hands up and down the downtubes during flight to make sure I wasn't gripping.
by SorroW
Re:Information, please
Not a very informative subject line Salvador! Have you considered a foot launched powered hang glider? This gives the gliding performance of a hang glider and the convenience (for those who don&# ...
by Calius
Re:HG safety
opinion, it is because people always want to fly the 'hottest ship available'. I fly both HG and PG, and I am appalled at the quality of PG launches and HG landings. Most people just don&# ...
by Terence Murphy
Re:Rookie Soars!!
Good for you. I know exactly how you feel, even tho' my first soaring flight was 15 years ago Did you land back on top? Well done!!
by DeweyT
Re:Q. Is there a record for hang time?
This flight was completed long before the FAA even knew about hang gliding.. someone on Oahu can give you the specific date, but it was in the mid to late 70's. Dan
by SorroW
Re:Ok to switch PG instructor? (Lack of progress with current one)
Hi Andrea Mmmm well I've spent much of the last 15 years teaching (especialy for launches) pilots to be Lazy (& Efficent)... In my opinion one of the things the sport needs is NON ' ...
by MurrayHay
From Gliding to Aviation
... one pilot did. Somehow he really got into serious trouble because of it after the feds denies his flight school application and decided that he is a security risk. What I had in mind was something ...
by Debra
The Bernoulli Effect
The bernoulli priciple tells us that: 'when a gas increases in velocity , its pressure decreaces. ........ This is one of the classic 'miss quotes' of Bernoulli Theorem.... What Bernoulli in ...
by MurrayHay

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