2006

3 posts

Emergency Maneuvers for Paragliders

· Sky

When many people think about paragliding, they wonder what on earth would prompt somebody to jump off of a cliff into the sky.’Never mind that we don't actually jump ’rather, we just run down-hill until taking flight. Yet even among those who understand the process a bit better…

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The Benefits of Practice

· Sky

I had the best flight of my flying career so far last Sunday at Tiger Mountain . The skies were clear, winds were light, and the lift was abundant. I had three flights that day. The first was a launch off of North Tiger which lasted 24 minutes…

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More Lessons From Tiger

· Sky

I had a mildly harrowing flight today off of Tiger Mt. Conditions were questionable, from either North or South launch. On the South launch, winds were cycling from 3-15 MPH, driven mostly by sun-heated atabatic flow, in cycles lasting about two minutes long. In the lulls, however, the…

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