paragliding truck tow at Blue Sky?

[Dan T]

I understand you can truck tow a paraglider at Blue Sky.

Has anyone done it? Is it as straight forward and well thought out as truck towing a hang glider?

Thanks for the info.

Dan

PS I'm available today.

[tdilisio]

Steve Kinsley does it... Pretty cool.

You can call Steve Wendt at 804-241-4324 and talk to him about it.

[silverwings]

I have done it several times at Blue Sky though not recently. You have your wing spread out, tow line release setup attached to carabiners, truck out front a bit, tow line slightly taught, as truck starts to pull, you pull your wing up in front launch mode run a few steps and get lifted off.

[Dan T]

Thanks for the input folks. I called Steve Wendt today. He was busy with "bookings" (presumably students). He mentioned scooter towing as being very straightforward. He didn't mention the truck.

Dan

[mcelrah]

Steve W. will want to check you out on scooter before graduating to truck. As always with Steve, he is commendably cautious.

Rooney at Highland has also run a "golf cart tow" - electric golf cart motor and take-up reel mounted on a golf cart that he uses in static mode to get paragliders up to 2-300 feet. Kinsley got a rating that way!

- Hugh