1. What made you decide to expand your options?
2. Do you find you have more opportunities to fly HG versus PG at different times of the year in this area?
3. Do you feel like one has helped with the other?
3. Where did you learn to PG? Where's the closest school? Are there different training methods? What do you recommend? (Okay, that was four questions in one. Well, you'll also notice two of the questions are numbered 3.)
Questions for the Bi-Wingual
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Re: Questions for the Bi-Wingual
1)
* travel with wing
* hike up and fly down
* vol biv
* relaxing flights / sight seeing
2) (haven't been around VA lately enough to say, but on the west coast it's been nice to have early morning and evening flights on the PG, and HG midday)
3) DEFINITELY yes, i feel that you can learn the texture of thermals and their boundaries more easily on a para glider than on a hang glider because of the feedback that the wing provides, (coupled with lower airspeed)
learned in San Bernadino, CA
* travel with wing
* hike up and fly down
* vol biv
* relaxing flights / sight seeing
2) (haven't been around VA lately enough to say, but on the west coast it's been nice to have early morning and evening flights on the PG, and HG midday)
3) DEFINITELY yes, i feel that you can learn the texture of thermals and their boundaries more easily on a para glider than on a hang glider because of the feedback that the wing provides, (coupled with lower airspeed)
learned in San Bernadino, CA
H4, P4, M1
Re: Questions for the Bi-Wingual
1) I started Bi (tri/whatever... I love everything that flies)
2) Yup. HG, larger wind window, aerotowing. PG way lower logistics.
3) Of course. All flying is flying. Want to learn to thermal better? Fly a tow plane.
4) Long since closed.
2) Yup. HG, larger wind window, aerotowing. PG way lower logistics.
3) Of course. All flying is flying. Want to learn to thermal better? Fly a tow plane.
4) Long since closed.
Re: Questions for the Bi-Wingual
1. Having done the Tennessee Tree Toppers Team Challenge for 3 years and seeing PGs fly all 7 days with HG flying 2-3. Also wanting to have a wing when travelling especially abroad.
2. Most PG flying has been in TN to date.
3. Hugely! Going from HG to PG is straightforward. I did 2 half-days ground handling, 2 tandems and then first solo was a mountain launch and I flew for an hour. 7th solo flew for 2.5 hours, got to 6500' and crossed the valley twice.
4. I chose Dave Hanning at Treetoppers. Had watched him instruct for a couple of years during Team Challenge and thought if I ever wanted to learn PG it would be through him. Excellent, in so many ways. Check out https://www.flying.camp plus you can either camp on-site, rent a cabin or live in the bunkhouse. Great community with pilots ranging from teens to 85 years old. About 8ish hours from DC. Happy to give more info if you PM me.
PS. Flying to Switzerland tomorrow to PG in the Alps - everything fits in one backpack!
2. Most PG flying has been in TN to date.
3. Hugely! Going from HG to PG is straightforward. I did 2 half-days ground handling, 2 tandems and then first solo was a mountain launch and I flew for an hour. 7th solo flew for 2.5 hours, got to 6500' and crossed the valley twice.
4. I chose Dave Hanning at Treetoppers. Had watched him instruct for a couple of years during Team Challenge and thought if I ever wanted to learn PG it would be through him. Excellent, in so many ways. Check out https://www.flying.camp plus you can either camp on-site, rent a cabin or live in the bunkhouse. Great community with pilots ranging from teens to 85 years old. About 8ish hours from DC. Happy to give more info if you PM me.
PS. Flying to Switzerland tomorrow to PG in the Alps - everything fits in one backpack!
Re: Questions for the Bi-Wingual
1) I thought flying my PG would extend my flying career and it has. 2) This is largely because it's more difficult to travel with a hang glider so I have more opportunities to fly while I am on one of my frequent road trips.
3) The awareness of the air transfers readily. A hang glider tolerates more turbulence and is significantly better suited for strong or active air. That's why you rarely see a PG at the Pulpit, one of my favorite sites.
4) I learned to fly a hang glider from John Middleton. I learned to fly a PG in Bulgaria while on leave from a year long stint in Iraq.
5) I know there is not a 5, but I have to add that while they are both wonderful, once in the air I think I still prefer a hang glider, it's more bird (or superman) like than a PG. I would like to see both sides of our sport more integrated that we are. Some of the segregation comes from the fact that different conditions are ideal for different wings, but some of it comes from old baggage that we would all be better off throwing overboard.
Dan T
3) The awareness of the air transfers readily. A hang glider tolerates more turbulence and is significantly better suited for strong or active air. That's why you rarely see a PG at the Pulpit, one of my favorite sites.
4) I learned to fly a hang glider from John Middleton. I learned to fly a PG in Bulgaria while on leave from a year long stint in Iraq.
5) I know there is not a 5, but I have to add that while they are both wonderful, once in the air I think I still prefer a hang glider, it's more bird (or superman) like than a PG. I would like to see both sides of our sport more integrated that we are. Some of the segregation comes from the fact that different conditions are ideal for different wings, but some of it comes from old baggage that we would all be better off throwing overboard.
Dan T