by Jeff Goin | Nov 2, 2020 | Accident Reports, Log: Hang Glider, Recent
There I was, enjoying a little cruise about the countryside, visiting many of my local haunts, including a flyby of runway 4 at Kermit Week’s Fantasy of Flight. Just before reaching the intersection of Fantasy’s two runways, I throttled up to climb. ...
by Jeff Goin | May 13, 2019 | Log: Hang Glider
Beautiful weather lured me aloft for a quickie around home. As usual, I checked out Fantasy of Flight and the nearby expanse. The Hang Glider So I had just finished flying a POWERED hang glider. While driving just past Fantasy of Flight, I noticed something in the sky...
by Jeff Goin | Jul 6, 2016 | Log: Enterprise, Log: Hang Glider
We didn’t get to fly here last time. What a beautiful place! Wonderful folks, too. Tim and I launched late. Poor Tim got the short end of the wind stick: a tailwind after he setup. His launch was brilliant but, by then, it had gotten bumpy. Not by soaring...
by Jeff Goin | Apr 7, 2015 | Log: Hang Glider
Oct 21, 2015 shifting weight. This is also as my official hang glider logbook since I’ll lose the paper one anyway. My first exposure to hang gliding was at 13 years old. My brother brought home a book showing a hang glider on one page and a sailplane on the...
by Jeff Goin | Mar 21, 2014 | Log: Hang Glider
I soloed a hang glider! (sorry Mom). Hang glider logbook here. No, I’m not going to go bonkers like I did with paramotoring but will try mastering the basics. I’ll take more training from respected mountain instructors before launching willy nilly into...
by Jeff Goin | Mar 20, 2014 | Log: Hang Glider
I soloed a hang glider! (sorry Mom). No, I’m not going to go bonkers like I did with paramotoring but will try mastering the basics. I’ll take more training from respected mountain instructors before launching willy nilly into rocky highlands.What...
