Flying when no one else wants to because of bad weather | Tight landing spot

captainobviou3 (63) in paragliding • 7 years ago

Flying is better than not flying. When you want to fly so bad that you are willing to hike and fly for a few minutes.

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The weather was kind of high pressure.

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The funny thing is I wasn't alone in wanting to fly in crappy weather.

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Scott launched first.

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I went soon after.

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I brought the camera man with me this time.

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The wind was pretty much still at this point.

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You almost had to run the whole launch.

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The main thing that I was trying to do was fly without loosing a ton of altitude using weight shift turns.

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Outside of that, you deform your wing, and that can will cause you to loose more altitude than you want.

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And that is important when you are only going to be in the air for a few minutes.

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This was a little tricky for the landing because there was no wind.

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But I stuck it.

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Safe landing.

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See video below.

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stanleyc-md (46) · 7 years ago

Cool. I'm afraid of heights but I would still love to try this sometime. Looks fun

captainobviou3 (63) · 7 years ago

You should do a tandem. I bet you would like it.

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katouna (4) · 7 years ago

Bonjour, quel superbe article, il est très bien détaillé, ça à dû vous prendre beaucoup temps, pas vrai ?
Vous méritez d'être plus populaires sur la plateforme steemit, car votre travail fourni et passionnant et très impressionnant ;)
Ravie de vous connaître, mon nouveau ami.
J'espère que tu pourras aller voir mon contenu sur mon blog ;) et tu donne ton avis, ok ?
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Bonne journée ;)

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