Great documentary. I quit racing motorcycles to go flying. My first mountain flight was off Lookout before there was any ramp a couple hundred yards north of the current ramp in 1975. Flew there with my best friend from Ohio. Hang Gliding Magazine was called “Ground Skimmer” back then and was just a folded 4 page publication. Many fantastic memories at Lookout, Grandfather, Sleeping Bear Dunes, High Rock Maryland, Whitwell, Hensons Gap, etc. Had better performing wings but my Oly 160 was the most fun. Being at cloud base without a motor is something special. Thanks for creating this excellent video. ✈
I grew up with Mike Moore, a hang glider inventor. He was a close friend of my aunts and lived 75 feet from me. He died doing what he loved best. You earned your eternal wings 🪽🖤RIP🖤🪽
YeeHaw! Hadn't watched this in awhile since it first came out. Dang, it's even better the 2nd time! Thanks Jem, you've captured a host of what flying hangs is all about. Sky Out! Steve
I flew LMFP in the early 90's. We were used to flying 100 ft bluff and very small mtns here in Canada so going to lookout was a real treat. One thing the local recognized was our ability to soar very small stuff. We did mucg better than the locals when it came to scratching. I milked a small thermal from 200 ft off the deck and managed to get over-launch. good times
@@moorejem True but the American pilots just thought different than us. They thought "bigger" to be honest. They were thinking once below launch height they gave up cuz they were thinking too much about going cross country. To them anything below launch meant they already failed. I was all about airtime and would fight until I sank out. To us Cdn the locals were spoiled I guess. lol I had a lovely time though. I even burned out shooting the gap and while in a very small field who flew in to join me? John Pendry <<< The current [at the time} top pilot at the meet. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Pendry_(hang_glider_pilot)
@@banalpedant41 I was amazed that on my cross country flights so much was dependent on mental attitude, once I 'gave up' and looked for an LZ, it was all over, but if I refused to give up, there often seemed to be tatters of lift around to find
If you let paper and pride get in the way flying!!!! Kiss is all I can say! We are all lucky to share the sky together. I'm a PPG pilot but would love to hang glide in the near future 🙂
Nice to see another soaring Moore, we definitely fly Moore lol. I’m a California pilot, my local sites are Dunlap, Ca (yes another Dunlap but in Cali) and Tollhouse, Ca. We’ve got a couple great sites here, but I’d love to travel east and try out your sites. Happy landings and smooth soaring.
Great compilation! Got my H1, H2, and aerotow ratings at LMFP. (Thor was one of my aerotow instructors.) One of the best, if not the best, places to fly in the country. Matt, and the whole staff, are dedicated to safety and the success of their students.
Hope you got the issues resolved. Having several of these in a rental building, I have learned an experience tech can resolve the issues fast. Have you looked into the magnets that are inside the gas valves and part of the flame failure system? This was an issue with one of the units I own..
This is amazing! Thanks for it. I promised myself this is the year I will finish my license and this movie reconfirms that decision. I originally flew with Kip many years ago. See you on the hill!
Same here after 2 year of battling with them to repair mine with burners not staying lit the worst was dripping grease from the oven onto the floor one technician finally sent the pictures of two holes in the back where it was coming from they said it was a manufacturers defect not properly seamed at the factory cps finally said they’ll have to warranty it out. Appliances connection was supposed to swap it out now they’re out of business and I’m stuck with this horrible stove do not buy.
Oh no! I also have one I bought within the last year. One of the knobs is no longer staying on and so I knocked it off onto the floor and dented it and tried to go on the website to see how much a replacement is and none of their websites are working. We also are randomly having issues with the double burner! I am so sad to see you are having issues as well because the reviews were so good and I was so excited to get this range.
Very similar issues. We’ve had ours for a year as well and never had a fully functional range. As of today, I just found out that superior marketing is no longer Ilve USA’s warranty company. The Ilve USA website is not working as of today as well. We’re currently 4 months into waiting for our next batch of parts and I was in the process of working on receiving a replacement range from Ilve and now everything is in limbo.
At first I thought that was the voice of Peter Coyote narrating. 😆 Seriously, I finally got to watch this, and it is even better, and broader, than I expected. How gut-wrenching, that you witnessed the tandem crash from the air. I was at launch, napping in my car, and when I awoke the normal buzz of activity had taken a terrible change. I wondered what it meant, that I had slept through such a tragedy. But I had made the trip to fly, and the next day (or day after?) I did fly too.
Guys and gals involved in this video, outstanding job!! I loved it!!! This video captured what Hang Gliding is all about!!! Signed: Former Hang Gliding Pilot in the late 70s and early 80’s. Also former instructor with So Cal School of Hang Gliding which is now called Wind Sports in Southern California. Trivia most may not know: Owner Joe Greblo along with Rich Grigsby, looking for an even better business design (and living in So Cal) brought on wind surfing as an additional way to expand the business. Along with learning Hang Gliding with the company I learned wind surfing through the company. Joe told me, we are going to change the name to Wind Sports as it’s not just Hang Gliding. Joe and Krissy, his wife, are some of the finest people I have ever known. Miss them, miss the sport. Thanks for the video!!!
Hm.. the Rivian is perhaps a vehicle with some Off Road capabiity. But is ist also Over Landing Capable? Means would you trust it to go from Alaska all way down to Tierra del Fuego / Trans Americana? Repair it in the middle of nowhere? Where would you charge it in the middle of nowhere e.g. when going through Africa - how long will you wait to charge it from solar / wind? what about customizing capability? Perhaps we have to distinguish between vehicles that are made for an off road park as a family outing - be back home for BBQ or doing serious expedition works in area with no infrastructure. As design is a matter of taste.. my taste is not met. But for an utility - function / capability first. - A vehicle is only considered if an off roader meets also serious overlanding capability. My opinion..
Awesome story, Me and my son stumbled upon the launch site about 10 years ago when he was starting power lineman training at SLTC in Trenton. Being a private pilot and aircraft mechanic I couldn’t help myself, so we got out and helped a couple people set up to launch. Someday I hope to make it back there for some training and flying, so glad to see everything go well down there.
Very nicely done video about a legendary site and the legends who made it happen. Kudos. 43:25. A great shot of the stone entry to the local cemetery where Dennis Quaid was buried (The Night the Lights went out in GA)
@@moorejem Good eye. The director of of the movie apparently agreed as a very pivotal scene with Christy McNichol was filmed right at that entrance with very similar framing to what you included. The honky-tonk scenes were filmed by the tracks where we all turn off of 58 to go to the LZ (New England Road) in an old shop which has since been torn down and replaced by the tow truck yard. Such great work on your film. Awesome.
absolutely! The easiest option on your body is aerotowing, but you can still work up to mountain launching if you can run down a hill without hurting yourself
Thank you for this awesome video. Ive taken lessons at lookout mountain. I pulled my hamstring two different times. My advice is get your lower body strong and stretched out before sprinting down the bunny hills. I really enjoyed the aerotow . Very good teachers.
Wow what a video, I started paragliding last year and I have become enamored with hang gliding since then as well. My paragliding memories are some of the great moments in my life that can bring me to tears of joy just thinking about them. Watching this video brings me those feelings as well as I remember some of them.
thanks so much,i really enjoyed every moment of your story.does anyone know the name of that piece of brian finnegan that he is playing close to the end on that beautiful little bambooflute?
I was lucky to visit Ukraine several times, Kiev, Lviv both, and am still horrified by what's happening there. All the best, and I hope you can fly again soon
Wow, what a phenomenal documentary! Patrick seems so humble, curious, and dedicated to the craft. The adoration (and music) of his all star customers speaks volumes. Thanks for posting this.
I’m a 76 year old GA pilot with about 2500 hours SEL and 400 hours in gliders. I live in Southport North Carolina. I think I’m gonna set up a trip to the Outer Banks to give it a try. Great video.
Ugggg I am having same issues with Ilve nostalgic 36 in range….the double burner won’t stay lit. I did bake my Thanksgiving Turkey no issues, now I am scared after seeing your video. Going to try and pursue customer service….I have had mine only 5 months
I have different types of paragliders I got tandem wings and a regular paraglider I need someone to tell me if I could go here and fly with it and does it cost anything I don't need no training or nothing like that I just need a place where I can go and fly off of a mountain
Great remember from brothers of their flying life. I started my flying dream with hang gliding in1976. My wife gave me premission to live two dreams, flying and my famaly . I would also like to say thank you to all the pilots wives, you are the best. Warm greetings to all my brothers in the world Wolfgang from Bavaria in Germany
I am so happy this documentary was made! I've always dreamed about hanggliding and just now I am finishing my course here in Europe, in Czech Republic particularly :D I was smiling throughout every minute of this film ^^ Good luck and let's meet in the air everyone :) Hopefully at Lookout Mountain someday
I love this so much, it feels calming yet also upbeat ! By any chance does anyone knows what does this type of this music called/the genre of the music ?
Really love these vehicles. Not sure if you’re familiar with it but watch the documentary called “the long way up”. It stars ewan mcgregor and another gentleman as they travel on EV Harley Davidsons from the tip of South America all the way up to Los Angeles. Rivian was a major sponsor and sent their developmental preproduction trucks at the time to accompany the journey. The expedition was rugged to the bone and they took a lot of what they learned from it and applied it to their actual production Rivians. Really cool to see the testing stages and what was implemented to the final product
Already watched this about a dozen times when it was still on another platform (I forgot the name). Absolute must-see for every flute maker, fan of Irish music or musician in general IMHO. 😊 Thanks for making it available on RU-vid! Everyone should see this. It was a huge inspiration for me when I tried to get into flute making. I never got very far. Only tried to make a few cheap practice flutes but that played nicely. But then the 'rona struck and shipping any packages became insanely expensive so I stopped.
