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Best view of Ben Nevis & Glencoe, ever - 8000ft from a hang glider! 

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Once again I got lucky and picked the right weather to travel up to Scotland to fly my hang glider. The day was brilliant and after I launched from Glencoe ski resort I soared over to Ben Nevis. There I managed top climb to 8500ft above the highest mountain in the UK! This is the second time I've managed to achieve this this feat. I consider myself incredibly lucky to have done it once, so to achieve it twice is incredibly fortunate. Flying in Scotland is amazing and on days like these, with views over the Western Isles, Loch Ness, Loch Lomond and the Scottish Highlands, it is truly epic! Soaring above these spectacular mountains in a hang glider is definitely the best view you can ever get of the Highlands.
Thank you to Stewart Reid and Mike Armstrong for looking after me while I was visiting and Mike for letting me use the arrival footage at the end. Not the best landing but thankfully the ground was soft! Gratitude and respect also to my primo, Paul, who seems to always be there during my good hang gliding flights. Thank you for your support cuz, especially for helping me carry up the mountain... again!

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29 мар 2023

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@gary_248
@gary_248 10 месяцев назад
Absolute class pal,regularly climb in these mountains and sometimes see someone up in the air lol so it’s great to see their view back down. The most I’ve seen in one day is down in the Lake District,over Helvellyn
@borism7050
@borism7050 11 месяцев назад
In 2008 I was based in Fort WIlliam and dreamed of such a flight. Sadly my Litespeed was all the way back here in Tasmania, Australia and it was Scottish Autumn. Great choice of music too. Special Flight.
@hangie65
@hangie65 Год назад
What a neat little film of what was an epic day! I am glad you got lucky once again with the conditions. Your videos keep getting better. Thanks for posting
@adamlea6339
@adamlea6339 10 месяцев назад
There aren't many days in a normal year you get weather and clarity like that in the highlands. Stunning views.
@globalnomad4074
@globalnomad4074 Год назад
epic plus ... yay
@malibu188
@malibu188 Год назад
Great view of the flying. Brilliant flight.
@chrisusher7097
@chrisusher7097 10 месяцев назад
looks amazing lads. 1:45 giving me far cry 3 vibes haha
@AcrodesignerLNSNI
@AcrodesignerLNSNI Год назад
Absolutely stunning beautiful
@whtmasterd
@whtmasterd Год назад
Thanks for sharing, so beautiful and so remote.
@Aluminata
@Aluminata Год назад
Once you get the taste...I remember getting very fit from hauling the thing back up the slopes.
@ericoschmitt
@ericoschmitt Год назад
Epic place, you are lucky to fly there
@robertoscian4384
@robertoscian4384 Год назад
Extraordinary 💪👍💯
@alfonze24
@alfonze24 Год назад
Nice one Steve! Great video!
@calanmacleod3948
@calanmacleod3948 10 месяцев назад
It’s called a burn!😆😆
@skyjockbill
@skyjockbill 11 месяцев назад
It is beatiful, starkly so, but it's not a natural landscape, and I can't think of any other country in Europe that wouldn't have got a better start on restoring it back to what it once looked like and still could.
@NoTengoIlusiones
@NoTengoIlusiones Год назад
Hi, did you print you instrument support ? looks awesome. Kobo, Naviter and what's the other one? thank you.
@PlaneDelta
@PlaneDelta Год назад
Yes, my wife designed it for me and I 3D printed it! The other instrument is a Skydrop (skybean.eu/skydrop-vario) which I use to feed the kobo. I just have a plug which I use to connect the kobo as I have gone through a few kobos now and it is easier to just solder the plug rather than a bluefly each time. It is also an acceptable backup for competition flying, I copied the idea from Gordon Rigg.
@emoe_atlas
@emoe_atlas Год назад
Epic indeed. Where do you get your Vario beep feed from? From the skybean?
@PlaneDelta
@PlaneDelta Год назад
It's the digifly vario
@Aramil4
@Aramil4 Год назад
That landing could have been a humerus fracture
@PlaneDelta
@PlaneDelta Год назад
Yes I was very lucky, could have been a lot worse! One of the best things I have ever been taught is if it's not looking good, let go at the very last minute and use the hang glider to take the energy out of the landing.
@Vl7248
@Vl7248 Год назад
How often is it this good and what times of year?
@PlaneDelta
@PlaneDelta Год назад
I think it is probably possible once or twice a year from Glen Coe. However Scotland probably has maybe a dozen epic days a year but the wind direction doesn't allow you to launch from Glen Coe every time. I was very lucky to be able to launch on this day, it was touch and go as the wind was very light.
@user-ny2bx8ez1c
@user-ny2bx8ez1c 10 месяцев назад
I would have much appreciated the sound of a Vario than the music.
@haraldstephan8613
@haraldstephan8613 Год назад
When was the date of flight ?
@PlaneDelta
@PlaneDelta Год назад
4th June 2022
@haraldstephan8613
@haraldstephan8613 Год назад
@@PlaneDelta Thanks
@ericoschmitt
@ericoschmitt Год назад
You could fix some of your pain with a pair of 20 inch bicycle wheels, an axis and padding. Drag it up.
@Aluminata
@Aluminata Год назад
Who is going to carry the rig back?
@ericoschmitt
@ericoschmitt Год назад
@@Aluminata Didn't you go up twice for harness and other stuff? How about the atos guy with two halves? Or anyone that may have went up with you to help? I don't know about you but I wouldn't hike up that trail with both the glider and harness on my own anyway, so that's two trips. Do glider with wheels on the first, bring wheels back down.
@Aluminata
@Aluminata Год назад
@Érico Schmitt I carried the lot up in one go. God only knows how. I guess if you are planning a top landing, it might be worth it. It was a hell of a long time ago. I don't remember much.
@ericoschmitt
@ericoschmitt Год назад
@@Aluminata damn I don't even try to lift both! I'd rather walk twice.
@StewartMidwinter
@StewartMidwinter Год назад
Hike and fly… That's what paragliders were invented for!
@ericoschmitt
@ericoschmitt Год назад
Hike and float* In the air, nothing compares to HG. Well worth it.
@StewartMidwinter
@StewartMidwinter Год назад
@@ericoschmitt I flew hang gliders for 37 years, so I'm clearly a fan. And I have tried hike and fly with a hang glider. Let me tell you that climbing 400m with 100 lb of gear on your shoulders is agonizing, and beyond the abilities of most people. On the other hand, I have had little difficulty hiking up more than 1,000 m to a launch site while carrying a paraglider.
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