I got my paragliding licence at the end of january 2023 and set as a goal for my first year to learn as much as possible. Here are some of those lessons i have learnt.
Flight 134: I tested a wing from a friend and wanted to catch some thermals. I was very inexperienced with thermals and made very tight and slow turns so i accidentely spun the glider, lukily i trained some spins and stalls before and let the wing refly but did not catch the dive enough so i got a collapse. This inccident was pretty close to the terrain.
Flight 166: Failed helico attempt, i accidently let the wing fly when it was behind me and did not really stop it. I love how safe en-a wings are.
Flight 330: a bad wobblecopter exit. Because i was still in backfly after the collapse half of the wing stuck on the lines from behind. I realised this and when i let the glider fly again it re-inflated beautifully. En-a wings are awesome.
Flight 448: you may wonder what i have tried on this one i got some speed with a nose down spiral and wanted to pull a big loop to the opposite side as i have done many times before. But this time i just pulled like an idiot and when i felt the brake go soft i knew that i have fucked up. I didn’t realise that i still held one brake pretty far down and unintentionally entered a sat, wich almost ate my very first rescue. I trained above ground but got wet feet, non steerable rescues suck. But considering i barely missed the traintracks i was pretty lucky.
Flight 647: Rythmic sat where i did not hold the risers between pumps, i must have accidentaly pulled a bit and got a collapse. Because i was in an unwanted rotation i threw my reserve. The rotation was towards the open side and by the time my rescue opened i was already untwisted, so i think this one was not entirely nessecairy. This time i had a steerable reserve tho and was able to land safely.
Flight 655: the very next day on the last flight i was already kinda low when i fucked up a misty that ended in some twists. Because i didnt have time to resolve my problem i threw the reserve. My box management also wasn't great on this one and i landed on a roof. R.i.p 2 roof tiles
Flight 714: Rythmic sat with a different wing, this time i clearly pulled to early and got a collapse, but i managed to connect it to a helico :)
Flight 728: third flight with my brand new wing. Fucked up a misty flip but the supersafe emillie recovered on ist own and i could calmly untwist :)
Flight 810: I hesitated on a infinite direct exit, it ended in a frontal collapse and my glasses went for the flight of their life.
Flight 811: I pulled to early on a rythmic sat and went diving thru the lines, i came out the other side pretty fast with only my feet a bit tangeled. The rescue opened towards the land and with a bit of tailwind i stayed dry. So i repacked the reserve and flew again 2 hours later.
Flight 925: One of my first cork attempts, i didn’t fully understand the manouver but i recovered fairly quikly.
Flight 983: This was the last flight of the day and i was pretty tired
Flight 1171: After a mac-twist i wasn’t ready to catch the shoot and got a collapse
Flight 1377: I have only done very few twisted mistys until then and they where all a couple months ago. Without any warmup i went straight for it, because i thought it was easy. I got some energy with a d-stall, twisted myself and didn’t pull enough to spin the glider. So basically i pulled an incredibly late and low energy tumbling and jumped into my wing. The rescue was a no brainer and it opened very fast because i was in freefall. With my main wing around me i couldn’t find the steering lines of the reserve and landed in the woods. Me and my emillie where fine but the reserve got two lines ripped off and two holes in the fabric.
But thanks to change gravity i quikly got a brand new beamer 3 installed and made another 7 runs that day.
Flight 1535: Unclipped my helmet just before the cork and it saw ist opportunity to get away.
I hope some other pilots can learn from my mistakes, i certainly did.
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21 авг 2024
