My Sixth Hang Gliding Flight. I tried to soar in this one and got into some trouble by getting too low. I was able to recover and had a smooth landing but I was pretty locked in for the later half of the flight thinking about how low I was and how critical my movements would be.
My big takeaways:
- Don't go for a thermal just because it's your plan, stay flexible and adapt to positioning
- Don't go for a thermal that is above you, I should have gone straight to the round house trigger point on this flight
- If anywhere on the ridge approaching Parma you are gonna be okay, just stick it out and don't abort to another field
0:03 Take-Off
1:32 Power Line Fly-Over
2:17 Approaching Round House and Antenna Farm
2:59 Round House Fly-Over
3:20 Scratching for Lift Too Low
5:38 Scraping Across the Top of the Ridge
5:50 Near Miss With Rock
6:10 Clearing the Notch
6:56 Near Miss With Tree
7:40 Heartrate Starts to Come Down a Little
9:20 Downwind, Base, and Final
9:59 Round-out, Flare, and Landing
22 авг 2024