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Would you rather fly a Sailplane?
Discussion from the paragliding forum. See:
http://www.paraglidingforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=p307763 Seems to be a large group of very talented soaring people that the SSA and BGA doesn't reach well. Many of the boomers who started jumping off hills in the 1970's are getting tired of climbing the hills carrying a big bag. We do get a large and frequent number of paraglider types thanks to Chris Santacroce in Salt Lake City (and other's) references. Lots of folk lore out there regarding sailplanes (or maybe we deserve it) - Certain comments re-surface over and over about glider club environments, costs and misconceptions about "90% social, 10% flying", "takes a year to get your license", "mostly racing glass", etc, etc. If you know a hang glider or para glider pilot to share a sailplane flight with they can explain quite a bit about the physics and structure of a thermal they explore at 25 km/hr with a tight, tight turn radius. My husband and teen daughter traded winch sailplane rides for two pay-out winch paraglider flights to 3,000 AGL. Daughter loved it. Husband didn't care for the aerobatics on a "piece of cloth", but very rewarding to watch these people do a save and back to altitude from half a pattern altitude. KAREN |
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