Recently I had the Spitfire off the road for some much needed repairs and maintenance. One of the features I decided to finish up was a hang glider rack for carrying my glider to and from the beach. The glider is much longer than the car, and it looks a little silly, but it [...]
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Last week I finally got to head back up to Kagel to do some hang gliding. It had been a number of months since I last flew, and I was tired of my glider collecting dust. There was an incident on the mountain however. One of the other inexperienced pilots who launched right before me [...]
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After a long hiatus, I decided to get back into hang gliding. I paid for all of the lessons and bought the equipment, it’s a shame to let it sit unused. But, before I’m ready for Kagel again, I’m going to need to practice at the sand dunes of Dockweiler. Decent launches and landings are [...]
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