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Reports of days when I flew a hang glider.
Good Friday, Awesome Saturday
For over 20 years, I worked as a consultant, which meant that I had lots of flexibility in my schedule and could easily arrange to take days off to do things like hang gliding. Last spring, though, I started a … Continue reading →
Hey, where’s the beach?!
Over three months since I last flew, and I passed up a chance to head down to Ellenville a week ago, in part because the other pilots who live near me were being weenies, but I could have gone on … Continue reading →
Soggy Saturday
Jon A and I had considered flying at a small mountain site a week earlier, but when the time came to make a decision, the forecast looked too gusty. He had permission on the home front for one more flying … Continue reading →
Birthday treat
If you were born in November and live in New England, you don’t often get a chance to fly on your birthday. And it had been about 20 months since I had been able to get to the beach on … Continue reading →
Fledglings
The inevitable committee meeting on the launch ramp. The email lists were full of comments about how conditions looked favorable for West Rutland, particularly from some new H2s hoping to get first (or at least among their first) mountain flights. … Continue reading →
Reconfiguring the day
Not having flown for most of the summer, I was interested in making the most of Labor Day weekend, so after my brief flight on Saturday, I hoped to get out on Monday as well. The forecast was tricky to … Continue reading →
Back at Burke for a bit
Having been too busy to fly for most of July and all of August, I wanted to try and get at least some kind of airtime over Labor Day weekend. A few pilots were available to fly, and the forecast … Continue reading →
Time to hang up the ol’ flying shoes
About six years ago, on July 16, 2006, I headed up to Morningside for my 14th hang gliding lesson, and realized en route that I was wearing sandals. I’m not a steel-toed boot guy, but I don’t consider sandals to … Continue reading →
Crazy hang glider pilots
Another weekend where Saturday was my one opportunity to fly, although it looked like Sunday might be the better day. Kip was eager to come down from Maine to do some flying, but he couldn’t find anybody interested in joining … Continue reading →
Dubious personal records
I always find superlatives interesting, even ones that aren’t in the category of “best”. I had commitments for Sunday, so if I was going to go flying, it had to be Saturday. The forecast for Saturday wasn’t that great, though, … Continue reading →
