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  1. 'Phenomenal' help: Climber helps SAR teams pluck crashed hang-glider off Vancouver Island rock face

    Intervention by a local climber likely saved the hang-glider's life, as he performed first aid on the man after ground teams couldn't reach the crash site.

    vancouversun.com/news/rock-cli

    #SearchAndRescue #hangglider

  2. Glider pilots look for lift, rising air. This also applies to hang gliders and paragliders.

    Sometimes, next to mountainous regions there is a zero-sum game happening. It creates regions of dead air that glider pilots should avoid.

    INSIDE the BLUE GAP – Why this zone at the Alps is TRICKY for gliders, paragliders and hanggliders.
    youtube.com/watch?v=YjT2ZYsqsg

    #Glider #HangGlider #Paraglider #Aviation #Avgeek #Weather #Mountains #Atmosphere

  3. Ooh! An interruption to our scheduled broadcast! A hang glider just flew past the cafe where i am post swim and landed on the beach. Wish i'd been fast enough to snap a pic on the way past: Not something that happens every day though i often see them hovering over us. #ocean #beach #MerewetherBeach #NewcastleNSW #hangglider

  4. @cvvhrn

    Same idea at much slower speeds and much closer to the ground!

    #HangGlider

  5. Morning #HikeAndFly with views over the #Alps of #Jungfrau region. The city of #Interlaken is visible down below and a yellow #Hangglider is at the takeoff doing beautiful takeoff. Another scene is from the landing at the #Höhematte where 10+ #paragliders are up in the sky and one is just landing next to the camera.