The best kept secret within the best kept secret is that once you reach an intermediate level, you can stay up in the air for many hours by harnessing the power of thermals and ridge lift. My longest flight was here at lookout mountain 5.5 hours from a foot launch.
take paramotor Air trike training not this , At least you will not end up in a wheel chair , Both have almost same training cost, may slightly high for Air trike( difference is less than $2000) but you're safe inside a metal frame and wheels take the impact in case of free fall but in hang glider you will break your ribs or both legs
@@BondJFK Is this a bad joke? Plenty of bad and fatal accidents in paramotor and paratrikes. A wing with a rigid frame is by far much safer. A HG trike is much safer than paratrikes by a huge margin. And no engine is much safer than both. HG only has a bad name from the early days, modern gliders are pieces of art and very very safe. Stable in all 3 axis, easy to land, don't collapse. You come to a HG video to say that those death bags are better in any way? They are only better on the ground.
@@ericoschmitt paramotor wings are very safe, yes they can take collapses, some will recover fast and with no pilot input, but only if you fly in bad conditions or do something really stupid on purpose. is a hang glider more safe and harder to overpilot than a paramotor wing? can someone roll the hang glider upside down by mistake?
@@Rickardo22li there are plenty of stupid pilots doing just what you described: flying paragliders in bad conditions, taking collapses, acting wrong, then getting hurt or dead. Sometimes happens on HG too but way less often. HG's won't turn upside down by mistake... lol. Not even on purpose unless you are really trying to loop it, which is almost impossible in beginner gliders. Beginner modern wings are ridiculously easy to fly tbh
Warning! This training can lead to many years of chasing the wind and the birds! You could also begin to identify as a comic book superhero 🦸♂️. Got training here in 1987, not sorry 😎. Thanks for a lifetime of fun!
So what is the string dangling off the “handle bar” I see in all the hang gliding videos? In flight, it is to the right of the pilot and streaming back, kinda parallel to the pilots body?
@@danny-li6io More advanced wings have a variable geometry system. You pull on the rope for better speed and longer glide, loosen for less speed and better handling in rough air or landings.
Just Fantastic ! This is the best hang gliding flight school video in the world :) This reminds me in the 90s at "Archiplumes" school in French Pyrénnées mountains:)
Hi I’m from Ireland im a paramotor pilot only doing it a year this is the best thing I’ve ever got involved in I went to spain for my course………I’d love to try this someday do ye fly with a reserve parachute? Just was always wondering 🪂
Yes. I always do and most people do. Have not needed to deploy it (yet anyway) in 300 hours of flight time including aggressive turbulence, high wind flight, and mid day thermals. Paraglider pilots tend to need to deploy reserves far more frequently than hang glider pilots.
If you mean airspeed: 16 - 25 mph during training. You can land on the wheels at 16mph or “flare” and land on your feet at 0mph when done correctly. After training, you can fly these generally between 16-55mph.
Im 44 and i want to do this . Being a pilot has been a life long dream . I think ive forgotten more about planes and aviation that most people will ever learn .
@@FingerJam12 ⚠️ God has said in the Quran: 🔵 { O mankind, worship your Lord, who created you and those before you, that you may become righteous - ( 2:21 ) 🔴 [He] who made for you the earth a bed [spread out] and the sky a ceiling and sent down from the sky, rain and brought forth thereby fruits as provision for you. So do not attribute to Allah equals while you know [that there is nothing similar to Him]. ( 2:22 ) 🔵 And if you are in doubt about what We have sent down upon Our Servant [Muhammad], then produce a surah the like thereof and call upon your witnesses other than Allah, if you should be truthful. ( 2:23 ) 🔴 But if you do not - and you will never be able to - then fear the Fire, whose fuel is men and stones, prepared for the disbelievers.( 2:24 ) 🔵 And give good tidings to those who believe and do righteous deeds that they will have gardens [in Paradise] beneath which rivers flow. Whenever they are provided with a provision of fruit therefrom, they will say, "This is what we were provided with before." And it is given to them in likeness. And they will have therein purified spouses, and they will abide therein eternally. ( 2:25 ) ⚠️ Quran
My North Wing Horizon has an old Lookout Mountain sticker that has a place for a name and an expiration date, neither of which can be read. The sticker is an older paper sticker.
I want to go so, so bad.. I had plans to go to y'all but that got ruined, and I'm not getting any younger. Unfortunately I live in south Louisiana. Is there any info I can be sent? My plans are for this spring.. 🤞🏼
Andrew Labat: Get the money and do it. Or get a job at a hang gliding school, and do it. Call a school today and get the process started, or you'll put it off for decades.
Hi, thanks, it's a great institute, but it's difficult to reach your place to attend lessons, especially when being not in the United States.. my question is if it's possible to learn it via TH-cam.. If something is there please guide. Kind Regards Cheers
I'm not from that school, but could suggest you to search local or near your country school. On TH-cam you can learn only theory and I doubt that you'll find video all in one, but you can search books to buy which will prepare you at least on theoretical part.
This bar is interesting enough for twin-propeller engine, cockpit redesign control-bar no-stick no-wheel no-yoke. Thrust variation before thrust vectoring with respect to weather-terrain pull-push, no-really straight but release of forces using any-one vector for straight. Choose between supersonic-straight, fuselage-pitch straight, travelling-direction straight, wings-straight, yaw-straight...
Forward and higher as (zero.ed)x,y,z - axis Natural falling reaction in-seat should result in auto-mechanical correction inputs Trying to be funny is allowed and should result in gorilla-ape funny posturing. Camera.sss optional
Springs for vertical bar movement for thrust variation of = lowering any wing to turn = raising any wing to turn = finding horizon = and reverse vector of relayed-mechanical feel to know wind-stream-current directions Need to turn left (song is - to the left) and reduce speed from above 250-knots (no rudder permitted) for landing-approach at 200knots = lower left wing (port, starboard - left) = lower left engine thrust = right engine is baseline-relative
Fred, if you are looking to train to mountain launch then, yes, running will be a requirement. However, if you are just looking for a one-time tandem experience there is no running necessary! You will roll in on wheels, so all you have to do is enjoy the ride with your certified instructor! We offer a wide range of package options that can be viewed at www.flylookout.com!
@@LookoutMountainFlightPark. OK thanks. I can run, just not very fast. (76yr). Private pilot with glider endorsement ( not current). Wondered just how fast you need to run. I can see thats is not very far. What is stall speed and is it different than launch/flying speed. Vr?
@@roadboat9216 Fred, I took lessons at LMFP in 1980. I've been flying hang gliders ever since. I will be 68 in 2 weeks. Go and take a lesson. If you can run a bit you will be fine. Once you are flying the mountain launches you will not need to run very far. There is a great beginner glider called the Alpha that almost launches itself. Go for it.
Hi Michael, To take a tandem with us the minimum age is ten and to train on the hills the minimum age is twelve. Let us know if you have any questions!
Are you kidding? This is a video about an HG SCHOOL, most of the people featured are STUDENTS. I didn't see any mistakes from the instructors who were demonstrating. Seriously dude, know when to keep your comments to yourself.
The best kept secret within the best kept secret is that once you reach an intermediate level, you can stay up in the air for many hours by harnessing the power of thermals and ridge lift. My longest flight was here at lookout mountain 5.5 hours from a foot launch.
That looks so fun . I so want a glider , being a pilot has been a life long dream . Gliders seem to be the least expensive way to get into flying .
And the most fun. Join us!
take paramotor Air trike training not this , At least you will not end up in a wheel chair , Both have almost same training cost, may slightly high for Air trike( difference is less than $2000) but you're safe inside a metal frame and wheels take the impact in case of free fall but in hang glider you will break your ribs or both legs
@@BondJFK Is this a bad joke? Plenty of bad and fatal accidents in paramotor and paratrikes. A wing with a rigid frame is by far much safer. A HG trike is much safer than paratrikes by a huge margin. And no engine is much safer than both. HG only has a bad name from the early days, modern gliders are pieces of art and very very safe. Stable in all 3 axis, easy to land, don't collapse.
You come to a HG video to say that those death bags are better in any way? They are only better on the ground.
@@ericoschmitt paramotor wings are very safe, yes they can take collapses, some will recover fast and with no pilot input, but only if you fly in bad conditions or do something really stupid on purpose. is a hang glider more safe and harder to overpilot than a paramotor wing? can someone roll the hang glider upside down by mistake?
@@Rickardo22li there are plenty of stupid pilots doing just what you described: flying paragliders in bad conditions, taking collapses, acting wrong, then getting hurt or dead. Sometimes happens on HG too but way less often.
HG's won't turn upside down by mistake... lol. Not even on purpose unless you are really trying to loop it, which is almost impossible in beginner gliders. Beginner modern wings are ridiculously easy to fly tbh
Warning! This training can lead to many years of chasing the wind and the birds! You could also begin to identify as a comic book superhero 🦸♂️. Got training here in 1987, not sorry 😎. Thanks for a lifetime of fun!
So what is the string dangling off the “handle bar” I see in all the hang gliding videos? In flight, it is to the right of the pilot and streaming back, kinda parallel to the pilots body?
@@danny-li6io More advanced wings have a variable geometry system. You pull on the rope for better speed and longer glide, loosen for less speed and better handling in rough air or landings.
@@donindri oh wow! How cool! Thank you for the info!
Just Fantastic ! This is the best hang gliding flight school video in the world :)
This reminds me in the 90s at "Archiplumes" school in French Pyrénnées mountains:)
The purest form of flight.
Eric, that was a truly awsome flight and you landed ON YOUR FEET!!!! Yay!!
Hang gliding : the most fabulous experience that a man can dream ... and achieve 😍
Hi I’m from Ireland im a paramotor pilot only doing it a year this is the best thing I’ve ever got involved in I went to spain for my course………I’d love to try this someday do ye fly with a reserve parachute? Just was always wondering 🪂
Yes. I always do and most people do. Have not needed to deploy it (yet anyway) in 300 hours of flight time including aggressive turbulence, high wind flight, and mid day thermals. Paraglider pilots tend to need to deploy reserves far more frequently than hang glider pilots.
Looks awesome! Just wondering. About how fast are the people in this video going?
If you mean airspeed: 16 - 25 mph during training. You can land on the wheels at 16mph or “flare” and land on your feet at 0mph when done correctly. After training, you can fly these generally between 16-55mph.
@@mbboisvert wow! I have gotta give this a try
Ive always wondered how to steer those things.
i am 60, im going to start doing this.
Awesome, hope you do
Go for it, nothing stops you. There are pilots well over 80 having lots of fun
Im 44 and i want to do this . Being a pilot has been a life long dream . I think ive forgotten more about planes and aviation that most people will ever learn .
@@jtsoutdoorsandmore8136 do it, you are young.
@@FingerJam12 ⚠️ God has said in the Quran:
🔵 { O mankind, worship your Lord, who created you and those before you, that you may become righteous - ( 2:21 )
🔴 [He] who made for you the earth a bed [spread out] and the sky a ceiling and sent down from the sky, rain and brought forth thereby fruits as provision for you. So do not attribute to Allah equals while you know [that there is nothing similar to Him]. ( 2:22 )
🔵 And if you are in doubt about what We have sent down upon Our Servant [Muhammad], then produce a surah the like thereof and call upon your witnesses other than Allah, if you should be truthful. ( 2:23 )
🔴 But if you do not - and you will never be able to - then fear the Fire, whose fuel is men and stones, prepared for the disbelievers.( 2:24 )
🔵 And give good tidings to those who believe and do righteous deeds that they will have gardens [in Paradise] beneath which rivers flow. Whenever they are provided with a provision of fruit therefrom, they will say, "This is what we were provided with before." And it is given to them in likeness. And they will have therein purified spouses, and they will abide therein eternally. ( 2:25 )
⚠️ Quran
My North Wing Horizon has an old Lookout Mountain sticker that has a place for a name and an expiration date, neither of which can be read. The sticker is an older paper sticker.
Would this course be recognized here in Australia by the Australian hang gliding Authority?
I want to go so, so bad.. I had plans to go to y'all but that got ruined, and I'm not getting any younger. Unfortunately I live in south Louisiana. Is there any info I can be sent? My plans are for this spring.. 🤞🏼
My only recommendation after watching this video, is dont you dare be late!!!
Andrew, I'm 62 and signed up for classes in Lenoir NC. Throw away doubt, do it!
Andrew Labat: Get the money and do it. Or get a job at a hang gliding school, and do it. Call a school today and get the process started, or you'll put it off for decades.
@@billwcc: I just learned at age 67.
Andrew Labat: Call the school near Houston. And Lookout Mountain near Chattanooga. And Kitty Hawk in North Carolina.
Goodness gracious! That girl is beautiful! LOL.
I would love to do this! Have always wanted to!
Hi, thanks, it's a great institute, but it's difficult to reach your place to attend lessons, especially when being not in the United States.. my question is if it's possible to learn it via TH-cam.. If something is there please guide.
Kind Regards
Cheers
I'm not from that school, but could suggest you to search local or near your country school. On TH-cam you can learn only theory and I doubt that you'll find video all in one, but you can search books to buy which will prepare you at least on theoretical part.
great at all, the sound is amazing :-)
i wanna go so bad omfg😭😭
just like what if i jumped off a clliff and glided down thru the mountain range
This bar is interesting enough for twin-propeller engine, cockpit redesign control-bar no-stick no-wheel no-yoke. Thrust variation before thrust vectoring with respect to weather-terrain pull-push, no-really straight but release of forces using any-one vector for straight. Choose between supersonic-straight, fuselage-pitch straight, travelling-direction straight, wings-straight, yaw-straight...
Forward and higher as (zero.ed)x,y,z - axis
Natural falling reaction in-seat should result in auto-mechanical correction inputs
Trying to be funny is allowed and should result in gorilla-ape funny posturing. Camera.sss optional
Springs for vertical bar movement for thrust variation of
= lowering any wing to turn
= raising any wing to turn
= finding horizon
= and reverse vector of relayed-mechanical feel to know wind-stream-current directions
Need to turn left (song is - to the left) and reduce speed from above 250-knots (no rudder permitted) for landing-approach at 200knots
= lower left wing (port, starboard - left)
= lower left engine thrust
= right engine is baseline-relative
Top-gun is american pull G. Not chinese. Different strokes, different folks.
Cool vectoring is airflow under wing and around engine casing push against thrust to save money on metal
Wonderful! So I assume that if you can’t run very well it’s a no go?
Fred, if you are looking to train to mountain launch then, yes, running will be a requirement. However, if you are just looking for a one-time tandem experience there is no running necessary! You will roll in on wheels, so all you have to do is enjoy the ride with your certified instructor! We offer a wide range of package options that can be viewed at www.flylookout.com!
@@LookoutMountainFlightPark. OK thanks. I can run, just not very fast. (76yr). Private pilot with glider endorsement ( not current). Wondered just how fast you need to run. I can see thats is not very far. What is stall speed and is it different than launch/flying speed. Vr?
@@roadboat9216 Fred, I took lessons at LMFP in 1980. I've been flying hang gliders ever since. I will be 68 in 2 weeks. Go and take a lesson. If you can run a bit you will be fine. Once you are flying the mountain launches you will not need to run very far. There is a great beginner glider called the Alpha that almost launches itself. Go for it.
@@boknowsdivorce Thansk for the info!
@@LookoutMountainFlightPark what kind of speed is needed? What should my gym goals be if I eventually want to get in the air?
As a microlight pilot (weight shift), will the learning path be shorter?
Yes, but you want to stay humble and respect the sport to ensure your safety. This is not something to rush through
Sounds like Aphex Twin in the background.
I want to learn but am in Uganda how can I get the equipment plz
This is awesome video thanks
Is there an age restriction?
Hi Michael,
To take a tandem with us the minimum age is ten and to train on the hills the minimum age is twelve. Let us know if you have any questions!
Nice flight. When you flare, move your hand further up on the down tubes, at or just above the bottom of the foam padding.
Are you kidding? This is a video about an HG SCHOOL, most of the people featured are STUDENTS. I didn't see any mistakes from the instructors who were demonstrating. Seriously dude, know when to keep your comments to yourself.
that aphex twin
Yeah good catch!
Went there and it was fun
Where is a school?
Hi! We are located in NW Georgia near Chattanooga TN. Feel free to check out our website at flylookout.com for more information.
Thank lots for sharing 🪂🪂👍🧡💚💜
I’m all over this!
🦅
Alguém do Brasil assistindo sem intender nada?
Well done! Congrats!!!
Can you plz give me this one
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