Hang Gliding: First Mountain Launch
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ก.ย. 2024
- A short five minute video highlighting my first Hang Gliding experience at Lookout Mountain, GA.
Music written and produced by me, myself and I.
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I taught hang gliding at Lookout for years... When this popped up in my feed I still instantly recognized that launch ramp!
So many great times there!
I've had 8 hour+ flights, and 10,000ft+ altitude gains above launch... It's quite a place to fly, and that landing field now has a sand volleyball court with lights, and an inground pool, so many hours spent after flying all day, watching new pilots just like this come in for their first mountain flight landings... Then you yell over and make sure they're ok, then it's back to volleyball until then next one drops in!🤣
Way to go man!
Glad to hear it! I hope to also have those long, high flights! Can’t wait to go back again to Lookout this spring.
I learned hang gliding in the late 80s in Southern California at Crestline from the guru Rob McKenzie. Landings are more or less always exiting, you are lucky you have such a large and unobstructed field to land at. Our final crossed a dirt road and ditches before the actual field. Today the Andy Jackson Flight Park in San Bernadino is one of the best landing sites in the world. Is it obvious I miss flying hang gliders ha ha. Oh, you were a newbie back then, I am shure you have improved since so I will not bore you with suggested improvements.
I made my first launch from the same spot at Lookout Mountain 20 years ago. There were no GoPro’s to capture it back then. Thank you for posting this, it felt like I was watching myself and brought back great memories.
Same for me, but from a ramp in Santos /Sao Vicente in Brazil. Hill then mountain. It's a very unique evolution!
1983 was my first flight here, having trained at Crystal Flight Resort, operated by Dan Johnson, B.J. Shulte was my instructor for my first mountain launch at Raccoon Mountain. Bill and Steve Moyes were there on occasion.
The world was much nicer back then.
I flew Lookout dozens of times over the next 20 years, lots of flights over 4 hrs. in a Flight Designs Demon 175, and most of my X-C activity was in Alabama at Chandler Mtn.
No fun in life compares to soaring in a hang glider.
Exacto!! ❤ El vuelo libre es indescriptible...
Don't know why your video came across my feed. But, I clicked on it, liked it and really enjoyed the music so much as to click on description to see who it was and Wow! Multi talented. I dig it!
sure grooves!
Did my first mountain flight off there in 2010. Congrats on the great flight!
Nice vid
I learnt in the 80's
My 1st top to bottom was above Merthyr Tydfil in Wales and the landing area was right next to a grave yard. 🤣
The next flight was from 3000ft in Spain!!
Happy days.
I fly gliders now in a cosy cockpit !
It is hard to tell with the edit, how long would you estimate is the time you spent gliding down?
How long does it take to drive up to the launch point.
Just trying to work out an estimation of speed and by extrapolation, based upon the drive time, a guesstimate if one were to walk the distance from launchpoint to landing point.
No particular reason, just a bit bored on a Wednesday afternoon. 🙂
Great feeling would love to do it..maybe bit too passed it at 67..and an iffy back..
Just jealous of you guys😁🤪🤪🤪👍👍👍
They do aerotowing from the field where you get towed up by a small plane. Perfect for those that arent able to foot launch.
Nicely done man, hope you're still flying 👍🏼
Afraid you were going to over chute your landing area. It takes awaile to master the flare.
Chute? The word is shoot
Nice share!
epic 👍
Видно ,что земля плоская!
Si seulement mon père...vivait encore...... Il serais heureux de voir cela ..Dans les années 60........Lui et ses copains S essayaient... a cette passion.. presque tous se sont tué ..ils voulaient y croire
Is that a parachute at 1:03 winded up under the wing?
Hi @Divendus. No parachute on this flight. What you point out is the glider cover rolled up so you can break it down after you land to transport it back up the mountain.
The hang glider used in the vid is a low quality one it barely even lifted u up instead of a walk postion a crawl postion and the hang glider couldent move the wings flaps at a angel to slow down speed when landing like a lot of other ones
that launch site looked familiar
en q parte del mundo es eso
Georgia, USA
I just 💩 pooped alittle
I'd be cool with just doing the hill training. Good job
@Car Univ I was pondering that very same thought.
Same. That looks fun. And that’s as high as I’d go lol.
@@abbeyroad430 you would love the training hills! I was just out there a couple of days ago. I'm the guy with the white beard that launched these guys off the mountain. I just found this video. don't hesitate to go to the training hills and learn how to fly it's a blast! It'll change your life
That’s what I was thinking too
I usually prefer flying videos without music, but you're self-produced songs gave some real PilotWingz64 vibes
The music was pretty cool
Exactly absolutely так точно
I see Mongo skinny dipping with Rex in the pool. Human Lawn Darts rule.
I earned my MONGO AVIATION sticker a few years ago on my first and ONLY attempt to loop my glider at LOOKOUT MTN FLIGHT PARK. Made it half-way around, broke the glider and came down under parachute. Now I'm the guy that repairs the gliders and launches newbies off the mountain!
Wow very nice ! You know what you've just done ? Thank you Where do I go to sign up ?
Can't wait to get into this. I just turned 40 and need something EXHILARATING to do. I have always dreamed of flying... I've been looking into paragliding, BUT after do research, hanggliding is alot safer bc you don't have to deal with collapses, or stalls, no parachutes to deploy if something goes wrong. Awesome video, nice job!
Good decision!
No parachute to deploy when going in? What do you do at that point? Pray? Try sports cars. They have air bags. I got to admit I like watching others do it. But I’ve seen the wings collapse on hang gliders too. I used to live near lone pine California, those guys jumped off the Sierras into the desert valley
@@jimsteinway695 Good point😂
Exactly! I like flying machines that DON’T collapse in flight. Just a personal preference 😂
So what do you deploy if something goes wrong?
Just as you went to the uprights, I saw the nose of the glider come up. That often happens when people are concentrating on getting their hands on the downtubes but not keeping their body forward enough to maintain air speed. Best of success in your flying, and may all your landings be safe!
I pray LORD JESUS CHRIST that no one panicks at the last minute.
compatibility of music rhythm was good enough... Hopefully I would enjoy the same gliding once..If got
Nice mate but do you see why the glider keeps banking left :) you're cross controlling. I reckon it was due to all the rush of flying from the mountain for the 1st time :) good stuff 👍
Looks like that wing needed trimming..that perpetual left turn had me leaning out of my chair. Great video and thanks for sharing your experience...
Great observation, I had such a rush that I didn’t fully realize this until I watched the recording. Thanks for watching!
@@skyhighflyguy6986 definitely look like a left turn in that glider all the way down. Great flight though! I'm the guy that launched you off the mountain with the white beard. That GoPro cut out just in time didn't it? I hope you're still flying!
My thoughts exactly, turns left
I regret not having tried this
Ehhh I will just stick with my ultralight. I can just add a little throttle and keep flying 😁
Yeah right. That thing started rolling right and flaring up. Let me see it! lol
Si Tal cual.. 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Man, I miss hang gliding. Had to stop for medical reasons. Enjoy while you can.
Thanks Bill and best wishes.
reason?
@@Pinkielover medical
I live near here, there is another launch in Sequatchie Co. About a 45 min drive from here
Looks very cool. What's the rate of quadriplegia and fatality?
That takes some big balls to try
Nice I want to try this lol
It's a long walk back carrying the hang glider. Good flight though
hola saludos bonito video donde puedo compartir tan hermosa aventura
Hola, saludos! Lookout Mountain in Rising Fawn, Georgia USA
I envy you. Fantastic experience!
I trained at LMHG but ran out of money before getting off the bunny hill. (I am a slow learner). Had one good flight on that low slope, gonna hold that memory forever. 🧡💚💙🪁
When I get rated, come fly with me. In Georgia, Texas, or Michigan.
You should go back to the hills and continue training. I was just out there a couple of days ago, people were having a blast! I used to work out there. It's some kind of paradise.
@@mikebarbee2217 Paradise!
in my younger days I always wanted to try this...now I just celebrate a good poo.
Lol
Question: As a former skydiver I'm wondering what you think of Skydiving; would you find the thought of jumping out of a plane frightening?
I ask this because I didn't have a problem with my first jumps at all. But watching you launch off the mountain scared the daylights out of me 😅
I gave up sky diving to take up hang gliding. To tell you how long ago it was squares were just coming out. We jumped modified military chutes or Paracommanders.
Was a parachute rigger in the navy, first jump was freefall at Lakehurst, NJ. in 1968
Nice job. I’ll never forget my first mountain launch there. It was at the old launch site just north of where you took off. Mid seventies (45 years ago, my how time flies). My legs felt like rubber bands. Before you know it you’ll be at cloud base heading to the point! 👍
Glad to hear it. Do you still fly? I'm just at the beginning of this journey, and hoping to fly for many years to come.
I did my first mountain flight off the radial ramp at Hendson's gap (further up the valley from Lookout) back in 1985. I flew off Racoon Mountain during that same trip. What an experience! Thanks for posting your video and nice job!
That was beautiful to watch. How many hours training to get to that stage????
Those strings holding him don’t look big enough in my opinion 😂 # scared of heights 😂
NOT STRINGS, LOL. Strap with cable and you could not break them if you tried. (although you do have to inspect the harness before every flight ) But I get your point.
On the landing....I kept saying ' hands up, hands up hands up, get your hands up....
Nice sled run...enjoy while you can, because later you wont drive up or set, if a sledder is all the conditions allow.
Would love to have flown there. I did most of my flying in Golden B.C... bought a motorcycle and havent flown since...maybe some day I will try again.
As a PG pilot, there really isn't any feeling like that moment you first huck yourself off a cliff.
When I was a kid I really wanted to try that. Then I went to Lookout Mountain and saw guy actually do it and was like hellllllllno!
There is a reason they wear helmets! 😬☠️
Hahahahaha.... Never better than sorry later eh...
Very Nice Video and Music
Thank you for the kind words!
"Music written and produced by me, myself and I." That explains why it wouldn't Shazam. Groovin' tune, man.
Just before the gopro cut out, it looked like you were left wing low in cross wind and probably touched you right wing tip on landing. You should have been aimed more left to get wings level. But by now I'm sure you've got this!!!!! Looked great on approach too.
Remember my first flight the 15.10.2021…… heartbeat 💓 rate 175 the Apple Watch told me to breath :-) now It.s still high at the departure but then it calms down
You took off from Lookout Mountain, and landed in New England, Georgia, across the road from a friend’s cabin I know of.
Awesome
Ironic you wrote the music too, because I was thinking 'this is a great soundtrack'!
What does it take to usually get to this point? I live close by and I’m definitely interested
I lived in Lookout Mountain Tennessee on West Brow Oval. One day I was in my front yard raking leaves and heard "Hey" I looked around and saw nobody until i heard "Hey look Up" A hanglider was about (I guess) 20 feet over my house (probably more but it was amazing)!!!!
My cousin had a hang glider, I hung out with him, we were at padre Island in texas, he said to give it a go with a tip or 2. I jumped off a sand hill facing the Gulf of Mexico an slammed into the earth like a pile of bird shit
I had my first training hill flight there (LMFP) August 10 1986. USHPA #44332.
The ramp has a beautifully curved apron now. Matt Taber and the family "pushed" me off the then cliff launch 6 months later. Still free-flying now.
Don't get cocky😁
My son Greg was an instructor there and I took my first mountain flight from Lookout Mountain. Great memories, great location and good instruction.
I get higher that this guy, daily. :$
I soloed there in 08 I think it was . I probably launched there 40-50 times. I did a little videoing of some of my flights but that was later . You really documented this very well right from the start . LMFP might consider using this for future students to look at so that they can see what they're working towards. I haven't flown in about 5 years and watching this makes me want to take the 8 hour drive up there . Thanks , it was like reliving it again ! And congrats on your solo flight !
Thank you! And I’m glad you enjoyed watching/reliving lol. Do what you love! Let me know if you go back for some flying fun, I’d like to hear about it.
That first flight feeling must be something amazing.
It is! Just getting off from the ground from a little hill is exhilarating. My first real mountain flight was amazing. I did this in Dunlop California.
You think when you start out you'll be doing acrobatic flips and stuff like that but it's just so beautiful, it's fun just to boat around.
I used to ski a lot, lost interest once I flew.
@@richardwicks4190 it’s been on my wish list forever. I ski though, haha! Enjoy the soaring and thanks for your reply!
@@Qartoffeln1 I'd recommend it, but under two conditions:
1) do NOT fly tandem. It's too dangerous because of the weight.
2) If you don't have mountains and have to be towed up by a plane, don't do it - there's a condition called "lock out" that if you end up there, you're dead.
Another thing, this sport is dangerous, but most deaths are caused by simple mistakes. One of the most common ways to die is that you forget to hook in to the glider, and them jump off the mountain, and fall to your death. Always check and double check you're properly secured, and if you for ANY REASON don't feel comfortable flying on a particular day, don't.
You have to take safety seriously in this sport. But it's very beautiful and it was worth it for me to do it for the years I did.
Be safe!
@@richardwicks4190 thank you for your conscientious reply and advices. I was not aware about the lock out condition and will do some research on it. I meant the feeling of first solo. You on your own with your glider, knowing that you made it.
I actually did fly tandem in Switzerland 11 years ago and it was a blast. If you’re interested, I flew with a company called Hanggliding Interlaken and they were super professional and thorough from the pick up to wing assembly (they tell you to assemble the wing together with them with two purposes: ease you into the experience and ensure that you see how safe everything has to be) to flight. I remember laying prone while still on the ground to precisely check what you mention: that I was hooked on.
We picked up a thermal right after take off and we climbed like a rocket. It sounds like a hurricane. We got out of the thermal and it was so beautiful and peaceful that I shared some chocolate cookies with the pilot.
I told the pilot “birds do this every day” and he replied with a grin “I do this every day”
😎
Safety is first and foremost. Keep up the good vibes!
@@Qartoffeln1 Picking up a thermal is awesome. There's what's called the inversion layer just below the clouds - this is where the thermal disperses.
I hit cloud base on my first flight, not expecting it, but everything got foggy and as I recall a bit cooler (you're all gloved up an in a bag so you're well insulated).
You wouldn't know about a lockout unless you were in a flat area.
Flying is EASY, landing is hard. You have to judge the angle to the landing zone. If you're too low, you won't make it, and you decide to land in a tree (never saw this happen but it has happened.)
On my first flight my instructors warned me was was dangerously low, and they were right, I made almost a straight flight into the landing zone. I think I circled once to land. If I was another 30 meters lower, I probably wouldn't have made it.
Get any criticism from an instructor, listen.
I had accidents too when I was training. One one hill (about 500 feet) we took the same route, over and over again to land and we are reminded, at least 30 degree angle to make it to the landing zone. A test is, instead of going left, go right, and chose an entirely different flight path. I did that, missed the landing zone by 100 meters easy the first time. I got into the habit of being in the air for a particular length of time, and wasn't paying attention to the angle.
It's easy to screw up but when you screw up, you learn a lesson.
It's pretty safe, as long as you treat it seriously.
Took me about 10 lessons to get my license but those 10 lessons are grueling. We carried our gliders up the hills, we disassembled and reassembled them and in a typical day I'd climb something like 500 meters ascent. Glider isn't light..
I pretty much watched to see you wreck so.....i feel fkn ripped
I think he wrecked/biffed the landing when his GoPro “died”😂
The same mountain that General Joe Hooker took as part of the campaign to defeat the South.
Lot of history there.
That was awesome. Thanks for sharing. I might would try the hill stuff in the beginning.
Dam how many times you do the practice hill? Music was suitable and well done 👍
Thanks @jerry sanders. There are 2 hills, a small hill and a hill twice as high that you practice on. I don’t remember the exact quota, but it’s enough that you can show you can safely control the glider. Then the main launch is just a long version of the hills, but the glider flies the same no matter how high you are.
Congratulations! Nice flight, nice video. Did the same thing, same place, in 1987! Thanks for posting, brought back great memories.
what a DREAM
somehow the music was PERFECT
would love to try some day : )
Thank you, and I hope you can live this DREAM some day too !
"You want me to go up in one of those wing things?" - Derek Trotter
Nice video and good job with the music!! I like all the tunes from your vids. Very original. Happy flying!!
..Wow!..Very cool gliding...👌🏼
..Where's this Lookout mountain located? 🤔
Chattanooga , Tennessee
@@johnr.6029
..Okay...Thanks for the reply...Good day to you... . 👍🏼
Back in my day I’d never fly with out wheels
Toppppppp👍👍
Looks beautiful dude.👍👍👍💪💪💪
Ahem... The idea is just to "Hang" Hahaaa... Hanging in there brother... Dat is Wot its all about... Its better than hanging around... Doin nothin. Haha
I liked the music so I went to the description to search for it. Nice flying, btw!
Thank you Cameron!
Did this hang glider have a chute? It looks like it from the top of it.
This was the last place I flew in 1987 or 88. Gave up the sport because I lived in Jacksonville, Fl. Learned in Yuma, Az. gr3eat memories.
Nice to hear from you! Definitely is a cool place. Did you ever think about Aerowtow? There are places in Florida to fly if you ever get the urge.
I used to live right down the street from here on the mountain. We would watch the hangliders many times at sunset. I miss it. Beautiful beautiful place. I’m trying to make a life change right now that makes me feel like I’m about to run off the side of a mountain. So it made me think of this.
Thanks for sharing! Hope everything works out with your change!
superb music
My dad learned here, he was part of the original Tennessee ridge runners.
Dayton Wyoming has an awesome launch site off the side of the Bighorns.
Lucky you .great stuff.
Very nice Flying and calculations,I was so ready for H2 but never were brave enough to take that Big leap
Thanks @Stealhty1 👍 You can do it!
Great video must have been a brilliant experience. Did you and should you, land head to wind? I would love to have a go at this one day!
Batería que?!!😂😂😂 Con esa velocidad y la inclinación que tenias en esa ala... 🛩️💥!! 😂😂😂 Lastima no publicaste el final.. Sirve para pilotos no vicios ver donde estubo el error y como corregirlo.. Excelente primer vuelo de altura!!💪 ❤
First launch on the video was a horrible attempt. The pilot didn't make his harness straps tight by leaning forward and pulling the glider with his body to accelerate. He basically just fell off the downhill portion of the launch platform and the glider reached flying speed. I guarantee you on steep launches in the mountains of Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, and California, you must pull and accelerate the glider with your body; a weak launch has bad outcomes. The Go-Pro went "whack" upon landing, it didn't die. Go to Teluride CO for the hang gliding festival and the entire crowd yells "WHACK" because even experienced Hang Glider pilots struggle with the high altitude and small landing field at the baseball diamond. Look, this novice pilot did a great job during this flight. Keep going and quit being soft on your takeoffs. BTW, I have 21 years, almost 2000 flights, and 3000 hours in the mountains of Colorado, Utah, (Go to The Point of the Mountain near SLC) and Wyoming.
Taught Hang Gliding 6 years. Like the camera work but not the flying. Always remember!!! Turn right, hips right. Same for left. You cross your body in your turns and and knarly windy situation at Lookout or any other mtn landing field could be detrimental to your health. Please study your own video on how you are turning your aircraft.
I fly gliders but have never done this. How does it work with no instruments? Wouldn't you at least want to know your speed to avoid stalling?
When it’s trimmed correctly, IE the hang point is where it should be, it will naturally glide hands off at a few MPH above stall. That is the speed that’s also good for thermaling. I used to use a Dwyer airspeed indicator that was pretty much useless, hence the nickname “Dwyer Liar”. At minimum sink you can just hear the wind noise. When you stall the noise goes away. On my old Scirroco 2 when you pulled the bar in you could make the wind roar. So it’s mostly seat of the pants. I assume you have flown Schwiezer 2-32”s? I never really looked at the airspeed until going downwind for landing. When you stall it shakes so much it wakes the dead.
First flight from a mountain. The new pilot doesnt have time to figure out, and look at a vario.
Brilliant! I bet you felt amazing and scared all at the same time! Great job bro!
Nice flight, congratulations (2 years late)
Died to fly - I just watched an old documentary on TH-cam from the early days (1970's) of hang gliding. A lot of people died back then, even the really experienced flyers.
Fantastic
Really great video!
Overall, pretty good, run harder on launch.
Did the GoPro battery really die Lol? Looks like that landing may have been a little rough with the right bank & the amount of altitude gained when flaring.
....launch assist at about 1:00 point...his hand seemed close to the bungee holding the batten in place; careful of catching on that bungee and possibly putting sudden left turn of wing etc.