![]() ![]() It’s just a big kite, and you’re attached to it, and you can go pretty much wherever you want.”ĭuring the 2017 Tennessee Tree Toppers’ hang gliding competition, Steve Pearson launches a Wills Wing T2C at Henson Gap, Tennessee. “If you ever flew a kite and wished you could be flying up there with the kite- flying free, flying away,” she says, “that’s basically what it is. Hang glider pilot Erika Klein, communications manager for the United States Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association (USHPA), explains why the sport caught on. When the film was made, hang gliding was emerging from its infancy and about to experience a popularity boom.īuilding on a tradition of homemade gliders starting with Otto Lilienthal, Octave Chanute, and the Wright brothers, flying enthusiasts in the 1960s and ’70s fulfilled the dream of accessible, inexpensive, birdlike flight for humans. He soars between mountain peaks, then climbs, stalls, dives, and swoops high above the water. In the scene, pilot Bob Wills hangs below the wing, shifting his body to exert control over the impossibly simple craft. It has been playing for more than 40 years, and for many, it’s their first encounter with hang gliding. This is the first shot of the hang gliding scene from To Fly!, the iconic IMAX film made for the opening of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in 1976. The image on the giant screen is mesmerizing: Above massive volcanic islands reaching up from the ocean floats a tiny triangular form. You can fill out the form below, send an e-mail of give Heleen a ring on +316-41280091.“We first flew in dreams, but the dream of flight has become real,” the narrator says. Would you like to know more about hang gliding in The Netherlands and our courses, then please get in touch with us. Feel free to get in touch! Want to know more? For advanced pilots we have special courses as well even for piots who already have a license. You can book juste one or two flights as an introduction or you can start with the complete beginners course, to get you flying solo as soon as possible. ![]() Would you like to start hang gliding or try it, you can apply for our tandem flight training programme. We offer different training programmes for different levels. Knowing your limits and making wise decisions is the best way to keep flying safe and fun. We aim for you to become not just any pilot but a sensible and autonomous pilot, fit to make his or her own choices. But that is definitely not all with a potentially lethal sport, attitude is everything. The practical bit is the easyest: how to start, steer and land a glider. We’ll teach you how to rig a glider, how to handle it, how to start and land in different circumstances, how to use thermals to stay aloft, when to fly and when not to fly, rights of way in the air, a lot about meteoroly and aerodynamics. Language is no problem we can teach in English and French (though we will try to teach you some Dutch along the way -)). We are the only school that actually teaches in The Netherlands, and that offers a year round programme. We offer training programmes for novice pilots, advanced pilots and all levels in between. We also teach on the training hill, in the mountains and in the dunes. Our country is flat, but that doesn’t mean we don’t love flying! We use a winch to get in the air, wich is also a very efficient way to learn how to fly. Randonaero Adventures the biggest hang gliding school in The Netherlands. Our lessons are open for everybody from age 14 and up and with an avarage condition. We teach hang gliding in a safe but challenging environment with a lot of fun. Flying a hang glider is about the closest humans can get to experiencing the feedom of flight. Do you want to fly like a bird? We can teach you. ![]()
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