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FlyingFelix
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 Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2012 7:51 am Post subject: Best personal flight yet |
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I came home from vacation on Sunday to find my new H2 card in the mail! So I went out on Monday to inaugurate it and had my best flight yet. The video is edited/shortened, I flew for about 90 minutes, longest flight yet.
Flying is a dream and I love it !!!
http://youtu.be/vmJVzTwcYtM [youtube]
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| Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2012 7:56 am Post subject: |
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Awesome! There will come a day when you won't even set up when you think you will get less than an hour.........OK that is a lie. I still set up knowing I might beat the tug down!
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| Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2012 8:06 am Post subject: Re: Best personal flight yet |
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| Cantesanu wrote: |
I came home from vacation on Sunday to find my new H2 card in the mail! So I went out on Monday to inaugurate it and had my best flight yet. The video is edited/shortened, I flew for about 90 minutes, longest flight yet.
Flying is a dream and I love it !!!... |
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mrflyn4fun
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| Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2012 8:35 am Post subject: ... |
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NICE!!!!
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| Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2012 11:16 am Post subject: |
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Nice video, Thanks. 
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| Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2012 1:33 pm Post subject: |
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SWEET FLIGHT love the music 
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Paul H
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| Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2012 2:48 pm Post subject: |
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Excellent flight and video. Those kinds flights early in your flying career, when you are constantly doing better than the one before and you become more in tune with your wing, will be some of your most memorable.
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Darbbb
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| Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2012 5:29 pm Post subject: |
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Good to meet you out there (I'm Brad, the guy with the orange, blue, and white WW Eagle).....I had my best flight there too on Monday. COngrats! Hope to see you at Highland again soon.
Brad
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| Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2012 10:10 pm Post subject: |
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| Nice video, congrats! How long did it take to become H2? |
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W89rnr
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| Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2012 3:18 am Post subject: |
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Excellent!! You looked super comfortable in the air, and nice flare to end your flight!! I was there the two days before, one overcast and rainy, the other blue, but both late afternoon soaring flights, that place turns ON in the afternoon (as long as you're high enough) at last you know what to do a little bit different next time
Keep it up and keep sending us your flight vids, it's always exciting reliving those milestone flights!
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| Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2012 6:01 am Post subject: |
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Very nice That's a hard decision to make, stay-up or come down.
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FlyingFelix
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| Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2012 6:37 am Post subject: |
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Thank you guys!
I started taking lessons at Highland Aerosports in March of this year - I was very serious about it and went every time the weather permitted...it surely can be frustrating at the beginning when you can only go when the conditions are perfect. I'm glad I made it through eventually (later than I thought but not too bad) - the window of flying opportunities has opened quite a bit now and I'm happy to be out there soaring the skies every change I get. I logged in 73 flights so far and looking forward to many more.
Next is Foot Launch lessons and hopefully I'll be launching off a mountain by the fall - that's my goal anyway...
I'm glad to have met many other pilots at Highland - looking forward to many years of flying and hanging out with other pilots in the Hang Gliding community. It's always nice to meet people with the same interests and views and so far everyone's been great.
Fly High, Be Free ! (I totally stole this saying, it's just perfect)
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AcTiOn!JaCksOn
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| Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2012 6:59 am Post subject: |
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Awesome, that is a great first H2 flight, definitely. Can't wait until I'm riding thermals
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