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Australian Hang Gliding - Tours, Adventures, Trips, Packages, Operators and Locations
Listed Below are the best Australian Hang Gliding - Tours, Adventures, Trips, Packages, Operators and Locations.
Hang gliding has come a long way since the early days. Modern hang gliders are carefully designed, safe aircraft that offer the closest thing to flying like a bird.
The first hang glider was built by John Dickenson, in 1963. He first built a kite based on a NASA Gemini space capsule recovery wing. It had all the basic
features of modern designs, including the triangular control bar. The old delta-wing kite-style hang gliders have been replaced by modern designs:
# Flex Wing hang gliders have a basic tubing frame and a flexible wing made of sailcloth, stiffened into an aerofoil shape by aluminium battens. They are usually wire-braced, and controlled by shifting the pilot weight
# Rigid Wing hang gliders resemble aeroplanes without tails and they are built from carbon fibre and epoxy for strength and light weight.
# Ultralight Sail Planes have cockpits and normal wing layouts like full size gliders, but they can be folded for transport. They have wheels for takeoff and landing. They also have the best performance. However, they are expensive and more difficult to transport. Lightweight engine and propeller units are also available for self-launching soaring. All hang glider pilots have to undertake qualification course through an accredited flying school. The course includes basics of ground-handling, launching, flying and landing, and hang gliding theory. Many operators throughout Australia offer tandem hang glider flights. Tandem hang gliders are designed to carry the weight of two people, with the passenger in a secure harness in front of your instructor and connected to the glider and together by spreader bars. Before the flight there is an introductory lesson of about 30 minutes where help assembling the equipment and you are taught the basics of hang gliding. Tandem Joy flights are also available using powered hang gliders. The locations for hanging gliding include: Stanwell Park, Newcastle, Brisbane, Sunshine Coast.
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