When there's not enough wind for sailing and it's not raining this stops me getting too bored. It all fits on/in the car and takes about 30 minutes to set up/ pack up. Environmentally friendly, I've flown for over two hours on less than a litre of fuel.
This is a few flights with a couple of friends thrown in so I don't hog the whole vid, hope you like.....
Thanks 
Does the neck get sore holding the helmet at a tilt back angle to give you good vision?
How high are you permitted to fly, and do you use a chute?
Great Vid!
what a great way to spend your time.
Rocky looks alike a great place to fly.
. No it's not a problem, if it's starting to get hard to hold up I'll just look up now and then to see what's ahead traffic wise and fly by feel. Usually after 2 or 3 hours I've had enough anyway.
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Do you carry any VHF radio ? And if so, do you listen out on the area frequency ?
. A VHF radio is required now for even hanggliders if flown within ten miles of an airport with a control tower in the same airspace as GA aircraft use so I stay out of these areas now as I don't carry one. There are some exemptions being made for us now.
Hi mate,
Do you do much soaring around Geraldton, I'm booked in for my HG course in September and thought i'd bring the glider as well when we come over sailing in December. Where hoping to spend Dec-March sailing in Gero and doing a little flying on the side.
BTW how do you reckon a tandam wing would go being powered to allow for flat land take off's? I have just never seen anyone using a footlaunched tandam PHG before. Vikki and i are both light weight's, combined mass 125 kg, whats your thoughts???
Marty
G'day Marty,
Where are you doing your course? I've been up there a couple of times with the HG and there is some great flying sites at Gero and the local pilots are very friendly and love to help out newbies, definitely take your glider.
Just food for thought, the largest gathering of HGs during the year is at Shellys Beach at Albany from Xmas onwards for two weeks. If I was driving over I'd spend a week there then keep going to Marges for the wavesailing and up to Gero.
Here's a vid of Albany over Xmas where it's flyable most days and easy to clock up big hours fast, if anyone wants to go for a tandem flight it's the place to go;
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Cheers Mate,
Great vid, your idea of a Shelley Beach stop off looks very inviting on the way through to Gero.
Where are you based??
Course starts Sep 24 and I can't wait.. Looks like Hg will be a great sub 20Knt fill in before the sailing gets good. What sort of wind speed do you generally look for in the forecast over there to pridict good flying conditions??
I'm based in Rockingham, about 50 km south of perth.
This link siteguide.org.au/siteguidemap.html pretty much gives all the main sites in Oz and all you need to know about wind directions. For Gero the main ones would be Waszza's knob, Mt. Rennie, City views and Harrocks beach. 15 knts + is ideal for ridge soaring or dune gooning and Gero has most directions covered with some good novice hills.
Yeah, I've got a few weeks before I can fly to, broke my damn leg yesterday wavesailing
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Guys I came across your post and was wondering about this HG course in September you mention. I'd like to get back in the hanggliding, but should really do a course again. I'm based in WA. Any info you have would be great.
