"no amount of skill can compensate for just a small amount of bad judgement" My grand daddy told me this right before he died....sniff

@brentnevius2849

12 күн бұрын

no amount of judgement can replace skill.

Wow, that was a super smooth touchdown, especially in those blustery conditions. It never occurred to me that strong winds would make a landing back at the glider port problematic, and this is the first time I've seen La Jolla State Beach used as a secondary landing option for hang gliders that launched over Blacks Beach. Seeing Blacks Beach at high tide in the winter brings back some fond memories of summer days spent down there inspecting the tan lines of UCSD coeds with an air of academic detachment.

@SoarswithSwords

11 күн бұрын

Thanks! It was a good learning experience for me!

Ah, fond memories of flying my Eipper rogallo at Torrey Pines in 1974. Geez I'm getting old!

@SoarswithSwords

19 күн бұрын

Your generation helped our generation have far safer gliders, and had to pioneer a lot of stuff we still use, so thanks!

@FlatlandMountaineer-ru8ue

14 күн бұрын

I haven’t heard Eipper in ages. They were #1 in So Cal when I started. Iendld up buying a kit from Free Flight Systems.

@feathermerchant

14 күн бұрын

@@FlatlandMountaineer-ru8ue The model I had was the 18' Flexi-Flier. It had the glide ratio of a smooth rock! When flying at Torrey Pines I got a lot of exercise carting that 40# on my shoulder back up to the top.

@ejcm55

14 күн бұрын

Me too. Taught by Floyd Fronius, son of Bob: president of the Ultralight Flyers Organization.

@michaelbowman6301

13 күн бұрын

😢​​@@FlatlandMountaineer-ru8ueI used to work for Eipper hang gliders in the late seventies before they moved, We used to go fly at point Fermin in San Pedro sometimes, I never did get a chance to fly Torrey pines but I flew a lot of crystalline and Symar in the San Fernando Valley. and back in those days there are other places you can fly but are no longer open to flying, Yeah those were the Good old days.

In the end you are the pilot in command. Never should have hooked up if you have any doubt. Your instructor knew you could handle it and you did great. Have more faith in your abilities my friend.

Nice flying dude! Glad you had wire assistance at takeoff!

If there's a paraglider flying, guessing one would be still on the green with a hang glider, no?

@cabanford

11 күн бұрын

38 mph! I want to see the paragliding pilot's video 😮

Nice flight buddy, good landing

@SoarswithSwords

11 күн бұрын

Thank you!

Pro tip. If you're in enough wind that you can basically elevator down you should immediately get the glider stabilized and then unhook (especially if you have two individuals right in front of you that can assist). Getting ground looped while still attached to a hang glider is NO FUN - high risk of damage to the glider and yourself.

@leifvejby8023

14 күн бұрын

I was about to say the same - saw a glider get killed when he got the kite's tail onto the ground, and he got flipped over.

@penrynbigbird

11 күн бұрын

@@leifvejby8023 Where was that and what year??? Sorry you had to witness a fatality, that's something I was fortunate to never see in my 5 decades of flying hang gliders...

@leifvejby8023

11 күн бұрын

@@penrynbigbird It was on a "practice hill" in Denmark, must have been 1982.

Great video - great learning for others! I love your honesty - yes, you should not have launched - yet you managed to everything right. I am sure you learnt a bundle! Happy landings!

@SoarswithSwords

18 күн бұрын

Thanks! If I can share a learning experience and help someone else out, that’s a huge win to me!

You have admitted that you shouldn't have taken off, you didn't crash or injure yourself or bystanders, so call it a valuable learning experience.

I'm surprised that some paragliders are airborne 😱

I used to love to go out there and watch you guys fly. Grab a burger at the snack shack and enjoy the day. Perhaps hike down to the beach. Cool seeing it from your point of view. Lived in OB for four years. (Have you ever thought of giving VR rides with a live camera feed and VR goggles to spectators?)

We have all had flights like this.

Cool video

Pretty nice video. La Jolla shores is where you landed.

It's impossible to know how winds will change, unless you ignored a wind increase forcast, at the time of take off the winds were good, 22-25 kmh are amazing soaring conditions, you had no way of knowing winds would increase. The importance is to stay alert of the changing winds and react accordingly which you did. Great experience of flying in strong winds :) !

@SoarswithSwords

19 күн бұрын

Yeah the soaring was great, and I’ve soared at the Point of the Mountain at those speeds, the issue was a lack of control on launch.

@TitusIV

19 күн бұрын

​@@SoarswithSwords You're the expert on that matter :) !

When you fly out toward the ocean it’s like you’re trying to fly the glider to the Philippines 😉

@SoarswithSwords

16 күн бұрын

🤣 looking for those mid ocean thermals.

What is your hang rating and time and experience?

@SoarswithSwords

20 күн бұрын

Hang 4, Mountain launch, turbulence, rlf, xc, aerotow ratings- about 270 flights and 95 hours over 7 years of flying.

@penrynbigbird

20 күн бұрын

@@SoarswithSwords Ok, you mention in the video "should I have launched, I don't know, I didn't have the best control of the glider..." There's your answer to a long and healthy future in the sport. If you don't have absolute confidence/control of the glider it's to your advantage to opt not to launch. That's my H-5 opinion and I'm sticking to it...

@SoarswithSwords

20 күн бұрын

@@penrynbigbird yep that's why I made the video. I also said if I was in the same situation again, I wouldn't do it.

@webrambler88

11 күн бұрын

When you hang out with a legend (John Heiney!) you must have had the best training available and yoyget the best advice

Depend on your helpers. Could be scary after landing (bug on the back). The girl should look at you and not at her phone. Once i did similar, but no one at the front, only at the wires left and right. As i was starting, the guy on the right didnt let go. So i went in a nice roundhouse bang into the bushes.

@SoarswithSwords

19 күн бұрын

She’s my fiance, a H4, and very experienced at launching me while recording a video. I generally wouldn’t trust someone to do that, but with her I am 100% confident she will let go. If you watch, the person on my left wing actually held on for a moment on this launch.

If a paraglider can handle it so can a hang glider?

@SoarswithSwords

11 күн бұрын

The one glider that was up when I launched landed soon after, and he may have launched when it was lighter earlier.

The view is always the same in every place.

@SoarswithSwords

19 күн бұрын

I’ve flown 4 ocean ridge soaring sites now, and I find them very different. Same with inland mountains and ridges.

Don't like the wire assists or t he basebar circus take-off "tecnique". I flew years solo at buffety windy sites. If you can't control the nose angle - you can't control the roll. Practice controlling pitch and roll via a slack harness strap, using down tube grips only. In same circumstances, the pilot in command ought BE IN ACTUAL COMMAND. An instructor should focus on developing awareness in the student in when or why he is or isn't in control. The flight itself doesn't matter that much. What matters is the student being in command and displaying competence via effectively cleanly taking off or effectively refusing the take-off- because he KNOWS he hasn't got control.

@xerophobic

4 сағат бұрын

I agree , I have been in a nearly identical situation at the same site and it was suggested I use the basebar technique which i had never done and it frankly felt aweful not to mention the conditions were likely not the ones to attempt something brand new in. It simply doesnt feel very secure but at least he , like I, got away with it so to speak. Lesson learned......

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@ejcm55

14 күн бұрын

Were you hoping for a crash?

@TheIndyspace

13 күн бұрын

Boring people, are easily bored. 🙄

@28th_St_Air

13 күн бұрын

Thanks Debbie Downer.

Torrey Pines is not a hard take off, back in the late seventies where I used to work for Eipper hang gliders we used to go fly at Point Fermin in San Pedro When it was still open to fly, That was a scary take off the wind blowing up the cliff could be easily 25 to 30+ miles an hour. in fact I wired launched other for 2 years before I took off myself And flew on it myself. I sure do Miss this kind of Flying. 🙂👍🪂