Enabling Soaring Achievement Through Adaptive Flight
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This past week in Sun Valley, Idaho will be one to remember, learn and grow from. The people that made this happen are genuinely people that have the heart to bring freedom and independence to all, especially to those that have a few more obstacles to overcome than most. Our five vets who all sustained [...]
Along with being delightful, the flight was also very educational. Early on I found that as the rig rocked slightly to one side or the other with changes in the wind, I was feeling as if I was going to fall over. I realized that this was my mental programming from being in a wheel [...]
Men, The adapting of the sport we have dreamt of participating in, has become our reality since this last week…. what an OUTSTANDING event! It could not have happened without your hard work, personal sacrifice and support in so many ways. We believe the progression of the adaptation of paragliding was radically catapulted due to the team [...]
I was the last of the “First Five” to fly the Phoenix under a tandem paragliding wing. The morning session had dead wind and unfortunately a flight did not materialize. We came back to the Sun Valley Inn for a few hour rest to burn some time before getting to try one last time to [...]
Tuesday we were up and on the road bright and early to hit our morning of paragliding ground school. We see some minimal tweaking that will help improve the Phoenix wheelchair paragliding buggy. As a group of paralyzed veterans we seem to be on the same page in helping improve the design. Now we hope [...]
Day Three Today began again at 5:30 AM with a plan to travel south to another training site with a bit more hill for low level rolling launches. Unfortunately, as we neared the site, a storm was lying right over the hill we had planned to use. We turned around and drove back to Mt [...]
Monday 5:30 AM Heading up the mountain where we spent the morning doing ground schools and towed ground launches. First thing we noted was the buggy and its design. It is like flying in a chaise lounge, very comfortable and felt very secure. Long morning and afternoon with lots of information. Got back to [...]
Flight School HGVETS, ABLE Pilot It is zero dark early on Sunday morning, Aug 7, 2011, my birthday. What am I doing getting up at 4:00 AM? Got an airplane to catch. This plane is whisking fellow NW Chapter Member Brent King and I to Sun Valley, Idaho where we will begin an intense [...]
What a day – a dream come true as we lit off the ridge atop Mt. Baldy where we joined up with two soaring ospreys. Nick, my instructor pilot said, “Let’s see what they do”. It doesn’t need to be any better than that in my book…but flying solo with my wife Cheryl would do [...]
8/9/11 9:20 PM Today was another great day of flight instruction and camaraderie. It didn’t exactly go as planned, but that’s paragliding for you. It was decided that in the morning we would drive about an hour to a launch site that would enable us to get some launching, flight time, and landing experience without [...]
8/8/11 3:00 PM Today has been awesome and we are not even done yet. We got a 5:30 a.m. start and traveled 20-30 minutes to the instruction site, an airstrip up in the mountains. The Idaho scenery is pretty amazing. Along with beautiful mountains, valleys and streams, we saw wildlife, narrowly missing a female mule [...]