Product Details

• Directors: Paul Hamilton
• Format: Color, Digital Sound, NTSC
• Number of tapes: 1
• VHS Release Date: February 1, 2000
• Run Time: 10 minutes
• ASIN: 1929795165
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #537,057 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

From the Director

"The general public has no idea how much hang gliding has evolved over the last 25 years to become one of the very safest way there is to fly. My objective is to get this message out," said Matt Taber, owner of Lookout Mountain Flight Park, the largest hang gliding school in the United States. Almost everyone I have meet say that they have always wanted to fly. This production will help them take the next step. They will discover just how easy it can be for them to realize their dreams of flight-flight in it's purest form and what steps they will want to take to start hang gliding today!"

Product Description

"Discover how modern Hang Gliding can easily help you realize your dreams to fly." That is the message of the new United States Hang Gliding Association video. It was created to show how hang gliding has evolved into a safe, affordable, and fun way "To Fly". It shows how modern technologies combined with enhanced training techniques have made hang gliding easier to learn and safer than ever before.

Inspiring imagery expresses the similarity of hang gliding to flying free like a bird. Advancements in hang gliders, to the well-tested aircraft of today, plus a few impressive facts on world records, provides background for the viewer to understand that modern Hang Gliding is not the same as when it started. It as evolved into a new, exciting, and safe form of aviation.

You will experience a typical tandem discovery flight through a complete sequence of towing into the air behind an ultralight, releasing at 3000 foot altitude, and in-air instruction in performing basic turns and speed control with a certified instructor pilot by your side. Other options for learning to hang glide are covered, from training on a beginner's hill to simulator training. The progression from the bunny hill to the more advanced techniques of gaining altitude on rising air currents concludes with the final message, "Discover Hang Gliding, Today!"