VERY FIRST Scooter Tow Albuquerque Hang Gliding Lesson

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The very FIRST hang glider launching and landing at the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta Park in New Mexico using a stationary winch to pull the pilot (in a Wills Wing Condor 330) into the sky. We were just testing the controls and the setup and hope to be training with the rig next year or sooner. Pilots were Steve Cortez and Chris Gwin and the "whoa, whoa, whoa" clip was the pilot realizing he wasn't hooked in to the glider.

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VERY FIRST Scooter Tow Albuquerque Hang Gliding Lesson

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  • that is F**king cool

    that is F**king cool

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  • Thats sofa king ...

    Thats sofa king cool!

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  • Ballon Fiesta Field?

    Ballon Fiesta Field?

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  • I wasn't at that ...

    I wasn't at that end of the line, so I don't know. He is an instructor and advanced pilot and we had full radio communication and very little energy in the system and it was energy we could remove quickly. In addition to that, I had good visibility on him, he had big wheels on the wing and we were on soft and moist/slippery grass, so hurting each other was improbable. When I start offering lessons with this, I'll use a turnaround pulley so I can be near them and do a hang check with them :-).

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