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My wife asked what I wanted for my birthday. I said a tandem parraglide flight. So she booked me in with WindWorks http://www.cmsoft.ch/windworks/ for a 20 minute flight. The freedom of flying above the Northern Beaches, with the wind. I've done the skydiving trick, but this rocks.

Now I just have to convince the bank (wife) that this new hobby is as good as the Motorbike / Camera / Radio Controlled Gliders / Windsurfing etc.

Warwick, looks like a lot of fun. What was the girl like who took you up?

Hi Glen,

His name is Patrick a nice French bloke.
Very helpful and informative to my questions of taking up the sport.

Looks tremendous, would be interesting after you got used to it to take your camera up

Glen,

I did think about taking a camera up. My wife was working the 350D on the ground, but if I hadn't of given my old Canon compact digital to my dad then I would have taken that in the air. Specially since the Westpac rescue chopper was at the blowhole @ Warriewood pulling out a teenage girl who jumped into the blowhole.

It was all over by the time we landed, so i could drive around and take some snap shots.

Warick, great pics mate looks like fun but i think i wouldkeep my feet of the ground and stick to stick twidling with all my remote control planes not that i fly them much anymore. I too must get a glider just for fun as i sold of some of my gear like my scale models and Paternship planes and only have a few knock abouts left.

But looks like a ball.
Cheers
John
BBJ

Nice shots Wocka - sure looks like fun. You should have had someone with a real camera come and shoot your expedition . /hide.

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