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Hanglider

Postby pippin88 on Wed Jun 07, 2006 7:41 pm

Spotted these guys today.

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#2
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Ah Oh, this guy didn't get it quite right:
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#4
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Postby mudder on Wed Jun 07, 2006 8:46 pm

Hang-gliding (or para-sailing, micro-lighting etc.) is such a buzz... Hope the guy in #3 and #4 was OK...
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Postby pippin88 on Wed Jun 07, 2006 8:49 pm

I want to have a go at it someday.

The guy was fine, no damage.
Went into a big area of bushy shrubs.
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Postby radar on Wed Jun 07, 2006 9:40 pm

Nice colours Nick,

I got some photos of a bunch of them a few weeks back, they always looks nice against the blue sky.

I've done it when I was younger, I probably looked like that guy in #3 and #4.

You can try out a tandem flight initially, could be fun, just let us know either way, I'll take my camera :wink: :wink: :D :D

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Postby MattC on Wed Jun 07, 2006 10:04 pm

Oh boy...

I guess he is better of stuffing it in on launch than when trying to land the thing.

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Postby Manta on Wed Jun 07, 2006 10:10 pm

pippin88 wrote:The guy was fine, no damage.


But his underpants will never be the same...
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Postby stubbsy on Wed Jun 07, 2006 11:28 pm

Nick

Thos first two work superbly against that deep blue sky. It's a toss up for me, but I think #1 is just smidge better because of the contrasting red & blue.
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Postby Steffen on Thu Jun 08, 2006 12:11 am

pippin88 wrote:I want to have a go at it someday.


I rather join the Sydney traffic phenomenon every day. Much more exciting/dangerous :shock:

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Postby pippin88 on Thu Jun 08, 2006 2:23 pm

I like the red / blue contrast in #1, but unfortunately the red at the peak of the wing is blown :(

There was a guy paragliding, but he took off just as I was copying my CF card to PSD. Would have been some great shots :(

Steffen, sydney traffic is easy - Brisbane traffic: they'd rather run you off the road than let you in at a merge :shock:
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Postby Alpha_7 on Thu Jun 08, 2006 4:32 pm

I really like the first two, for me the first works a little better due to the colours, but both the inflight shots for me are stronger then the later ones.
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