>I've always thought of paragliders as airborne jellyfish, though. Am I wrong?
The phrase "Dopes on Ropes" has been used before… but others :-) Purely personally speaking, I don't think that PG flying has the dynamics which go with what I call flying. For coastal PG flying, you could easily build a PG simulator with a rope and a crane which slowly swung the load from side to side. Not really flying IMHO. That being said, PGs are the highest performing 7KGs wing you can buy and they put up some impressive flights. Aerobatics in a PG are totally insane (multiple infinites (?)) And events like the Red Bull X-C make sailplane comps look totally wimpy. D _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
