I was involved back in the days of powered hang gliders / dawn of ultra lights.
--- On Tue, 1/12/10, Gene Henry <[email protected]> wrote: From: Gene Henry <[email protected]> Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Hang glider or Ultralight To: [email protected] Date: Tuesday, January 12, 2010, 9:24 AM I had about 200 hours flying time in regular aircraft, but that got too expensive at $80/hour, so I got a hang glider. The lack of proper hills and tows - had to travel about 100 miles for a tow up - moved me on to adding a trike/engine to the hang glider. Had a lot of fun with that until a clown with NO flying experience started his tandem ultra light and "flew right through the middle" of mine. I didn't have the money to fix it and continue to fly, so I sold it. They say God looks after damn-fools and drunks, and He sure looked after this guy. He had some time as a youngster learning to fly - don't think he soloed - and after a 30 year vacation from flying purchased a full-blown trike ultra light. 55 hp, double my untralight's weight and strength. He asked me if I might help him learn to fly, and I said "only if I'm allowed to quit anytime I feel uncertain about you or your equipment....." Shoulda' never started..... We were at a local airport where I was going to fly mine first, and then have a trial flight in his. Being trikes, we park them tail to the wind and bungee the control bar full out, which puts the trailing edge of the wing down and the wind pushes the ultralight down against the ground. The dumb shit used a hammer to hold the accelerator down and started it. When it started to accelerate away, he jumped into it, and "went along for the ride"......... It flew through my wing, trashing it. Remember the bungee cord, tying the control bar full out? It was immovable, and he didn't know how to fly it anyway........ It took of, with him in it, and climbed a couple hundred feet up, when the hammer fell off the accelerator, and with the bar full out, it stalled, made a 180 degree turn, and headed for the ground. At about 15 feet, he "bailed out", landed on his feet unhurt. His ultralight landed on the nose wheel, which bent badly, but suffered no other damage. My wing was trash. It was a Saturday, and I asked him, "Do you ever go to church? I think you should go tomorrow and thank somebody." He said, "I'll take care of your damage. It was my fault." But then reneged and never paid me a cent. Capital A ASSHOLE. (I never got upset about it, though............. ;~) I'll find a picture and send it along sometime..... Gene ----- Original Message ----- From: Dennis Hammerl To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, January 11, 2010 10:49 PM Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Got a Question? Hang glider or ultralight ? --- On Thu, 1/1/09, Gene Henry <[email protected]> wrote: From: Gene Henry <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Got a Question? To: [email protected] Date: Thursday, January 1, 2009, 7:20 PM Welcome to another "youngster", from a "more mature" Nighthawker. I'm 74 and ride an '84 CB650SC, except now in the winter in Wisconsin. You will find a lot of help, biases and opinions in this group. Occasionally we're even right! Gene the "hanghank" is from my hang glider flying days - until another guy crashed it, and I moved on to something more dangerous, motorcycles.................. (where other people can get you killed! ;~) ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, January 11, 2010 4:02 PM Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Got a Question? I joined the group About 3 or 4 weeks ago. I ride a cb550sc. I posted pics already. I live in Houston Tx..I do injoy this group. It sounds like a fun bunch of riders. I am 60 yrs. old. If you wont to know any thing else just let me know. thank you rodhall -----Original Message----- From: Paul <[email protected]> To: Nighthawk Lovers <[email protected]> Sent: Mon, Jan 11, 2010 3:27 pm Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Got a Question? 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