Shane Flies Again

After a 3 year hiatus from hang gliding my friend Shane took to the air again. Shane is in Utah for the same training as I am. His glider was in a sad state of disrepair when he got to Utah, but with some love from Tom, a Point of the Mountain local, he was able to get it airworthy again.

We found some time after class a few weeks ago to get out to the South Side. It was a light day and Shane wasn't sure if he was going to fly. I launched and fought to stay up in light ridge lift. After a while I lost the fight and ended up at the bottom.





As I was breaking down I saw Shane hooked into his glider, standing on launch. He launched and soared for a while, but eventually lost the fight and ended up at the bottom with me. I grabbed my camera thinking his first landing in three years might be interesting. Hang gliding must be like riding a bike because he nailed a perfect landing!