Southern Arizona Hang Glider Association
Yikes.
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John
Things you don't want your wing to do. Ever.
Moderators:ioan, John Wolfe, aaroncromer, jlowery
aaaaaaagggh.
Seemed like a surprise hit, but the title does say "flying a Fohn", which I think is the Alps equivalent of a Santa Ana wind. So, conditions were (perhaps obviously) a bit on the textured side.
It would be an interesting test to see a PG and HG launch side by side in such conditions, to see how they each handle the same situation. I'd think the HG would have taken a good smack at least. Perhaps flown out of it, perhaps hit the deck (or in this case- snow) Hard to say.
Seemed like a surprise hit, but the title does say "flying a Fohn", which I think is the Alps equivalent of a Santa Ana wind. So, conditions were (perhaps obviously) a bit on the textured side.
It would be an interesting test to see a PG and HG launch side by side in such conditions, to see how they each handle the same situation. I'd think the HG would have taken a good smack at least. Perhaps flown out of it, perhaps hit the deck (or in this case- snow) Hard to say.
