Hi. Yes, but only if ridge soaring in a glider.

It is! And its way less expensive than you think. It's with a motor that flying becomes expensive.

Let's bring it back!

😁👍 Yes very lucky, in my teens all I wanted was to earn enough to have a hang-glider and a car, never dreamed I would ever be able to fly such a beautiful and efficient glider.

Wow did you get your car and hang glider in your teens ,I was the same i bought my first hang glider at 16 years old and a car to transport it at 17 ,That was in 1975 and i still fly hang gliders but not so often now,I mostly fly a swift electric powered self launching class 2 hang glider,But i follow all the sailplain stuff and think the self launching shark is the best bang for buck out there at mo,But im closely wachting what happens to the new GP Jeta

@@billtrue3017 You did well Bill, I was in my 20' before getting the hang-glider and car. You are right about the Shark, I love it. The electric self launching Swift look awesome too!

Hang gliding? oh man.... you should get into gliding... we get better penetration.... stay at for longer..... oh and the flying is good too.

@@markplain2555 it is too expensive where I live, and the nearest gliderport is some 3h away. I drive from home to the nearest HG launch in 20min and spend just a few bucks in gas. I know it is faster and better glide ratio but HG is freaking cool to fly, wind in face, head first superman style, nothing in front of your view! You can fly close to trees, land at the beach, stuff like that.

No beach to land out on in a hangie... but still exciting to watch! Nice one!

@@HangGlidingSouthAfrica theres a big beach at the beginning of the video, then as you get above the cliff line you could go farther and top land if needed.. looks totally flyable on HG to me, I'd try if I could! I've also seen people soaring in top-landing-only sites with constant strong winds. You either go up or get wet!

Thanks! But you are mistaken my friend - gliders were ridge soaring decades before rc flying even started. In fact around 70 years ago Southdown Gliding Club was based at Friston airfield on top of the cliffs and gliders soared these cliffs much more frequently than they do today. However I would not be so territorial to say the airspace belongs to gliders, no, this is free airspace - as in uncontrolled airspace - to be enjoyed harmoniously by all.

@@surfingtheatmosphere1246 thats a nice thought...however being part of the demonized rc community i must tell you that i have been informed that 0-400 ft is rc airspace and 1000ft and up is commercial and private airspace...

@Michael Whinnery just be careful, if you hit any manned aircraft with any kind of RC and that gets someone killed at any height, it is still your responsibility and you could be charged with murder.

Suction cup on the centre line of the canopy in front of my head. It is just above my line of sight, and being a Sony HDR-AS200V it is about half the width of a gopro which helps avoiding obscuring the view forward.

Surfing the Atmosphere thank you I just wasn’t sure if a suction cap would damage a canopy

Is this the jet engine version of the HPH304 ? Thx

@@djad3115 Hi. This is the self launch version. Very pleased with it. Very reliable starting engine (so far!), and plenty of power. Lovely glider too.

Thanks. You are right, plenty of energy to pull up and land on top. That was me amusing myself with a little 'tongue in cheek' comment 😉 It would be fun to fly below the cliff top.... but years ago one of our club members tried that and found the air was going DOWN the cliff! He was only a couple of metres above the sea before he got his engine started and climbed away!!!

@@surfingtheatmosphere1246 I have flown a number of coastal cliff sites hang gliding, and have landed on the 'beach', well actually a concrete outcropping for a large sewer pipe at high tide at Fort Funston, California; I also flew a headland for 8 hours in Seattle. Excellent video: I looked up where the airfield was also. And loved the turn out to sea with nothing but 50 miles of sea in front of you :-)

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Thank you. I hope at some point you will find the resources to enjoy gliding again.

It's actually very cheap!

Hi Bernard It is fantastic fun, but there is not an airfield within gliding range, unfortunately our airfield is 50 km away. Mostly it is just gliders with engines which visit the cliffs, sometimes a pure glider will visit with the intention of landing in a field afterwards. At one time there was an airfield on top of the cliffs, google Friston Airfield, and for a time after WWII our gliding club was based there.

@@surfingtheatmosphere1246 Thanks a lot for your answer. I wish you good flights. For me the season is over until next march!

Thank you, I hope they enjoyed it even half as much as I did!

Hi Malcolm That would be very nice to do, but from cliffs as low as these it would be very very unusual to get high enough to glide in land far enough to where there would be thermals which a glider could use. This glider has a small engine stowed behind the cockpit. At the flick of a switch the engine and propeller rise up behind the cockpit, and the engine can be started to climb up and head for home. It is a great and fun glider! In a glider without an engine it is necessary to choose a field to land in, then get a friend to tow the glider's trailer to the filed, de-rig (dismantle) the glider and put it in the trailer to take it home.

Massively enjoyed that!

Thanks Stephanie. I'd love to come and fly your part of the world.

@@surfingtheatmosphere1246 some great people and flying down here, Piako gliding club North Island and Omarama south Island :)

Thanks Harry. I must try to make the time to do more videos.

Yes, I was ridge soaring the rising air from the cliffs. But, no thermals if that is what you mean, it is extremely rare to get thermals off the sea.

Thanks Chris! Sorry to hear you can’t fly any more. I guess you would have you looked in to cheaper alternates in gliding or microlights? There are also many scholarships available every year, some of which are open persons of any age.

@@surfingtheatmosphere1246 Poor old pensioner now! I started with gliding in the 70s at Booker, but I don't think I could afford that even. I much prefer gliding to power. Still, at least I've done it. Thanks again, and thank you for taking the trouble to reply... Chris

Thanks Chris!

Thanks! I can't wait to have another go too, but I need to be very careful as the amount of lift the cliffs produce for a given wind speed varies greatly from day to day.

Good idea! Just didn’t think of it at the time. Next time next time 👹

*Nosedive into the ocean

Reigate Robot get a life

Mark Courtney “Get a life.”

Going faster is a tentative way of checking if the lift (rate at which the air is rising) is stronger lower down. If not then pulling up and exchanging speed for height will recover some of the height... really wanted to avoid being very low and unable to get back up to a height where it would be safe to start the engine.

I kind of enjoyed it. Happy music for happy soaring! Well, except for Ride of the Valkyries, that one has been a bit overused.

It will be great to see you at Southdown Gliding Club! www.southdowngliding.co.uk My flying started in the Peak District on Hang Gliders... done a lot of happy hours at Bradwell edge!

@@surfingtheatmosphere1246 ah nice!! I've been to Bradwell, awesome playground :) Hopefully see you soon!! Happy flying!

Hi, it was fun! We fly from Parham airfield which is 50 km to the north west, the airfield is owned by Southdown Gliding Club www.southdowngliding.co.uk

@@surfingtheatmosphere1246 I really need to visit you and bring or rent a plane, this is awesome.

Thanks Vari for your comment. I must visit the Ukraine one day!

Thank you,

Love it, love it love it! And I'm sure you do too.

it’s the first high performance glider I’ve flown but my dad used to fly a nimbus 3 with Ralph jones ect in the nationals in the 80’s and 90’s. Its amazing to fly but I’ve only been flying it for about 10 months and I’m trying to get a 300km flight to get my gold badge! And as always the weather isn’t playing ball here in Scotland! My fellow club members are very jellies! 🤣🤣

Thank you. I must try to make the time to edit another video or two. No gimbal, the camera is firmly stuck to the canopy, the air coming off the sea is fairly smooth which helps with a steady video.