"A Dream of Flying" the story of Lookout Mountain Flight Park

[@wolfganggunther8783]

Great remember from brothers of their flying life. I started my flying dream with hang gliding in1976. My wife gave me premission to live two dreams, flying and my famaly . I would also like to say thank you to all the pilots wives, you are the best. Warm greetings to all my brothers in the world Wolfgang from Bavaria in Germany

[@hangflyer907]

Great compilation! Got my H1, H2, and aerotow ratings at LMFP. (Thor was one of my aerotow instructors.) One of the best, if not the best, places to fly in the country. Matt, and the whole staff, are dedicated to safety and the success of their students.

[@moorejem]

I'd have to agree :)

[@kathleenmckeon9926]

All those Pilots did a pretty good job of conveying how awesome it is to Fly a Hang Glider. I think about when Chuck who had flown a P-51 in world War. He was the first Piot to break the Sound Barrier. He flew all sorts of radical state of the Art Fighters, and Rocket Planes. I think about reading how He Flew Tandem with One of Us Hang Glider Pilots. Well after Th landed, Chuck commented: "That's the Flying Est Flying there is". Heck Chuck knew what a Hot Aircraft was. Regarding the People in the Video. They Conveyed really well just how Awesome it is that We can Fly our H-G's.

[@FlatlandMountaineer-1]

Outstanding documentary! I started flying back on the 70s and think I would enjoy a trip to LMFP.

[@moorejem]

Thank you! I *know* you would :)

[@MrTreybones]

This is amazing! Thanks for it. I promised myself this is the year I will finish my license and this movie reconfirms that decision. I originally flew with Kip many years ago. See you on the hill!

[@moorejem]

now that's the kind of inspiration story I love to hear, have fun on that hill, and don't forget to stretch!

[@shaneross7428]

Thank you for this awesome video. Ive taken lessons at lookout mountain. I pulled my hamstring two different times. My advice is get your lower body strong and stretched out before sprinting down the bunny hills. I really enjoyed the aerotow . Very good teachers.

[@Alohakurt]

Guys and gals involved in this video, outstanding job!! I loved it!!! This video captured what Hang Gliding is all about!!! Signed: Former Hang Gliding Pilot in the late 70s and early 80’s. Also former instructor with So Cal School of Hang Gliding which is now called Wind Sports in Southern California. Trivia most may not know: Owner Joe Greblo along with Rich Grigsby, looking for an even better business design (and living in So Cal) brought on wind surfing as an additional way to expand the business. Along with learning Hang Gliding with the company I learned wind surfing through the company. Joe told me, we are going to change the name to Wind Sports as it’s not just Hang Gliding. Joe and Krissy, his wife, are some of the finest people I have ever known. Miss them, miss the sport. Thanks for the video!!!

[@moorejem]

Thanks for the kind words, it means a lot to all of us involved

[@Jillybean777]

I grew up with Mike Moore, a hang glider inventor. He was a close friend of my aunts and lived 75 feet from me. He died doing what he loved best. You earned your eternal wings 🪽🖤RIP🖤🪽

[@trentcarlson4857]

Awesome story, Me and my son stumbled upon the launch site about 10 years ago when he was starting power lineman training at SLTC in Trenton. Being a private pilot and aircraft mechanic I couldn’t help myself, so we got out and helped a couple people set up to launch. Someday I hope to make it back there for some training and flying, so glad to see everything go well down there.

[@letyourlightshine8646]

Just got back from LMFP! We will be going back for spring break next year to get certified to fly off the big training hill:) If you’ve never been hang gliding, you really should try it. The first time you successfully fly off the training hill is an amazing experience. Also, make sure you get tandem flights in your package. Getting towed up to 2000 feet and gliding back to earth might give you a new perspective on life. Can’t wait to go back to lookout mountain 😀

[@moorejem]

the quintessential LMFP experience!!

[@timothyconover9805]

At first I thought that was the voice of Peter Coyote narrating. 😆 Seriously, I finally got to watch this, and it is even better, and broader, than I expected. How gut-wrenching, that you witnessed the tandem crash from the air. I was at launch, napping in my car, and when I awoke the normal buzz of activity had taken a terrible change. I wondered what it meant, that I had slept through such a tragedy. But I had made the trip to fly, and the next day (or day after?) I did fly too.

[@moorejem]

wow, you're the first to comment who was there that day, still so vivid. Thanks for the kind words...

[@rac1083]

I used to fly hang gliders years ago and this film brought so many memories back. Thanks for creating it!

[@moorejem]

we had such a great time making the film, so glad you liked it!

[@jhmcglynn]

I’m a 76 year old GA pilot with about 2500 hours SEL and 400 hours in gliders. I live in Southport North Carolina. I think I’m gonna set up a trip to the Outer Banks to give it a try. Great video.

[@VTSifuSteve]

Inspirational. I used to fly in the early to mid 70s. We were all mostly self-taught back then. Not very safe. So I quit. Now at age 69 I'm starting over again. I hope I can at least fly for 10 more years. Why not, my dad skied till he was 96. I live in AZ, but someday LMFP is on my bucket list. Along with Point of the Mountain, Andy Jackson, Sylmar, Funston, Valle de Bravo, ...maybe even get to do Torrey again if I can get the rating (last time was in '75, unrated).

[@ericoschmitt]

Loved the hang-waiting depiction :D

[@moorejem]

it's my favorite part!

[@ericoschmitt]

@@moorejem I just lived the most epic hang waiting. 9am to 3pm with clouds completely whitening the launch at 1200 meters. One couldn't see the last rigged glider while standing at the ramp, so white it was. Then in a 10 minutes window 20 pilots took off, and clouds closed again.

[@moorejem]

@@ericoschmitt isn't that the way it goes? Hope it didn't keep you from seeing the LZ!

[@ericoschmitt]

@@moorejem It didn't. But then the next day I didn't have faith enough, and as I was driving down, I looked up just to see it opening and people taking off LOL

[@lessainsbury8508]

What an amazing documentary ! I started hang gliding in 1974 and flew for 37 years before switching to sailplanes. So much of this resonates with me. Living through the developmental ( and sketchy ) years of glider design , the politics of acquiring and maintaining flying sites and spending way too many years of being president of the Vancouver Island Hang Gliding Club. ( B.C. Canada ) I find it sad that the club on the Island has disbanded ,and is now just primarily just little groups of para glider pilots whom for most part ,don't associate with each other. There are 2 or 3 hang glider pilots still flying but not to the extent as it was at the peak in the mid 90's Lookout Mountain looks like a truly special place ,in that it has isolated itself from the decline of hang gliding that is happening elsewhere in the world. Matt Taber and all involved in creating ,and maintaining this should be very proud of what has been accomplished.

[@moorejem]

Thanks for the kind words, it's sad when a site fades away, but it sounds like you put in a lot of effort to keep it going as long as it could. I'm so glad you enjoyed the film!

[@SkidzFPV]

Nice to see another soaring Moore, we definitely fly Moore lol. I’m a California pilot, my local sites are Dunlap, Ca (yes another Dunlap but in Cali) and Tollhouse, Ca. We’ve got a couple great sites here, but I’d love to travel east and try out your sites. Happy landings and smooth soaring.

[@moorejem]

awesome, maybe I'll see you in Cali too :)

[@tracypiehl9394]

It's has a feeling of home for me and hopefully it goes on forever

[@Adam-xv7cd]

Great video. I learned so much about the sport from watching this video. I plan to go next month to LMFP & try a tandem flight to see how I like it. Then maybe start taking lessons. Again, great video✌🏼

[@moorejem]

that's awesome, you'll gave a great time I'm sure, and I'm glad to have sparked your interest

[@plowhand5591]

Great documentary. I quit racing motorcycles to go flying. My first mountain flight was off Lookout before there was any ramp a couple hundred yards north of the current ramp in 1975. Flew there with my best friend from Ohio. Hang Gliding Magazine was called “Ground Skimmer” back then and was just a folded 4 page publication. Many fantastic memories at Lookout, Grandfather, Sleeping Bear Dunes, High Rock Maryland, Whitwell, Hensons Gap, etc. Had better performing wings but my Oly 160 was the most fun. Being at cloud base without a motor is something special. Thanks for creating this excellent video. ✈

[@moorejem]

so glad you enjoyed watching, I love that it brings back those memories

[@sachimore1]

I also quit racing motorcycles to fly. Flew 7 years out in the valley and it changed my life. A religeous experience.

[@Paiadakine]

Instruction from an instructor who just learned a week before! What a time to get into hang gliding.

[@moorejem]

same thing happens in powered aviation, your instructor could be a person who passed their check ride the day before ;)

[@davidmiller289]

Wow! Amazing tribute to Matt, LMFP, and the sport of hang gliding.

[@moorejem]

thanks, still trying to get the word out!

[@bluezzbaby5832]

Hey Kid Miller!!! Just finished watching, stumbled across it missing you guys. Everyone looks soo great 🥰 Hoping to come through this ridge soaring season.

[@banalpedant41]

I flew LMFP in the early 90's. We were used to flying 100 ft bluff and very small mtns here in Canada so going to lookout was a real treat. One thing the local recognized was our ability to soar very small stuff. We did mucg better than the locals when it came to scratching. I milked a small thermal from 200 ft off the deck and managed to get over-launch. good times

[@moorejem]

the learning benefits of a restricted flying area are real :)

[@banalpedant41]

@@moorejem True but the American pilots just thought different than us. They thought "bigger" to be honest. They were thinking once below launch height they gave up cuz they were thinking too much about going cross country. To them anything below launch meant they already failed. I was all about airtime and would fight until I sank out. To us Cdn the locals were spoiled I guess. lol I had a lovely time though. I even burned out shooting the gap and while in a very small field who flew in to join me? John Pendry

[@moorejem]

@@banalpedant41 I was amazed that on my cross country flights so much was dependent on mental attitude, once I 'gave up' and looked for an LZ, it was all over, but if I refused to give up, there often seemed to be tatters of lift around to find

[@Nanosuituser]

I am so happy this documentary was made! I've always dreamed about hanggliding and just now I am finishing my course here in Europe, in Czech Republic particularly :D I was smiling throughout every minute of this film ^^ Good luck and let's meet in the air everyone :) Hopefully at Lookout Mountain someday

[@moorejem]

all the best, and enjoy that first soaring flight when it happens, magical...

[@nice2care]

50:23 wow, what an amazing experience!

[@wrdturkey]

Very, very well done. I flew Lookout back in the mid 80's when I was just learning to fly. I was only there for a week, but I made many memories that will last my life. I'm still flying. I fly trikes now. Take care. Enjoyed the video immensely.

[@moorejem]

so glad the movie brought back good memories, please share with friends and family and maybe there'll be a few more pilots out there :)

[@FLYNRYAN1978]

What a great video! LMFP is where it all started for me.

[@andymccann2716]

Wow, I loved watching this film so much it made me cry, I did an introductory course when I was 50 and it was the best thing I've ever done. I tried to get on a full trainng course but came up against a brick wall

[@moorejem]

I hope it is inspirational and helps you get back in the air :)

[@wrathalien2]

very great vid from our american cousins!

[@moorejem]

Thank you!

[@stepanych7]

great movie I am from Ukraine, glad to be involved in this wonderful sport. it is a pity that there is a war going on in our country and we cannot fly

[@moorejem]

I was lucky to visit Ukraine several times, Kiev, Lviv both, and am still horrified by what's happening there. All the best, and I hope you can fly again soon

[@Jillybean777]

We love you, from Oregon USA❤️

[@JLW1242]

I'm sorry for that, I wish the same as you, Peace, and fly. Flying is the freedom that unites people.

[@PacificAirwave144]

I did it on the West coast through Mission Soaring Center in Milpitas, CA, Pat Denivan and crowd (Rob Engorn, Don Burns ) mid-80s. It changed my life. One day in April weather was coming in and I went from Ed Levin Park to Mission Peak without a problem (the Golden Eagle award) Getting down then became the problem! I couldn't get down! I tried...but I got a one-month ban from the park for not leaving before the park closed. It was a certificate of accomplishment! On to get my Advanced rating...so many great memories of friends and good times. Connie Bowen and Russ Locke and Dunlap flight park...Lake Don Pedro and Lake McClure for us newby H2's. Connie had the most wonderful hang check...leg straps, hooked in, and Wahoo,...good to go :-) Treasured memories!

[@moorejem]

so glad you enjoyed it!

[@19sloper]

What an outstanding movie! So well done, and tells the story so well that we who have flown have always had difficulty expressing to non-fliers. This needs to be made available on DVD, if possible. Thanks for all the work and heart you put into this. I will share it with my old time hang gliding buddies!

[@moorejem]

Matt is having DVDs made, though for the younger generation they might not know what to do with them ;) glad you enjoyed the film, please share far and wide!

[@19sloper]

@@moorejem Thanks, Jem. That is great. No more hang gliding for me, but I'm doing trikes and have somehow collected a "mini museum" of old hang gliders. People wanted to get them out of their garages, so they have been giving them to me. The walls of my hangar are well stocked. 🤔 Take care, and keep up the good work!

[@friedaspyder8485]

Terrific video. I saw on kitestrings, that the tandem pilot involved in the 37:50 accident had a tow plane crash in Florida 2020.

[@DBDagger]

Coffee Joe, excellent video, nice edit too. Great to see how far you've come since we meet and shared sometime together at Morningside! Delightful.

[@aislingbooks]

This is such a beautiful documentary, Jem. It was fun seeing your courageous little daughters taking part of your adventure here too...and loving it. I personally enjoyed the few shots of nostalgia taking me back to our Ren Fest days when we were all so young, fun and free. And you even included a FedEx pilot in the documentary. My FedEx pilot son, who'd been with Mark and I in the old days, will get a kick out of watching this well-done documentary of yours too. Along with your fellow flyers, the brilliant dream of the initial Lookout Flyers and entrepeneur/owner Matt.

[@moorejem]

Those were the days my friend.....I thought they'd never end.... ;)

[@johnborton4522]

Very nicely done video about a legendary site and the legends who made it happen. Kudos. 43:25. A great shot of the stone entry to the local cemetery where Dennis Quaid was buried (The Night the Lights went out in GA)

[@moorejem]

I did not know that about Dennis Quaid, just loved the look of the neglected cemetery sign

[@johnborton4522]

@@moorejem Good eye. The director of of the movie apparently agreed as a very pivotal scene with Christy McNichol was filmed right at that entrance with very similar framing to what you included. The honky-tonk scenes were filmed by the tracks where we all turn off of 58 to go to the LZ (New England Road) in an old shop which has since been torn down and replaced by the tow truck yard. Such great work on your film. Awesome.

[@bluezzbaby5832]

Great documentary, was awesomeness to see everyone. Stumbled across this looking for my LMFP fam. missing their beautiful faces🥰

[@ChattaroyMan]

YeeHaw! Hadn't watched this in awhile since it first came out. Dang, it's even better the 2nd time! Thanks Jem, you've captured a host of what flying hangs is all about. Sky Out! Steve

[@moorejem]

Thank you, that's awesome to hear :)

[@penrynbigbird]

This outstanding production features LMFP, and really exemplifies the dream of birdlike flight that was occurring throughout the U.S. in the 70s. LMFP was one of many locations that provided a place to make the dream of flying like a bird a reality...

[@moorejem]

Thank you!

[@adventureswitharizonaart6117]

LMFP is on my list. I just flew at Andy Jackson, Sonora wings has been a go to for two seasons. It looks like such an amazing place.

[@moorejem]

you won't be disappointed :)

[@pawsNparachutes]

If you let paper and pride get in the way flying!!!! Kiss is all I can say! We are all lucky to share the sky together. I'm a PPG pilot but would love to hang glide in the near future 🙂

[@matheusfmr9016]

so cool to get to know the story of this site, hope to be there some day. had adam zachary flying in my site a few years ago (governador valadares - MG - Brasil)

[@moorejem]

so glad you enjoyed the film, hope to see you at Lookout someday :)

[@Iridium19219]

Wow what a video, I started paragliding last year and I have become enamored with hang gliding since then as well. My paragliding memories are some of the great moments in my life that can bring me to tears of joy just thinking about them. Watching this video brings me those feelings as well as I remember some of them.

[@moorejem]

I've flown both and appreciate each one's positives for sure

[@anuthabubba964]

Flew alla the sites ( Racoon Mt., Whitwell, Lookout, Henson Gap, c can't recall others, there in the '70s. Worked 7 days on 7 off as a Gulfcoast of Louisiana heli/mech & wore out 2 new Celicas in that time!

[@keel0611]

Excellent work!

[@justhangin7186]

Cool vid

[@drabsinwa180]

Thanks Jem, loved every moment… brilliant cinematography. Like Matt, there are still plenty of us that see the potential for this great sport to continue to grow. Even us downunder…

[@rodolfoayala960]

Congratulations, a very entertaining summary about hang gliding. Maybe I woul add subtitles in Spanish to broaden the audience.

[@moorejem]

I'll be downunder next week for three weeks, any good flying going on?

[@mbboisvert]

This is so well done! Kudos to you Jem.

[@moorejem]

Thank you!

[@ChillsParanormal666]

I have different types of paragliders I got tandem wings and a regular paraglider I need someone to tell me if I could go here and fly with it and does it cost anything I don't need no training or nothing like that I just need a place where I can go and fly off of a mountain

[@moorejem]

Lookout requires a rating from USHPGA to launch there due to insurance requirements, but you should reach out to them, it's an amazing place

[@rexonabregana4885]

How to buy flying glider lm interested to fly

[@TERRY-cb2ku]

Can a 72 year old whos in fairly good shape take up this sport ?

[@moorejem]

absolutely! The easiest option on your body is aerotowing, but you can still work up to mountain launching if you can run down a hill without hurting yourself

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[@PashtunTrending]

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[@Fouzia]

Thank you 🙏 😊

[@annn.3615]

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[@HiTechTopTIPs]

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[@Fouzia]

Thank you 😂manana

[@whtmasterd]

Great advert for unpowered flight.

[@moorejem]

Now if I can just get it in front of a large audience who might be inspired to try it out....

[@Drjamilafghan]

کافره فوزیه😂

[@richardbodine7256]

They made my dream come true.❤

[@moorejem]

seems to be a common thread :)