A Glimpse of Hang Gliding

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Enjoy! lucasridley.com

[@Opethfan79]

I can't believe this video only has 52k views. Its been years and I still watch it from time to time to keep my dream of learning alive. Life has gotten in the way a little but I will still do it someday.

[@AdventureswithLucas]

Opethfan79 - Thanks! I hope you get to learn one day!

[@Opethfan79]

Adventures with Lucas Do you have a tow rating along with your foot launch rating? I am going to do a tandem in a month or two just to see what its like to get up there lol. Plus its nice to get the training so you can use tows then the wind does not want to cooperate.

[@AdventureswithLucas]

Opethfan79 - yea I have my tow rating as well, but I prefer foot launching

[@CassidianPower]

+Opethfan79 It's because in other countries this video is bagned... couse of great musik it is not accessible in germany for example

[@5buckster]

I mustve watched this video fifty times or more. Its awesome! I started learning to hang glide a couple of years ago, but i was involved in a serious car crash and had to take a break. Im getting back to it now though. This video is an ispiration to anyone seriously thinking about taking up hang gliding! Well done!

[@norseman7088]

This video made me feel like a kid again. THANKS! I didn't realize the amount of precise control you guys had in flight.

[@HVYMETL]

The crescendo in Keane's song during launch at 2:54 is why I fly.

[@ruaridhs]

yes you can, you need to do your P1 hang gliding license first, might have changed since I've done it, but it was a week training course with an flying exam after that, with that u can buy a hang glider then join a club, staff safe, surround yourself with people that have alot of flying experience, a club gives u that. There are plenty hang gliding schools around the uk, google them and find your closest one. All the best Ruaridh

[@ShalomShireFarm]

alta8bird you did it again! The more I watch your videos the more I want to learn how to video edit and produce. As a HG pilot myself you are an inspiration.

[@darrellhambley7245]

Lucas, I just came here to leave a comment that it's been 7 years since a comment but, still my favorite HG video!

[@LucasRidley]

@HVYMETL - Yea, love it too, great band and the first part of the lyrics work really well I thought. "Why do I have to fly . . ."

[@8752ada]

Wow, that's some great camera work! I've been toying with the idea of getting into hang gliding and this video just gave me the last bit of motivation i needed. Doing it for sure.

[@Opethfan79]

Love this video. The music fits so well. I took my first lesson this year and plan on saving all winter for next spring so I can get a glider and start flying with the rest of you.

[@JohnEHess]

Yet another awesome HG video Lucas. They should be playing these on a constant loop in the LMFS office.

[@greedyshark]

Outstanding video work. Back in the early '90s, some friends a myself took the bunny hill class at Lookout. Very, very cool...but then I moved from area. Need to get back before I get too old!

[@LucasRidley]

@norseman7088 - yea, it's weight shift controlled. So it's a matter of being in tune with the glider and knowing the conditions of the air. They actually have spot landing competitions to see who can land on a traffic cone, and people can!

[@flynelsonnz]

I love it. You have some good looking local sites. Spinning the tow plane is impressive too!

[@JohnEHess]

One of the best video and song combo on KZbin. Never get tired of watching it. Excellent. Sorry to see you leave LMFS. Best of luck in whatevery you choose to do next.

[@fapproduction]

Lucas ,you're doing the best hanggliding video ! Keep going ! Thank's for sharing !

[@dhillmjex1]

it is life changing for sure. try it and you'll love this amazing planet more then you can imagine.

[@horsesandtipis]

If you can make it to Santa Barbara Ca., it would be well worth your trip. Fly Away Hang Gliding teaches off the beautiful mountainside in Santa Barbara. Awesomely calm experience for my first time.

[@obooth]

DUDE! That's awesome, just got a Sting 3 because I was so inspired by a video of it on youtube, now I know my next wing will be a Litespeed!

[@Rinocerente]

Wow...absolutely fantastic video, the editing paired with the music (and of course the fantastic flying haha!) was amazing! Good job, one day I hope to start HG!

[@thomasparsons3915]

Some of my favorite flying sites!

[@t4nkman]

Love it! Not only are you a fabulous pilot, but you make fucked up amazing videos too!

[@BrothersFreedive]

This is the best hang gliding video I have seen so far on youtube!

[@paint2fly]

Another super cool video to help get our sport in the eyes of the masses. Beautiful footage, nice soft music, nothing to dangerous looking (not that i'm gonna loop or spin any time soon) to make folks think we're all crazy and or suicidal. NICE JOB Lucas, keep it up. Good luck today and all week!!! I wanta fly at your keel cam next time also.

[@daveholmgren]

VERY nicely done. Great vid, great music pairing...

[@jwm239]

...I began my foot-launch training and first flights at 45 years young....check out the training hill videos, search on "cooperstown hang gliding" and/or "susquehanna flight park".

[@AdventureswithLucas]

@cdnskydog - first one with the moon was Jeff Shapiro, the one at the end in red is Dustin Martin, thanks for watching

[@Sik15]

That looks like an amazing experience. I could not keep my eyes off this video. I would love to try hand gliding once in my life.

[@AdventureswithLucas]

I'm not sure what you've seen, but most likely has nothing to do with yaw, the spin or turn they got into on launch is probably because they didn't have enough air speed and probably an improper "angle of attack"

[@ksail70]

Very impressive video. Lookout Mtn is a great place to fly and you can be very proud of this video.

[@35394691]

ULTRA COOL...exellent to help non flyers understand what it is al about!!

[@jpsdelta]

Well done, good Video, The wing over overlay is great.

[@rbonvent]

thanks to this video, a few of my paragliding friends are now learning hang gliding, thx a lot lucas keep up the good work.... and nice landings =] happy landings from rio de janeiro brazil

[@hiohoh]

@Axion3812 YEA?!? Im 17 and started hang gliding last summer, just bought a glider a few weeks ago and im almost ready for aerowtowing, dont under estimate yourself

[@onlytwothings]

awesome...my favourite video on youtube. im now planning my training here in aus

[@AdventureswithLucas]

The assumption you made in your comment is inaccurate. The weight shift you see is not caused by wind, it's caused by the pilot pushing his own weight around to control the glider, it's an indication of an effort of control, not the loss of it

[@damunchiman]

This is a great video. You did an amazing job. Thanks for sharing !!! I recognize some of the ramps ; ) Happy Skies...

[@Axion3812]

@alta8bird alright cool man, thanks. Yeah, I live in a very rural part of Ohio, but i'll check into it! Thanks

[@Mr19531001roma]

Very nice video Lucas!! I love it!

[@LM22102]

That's .. amazing. Just wow. I am blown away. I could definitely try hang gliding before trying anything else in regards to flying .. I feel a sudden urge to roadtrip to wherever you are just for you to teach me x: Because I know it would be a fulfilling experience that I would not forget

[@BattleZealot]

Great movie! Please keep ´em comming! :) Also I like your Helmet....Skyrunner with mirror visor.. :)

[@aznrcool]

haha nice song u put there i m always a huge fan of Keane and for people who don't know the song is called A Bad Dream.

[@GabrielScorza]

This is the best youtube Video ever!!!! You have my vote from Brasil

[@PaulKentros]

Great Video! H4 since '87

[@lisa113322]

I want to fly!! I want to fly too! You make it look so easy...

[@HVYMETL]

love the Keane track you picked!

[@hendoDn]

Great vid. Nice editing! Thank you.

[@AdventureswithLucas]

@DXWXMX44 - yes, but I fly a Moyes Litespeed S (the green stripe one)

[@Rinocerente]

Whoa, that first trak at 0:54 scared me haha! I dunno I thought something happened to the wing or something haha!

[@SkaterSpence]

wow, amazing, just amazing. I might do that because if you fall, your dead but thats the way it goes

[@MRangelskater101]

im just speechless...i just love this sport is sooo amazing

[@ian9toes]

I wonder how they actually contructed that ramp at 1:10, was it precast and then lifted into place or built in situ. That is concrete it's made out of right? Awesome ramp, would be really cool running of it on a still wind day.

[@AdventureswithLucas]

@Axion3812 - Sure, it depends on where you live. Check out ushpa.org if you're in the states. There are many good pilots now, who got started around your age.

[@AdventureswithLucas]

@tontar used After Effects, freeze frame, mask out, repeat

[@AlbertoClave]

Very well done. Excelent for the sport.

[@AdventureswithLucas]

@Hedgehogs24 Thanks for your comment, you never know, I bet you hate falling, not heights.

[@Axion3812]

@hiohoh cool =) thanks. and its Bad Dream by Keane

[@AdventureswithLucas]

I just tried but that option is grayed out, because of the music I used it won't let me make it available on phones or TV. It says: "Syndication settings are disabled because this video has been claimed by the copyright owner." Sorry, wish I could.

[@0Bateleur]

Awesome hang gliding compilation.Brilliant. What sort of fixed wing trike/microlight was that doing loops? Looks like fun :)

[@MrIrrepressible]

always wanted to go hang gliding,thanks for posting this vid m8

[@AdamKrivoshein]

Love it, I hope I can go hanggliding some day...

[@AdventureswithLucas]

@ealingbroadway82, I used a canon hf100 and a canon powershot

[@tontar]

Love the video! Awesome. How'd you do the multiple still shot sequence? That is totally cool.

[@AdventureswithLucas]

@gp100ab - yea, he wasn't seriously hurt.

[@AdventureswithLucas]

@EtherealAuthor - shifting your weight from one side to the other.

[@dandymcgee]

I would LOVE to do this.

[@AdventureswithLucas]

If a hang glider is launched and immediately enters a spin and drops then I can say with complete certainty that NOT "everything was done correctly." And they are NOT the riskiest form of flight, have you seen accident reports from all air sports? They can also take more G forces than a boeing or airbus that you mentioned, please stop spreading misinformation on my videos or I'll simply remove them.

[@MrIrrepressible]

hey can you make this vid playable on cellphones/iphones, cos at the moment you cant watch it on iphone, you cant change by selecting one of the video owner options

[@AdventureswithLucas]

@IrrepressibleGuile - That option is grayed out in the settings, so it won't let me check that box, I don't know why . . .

[@AdventureswithLucas]

Hey - thanks for watching imajchead95, it's Keane "Bad Dream"

[@AndersonWasser]

Great, man! Hve my vote from Brasil.

[@MrIrrepressible]

can you please make this video available of iphones and cell phones. I cant watch this vid on my galaxy phone.

[@cdnskydog]

Do you loop too Lucas. I want to but I am afraid to stall on top. Bob

[@stoneybadboy]

Great video

[@lossioify]

Maravilhoso! Muito bom! Wonderful! Very good!

[@mooncoinphoto]

Superb!

[@streetstaruk]

AMAZING!! i am defo gonna take this up! awsome!!

[@hiohoh]

@Axion3812 YEA?!? Im 17 and started hang gliding last summer, just bought a glider a few weeks ago and im almost ready for aerowtowing, dont under estimate yourself and what was the song called??

[@skyhighwoman]

BRILLIANT!!

[@DLPlanes]

Very Nice! That a very cool experience. . ~DLPlanes

[@hawkairxc]

Wow, one of the best videos I´ve ever seen. Thank u very much. I´m 100 % agrre :-D

[@icecreamman250]

I loved the amazing views, i can't wait to try this when i get the money :)

[@AdventureswithLucas]

@dac999 - ha, sorry, hope the exam went okay

[@DXWXMX44]

were most of those "wills wing"?

[@SanDiegoHangGliders]

Nice video!

[@cdnskydog]

I like it Lucas, Who was the looper? Skydog Bob

[@MrIrrepressible]

@alta8bird ok, thanks for trying and btw..great vid nice choice of music too.

[@EtherealAuthor]

How tthe heck do you steer those things?

[@PhivTooSix]

Very cool

[@deniskatashkentskiy]

whats the cruise speed of this thing? and how high can you get?

[@MrIrrepressible]

no problem man, thanks for trying.

[@DoctorPotHead]

This video is amazing! :O

[@rawmark]

can you tell me who the artist singing is?

[@JohnEHess]

Keane: A bad Dream

[@LucasRidley]

@Gunther395 - Find the nearest school/instructor to you and buy a package and start learning from a certified instructor! You can check out ushpa.com for more information. I learned at Lookout Mountain Flight Park near Chattanooga, TN.

[@6136086]

Expensive to do this exercise？

[@csarito]

i dont know anything about hang gliding really, but looks like you are a fucking good

[@Axion3812]

=( I wanna fly. Any where to get into hang gliding at 17?

[@jerami101]

one person is afraid of heights!

[@p00nedlol2]

wow i wana go hang gliding but i'm too scared that i will get hurt or die. i am also afraid of heights D:

[@danvoolivre]

1:32 sunshine inside helmet