Best view of Ben Nevis & Glencoe, ever - 8000ft from a hang glider!

[@adamlea6339]

There aren't many days in a normal year you get weather and clarity like that in the highlands. Stunning views.

[@hangie65]

What a neat little film of what was an epic day! I am glad you got lucky once again with the conditions. Your videos keep getting better. Thanks for posting

[@gary_248]

Absolute class pal,regularly climb in these mountains and sometimes see someone up in the air lol so it’s great to see their view back down. The most I’ve seen in one day is down in the Lake District,over Helvellyn

[@Aluminata]

Once you get the taste...I remember getting very fit from hauling the thing back up the slopes.

[@malibu188]

Great view of the flying. Brilliant flight.

[@borism7050]

In 2008 I was based in Fort WIlliam and dreamed of such a flight. Sadly my Litespeed was all the way back here in Tasmania, Australia and it was Scottish Autumn. Great choice of music too. Special Flight.

[@AcrodesignerLNSNI]

Absolutely stunning beautiful

[@whtmasterd]

Thanks for sharing, so beautiful and so remote.

[@ericoschmitt]

Epic place, you are lucky to fly there

[@chrisusher7097]

looks amazing lads. 1:45 giving me far cry 3 vibes haha

[@globalnomad4074]

epic plus ... yay

[@robertoscian4384]

Extraordinary 💪👍💯

[@alfonze24]

Nice one Steve! Great video!

[@NoTengoIlusiones]

Hi, did you print you instrument support ? looks awesome. Kobo, Naviter and what's the other one? thank you.

[@PlaneDelta]

Yes, my wife designed it for me and I 3D printed it! The other instrument is a Skydrop (skybean.eu/skydrop-vario) which I use to feed the kobo. I just have a plug which I use to connect the kobo as I have gone through a few kobos now and it is easier to just solder the plug rather than a bluefly each time. It is also an acceptable backup for competition flying, I copied the idea from Gordon Rigg.

[@emoe_atlas]

Epic indeed. Where do you get your Vario beep feed from? From the skybean?

[@PlaneDelta]

It's the digifly vario

[@Vl7248]

How often is it this good and what times of year?

[@PlaneDelta]

I think it is probably possible once or twice a year from Glen Coe. However Scotland probably has maybe a dozen epic days a year but the wind direction doesn't allow you to launch from Glen Coe every time. I was very lucky to be able to launch on this day, it was touch and go as the wind was very light.

[@calanmacleod3948]

It’s called a burn!😆😆

[@skyjockbill]

It is beatiful, starkly so, but it's not a natural landscape, and I can't think of any other country in Europe that wouldn't have got a better start on restoring it back to what it once looked like and still could.

[@haraldstephan8613]

When was the date of flight ?

[@PlaneDelta]

4th June 2022

[@haraldstephan8613]

@@PlaneDelta Thanks

[@Aramil4]

That landing could have been a humerus fracture

[@PlaneDelta]

Yes I was very lucky, could have been a lot worse! One of the best things I have ever been taught is if it's not looking good, let go at the very last minute and use the hang glider to take the energy out of the landing.

[@charlescole-p9v]

I would have much appreciated the sound of a Vario than the music.

[@ericoschmitt]

You could fix some of your pain with a pair of 20 inch bicycle wheels, an axis and padding. Drag it up.

[@Aluminata]

Who is going to carry the rig back?

[@ericoschmitt]

@@Aluminata Didn't you go up twice for harness and other stuff? How about the atos guy with two halves? Or anyone that may have went up with you to help? I don't know about you but I wouldn't hike up that trail with both the glider and harness on my own anyway, so that's two trips. Do glider with wheels on the first, bring wheels back down.

[@Aluminata]

@Érico Schmitt I carried the lot up in one go. God only knows how. I guess if you are planning a top landing, it might be worth it. It was a hell of a long time ago. I don't remember much.

[@ericoschmitt]

@@Aluminata damn I don't even try to lift both! I'd rather walk twice.

[@StewartMidwinter]

Hike and fly… That's what paragliders were invented for!

[@ericoschmitt]

Hike and float* In the air, nothing compares to HG. Well worth it.

[@StewartMidwinter]

@@ericoschmitt I flew hang gliders for 37 years, so I'm clearly a fan. And I have tried hike and fly with a hang glider. Let me tell you that climbing 400m with 100 lb of gear on your shoulders is agonizing, and beyond the abilities of most people. On the other hand, I have had little difficulty hiking up more than 1,000 m to a launch site while carrying a paraglider.