Santa Barbara, December 28, 2018

Hang gliding from Eliminator launch in Santa Barbara, California. (Laminar 13.2)

[@jasonmcghee1266]

Incredible!

[@sabhishek1]

Like the way you cleared the landing area at 1:31:29 :)

[@bertold12345]

Piękny lot.

[@rc3443]

is that a willswing t2c ?

[@aceimran]

😮

[@Hangglide]

Thanks for sharing! Looks like Abhishek was on the launch? 1:07:35 to 1:07:40 there was a small airplane flow below you from left to right. Is there an airport nearby? Are airplane pilots aware of hanggliders when they fly around?

[@johnvictorengland7703]

SBA - Santa Barbara Municipal Airport is just west of where he is flying, in addition you have Vandenberg Air Force Base just another 20 mins northwest which is a restricted area that you can't fly over or they WILL send armed guards after you. It does not surprise me at all that there is an airplane flying below him. The airplane pilots will have a very hard time spotting a hang glider and hang gliders do not show up on the airport radar nor do they show up on the onboard radar of the airplane. As such - you should use caution whenever you're flying high above ground.