US Hawks Hang Gliding Association • View topic - Tell us about your puzzle fit landings with a hg!

by **Bill Cummings** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 4:06 am

bobk wrote:
billcummings wrote:Bob,
I fired up the bedroom computer and had to download Norton updates that took about 20 minutes. Then Windows wanted to up date, next Flash something had an update that required a restart.

After a little over an hour I now had use of my computer and tried to scan a photo and when I clicked to email it to my laptop so that I could post it on the Hawks board it sent it to a default email that I haven’t signed on for and gave me fits trying to copy the attachment to my email in use.

So an hour and a half from start up I said *#@$(%+S^&$# |\]# and stomped away for a brandy/Dr. Pepper. Maybe later.

I was hoping that emailing might be an easier path ... but maybe not.

Posting pictures really isn't too hard, and I'll try to put together a tutorial on how to do it in the next hour ...

Bob can you put an attachment button on that would let me browse my computers pictures and select a picture attachment.
I have that feature on my email but don't know what email address to send it to you to post on the Hawks.
It is quite possible that you have the picture in your flash drive from when you were here. It is the picture in the winter and Don is about to land in a laundry basket (rope basket) out on a frozen lake.

by **Bob Kuczewski** » Tue Feb 07, 2012 12:15 am

Hi Bill,

I just added the instructions on how to upload pictures to the topic: http://ushawks.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=24.

I hope that helps. I'd sure like to see any pictures you can post!!

by **terryJm** » Sat Mar 17, 2012 10:48 am

This is not just a landing, the rotor was the story of this day. It had to be 1000' foot tall, and from one end of Buffalo Mtn. to the other, without warning, my kite was snatched up with about 3Gs into app 60mph vertical, followed by a reversal of the same magnitude. I attempted every manuver at my command,and the best i could do was remaine horizantal. For now i'm out of time, tune in later for the rest of the story! Terry

by **terryJm** » Mon Mar 19, 2012 8:26 am

At first it seemed to be the most incredable lift ever incountered, untill the reversal, Now I'm loosing count of the cycles, Repenting loudly, and on the 5th or 6th rotation, the nose was driven over the top, how strange, to see nothing but blue sky as the kite rotates in my first inverted flat spin. First my feet then my body falling into the sail, as if I know what to do, grabbing the keel, hand over hand to the control bar, up the down tube, and swing way out as the wing slews back over to upright. Now the turn is exagerated by the hang strap wraped around the down tube. By this time no manuver seems too extreem, if it leads to escape, so gripping the offending downtube, swing my weight out and around and back under the wing, in control position. All that is left now is to get out of this vortex. We must wait for the next installment, for the puzzle fit landing! Terry

by **Bill Cummings** » Mon Mar 19, 2012 1:54 pm

Suggested title: "There I was. Thought I was going to Cry!" :lol:

by **Bob Kuczewski** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 1:04 pm

WOW!!!

Please finish the story!!! :thumbup:

by **terryJm** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 2:47 pm

I'm wondering if I've leaped from the skillet into the fire, this thing is'nt about to let go! Now I know where the top and bottom are, so as the crest nears, I'm diving for all I'm worth right below the top, down through the center, strait for the trees, rounding out at tree top level and shoot out from under IT, into calm smooth air!! Safe, at last, what a relief. Later, upon inspection of the glider, the Heart bolt was severly bent, the one I had replaced the past year when it had broken after a ground handleing fall on the King post! The landing is yet to be told, later Terry

by **terryJm** » Thu Mar 22, 2012 8:42 am

Now everything is OK, back to normal VFR, no more aerobatics for me, anyone may see why my gliders will all have upper rigging! And as I'm flying over the landing field about to set up, several pilots appear to be gathered, one of them was giving my wind direction, vigorously, anger seem to dominate thier attitude. At this point I'm a little shook up as well as confused, maybe they think all this was intentional, not wanting to get involed in any kind of political argument on aerobatics pro or con, I catch a low thermal and drift down wind to an alternat field. This one is a little short, with a tall tree in the center, by comming in hot, my momentum allowes for me to zoom up over the tree,wasting all the exess speed, rounding off with a little too much speed, flairing agressively and useing the tree line comming up as a backstop, the nose plate makes a gentle bump and it is over! Now to KISS THE GROUND, say THANK YOU! Quickly fold the kite, so those on top will know I'm OK, and carry the last 1/4mile to the farm house, The Bull was on the other side of the fence and as my ride pulls up, I realise how fortunat this day has been!