Its a bird... Its a plane... Its a Powered Hang Gliding...
I wanted to try something adventurous in Hawaii this time and after browsing through couple of options like Skydiving, Scuba diving, Shark feeding etc... I decided to finally go for this one. Its called Powered Hang Gliding. Yep thats me sitting in the back seat :-)
Flying never looked so simple before. You just sit in this 2-seater with the pilot in the front and yourself in the back and then you fly off. The take-off and landing was very smooth in spite of the small wheels. The pilot sits in the front and controls the altitude. I was controlling the kite which is for directions. The helmet had mic and speakers inside for communicating with the pilot and the control room. The pilot also had a ipod connected and he was playing music. That was pretty relaxing way to enjoy the morning view. We were able to watch turtles from that height on the ocean and saw a lot of surfers on the beaches. Awesome fun overall and value for money.
More Flying pics here: http://picasaweb.google.com/vels527/PoweredHangGliding
Thanks to Paradise Air Hawaii for giving this ride.
posted by Vels @ 3:15 pm
2 Comments:
Nice pic for keeps!
and wat does that hand sign mean in the second pic?? Is that Hawaii's national something?
You will notice that a lot when you are in Hawaii. Its supposed to mean "Stay Loose" or "Have Fun" or sth like that.
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