Doodlebug hang glider harness
I get introduced to the doodlebug hang glider harness on the last day of my training with Tony Webb of Lejair.com hang gider training school in Spain.
It was my last day of training in Spain, but since my flight was late in the evening, there was time for me to meet with Tony in the morning to complete my hang glider training paperwork, do some more powered flying ground school (mainly revising what we went over yesterday, emphasizing safety) and then drive to Villa Martin where I had the opportunity of rigging both the Aeros Target and Doodlebug harness with some help from Tony of course, we then went on to do 5 powered runs, learning the proper procedures for take offs and the abort procedures where you spit the mouth throttle out of your mouth. On the 5th powered run, things where going well, and Tony did not give the abort signal for a while, so I gradually increased the power, before I knew it, I felt my feet leave the ground, Tony signalled abort, I spit out the throttle, and flared the aircraft as my feet landed back on the ground, I had just flown the Doodlebug harness for a whole 3 seconds! Tony said we should end the day on that good note, and I totally agreed. Not only had I come to Spain to complete my hang glider training and obtain a club pilot rating, I had begun the third and final step of my training for my challenge. Though I will probably have to go through most of what I done with another instructor when I get back to Britain, I had more than surpassed my dreams for this trip. A big thanks goes to my Instructors Rona and Tony Webb of Lejair Ltd for all their hard work during my two trips to Spain.
I am hoping to buy one of these motorised hang gliders for my adventure flight across the UK.
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It was my last day of training in Spain, but since my flight was late in the evening, there was time for me to meet with Tony in the morning to complete my hang glider training paperwork, do some more powered flying ground school (mainly revising what we went over yesterday, emphasizing safety) and then drive to Villa Martin where I had the opportunity of rigging both the Aeros Target and Doodlebug harness with some help from Tony of course, we then went on to do 5 powered runs, learning the proper procedures for take offs and the abort procedures where you spit the mouth throttle out of your mouth. On the 5th powered run, things where going well, and Tony did not give the abort signal for a while, so I gradually increased the power, before I knew it, I felt my feet leave the ground, Tony signalled abort, I spit out the throttle, and flared the aircraft as my feet landed back on the ground, I had just flown the Doodlebug harness for a whole 3 seconds! Tony said we should end the day on that good note, and I totally agreed. Not only had I come to Spain to complete my hang glider training and obtain a club pilot rating, I had begun the third and final step of my training for my challenge. Though I will probably have to go through most of what I done with another instructor when I get back to Britain, I had more than surpassed my dreams for this trip. A big thanks goes to my Instructors Rona and Tony Webb of Lejair Ltd for all their hard work during my two trips to Spain.
I am hoping to buy one of these motorised hang gliders for my adventure flight across the UK.
More Reading
My Hang Gliding Blog
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