Hints, that's all I have. It was close to the hill so likely it was either a rotor or a asshat thermal that thwacked me. It was insanely scary but the instinct takes over and I managed it. Today was a

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I'm sure you've seen the meme of the colors and styles of cars from the 60s/70s compared to now, all bright and various then and now bland and the same looking. The muscle cars were the best, when cars

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No clue yet in the air but on the ground I can actually put it in stall where my old wing wouldn't.

Open wide! Good luck and hope the anesthesiologist knows their shit.

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Thermals are the whole thing we are after.

A paraglider is just an inflated pillow floating in the sky with strings attached and me hanging below. We are far more subject to the nuances of the air compared to any rigid wing aircraft, powered or

“Nowadays when you have such a clean leading edge on the gliders, which is almost wrinkle free, the water beads up and causes separation, which can cause wings to enter parachutal stall quite easily.”

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It's rather disconcerting being in the air getting hit with rain. I have only heard DON'T but I was in the air already so I could only keep going for the landing zone.

My id # for Hive is 9279...

It's a mountain bike so okay on the roads, I'm looking at a road bike before too long since they are better on the pavement. Or maybe just street tires for the mountain bike...

Yeah the grass and weeds are on hyperdrive here too. Almost see them growing...

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Not sure. It's a mellow launch and the flight is easy to the landing zones. The only other one to fly it is my instructor who grew up in Chewelah below the rocks and lives in Bozeman. It's fine, I'll have

The best is it's level. I can use the top jets for a lot longer now.

We are only about 10 to 15 minutes from the nearest urgent care or medical facility, either north or south of us. Many of the properties around us are 5+ acres so so have space.

This was one of our long time dreams that we made happen. I have to say it's a bit of a toss up which I like better, a natural hotspring or the hot tub... the spring is great for the location and the minerals