My girlfriend's car. a Fiat tringo. And did the people stare at me!

just took off

checking things out. As usual not a lot of traffic.

This is what I want to fly in the not too distant future. ATOS-VR. At 12K Euro my retirement plan will need to be adjusted. Photo courtesy of the Oz Report

 

my vario and gps is in my face. 

My longest flight ever . 104km. In South-Africa near the small town of Porterville. My friend Dirk and I flew that day without any radios or water. I also suffered from a mild hangover and almost landed short...very thirsty. I flew with my U2 and Dirk with his Zephyr (queenpost glider)

This would've been an excellent picture had the left wing not being cut off. This is my Wills Wing U2 (160). I have flown this glider for a total of almost 80 hours.

if you ever thought flying was dangerous, check out this dude...a common sight in Taiwan

my better half Rosaline (Chen Li-ling)...she works harder than me, she is smarter than me and also looks much better than me. She supports my flying 100% and that makes life sooooooo much easier.

my first glider...this is a single surface glider. Very safe . Very stable. Very forgiving. I paid NT$ 20 000 for it. I seldom fly it and will use it as a training glider once I start instructing.

flying with eagles... this happens quite often (sharing a thermal) You look him right in the eyes. Only for a while though cause he is an expert flyer. I'm getting there though.

about to take off... I started flying paragliders a year ago (jan 2005) and what a blast this turned out to be. You should try it!

my blog is taking off

ready to go