Norwegian Hanggliding

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We have just started a new hanggliding course in Oslo, please spread the word, as we are still short of students! Contact me for details.

Steinar, Terje, Truls and I had a very nice afternoon scootertow session yesterday. We got just a few raindrops from the overdevelopment, and general nice conditions. Plenty of spectators too, maybe we recruited some new pilots.
A quick and dirty video, with some creative commons music;

Seems like the mediaplayer works fine with the 264 encoding, here’s the Ekeberg video in original resolution and high quality.

Last weekend we did the final high flights of the course, where the students towed up high and did the full landing round. Very good conditions, and even some wind on Sunday (Which gave a few weaklink breaks) Next weekend we’ll do the footlaunch if conditions permit, and then some high flights from mountain takeoff.
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I flew a tandem aerotow some weeks back, it was filmed for a kids TV show, and broadcast yesterday morning. You can find the clip at the production company web site http://www.fabelaktiv.no
Klick on “Hut I Heita” on the right on the front page to view the clip.
It was fun to make it, and we had [...]

So, it’s been a rather long blogging hiatus for me, sorry for not updating much lately. I’ve been working, not doing much flying after the nationals, but we’re starting a new hanggliding beginners course now so I finally have a excuse to get out and get airborne again.
A short summary of flying related stuff since [...]

Videoen som er omtalt i nettavisen;

Testing the new 125cc rig at Fornebu. (South end of the old airport). Steinar, Sindre, Bjørn and me had a great evening in the soft air over the Oslo fjord.

Me landing at the beach.

Bjørn going up

I went out and got some building materials to mount the scooter on a small trailer, while Steinar produced the drum that will hold the towing line. So far so good, now we just need to test it, hope the weather will allow it tomorrow.
Here’s the scooter mounted on a trailer. I made the supports [...]

Our scootertowing project have been a great success so far, and we are committed to continue training students with the big Condor and the 50cc scooter. The low power in the scooter makes it perfect for training, and low altitude flights while keeping it as safe as possible.
The low power is also the limiting factor [...]