Hang gliders encounter with fighter jets at Rampart (8/29/16)
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Published 2016-08-30
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Pilot: Rick Lai
Glider : Northwing Freedom 170
Hang Glider information:
www.northwing.com/freedom-hang-glider.aspx
Blog: pdxhanggliding.blogspot.com/
Vimeo version: vimeo.com/180795366
Flying sites in Pacific Northwest:
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I've encounter with fighter jets many times at Dog Mt (Glenoma) and Rampart (Snoqualmie Pass) , but this time I have my camera on and captured two jets flying in front of us. Too bad that Gopro don't have zoom in function.
8/28/16 Sunday:
I saw Paul's email about going to Rampart in the morning while on my way to Dog Mtn so I've decided to skip Dog and head straight to Rampart instead.
There was 4 of us hangs (Paul, Glenn, Ron and myself) who flew. No paragliders. Stas came out to hang out and drive for us. The condition was light, overcast and too north with really weak thermals. I'd launched first at 3:15 maintained a few hundred ft above launch for the majority of the flight. I boated back and forth between the PG launch and south side of the Hang launch for an hour reaching at 700 ft above launch a few times however, I sank each time while heading north to the wall. Nobody made it to the first wall and my flight lasted for about an hour and 15 mins.
8/29/16 Monday :
The soaring condition was much better than yesterday. Light straight up cycles at launch similar to yesterday. I launched first at 3:15pm and got over 2.5 hrs flight. All of us (Robin, Travis, and l) made it to the 2nd wall. No paraglider again?? Robin and I reached 2K above launch over the first wall. The winds were quite strong at the LZ out the North whole day. There were no rotors at the LZ when we landed between 5-6pm , just strong north winds blowing about 15-25mph. All 3 of us had a good landing on Carrier Deck LZ.
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All Comments (21)
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I’ve once had fighter jets pass me and my paraglider left and right. I had taken off a couple of minutes before, towards the inside of a valley, when the pair of Mirage-2000 came out from a perpendicular valley right in front of me, at low speed, they climbed the slope above which I was, the separation was maybe a couple hundred yards between me and each of them. Grandiose.
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stunning scenery ,,, nice to look down on jets
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jets were a mile off ive had them fly under me 200 foot below at carlton bank and the Yorkshire dales
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Oh THIS is what I've been looking for! I wanted a video to make me feel like I was flying, without seeing the flyer or the gear!
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beautiful flight.
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I had two fighters blow past me by a couple hundred feet not too far from launch at Bishop in the Owens Valley. Scared the bejesus out of me. Of course they were past me before I heard them and even realized they were there.
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Did Robin ever catch up with the fighter jet?
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This video is awesome.
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Super location nd nice fly!
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Belle vue...
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What a view 👍🏻
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What precautions do you take to avoid getting hit by them ?
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What you trying to say dude? The jets were well clear of you. Looks to me they were deliberately staying clear of the site.
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Encounter?! I think I have a different definition of the word my friend...
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I hear a vario . . . Thanks for sharing and watch your six, don't want to caught in the jet wake, might make for an unwanted wake. . . . ;>)
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Very cool, where is this site?
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Very cool video. What does "sky out" 0:24 mean?
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Better better known as unskunkable
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No paragliders cuz "strong north winds blowing about 15-25mph" paragliders can't "HANG" with that ;)
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Where is the LZ when the lake is full?
