yeah but that final landing was clean like buzz lightyear

I know those voices. Chris moaning and Brent getting some laughs with Marks old joke. That was fun. Thanks for the post.

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Thank you for showing us your error and explaining how you made it. To the viewers who don't see how this could have been crippling or fatal, well, get some lessons and listen to the older guys and they'll explain it to you. If it doesn't scare you away from the sport, welcome aboard and happy thermals to you!

"Whoa Wilbur" pretty much sums it up! Bet you can't do THAT again!

Yikes. Pretty cool the way you casually knocked the down tubes after landing to knock the sagebrush off. THANKS for posting, one of the best ways to learn ... by watching mistakes ... Hopefully mistakes I can avoid. Nice landing, too. Cheers!

Hell ya brother. That was a "I got away with it" moment if I ever saw one! So glad you're ok. Especially the glider. LOL

Woah prickles, I’m gonna land somewhere else. Great recovery

Nice save, shows some skills.

WOW LOOKED GOOD TO ME , DIDNT THINK HE HAD SPEED TO GET HIM TO THE MARK ,

Great pilot. Great landing.

@willmrx Sure has a nice glide ratio from what I saw in Your first 100% error! :) Happy flying, nice vids.

Where i can get that material (I'm from Tanzania

Awesome, dude !

Funny how the ground rises up unexpectedly sometimes.

He almost stalled but pulled off the landing. I built a Rogallo wing kite and you shouldn’t do that tight of a turn so close the the ground. My buddy stalled our kite and broke the left leading edge at the World Hang Gliding Championships. Thank god he didn’t hurt himself badly.

better then netflix! Thanks for sharing!

That was 100% pilot error.

What was with that light at 0:07

Hello, I think that wasnt so bad landing, I want to ask if anybody know what brand/model is that glider?

haha glad you're ok

#2 Wait, you've done that before!

awesome!

zero percent error

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:-) spot landings do take your focus off what we are supposed to be thinking of... Good lesson for people though. the secret to a good landing is a good final

Kewl recovery/piloting

I can't speak for hang gliding but in the USPA any landing you can walk away from is a good landing

Is this in coloma, or near it?

came here from youtube's april first video :D

...hopefully the poor little hatchlings weren't knocked out of their tree nest.

@LSUcHamp606 -- It's not hitting the bush with your feet that kills you. It's hitting the rocks with your face 0.1 seconds later. (Yes, he could have survived even if he had hit the bush. It's possible he could have even been uninjured, if he was lucky. But it's far from a certainty. You just don't want to be that out of control and in a potential face-plant condition at the same time.)

When you turn, you dont always know which way the wind is blowing, it could have changed direction 2 min ago. So always turn at 150% above stall speed and add the average wind speed in your area, e.g. a k7 glider stall speed is 60km/h landing speed is 90km/h add local wind speed of say 30km/h so landing speed should be 120km/h or you could accidentally turn and fly with the wind at the same speed as the wind which means you will fall out of the sky like a brick. Particularly in some thing very light and draggy like a hang glider. e.g. pilot is flying the k7 glider at 80km/h and turns down wind in a 30km/h wind effective airspeed is 50km/h the aircraft stalls at 60km/h do this at low altitude and you will drop a wing and be too low to recover before you hit the ground upside down. I only fly gliders like a k7 or k13 but I fly them like a boeing 747, I come in high and far away from the field and then I do my final straight approach from a nice safe altitude with no turning close to the ground. I have done a lot of aerobatics including tail slides but thats at 6000 ft when the ground comes closer then my respect level increases exponentially.

Close call.

this is exactly what happens in ga as well.... stalled turn to final only that he didn't stall....

Usually you don't get a part two when it comes to pilot error. Fly two mistakes high!

like a boss or a like a bird?

that thing's got glide..

Hey, you are flying men

Wow dude! They should nickname you Alcoa! You probably break a lot of down tubes laugh out loud!

if you turned faster, i suspect your left wing would maybe be a tad lower, and struck the ground causing a groundloop?

Oklahoma is mountain-less, but not hill-less. Go to the Talimena area (southeast OK). Plenty hills and beautiful in the fall. Or just cross into Ark to Mena.

Still tense to watch.

that is exactly what happened to me when my wing edge clipped the ground and i crashed. I think he was lucky to have not crashed after making such a low turning.

that was close...

Not a pilot, but I know a thing or two. I wonder if air density/heat is not an issue in situations like this... On a slightly cooler day, the glider would have "flown better," and the same input may have not had such a close call. Remember, things don't fly well in warm air... The way you flew on a cool day may not work on a hot...

He meant to do that!

lucky bastard.

As liong as you learn from it

God I wish I could do this. But I live in Oklahoma, land of the mountain-less. :(

Not an error.. Just lucky he dint lost his manly balls wile trying not to hid that bush. ^^ Well flying

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I feel like im watching an illusion. Looked like he was flying towards the camera guy then all off a sudden hes flying away. Whats wrong with me eyes 😂😂

It`s deceptive looking, I know, but it would be like Aroldis Chapman throwing a kitten against concrete.

Misleading title. It should say "100% gliding like a FRIGGIN BAUS!!!"

@marouges not fatal but rather lot of scratches

i cant comment since i m still flying floater..but thats why we must always have extra speed when in landing app..but i dont u/stand, you are already in trim speed for too long and alredy slow down, why flare that late..

In the dictionary, under the word "squeaker": this vid.

Wow near miss. I was scared watching thhis a bit.

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You were VERY lucky in your turning, not to touch any bush. Else it could have been a fatal crash.

@marouges Wouldn't have been fatal unless he was very unlucky.

lucky

I'v seen better.But I know this is one hell of a good pilot.

anyone else hearing the benny hill theme in the back of their head? :)

I think you would have cartwheeled, wrecked your kite and have been a general loser. Likely would have walked away though

Ehh a "Good Pilot" doesn't put himself in a turning stall to begin with lol

Orville: 'Woahhh Wilbur…..'

It’s fucking Wilbur man........whatdya expect

dont play in the bush inless shes 18

you need to rename the video i think

fatal really??? i mean it didnt look that fatal he would of just got fucked up a bit.

I don't get it - think you posted the wrong vid...

feeling lucky today?? punk

Misleading , are you that desperate for click bait ?

Came here to see blood and guts. Leaving disappointed.

Misleading post. You have been flagged.

Click bait. Down voted.