How to start hang gliding? How to become a hang glider pilot?

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Learn how to start hang gliding and train to become a hang glider pilot. This video will teach everything from where to find a hang gliding school to how to purchase your first hang glider.
Introduction 0:00
How much does hang gliding cost? 2:14
Do you need a pilot license? 7:04
How long does training take? 9:51
Step 1 - Find an instructor/school 13:56
Step 2 - Take a tandem flight 16:38
Step 3 - Be patient 18:16
Step 4 - Begin your lessons 21:22
Step 5 - Earn your Hang I pilot rating 24:38
Step 6 - Buy your first hang glider & harness 26:00
Step 7 - Keep practicing & training 30:49
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Written & Directed by Eric Muss-Barnes
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Visit www.HangGlidingFlightSchool.com for a map of nearly 40 flight instructors in the USA.
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"Soar" by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0.
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"Call To Adventure" by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0.
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@bobkuczewski613 5 ай бұрын

The tone of this video series is highly inviting to potential new pilots. Well done. This is the kind of work that might save the sport of hang gliding. Thanks.

@HangGlidingFlightSchool 5 ай бұрын

Thank you. I hope this project will encourage new pilots to take up the sport. That would be great.

@guppy277 4 ай бұрын

Cant agree more. Sounds so genuine and gives a trustworthy feeling listening to him. Unfortunately i cant enlist with him despite my disappointment, as i am from Australia. Still i watched the vid in full to get a better hang on this sport thats been eluding since decades.

@patf.1961 Ай бұрын

Eric, I'm an H4 pilot. You've done a great job clarifying the details and passion needed for Hang gliding. Also, I enjoyed seeing the Andy Jackson LZ, where I spent 6 months between 2019 & 2022 flying and meeting so many great pilots and 50 hrs building the new shade structure. I'm amazed that we never met...maybe in the future. Thanks for taking the time to create this video.

@HangGlidingFlightSchool Ай бұрын

Thank you for the kind words of support. I started aerotowing in Michigan in 1997, and stopped in 2001. I got back into flying in the spring of 2023, here in California. So, you haven't seen me around, because I'm still quite new to flying around here. But I'm hoping to fly a lot, and put out a lot more videos, over the upcoming months.

@patf.1961 Ай бұрын

@@HangGlidingFlightSchool well be back there at some point so hope to see you.

@alexmarkelov7339 5 ай бұрын

The only thing I’d like to comment on is the cost. Since the cost is often the #1 issue for a potential pilot, I like to say that first year (training/equipment) will cost you as much as a new mountain bike $5-6K: training around $2k, glider (in decent condition) $2.5-3.5k and a used harness $300-800/w parachute. My point is it’s relatively inexpensive to get into flying compare to other cool fun sports and especially aviation related ones. Great video!

@HangGlidingFlightSchool 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for the comment. I think your analogy to a mountain bike is a great idea and an excellent comparison.

@safurian 5 ай бұрын

about the cost of hangg-liding: buying a decent down-hill bicycle cost as much as a advanced brand new hang-glider + harness. getting the HG pilot lisence will be a one-time cost of around 1500 Euro. flying the glider with all-Dacron-sail also will give you 20 years on the sail at least (seen gliders with 30 year old sails still fit to fly - though really on the end of their life-span). And if you start with a cheap used glider and harness (which I highly recommend as long as it flies well and is well maintained), you can start you HG career with around 3000 Euros. So flying a hang-glider will over the years be an affordable hobby for many. Instead of buying a big car or new phones and computers each year, get real and learn hang-gliding :)

@HangGlidingFlightSchool 5 ай бұрын

Yes, hang gliding is far more affordable than most people think, and it's the most economical way to become a pilot.

@safurian 5 ай бұрын

@@HangGlidingFlightSchool yes and also the closest sensation of flying like a bird. Free flight in a hang-glider is a marvelous feeling

@paint2fly 5 ай бұрын

Hey Eric, just want to say that this is a really fantastic video! One of our pilots here at LMFP shared it and I just watched it all the way through! I’ve been an instructor here for the last 21 years and this is something that we’ve needed forever!!! Thank you for taking the time and covering so much information! I will be sharing this with all my students from now on! If you find yourself out here on the East side of the country I’d love to buy you a beer! I live here in the LZ so I’m pretty easy to find!

@HangGlidingFlightSchool 5 ай бұрын

Wow. That's awesome. Thank you so much for the kind words. I'm flattered and humbled for my work to be praised and accepted by someone with your knowledge and experience.

@wrathalien2 5 ай бұрын

top stuff fellas, we need videos like this to grow the community. Thank you !

@HangGlidingFlightSchool 5 ай бұрын

You are welcome. Thank you for the support. The good news is, many people in the hang gliding community are pleasantly surprised to discover there are far more schools and manufacturers than most pilots realize.

@flytavo 5 ай бұрын

Awesome work Eric! We needed this. Thank you

@HangGlidingFlightSchool 5 ай бұрын

You're welcome. Just my little contribution to the sport.

@alfonze24 5 ай бұрын

Great video! Thanks for making it!

@HangGlidingFlightSchool 5 ай бұрын

You're welcome. Thanks for the support.

@ericoschmitt 5 ай бұрын

Cycling can easily cost more than flying. I've been a cyclist with full bling bikes and wheel sets... My comp bike was more expensive than my glider!

@HangGlidingFlightSchool 5 ай бұрын

That is true. Cycling can be quite expensive. Once you get into carbon fiber frames and rims, the prices really go crazy.

@antiyachtsailing6112 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the great video!

@HangGlidingFlightSchool 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the great comment!

@robertzeeland 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for this upload, Eric! I enjoyed that! Best, Rob ^^

@HangGlidingFlightSchool 4 ай бұрын

You're welcome. Glad you enjoyed it.

@timothycurran8474 5 ай бұрын

Yes! Brings back great memories!

@HangGlidingFlightSchool 5 ай бұрын

Never too late to make new ones.

@soaringroadtrip 5 ай бұрын

This is very good! Thank you for your efforts in putting this together!

@HangGlidingFlightSchool 5 ай бұрын

You're welcome. And thank you for the kind words of support.

@Ayerstairs 5 ай бұрын

Great video. Tons of useful info for someone interested in getting into the sport. Thanks for posting!

@HangGlidingFlightSchool 5 ай бұрын

Thank you for taking the time to comment. Always nice to hear when my efforts are appreicated.

@sukwonkim 5 ай бұрын

Your closing narration was very touching and awakened my passion for the flying. Thanks Eric !

@HangGlidingFlightSchool 5 ай бұрын

You're welcome. Thank you for the support and the nice comment.

@royjoy6652 3 ай бұрын

Great video well done ❤

@HangGlidingFlightSchool 3 ай бұрын

Thank you, kindly.

@MichaelStrother 5 ай бұрын

Fantastic educational video!

@HangGlidingFlightSchool 5 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it and thank you for taking the time to comment.

@greyfreeman5537 3 ай бұрын

What a great host. Eric's got a way with words. Very much looking forward to it!! Thanks.

@HangGlidingFlightSchool 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for the compliments. I do strive to be articulate. Glad you're enjoying the videos.

@FlyPhiGuy 4 ай бұрын

I agree with the other comments, great tone. Great video.

@HangGlidingFlightSchool 4 ай бұрын

Thank you. I appreciate the support and compliments.

@KissTheSkyFoundation 3 ай бұрын

Great stuff, thank you! That said, I was amazed how you kept misstating the facts with the words certified, certification and license when there is none of that here in the USA. That level of instruction comes only from the FAA as I'm sure you know. The word you were looking for all along is "rating", which you finally get to much later in your video. But hey, I'm getting pretty picky. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!

@HangGlidingFlightSchool 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the support. The word choice was very deliberate. Remember, this video is for new pilots, who know nothing about aviation. People who are not familiar with aeronautics have heard words and phrases like "pilot license" or "certification" but they won't understand hang gliding uses "ratings" instead. Therefore, in the beginning of the video, I deliberately use terminology they will expect and understand, then clarify the vernacular to "ratings" later in the video.

@flyingtime5501 4 ай бұрын

Much kudos...best most inviting intro into to any type of ultralight aviation ive ever seen. Most these days focus on the scare tactics n try n recruit by fear. While you display all the options n pros n cons. Very well done!!! Wish i could shake your hand, ppl like you will make ultralight sports more approachable for the average joe! Thanks again...👍👍👍... P.s. we could really use a personality like yours in the pg and ppg arena as well!!!

@HangGlidingFlightSchool 4 ай бұрын

Thank you. I've gotten many compliments on the "tone" and "vibe" of my videos. Over the years of doing video work, I've noticed simple upbeat positivity tends to gain a lot of supportive response.

@yuqiulin 5 ай бұрын

Great job,thank you. As a new pilot just finished DHV A certification, I fully agree every point in this video. What a humble, sharing man!

@HangGlidingFlightSchool 5 ай бұрын

You are most wlecome. Thank you for the compliments. May you have many joyful decades of drachenfleigen.

@KissTheSkyFoundation 3 ай бұрын

Not "certificat8on", the word you're looking for is "rating". Ask an FAA CFI about that if you don't understand.

@gul9984 5 ай бұрын

Very informative video Thanks

@HangGlidingFlightSchool 5 ай бұрын

You are welcome. Thanks for taking the time to voice your gratitude.

@gianluca1188 6 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@HangGlidingFlightSchool 6 ай бұрын

You are most welcome.

@user-wf4sy1wb5t 5 ай бұрын

Great job Awesome Thank you from Germany 🇩🇪

@HangGlidingFlightSchool 5 ай бұрын

You're welcome. There are a lot of hang gliding schools in Germany. I need to add the German clubs to my map sometime.

@JoshuaWriter 5 ай бұрын

Great video. John Heiney's Hang Gliding school in San Diego, CA is awesome. He's a master pilot and world record holder, I'm a proud student of his. Highly recommended.

@HangGlidingFlightSchool 5 ай бұрын

Thank you. I just saw John Heiney a few weeks ago, teaching a student at Andy Jackson Airpark. His school is on the Hang Gliding Flight School map.

@JoshuaWriter 5 ай бұрын

Oh cool, small world!@@HangGlidingFlightSchool

@chrisstrobel3439 5 ай бұрын

In the 70’s I lived up the street from the Wills brothers, they inspired me to take it up, so I built my own .. cost = 0, instruction =0, successful flights =0, course I was only 7 years old lol.

@HangGlidingFlightSchool 5 ай бұрын

At least you tried!

@justhangin7186 3 ай бұрын

Nice vid

@HangGlidingFlightSchool 3 ай бұрын

Nice comment.

@robohippy 4 ай бұрын

Well, I dropped out of flying in the mid 80's. The thing about flying is that anyone can fly one. The hard part is learning to take off and land SAFELY. I spent 2 years on the training hill learning just that. It saved me a lot of money compared to my friends who could fly well, but didn't know how to take off and land in all conditions.

@HangGlidingFlightSchool 4 ай бұрын

True. When practicing low-wind launches, my instructor once said, "There are a lot of pilots who won't take off if it's less than 10mph." I said, "Exactly. I don't want to be one of those pilots. I want to be better than that."

@robohippy 4 ай бұрын

We had a Pro/Am flying meet in Medford OR, maybe 1980 or so. One pro pilot took off on a gently rolling hill, pushed out on his bar while looking for his stirrup, they didn't have the body cocoons back then, and promptly stalled out and hit the grass. I would have counted that as a flight. He launched a second time, and damn near did the same thing again. My training hill prepared me for launching in all sorts of thermal conditions. If you are flying thermals, you have to be prepared.... For anything, and same with landing in thermal conditions. Ridge lift is easy.

@GeorgeGiann 10 күн бұрын

I thought it’d be more expensive. It’s actually quite affordable. And you get to FLY!

@HangGlidingFlightSchool 9 күн бұрын

@@GeorgeGiann Agreed. I'm always confused about people who think hang gliding is expensive. I'm like, "But there are millions of people who own motorcycles... and it's cheaper than a motorcycle!"

@LDMendenhall 5 ай бұрын

Superior video, first I’ve seen with such a complete coverage. Do you instruct? I bet you are great at it if you do.

@HangGlidingFlightSchool 5 ай бұрын

No, I'm not an instructor. The video called "Welcome To Hang Gliding Flight School" gives a little more background on my flying experience, and you can also read the "About" page on the Hang Gliding Flight School website. Thank you so much for the support and kind comment. I'm glad you enjoyed the video.

@user-mi1eb7iu1p 4 ай бұрын

Thanks Sergeant Carter..... 😆

@ericoschmitt 5 ай бұрын

This video is great! I should probably work in an equivalent for brasilians. We definitely lack good material for those who can't speak english.

@HangGlidingFlightSchool 5 ай бұрын

Thank you. I'm shocked by the number of hang gliding schools in Rio de Janeiro. There are something like 6 or 7 schools in that city alone, which is more than any other city in the world. I don't know how popular hang gliding is in the rest of Brazil, but the quanity of schools in Rio is impressive.

@ericoschmitt 5 ай бұрын

@@HangGlidingFlightSchool they are mostly tourist tandem companies. Tandem pilots are required to be instructors by CBVL. There are maybe... Two guys who actually teach there. The launch setup area is actually a production line to setup tandem wings in 3 minutes, with very few solo pilots only in classic conditions. There are many instructors around Brasil, but most don't really work with it and "might teach if asked". I think there are only two guys who live off instruction in the whole country, one of them also teaches PG. All others have more activities. For exemple, Nene and his sons run Rotor Harness. I teach but I'm a musician. The one guy you list here in Florianópolis as Vento Sul is one of my buddies, he has the website up but isn't really teaching, he has been forwarding interested people to me. He might do 5 tandems per year upon request, and I sometimes fly with his tandem equipment. That's about it here. HG isn't too popular anywhere, except in Rio where there is the biggest number of takeoffs per year in the world (mostly tourists). That launch is more busy than many international airports. There are a few dozen instructors that I know of and could send you a list for your map if you want!

@HangGlidingFlightSchool 5 ай бұрын

@@ericoschmitt As long as they have an active website and GPS coordinates for their flying site, I'm always happy to add more schools.

@adventureswitharizonaart6117 4 ай бұрын

Arizona; 25 aerotow lessons at $95 per lesson. Foot launch training at AJX, $650. glider, $1500. Harness, $700. Hemet, $100. Vario, $100. H2...........priceless. #107791

@HangGlidingFlightSchool 4 ай бұрын

I'm just impressed you found a $100 vario. 😄

@adventureswitharizonaart6117 4 ай бұрын

@@HangGlidingFlightSchool if your not picky, it's not that hard.

@caricadopico7717 2 ай бұрын

Show

@HangGlidingFlightSchool 2 ай бұрын

Glad to see the youth taking up flying. (No one over 30 would use "show" to express approval.)

@embededfabrication4482 Ай бұрын

It takes up a lot of time

@HangGlidingFlightSchool Ай бұрын

All forms of aviation demand a lot of time be invested.

@YourpainRx 16 күн бұрын

Eric, are you a teacher?

@HangGlidingFlightSchool 15 күн бұрын

I love teaching. I've worked as a tutor/mentor for high school kids in youth programs. I've made tons of educational videos on everything from action sports to firearms and skateboarding which have gotten millions of views online. I've taught multiple educational classes at Walt Disney Studios on everything from web development to photography.