Why Your Next 'Airplane' Should be a Paraglider

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8 жыл бұрын

Paragliding has changed my life. Could it change yours?
This video goes with the Aviation Week post called "Why Your Next Airplane Should be a Paraglider":
m.aviationweek.com/oshkosh-201...
Filmed in Rio de Janeiro and Petropolis, Brazil. Schiltgrat, Schilthorn, Interlakken and Hoch Ybrig, Switzerland. Lima, Peru. Jackson, Wyoming. Brace Mountain, New York. Austin, Texas. Woodrat Mountain, Oregon. Moab, Utah. Valle de Bravo, Mexico.
Music is by Kevin MacLeod: Ossuary 7 Resolve under a creative commons license.

Пікірлер: 58

@OHAREAVIATION 8 жыл бұрын

I can only imagine what Leonardo da Vinci and other historic flight experimenters would think of this today.....

@luissoco 8 жыл бұрын

You captured the essence pilot, thanks for sharing and good flights!

@mugsylol 8 жыл бұрын

Awesome video Kent, thanks for putting this together. Hope to see more flying videos soon!

@umk747 8 жыл бұрын

Hey Kent, I just came across your channel again after a while and just wanted to say that I really enjoyed and miss your videos! When I started watching your channel I was still in college but now I'm progressing through my flight training. Videos like yours keep me inspired - hope you're doing well!

@biggy5567 8 жыл бұрын

Wow, awesome video, and spectacular scenery!

@BruceBusby 5 жыл бұрын

I agree! I have been a powered pilot since 1988. I have been a hang glider pilot since 1993, paragliders pilot since 2000. A tandem pilot and an instructor. I have a piper cherokee but rarely fly it. Paragliding has taken me all over the world. I always bring my wing. It is my life's greatest joy!

@garys5369 8 жыл бұрын

Beautiful compilation, you've been fortunate to fly at some very special sites - bucket list items for me which I hope to tick off one day.

@steinarne79 8 жыл бұрын

WoW! That has to put the hole basic feeling of "flying" in a new light!? That was so inspirational!

@mikelembo6657 8 жыл бұрын

Holy crap, you're back! Hope you do some more videos.

@cineboy99 8 жыл бұрын

It's been a long time Kent but well worth the wait!! Excellent video. Would be really great to see some more cockpit vids too :-)

@janaaj1an889 7 жыл бұрын

Please do some more of these (AND airline videos (or any other flying). Missed you.

@takeaflightfpv8006 5 жыл бұрын

saw this today for the first time , Awesome Travels, your a Brave soul. subbed

@exovitae 8 жыл бұрын

Great camera angles, nice flights!!!

@olinadeau1986 8 жыл бұрын

WOW ! What an amazing video ! Thank you for sharing ! :)

@JorgeParagliding 8 жыл бұрын

Awesome video Kent! Keep the videos coming!

@sfields004 8 жыл бұрын

Great video Kent!

@v.n.2039 8 жыл бұрын

You're the Lucky one! Great Spots....

@fdesmet 8 жыл бұрын

This is just about perfect, Kent. Wow.

@finskies1996 8 жыл бұрын

Great video Kent, I have to try this some day :)

@TheBlevinsNetwork 8 жыл бұрын

This should have a million views! Great video!

@rodpedrosa7887 8 жыл бұрын

Brazil and Peru are so beautiful!!

@december1to31 8 жыл бұрын

Yay another video after sooooo long.

@ratattan 8 жыл бұрын

You should try paragliding in Maintencillo, Chile...about and hour north of Valparaiso...beautiful coastline and a couple of nice launch areas...

@manraj9934 8 жыл бұрын

yes your finally back

@valiantpoint4249 8 жыл бұрын

Great video Kent :-) Makes me want to fly agian 8)

@sevanaiatagotago4046 8 жыл бұрын

what a beauty .....paraglider too good

@mm-zj5qw 8 жыл бұрын

Wow , i didn't expect you to fly on a paraglider!!! respect , I'm a skydiver :D blue sky !!

@annasarasvati 8 жыл бұрын

Wow Kent, you ROCK! How come I know you so long and I never had time to follow all your amazing educational and uplifting publications?!? Oh ya, this thing called "life of a single mom!" lol..... So were is the info about the cameras you use for the videos? and how much time are you spending on editing all of these? SO FUN!!!

@Mr01jamie1566 8 жыл бұрын

Dam it Ken, did you have to make paragliding look so beautiful? I think I've come across my next aviation endeavor ; ) Great video!

@fly4fun 8 жыл бұрын

My PLAN is working! Muahh ha ha!

@captcooke2273 8 жыл бұрын

+Kent Wien can you make another video

@asdrubovic 8 жыл бұрын

amazing

@pinaut4803 5 жыл бұрын

'Paragliding has changed my life.' Mine too! ;-)

@ahargrov1 8 жыл бұрын

I almost took you off my channel subscriptions. I thought you were done posting videos, favourite was the md80 on. Loved your new video, I wonder if anyone has ever tried to give the Christ the Redeemer statue a high five when soaring by it? Lol

@fly4fun 8 жыл бұрын

I felt like I could almost do just that, John. Look for a 757/767 version of the MD-80 video coming in a few months.

@insanomonkey 8 жыл бұрын

Hey Kent, what happened to your aviation and cockpit videos? It's been a while since I've seen a video from your channel, but I remember your old videos fondly (used to help me take study breaks in between college exams). Also, why don't you write for gadling anymore?

@fly4fun 8 жыл бұрын

insanomonkey Thanks Insanomonkey. I've been pretty immersed in paragliding lately. Other than those videos (that I usually put over on Vimeo), I haven't done any cockpit videos. I will probably do a 757/767 quirky tour like I did for the MD-80 soon though. Gadling has changed hands which worked out as a perfect time for me to go play more.

@insanomonkey 8 жыл бұрын

Great, look forward to seeing more of your flying and cockpit videos! Take it easy

@gbriank1 8 жыл бұрын

insanomonkey Same here. It would be great to get a Flight Crew perspective during the recording. On a side note, when does American plan to sunset the last of the MD-80's? I see a number of them ending up in Africa and India. With so many aircraft available for parts, I wouldn't be surprised if they flew another 20 to 30 years.

@fighterace284 6 жыл бұрын

gbriank1 They are almost all gone, should be gone by the end of 2017

@alexnicoll6204 8 жыл бұрын

you should make more airplane videos

@gigantesdosares7891 8 жыл бұрын

Muito legal.

@dereklucero7832 5 жыл бұрын

This is the 2nd video today I have seen with Christ the Redeemer in it...... bucket list!

@manraj9934 8 жыл бұрын

Are you going to make more cockpit videos

@keystoneguardian7543 8 жыл бұрын

Kent we miss you. We miss your videos. Everything okay?

@SoaresGaucho 6 жыл бұрын

1:17 👌👏👏👏👏👏👏

@avioespilotos3350 8 жыл бұрын

Do u need any lisence to fly those?

@Bigalinjapan 8 жыл бұрын

What happens when letting the handles go? And is there an emergency chute in the backpack?

@fly4fun 8 жыл бұрын

+Bigalinjapan It's 'positively stable' so when you let go, the glider flies straight. There is also a reserve parachute.

@visionreallife4883 6 жыл бұрын

Now my Airplane is a paraglider :D

@thermik_timmy 5 жыл бұрын

Very nice Video. I dont understand the dislikes.. :( I think a few people are envious..

@lifeofbassman7228 3 жыл бұрын

Mine is a paramotor

@8literbeater 5 жыл бұрын

I'll bet those guys just love you crashing their ball games.

@tubewerk 6 жыл бұрын

why isn't paragliding popular in the US? it seems to be relatively more popular in Europe and South America. anyone know why?

@fly4fun 6 жыл бұрын

tubewerk Good question. In Switzerland and France for example they have large population areas that are close to some amazing paragliding friendly mountains. That has led to more schools and more pilots. That might be part of it.

@JanPBtest 8 жыл бұрын

Aerodynamically a pod harness like the one at 5:53 makes no sense. The front covering the legs does very little to reduce the drag and similarly the too tiny cone in the back does nothing. Every aerodynamics textbook covers that - why do harness manufacturers even _bother_ making those duds? Great video otherwise! Interlaken and the surrounding areas is one of my addictions :-)

@maggus999 6 жыл бұрын

Windstop/thermal isolator for comfort, perhaps? Where I'm from most of the season will be 10*C or below. I fly gliders, and we usually end up with two or three layers of wool on us inside the cockpit early and late season, as that's winter time with temps far below freezing.

@upupandawaayyyyyyyy 6 жыл бұрын

You are way off base with that assumption. Even the most minor of differences in these type of "pod" harnesses (from generation to generation and style changes in the shape of both the front pod and the rear fairing) show themselves in races. They are CAD designed and tested in wind tunnels. Real world results in paragliding races verify, and top pilots always know which harnesses are the most efficient/fastest. Again, your assumption couldn't be more wrong. Further, Eseem is correct as well, they add warmth and protection from wind.