After a bad experience 15 years ago, my wife Kara has expressed interest in experiencing hang gliding again (even if just on the training hill). Steve was gracious enough to build her a beautiful Condor 225 to train on and although it showed up here (thanks to Peter and Karl) a few days ago, we haven't had the weather or the time to set it up until last night.
It's unbelievable how far the design of hang gliders have come since those days before the Falcon and Condor. Her new glider has the control frame and weight of a 140 Falcon and lifts off your shoulders, literally, in 3 steps. I can't tell you how cool it was to see Kara, after so many years of being intimidated, running with a beaming smile while "flying" the Condor across the yard. It was a beautiful site and I'm really looking forward to getting her out to the training hill. We plan to go very slow and to take it one step at a time, but the combination of her enthusiasm and the flight characteristics of "the perfect training hill glider" will make her experience a success one way or another.
Kara's new sweety
You can see our cat, Lestat, is obviously excited about it;-)
She was running like a champ
I couldn't help but to take a run or two with it and found myself laughing. It still amazes me how efficient these wings are!
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