弱弱的问：有玩飞的朋友吗？

huntman

滑翔伞不用很多钱的，如果一套休闲伞（也就是1类伞）在国内买不会超过人民币3万元，如果2手的更便宜

nngn

I was very happy to know there are some other Chinese interested or even very experienced in this sport living in Melbourne
As I had never flown with any other Chinese since I started last Xmas, and to my knowledge, there’s no other Chinese actively flying in this community in Melbourne.
So sometimes I felt a little bit lonely.

If anyone likes to know more about this sport and how it works in Au or more precisely in Melbourne.
I am more than happy to help.:)

Just wanna give a little bit heads up about the cost if anyone likes to know before committed to any decision.
First of all, I have to point out paragliding is totally different from skydiving or parasailing, it’s not an ‘extreme’ sport as the majority of the public would think before any further research.
It needs a lot of knowledge, practice, cooperation, patience, wise judgement and patience again.

The data below applies only to a novice(beginner) wants to learn and fly in Melbourne:
The starting cost is about $7000-$9000, inc: new beginner gear, license course, related accommodation, national and local association and club annual fee, if you buy second hand gear, will lower to 5000-7000.
After you got your license, the cost will be the petrol, food, accom for every flight, says 50-300, location and weather dependent.
This is the cost. Please don’t get scared by the number if you felt uncomfortable.
Generally people would like to try a tandem flight before they decide to do it or not, which would cost around $200-400 inc transport

I can’t describe the feeling when you tasted your first flight and afterward, you have to experience it yourself, in a word, it’s totally beyond description.
Anyway, this is the sport inherent with danger, please consider it and take your own responsibility for your own safety.

If you are still interested, you can contact me via the message function here.
Cheers.

charlie-qi

原帖由 nngn 于 2008-10-31 12:26 发表
I was very happy to know there are some other Chinese interested or even very experienced in this sport living in Melbourne
As I had never flown with any other Chinese since I started last Xmas, and  ...

Thanks for the info nngn.

I have tried tandem skydiving and bumgy jumping but not tandem paragliding yet, although trie it once in DunHuang from the top of a sand dune many yrs ago. $7 - 9k still expensive for me at the moment and being busy for my family.

Defintely will try it in the future. But Mel is too flat, as you have mention the cost of petrol and accom, actually NZ is a much better place to do that.

I have seen novice and experts flying closely. The experts can really make themselved as a bird, flying freely in the sky, which is always a dream for mankind.

Have fun for you guys who keep playing.

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东区胖哥

哎，你们都玩上飞机了，我连车都玩不起

nngn

原帖由 charlie-qi 于 2008-10-31 14:05 发表


Thanks for the info nngn.

I have tried tandem skydiving and bumgy jumping but not tandem paragliding yet, although trie it once in DunHuang from the top of a sand dune many yrs ago. $7 - 9k sti ...

Pleasure Charlie,


Skydiving and bumgy jumping are on my ‘To do list’ as well, of coz it’s for fun, I’m sure it’s really excited!
I have to say Melbourne is not so flat, instead, it’s quite hilly though, flying NZ is on my list too! Actually I had met some kiwi flying in Vic and NSW.
The flying sites in Melbourne are inland and coastal combined.
All the inland sites are mountain, not like the famous flat flatland Manilla in NSW, so it requires different technique to fly those different terrain (sorry gone too far)
The coastal sites in Melbourne are great!...the scenery is stunning!...you can imagine how you would feel when you were flying over the Great Ocean Road.
I’m a novice with only 14 hrs humble airtime, earned during this year.
Sometimes you will see some paragliding pilots ‘playing’ their wing in the parks, which is an essential practice called ‘Ground Handling’
BTW: launching from sand dune is not always permitted in Vic for environmental reason.
The downside (from one point of view) of this sport is time consuming.
You can’t fly whenever you want or wherever you want, gotta be having a condition suitable to your skills level
So travelling a couple of hours to a site, waiting for another hour without any flight are common things, which we called ‘para-waiting’
On one hand, you would think it wasted your time or petrol, on the other hand, we need to learn to read the weather and learn when not to fly.

kyle305

我玩模型了，不玩滑翔伞了

晴天又下雨

原帖由 huntman 于 2008-10-30 00:18 发表
非常欢迎，这种运动不适合单人玩，有伙伴最好，都飞走了，地面也需要个指挥啊。

我。。。充其量也就一地面指挥阿。。。

charlie-qi

原帖由 nngn 于 2008-10-31 14:50 发表

Pleasure Charlie,


Skydiving and bumgy jumping are on my ‘To do list’ as well, of coz it’s for fun, I’m sure it’s really excited!
I have to say Melbourne is not so flat, instead, it’s qui ...

Sounds nice to me, even the para-waiting. I have seen people paragliding on the coast, on the other side of Tasman Sea. That was really very attractive.

Do you know how many hrs experience needed for taking another person in the sky like tandem gliding?

nngn

原帖由 charlie-qi 于 2008-10-31 19:09 发表


Sounds nice to me, even the para-waiting. I have seen people paragliding on the coast, on the other side of Tasman Sea. That was really very attractive.

Do you know how many hrs experience need ...

haha...good question Charlie
normally you gotta have around 500 hrs+ to do a tandem flight
and need to do another course to get another license to do so too.
There are heaps of great coastal sites around Melbourne,the nearest one is at Frankston.
Would like to share some of my flying shots if you don't mind


This is one of my favorite albums of a pilot in our club
http://picasaweb.google.com/woatesfly

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huntman

希望玩的人多起来！
这个项目玩过以后，有点象吸海洛因一样---------上瘾。

lizhe1985

nb........

洪水带来的鱼

哇，我看到有人在玩双飞。

bffbffbff

我也看到了

charlie-qi

原帖由 nngn 于 2008-10-31 19:55 发表


haha...good question Charlie
normally you gotta have around 500 hrs+ to do a tandem flight
and need to do another course to get another license to do so too.
There are heaps of great coastal si ...

Those are really cool! Thanks a lot.

nngn

I'm going to do Ground Handling now
Location: Melway 67 A1--the big grassy area along the coast.
time: 3:30-4:30pm:)

someonehappy

huntman是在悉尼么？
什么时候有机会可以碰个头，看看你的飞机么。
暂时可能没机会玩这个，但是将来一定要创造机会学下。

huntman

我在墨而本，但是悉尼的航空俱乐部也非常多，但是不知道有多少华人在飞？

nngn

原帖由 huntman 于 2008-11-1 00:59 发表
希望玩的人多起来！
这个项目玩过以后，有点象吸海洛因一样---------上瘾。

是的。。。
正好今天cup day大家都很兴奋的时候“飞瘾”发作
马上开车到Flinders飞了1个小时，爽！

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huntman

逗伞的水平真好，可以不用座袋。。你是拉的A组吗？为什么伞的下缘B组出现下塌陷呢？
你的伞的加速是几组联动呢？

charlie-qi

看着也觉得爽!!

nngn

原帖由 huntman 于 2008-11-4 23:54 发表
逗伞的水平真好，可以不用座袋。。你是拉的A组吗？为什么伞的下缘B组出现下塌陷呢？
你的伞的加速是几组联动呢？

huntman,

这个不是我，他是在抖他玩skydiving用的降落伞，不是滑翔伞。

sky2007

蔚蓝色的运动我都喜欢，下海上天！羡慕啊，希望有一天我也能飞！
冲浪是激情，滑翔是畅快！

nngn

这几天下班回家和周末都忙着备考，Bloody Hell!
下周考完试后看发个帖子，简单介绍一下这个运动在Australia(主要是Melbourne)的情况
也知道这是一个很‘冷门’的活动，感兴趣的朋友不会很多，只是想分享分享:)

jason-zhu

弱弱的问一句：胖子可以玩么？

nngn

原帖由 jason-zhu 于 2008-11-27 13:54 发表
弱弱的问一句：胖子可以玩么？

Hi Jason,

You can’t do paragliding if you had serious heart disease or you were too stuffy to move, not sure how heavy you are mate.
One of my heaviest fly mate is about 200kg
Bad luck if you are heavier than that.
The majority of this community is in 40-55 years age, around 70%, leaving the rest range from 20-40 and 55-65.
Some people learn quicker while some take a bit time to progress.
This is sport which demands judgement much much more than physical input
The whole gear would weigh around 14-17kg, you gotta be healthy enough to be able to carry it mate.
The bottom line is basically you can do it as long as you can do jogging without difficulties, but you can’t do it if you are crazy or risky.

阿Ka

想飞，还是得找白飞飞

cn214

楼主，什么时候联系一下？我现在就在Moorabbin airport学习飞行，目前阶段SPL，训练机型：SPORT STAR

不过还没有SOLO

[ 本帖最后由 cn214 于 2008-11-27 21:00 编辑 ]

杨工巧匠

我也有兴趣

cn214

我们学校的停机坪

cn214

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