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Glitch
Glitch
QLD
292 posts
QLD, 292 posts
22 Jan 2010 3:22pm
Jonny Durand Flys the Morning Glory cloud in the Gulf of Carpentaria



Sunday, 24th January, 2010
Channel 9, Red Bull Glorious Days
NSW and VIC - 1.30pm (leading into the cricket)
QLD - 12.30pm
SA - 1.00pm
Idiot
Idiot
WA
577 posts
WA, 577 posts
22 Jan 2010 3:28pm
Next year I'll be flying there too

I couldn't afford to buy my loved one this year

doggie
doggie
WA
15849 posts
WA, 15849 posts
22 Jan 2010 3:44pm
That looks like a time machine, --CRAIG will be interested
Paradox
Paradox
QLD
1326 posts
QLD, 1326 posts
22 Jan 2010 6:05pm
Glitch said...

Jonny Durand Flys the Morning Glory cloud in the Gulf of Carpentaria



Sunday, 24th January, 2010
Channel 9, Red Bull Glorious Days
NSW and VIC - 1.30pm (leading into the cricket)
QLD - 12.30pm
SA - 1.00pm


Brilliant - I will be watching that one!

Great shot too - in full dive..feet to the sky!
firiebob
firiebob
WA
3182 posts
WA, 3182 posts
22 Jan 2010 7:19pm
A mate does this every year in a glider, has some awesome photos from the wing but a hang glider would be the duck's nuts
swoosh
swoosh
QLD
1929 posts
QLD, 1929 posts
22 Jan 2010 9:52pm
Idiot said...

Next year I'll be flying there too

I couldn't afford to buy my loved one this year




looks like a cross between a baby seat, a crab pot and a lawn mower.

BlueStorm
BlueStorm
WA
71 posts
WA, 71 posts
22 Jan 2010 10:15pm
doggie said...

That looks like a time machine, --CRAIG will be interested


ahaha seconded
Idiot
Idiot
WA
577 posts
WA, 577 posts
23 Jan 2010 9:33pm
swoosh said...
looks like a cross between a baby seat, a crab pot and a lawn mower.


That is 90% correct
That is a Paramotor unit and it is using a 2 stroke engine (like a lawn mower) and the baby seat is the harness.
The crab pot is the cage supporting the pilot and the engine.

If you could have mix these things together you would have been able to sell it for around $8500 up to $9200.

www.highadventure.com.au/?mod=product&id_prd=218

I don't have enough money to buy it this year
Mr. No-one
Mr. No-one
WA
921 posts
WA, 921 posts
24 Jan 2010 2:47am
It would make a good chook plucker Alex.
This is me flying over Rockingham last weekend with my powered harness and hangglider, got up to 4850 feet, inversion was at 4200ft at 2PM Saturday at 39C ESE 15Knts.


Thanks for the heads up of Jonny, the worlds # 1 rated pilot from NSW
Gorgo
Gorgo
VIC
5124 posts
VIC, 5124 posts
24 Jan 2010 9:07am

FlySurfer
FlySurfer
NSW
4460 posts
NSW, 4460 posts
24 Jan 2010 11:29am
Idiot: Paramotors/paragliders aren't fast enough to fly the morning glory... we've looked in to it.

2 weeks ago there was another morning glory in a south american country... bolivia or something.
Gorgo
Gorgo
VIC
5124 posts
VIC, 5124 posts
24 Jan 2010 1:17pm
There are paragliders getting speeds up to 80 kph with reasonable glide. Both mini-wings and comp wings.

It would be interesting to see a mini version of the Ozone BBHPP. Maybe D-bag it out of a trike into the path of the morning glory.
Idiot
Idiot
WA
577 posts
WA, 577 posts
25 Jan 2010 9:07am
FlySurfer said...

Idiot: Paramotors/paragliders aren't fast enough to fly the morning glory... we've looked in to it.



This is another false claim against PG/PPG, flying over morning glory doesn't need any special speed.
Idiot
Idiot
WA
577 posts
WA, 577 posts
25 Jan 2010 9:10am
Mr. No-one said...

It would make a good chook plucker Alex.
This is me flying over Rockingham last weekend with my powered harness and hangglider, got up to 4850 feet, inversion was at 4200ft at 2PM Saturday at 39C ESE 15Knts.



I'll fly with you next year, I couldn't afford to get my paramotor this year but this is the first thing I'm going to buy.
Now I'm in Albay and practicing wing-overs so by next year I'll be a pro PPG beside you not just a "Bloody Jelly Fish"
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