Flying

Glider flying in the Negev

Posted on by Andrew

For my birthday this year, Noa arranged for my first glider flight in israel.  i haven’t flown in 3 years, and haven’t really flown in about 6.  i would go on one flight ever christmas with my dad or an instructor, but that would be it.  Since i graduated university i have not been very serious about flying. Anyways, we left early on friday morning to drive to Be’er Sheva in the south, where one of israel’s glider clubs is. [flickr id=”8395003810″ thumbnail=”large” overlay=”false” size=”large”…

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Video of paragliding

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So here is the video of me paragliding. check me out after we take off.. 😛 the wind noise is pretty high, so you may want to turn down your speakers. those reading on rss/email may need to hit the post to see the video. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32_EHL1kaeM[/youtube]

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Paragliding in Karme Yosef

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HOLY BATMAN! So, a friend of the anatot family asked if i would like to go paragliding with him while i was visiting. i said, of course, because i have never tried it! i had a lot of questions, and really, they all got answered. i of course know some stuff about it already. its essentially like parachuting, but not really, because the chute acts more like an airfoil once its pulled into the wind! well, the one we were going on was more like…

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