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Created by Glitch > 9 months ago, 22 Jan 2010
Glitch
QLD, 292 posts
22 Jan 2010 3:22PM
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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
WA, 577 posts
22 Jan 2010 3:28PM
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Next year I'll be flying there too

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

doggie
WA, 15849 posts
22 Jan 2010 3:44PM
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That looks like a time machine, --CRAIG will be interested

Paradox
QLD, 1326 posts
22 Jan 2010 6:05PM
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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
WA, 3183 posts
22 Jan 2010 7:19PM
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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
QLD, 1929 posts
22 Jan 2010 9:52PM
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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
WA, 71 posts
22 Jan 2010 10:15PM
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doggie said...

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


ahaha seconded

Idiot
WA, 577 posts
23 Jan 2010 9:33PM
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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
WA, 921 posts
24 Jan 2010 2:47AM
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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
VIC, 5127 posts
24 Jan 2010 9:07AM
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FlySurfer
NSW, 4460 posts
24 Jan 2010 11:29AM
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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
VIC, 5127 posts
24 Jan 2010 1:17PM
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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
WA, 577 posts
25 Jan 2010 9:07AM
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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
WA, 577 posts
25 Jan 2010 9:10AM
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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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