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Subject: Re: Passing para gliders

All good discussion. Please let me add my 2 cents worth and try to
answer your original question directly.

I fly PG and HG. The biggest wake generators are the heavy tandem
PGs, then really heavy tandem HGs, then PGs and lastly HGs. The more
high performance HGs wake less. Of course, if the Hangie wangs one
right in... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Ernie Camacho) http://sonomawingsbb.yuku.com/topic/1142 Wed, 22 Oct 2003 07:50:45 GMT http://sonomawingsbb.yuku.com/topic/1143/t/Paragliding-FAQs.html A. A paraglider is a foot-launched, ram-air, aerofoil canopy, designed to be flown and landed with no other energy requirements than the wind, gravity and the pilot's musclepower. We descend at about 3 minutes per 1000 of altitude. However, if the air is rising faster than we are descending (as often happens), flights of 1-3 hours are not uncommon. Paragliders are designed for soaring flight. Parachutes are designed to descend. As of 2002, paragliders... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (AnthonyA) http://sonomawingsbb.yuku.com/topic/1143 Sat, 08 Mar 2003 08:33:59 GMT