I want to fly across the UK in a hang glider, do you think I can make it or is it a crazy idea?
Shola Ogunlokun
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2006-09-04 20:17:47 · 14 answers · asked by sholaouk 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Aircraft
A hang glider depends on lift and air drafts, for you to get high enough to go across the UK would mean you would have to start higher than any point in the UK, and I don't think you would have the proper lifts from the air currents across the continent, not to mention the altitude you would need to be at you would have to have oxygen also.
I really don't think it's possible
2006-09-04 20:24:43 · answer #1 · answered by ldp88 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably so, as almost any person with enough nerve, Physical well being, and coordination can fly one. I had a friend (a Rail Road Train Engineer) that used to fly H.G.s and Powered Ultralights. He met his Maker one late Summer afternoon when a Wing Spar Support cable snapped. He was 57 years old.The 1000+ foot fall didn't kill him but the sudden stop in that rice field did him in! This isn't a joke or BS story.
2016-03-26 22:41:09 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I heard a guy crossed the English channel on one once, he had to be towed by balloon up to a height of 1 mile to do it, so to go around the UK I give a rough estimation of a tow height of approximately ......100 - 120 miles ......erm you might want to reconsider, or maybe go for a micro-light
2006-09-04 20:26:31 · answer #3 · answered by Mickenoss 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go for it. The worst that can happen is...well, umm, you die or something. BUt who cares about death try it anyway. Seriously, I would say no! Because there is no director to yell cut!! It's not a crazy idea because people so it all the time.
2006-09-04 22:11:53 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What's the worst that could happen--you would fail. If you never try that would be worse.
2006-09-04 20:19:24 · answer #5 · answered by Dude 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
worth giving it a try, you never know you might succeed.
2006-09-04 20:21:23 · answer #6 · answered by PunkGreen1829 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i don't know, but it is not a crazy idea. I would like to know how you go.
2006-09-04 20:19:39 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If at first you don't succeed, Handgliding, not for you
2006-09-04 20:23:07 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If at first you don't succeed, hang-gliding is not for you! ;-)
2006-09-04 20:47:56 · answer #9 · answered by ovanbilsen 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its true man, your nuts alright, but its the mad ideas that always work so go for it man
2006-09-04 20:20:44 · answer #10 · answered by iamthemullit 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋