View towards Towong

... on my little tourist trip

January 6th 2009
I had already written that we had pretty strong conditions on Monday. The wind was very strong, and takeoffs were challenging. But everybody did very well. In the early afternoon, launch even had to be closed for one hour. The task for the Open class was a 71.8 km flight from Mount Elliot to Tooma, Cudgewa North and Colac Colac. Goal was in Corryong. As conditions were really difficult, only fo ... read more

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Katha Turbostern

I started this blog in late 2007, before heading off to Australia for a hang gliding adventure. After my first solo flight in a hang glider all I wanted to do was fly as much as possible. I gave up my job as a human resources consultant and headed to Australia to live my dream of hang gliding. When I returned after four months, I wanted to build my life around the sport I loved so much, and I did. I was also determined to make it into the national hang gliding team and started flying competitions with only one year of flying experience. My dream was shattered in earl... full info

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