It was my first day of hang-gliding lessons, and already I felt like a bird. A big, stupid, flightless bird. I was running around in a damp field, harnessed into a huge set of wings, sweating like mad ...

Come along for a hang gliding lesson at Jockey’s Ridge State Park. Come along for a hang gliding lesson at Jockey’s Ridge State Park with Kitty Hawk Kites.

Fred Fehsenfeld, a Purdue mechanical engineering alumnus, stands near Sky Dancer, a Pipistrel Sinus glider he gifted to Purdue. The gift effectively ushers in a new era of glider instruction and ...

After our lesson, we were given a certificate and a document that logged our training. This certificate is useful if you want to continue on to the next level of hang gliding lessons. If you want to ...

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