New hobby... Hang gliding!!! I am an official pilot...

The glider white with a mint green leading edge is the Pacific Airwave Mark IV glider that I purchased from a guy in Austin... it is great to have my own wing!! I am hoping to outgrow it quickly.. it is an intermediate glider... so I will probably be flying with it for at least one year...

The picture with all the grass and big hill is 'Barker dam' levy near IH10 and Hwy 6 in Houston Texas.... it is used mostly for footlaunch training and landing practice.... the HHPA group had their annual L/D contest on Saturday 11/4/06... tons-o-fun!!! great east wind made for nice floating over to the watery ditch at the park....

Every time the gliders and pilots show up... we have lots of questions and interest from passersby about hang gliding and what is involved in learning to fly with a hang glider....

I still don't have any pics with me in a glider... but I did actually get my Hang II rating on Sunday Nov 5th at Lake Conroe... with the two best instructors on earth!! Thanks Gregg and Jack... !!! I had two great solo flights... to 800 feet and 1500 feet... !! WOW... what a view from up there... Wow .. I am a pilot now... ahhhh... what a feeling...