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Re: HG Launch Inclines

Postby JoeF » Sun Apr 26, 2015 1:51 pm

Mt. Vernon, WA
http://www.summitpost.org/hang-gliding-ramp/616143
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Re: HG Launch Inclines

Postby JoeF » Sun Apr 26, 2015 1:55 pm

Hyner View State Park, Pennsylvania
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File: ... e_Park.JPG
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... eoff_2.jpg
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Re: HG Launch Inclines

Postby JoeF » Sun Apr 26, 2015 1:59 pm

Table Top, Las Vegas, Nevada
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Re: HG Launch Inclines

Postby JoeF » Sun Apr 26, 2015 2:47 pm

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Re: HG Launch Inclines

Postby JoeF » Sun Apr 26, 2015 2:59 pm

http://www.cacheco.ca/hangglide/01170036%20(Medium).JPG

and

http://www.cacheco.ca/hangglide/01890006%20(Medium).JPG
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Re: HG Launch Inclines

Postby JoeF » Sun Apr 26, 2015 3:03 pm

Mt. Buffalo, Victoria

[youtube]skocLTvOjWE#t=56[/youtube]

info: http://vhpa.org.au/Sites/Mt%20Buffalo.html
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Re: HG Launch Inclines

Postby JoeF » Sun Apr 26, 2015 3:51 pm

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YEg-E11ox0A/U ... 0/ramp.jpg
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Re: HG Launch Inclines

Postby JoeF » Sun Apr 26, 2015 4:00 pm

http://www.hanglide.com/photo/Scott034.jpg
Lookout Mountain

http://www.hanglide.com/?page_id=4 Many photos of the radial concrete ramp are featured.
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Re: HG Launch Inclines

Postby JoeF » Sun Apr 26, 2015 4:13 pm

Te Mata launch ramp. New Zealand.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/rosendahl/6394015183/
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/130538710 ... 084083857/
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Re: HG Launch Inclines

Postby JoeF » Mon May 04, 2015 7:04 am

Rio de Janeiro
Sept 15, 2012, flight date

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