[Bob Kuczewski]

I spent another afternoon at UCSD on Sunday.

library.jpeg (77.02 KiB) Viewed 3117 times

I brought along "Little Hawk" and one of John Heiney's awsome photo albums for "show and tell".

LittleHawk.jpeg (64.41 KiB) Viewed 3117 times

johns_photo_album.jpeg (70.97 KiB) Viewed 3117 times

School was out, so we only had about a dozen people stop by including this father/daughter pair who posed for a photo with Little Hawk:

father_daughter.jpeg (69.01 KiB) Viewed 3117 times

father_daughter_pose.jpeg (57.65 KiB) Viewed 3117 times

I like to watch people's reactions when they first see Little Hawk. Some folks look at it as if it's the last thing they'd ever want to do. But others see it, and it awakens their flight dream. That was the case with this fellow:

ambrose.jpeg (67.66 KiB) Viewed 3117 times

We started with an imaginary flight ... high above the cliffs at Torrey Pines:

imagine_flying.jpeg (78.44 KiB) Viewed 3117 times

Then I showed him how we pull in to gain speed, let it out to slow down, pull our weight right to turn right and left to turn left:

pull_in.jpeg (79.57 KiB) Viewed 3117 times

let_it_out.jpeg (80.88 KiB) Viewed 3117 times

shift_right.jpeg (78.15 KiB) Viewed 3117 times

shift_left.jpeg (78.99 KiB) Viewed 3117 times

Then it was time for the harness and a discussion on the importance of hooking in:

hook_in.jpeg (74.47 KiB) Viewed 3116 times

Legs and hips right for a right turn ...

right_turn_prone.jpeg (72.63 KiB) Viewed 3116 times

Legs and hips left for a left turn ...

left_turn.jpeg (62.99 KiB) Viewed 3116 times

Look Ma, no hands!!!

superman.jpeg (72.2 KiB) Viewed 3116 times

It was a nice little introduction to the sport, and we might eventually add another hang glider pilot to our ranks someday.

great_sport.jpeg (70.63 KiB) Viewed 3116 times

Thanks to everyone who stopped by and to everyone who contributed to building Little Hawk!!