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Hang Gliding

Hang gliding is unpowered air sport with a hang glider. Pilots foot-launch or use suitable launch sites, steer by weight shift and use weather, thermals, terrain and landing planning for safe flight tasks.

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Classification

Category Air sport

Family Air Sport

Level Variant

Getting started

Kurzbeschreibung Unpowered free flight with a hang glider, launch, weight-shift control and controlled landing.

Geeignet für Suitable for people who accept height, weather reading, calm decisions and long training.

Cost Taster day, tandem or flight school first; own equipment only after advice and training. Flight school, club, hang glider, harness, helmet, reserve, radio, transport, licences and weather windows. Recognised flight school, hang-gliding club or national airsports body. Weather decisions and training are central safety barriers.

First progress First short flights during training; safe solo and thermal flights take much more instruction.

Fitness level medium

Was du brauchst

flight school
hang glider
harness
helmet
radio
reserve system by level
launch/landing site

First steps

contact a flight school
check taster day or tandem
learn ground handling and foot launch
launch only supervised on a training hill

DHV/USHPA/nationally recognised flight school, hang-gliding club or FAI/CIVL-adjacent structure.

Fly only with instructor, weather briefing, launch check, approved equipment and legal launch/landing site.

Weitere Angaben

Aliases Drachenfliegen, Hangegleiter, Hang Gliding

Tags individual, team, air, drachenfliegen-hangegleiter, air-sport, hang-gliding, luftsport, hangegleiterfliegen

Rules and format

Die Grundlagen

Ziel

Fly safely and complete route, goal, distance or accuracy tasks legally by format.

Teilnehmer

pilots.

Teamgröße

solo; team scoring by event.

Spielfeld

launch site, airspace and landing zone.

Dauer

Depends on format and event.

Wertung

distance, time, goal arrival, accuracy and penalties.

Gewinnbedingung

Best valid time, placing or score in the announced format.

Ausrüstung

hang glider
harness
helmet
radio/GPS
reserve

Wichtige Regelpunkte

airspace breach
task error
unsafe launch/landing
equipment/class breach

Regelquellen

Federations and sources

Federations

World Air Sports Federation
World Air Sports Federation (FAI)
FAI Hang Gliding and Paragliding Commission (CIVL)

Hang Gliding World Air Sports Federation · federation-guide · high
Hang Gliding World Air Sports Federation · sport-page · high
Hang Gliding Tips For Beginners Kitty Hawk Kites · school-blog-guide · medium
Hang gliding: A beginner's guide Cross Country Magazine · beginner-guide · medium