Hang-gliding at the Hohe Wand

Thomas at the set-up area with the Wills Wing Ultra Sport 147 - click to enlargeThomas checking air space, wind and thermals with the Wills Wing Ultra Sport 147 - click to enlargeThomas just before take-off with the Wills Wing Ultra Sport 147 - click to enlarge
Thomas seconds after take-off with the Wills Wing Ultra Sport 147 - click to enlargeThomas airborne with the Wills Wing Ultra Sport 147 - click to enlargeThomas landing the Wills Wing Ultra Sport 147 close to Maiersdorf - click to enlarge
Thomas after landing with the Wills Wing Ultra Sport 147 close to Maiersdorf - click to enlargeThomas checking air space and wind conditions before taking-off with the Polaris Touring 15 - click to enlarge
Thomas in the moment of taking off with the Polaris Touring 15 - click to enlargeThomas retracting the gear seconds after take-off with the Polaris Touring 15 - click to enlargeThomas airborne with the Polaris Touring 15 - heading Maiersdorf - click to enlarge
another hangglider climbs over the rift - foto from Polaris Touring 15 - click to enlargeChecking the landing area from 400 m above - click to enlargeThomas after landing with the Polaris touring 15 close to Maiersdorf - click to enlarge


Hohe Wand is a rift at the eastern edge of the Alps - around 60 km southwest of Vienna.

The nearly perpendicular rockwall is extending to appr. 10km from northeast to southwest. The difference in height from the launching area to the landing area is appx. 500 m. Best wind conditions for soaring with hanggliders and paragliders are slight to moderate winds from east to south. Because of the very particular geographic situation just between the flat land in the east and the Alp-mountains in the west it is very easy to get connected to thermals - making the Hohe Wand a very good launching site for either longlasting, relaxing rift-soaring as also to cross-country flights.
 

"Manfreds Ausflug" (german) -go to Manfred's Ausflug
USHGA - faq's to hanggliding -go to USHGA
DHV -go to DHV
Wills Wing ( Ultra Sport 147 ) -go to Wills Wing Ultra Sport 147
HangGliding.org - go to HangGliding.org

Otto Lilienthal : PRACTICAL EXPERIMENTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN FLIGHT
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