Once every year or two, I have a peculiar and memorable dream while I sleep. I am quite sure I’m not alone among pilots—and likely among mere mortals as well—in occasionally dreaming that I’m flying. I don’t mean flying in an aircraft or manipulating the controls—although I have those dreams too. I mean bird dreams, minus the molting and the worm diet—just pure, joyful, unadulterated flight, wheeling over the earth with absolute freedom, borne on unseen wings.
Taking Wing: To Fly like an Eagle
Key Takeaways:
- A pilot fulfills a childhood dream of "bird-like" flight through a thrilling tandem hang gliding experience in Rio de Janeiro, launching off a steep ramp over a 1,500-foot chasm.
- He describes the hang gliding flight as exhilaratingly stable, natural, and intuitively controlled by weight-shift, closely resembling his recurring dreams of pure, unadulterated soaring.
- The experience, while memorable, ultimately reaffirmed his passion for traditional rigid-wing soaring, prompting him to pursue a glider rating for a different form of the "bird-flight" sensation.
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