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  Set-up and Launching Tips First learn to fly Before you attempt to fly the Mosquito harness you must be an Hang II rated hang glider pilot with 20-30 hours of air time. Good foot-launching skills are highly desirable. Transitioning from traditional to powered hang gliding is not difficult, just different. In pr

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Hang gliding is an air sport or recreational activity in which a pilot flies a light, non-motorized foot-launched heavier-than-air aircraft called a hang glider. Most modern hang gliders are made of an aluminium alloy or composite frame covered with synthetic sailcloth to form a wing . Typically the pilot is in a harne