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rotor: Turbulence produced by a
speck out: To climb to great altitude.
whack: An inelegant landing in a
large obstacle (such as mountain or
From the ground the glider looks like
hang glider, where the nose of the
ridge) in the path of the airflow, caus-
a little speck in the sky.
glider impacts the ground with an
ing a swirling effect on the lee side.
tossing the laundry: Throwing the
audible “whack!” sound.
You don’t want to go there. Really.
reserve parachute.
white room: The interior of a cloud.
scratching: Flying very close to the
tossed: Tossed about in turbulent air.
Venturing up into a cloud is “entering
terrain.
Also: worked, as in “worked over.”
the white room,” and is as dangerous
sled ride: A short flight directly to the
trashy: Turbulent, inconsistent air,
as you’re imagining, as well as being
landing zone, with no hope of finding
producing little lift. Not much fun,
illegal.
lift to extend the flight. At least you
either.
get your feet into the air.
tree landing: You guessed it. Popular
sink out: Taking the express elevator
operators.”
Paul Villinski is a New York City visual artist whose work deals with the poetics and metaphors of flight. His artwork can be seen at www.paulvillinski.com and www.morganlehmangallery.com. A paraglider and sailplane pilot, his favorite view is from above.
back to the ground.
turn on: Pilots wait in calm air for
This article is excerpted from a side-
sink: The opposite of lift. As masses
with paraglider pilots in the heavily-
of air rise in thermals, nearby air sinks
wooded Northeast and Northwest,
to occupy the space left behind.
feared by hang glider pilots in gen-
Nature abhors a vacuum. Soaring
eral. Also known as “making friends
pilots loathe sink.
with your local hook-and-ladder
spanked: To be punished by flying in
the wind to turn on, creating soar-
bar to an article in the June 2005
violently turbulent air. Often results
able conditions, which is, of course, a
issue of Hang Gliding & Paragliding
from a bad decision to fly in the first
“turn-on.”
magazine.
place.
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