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So, what's it really like to fly a paraglider? Read on for some firsthand quotes from paragliders and other famous pilots throughout history.
"More than anything else the sensation is one of perfect peace mingled with an excitement that strains every nerve to the utmost, if you can conceive of such a combination."
- Wilbur Wright
"To fly a paraglider is to hold God's hand."
- Badmoon
"Flying is a lot like playing a musical instrument; you're doing so many things and thinking of so many other things, all at the same time. It becomes a spiritual experience. Something wonderful happens in the pit of your stomach."
- Dusty McTavish
"The man who flies a paraglider ... must believe in the unseen."
- Badmoon
"The paraglider is just a bunch of fabric, lines, and other stuff, a tool for learning about the sky and about what kind of person I am, when I fly. A paraglider stands for freedom, for joy, for the power to understand, and to demonstrate that understanding. Those things aren't destructible."
- JR
"I fly because it releases my mind from the tyranny of petty things."
- Antoine de St-Exupéry
"When I'm up in the air, it's like I'm closer to heaven; I can't explain the feeling."
- Jeffrey Gagliano
"When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return."
- Leonardo da Vinci
"It's the most exciting thing you have ever done with your pants on! "
- Stephen Coonts, 'Flight of the Intruder'
[Quotes from: geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Hall/3068]