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OJ 104 Seg 1
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Outdoor Journal
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104
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Hang Gliding
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Humans have thought about flying under their own power since they first looked up at the sky. Hang gliding is a way to fulfill that fantasy. For many, the image of hang gliding is running off a small hill and staying up for a few seconds. With the proper training, hang glider pilots can launch off the side of a mountain and stay aloft for hours at a time, thousands of feet up in the air. Host Marianne Eaton takes a lesson at the Morningside Flight Park in Charlestown, New Hampshire and then joins a pilot for a tandem ride at 2500 feet.
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OJ 104
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Outdoor Journal
Episode #:
104
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Host Marianne Eaton takes a lesson at the Morningside Flight Park in Charlestown, New Hampshire and then joins a pilot for a tandem ride at 2500 feet. Then, we visited Vermont Skydiving Adventures in Addison and went up in the plane to watch first-timers take exhilarating tandem rides. Also, host Lawrence Pyne joined anglers Randy Savage and Gilbert Gagner of "Bronzeback Guide Service" for a day of bass fishing on Lake Champlain. Lastly, we joined members of The Lake Champlain Basin Science Center for the turtle's reintroduction to their original nesting sites.