Middletown has iInstructions for hand gliding, as well as the facilities for the recreational sport available. In hand gliding, a pilot flies an unmotorized aircraft. This is known as a hand glider and is usually launched by pushing off from a height. Modern hand gliders are made of composite-framed fabric wing, and alumumium alloy rods. Modern technology has improved to the point where the pilot can stay airborne for hours, gain thousands of metres of altitude in thermal updrafts, perform aerobatics, and glide cross-country. Hand gliding is an activity that needs training and practice. One can learn at classes in many different ways, such as flying in tandem with an instructor, flying solo from a small height (initially), and then from higher places, flight simulators and ground schools. Not only do you need to learn how to "fly", you need to learn what are the various attached considerations, such as the weather, the wind speed and direction, and launching and landing methods. One must use safe equipment, and rely on the experience of the instructors in Middletown. Hand gliding is a phenomenal experience, and the feeling of launching for the first time is never to be forgotten!
