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Hangfly is a simple hang glider flight simulator written in the early 1990s by High Adventure's instructor Rob McKenzie. It is a fun training tool for the new hang glider pilot developing thermaling skills and provides entertainment for those pilots already tuned into thermaling. Listen to the vario, watch which wing is being lifted, decide when to turn and where to re-center your circle.


The Elsinore flying site was chosen as the flight scenario because of its unique conditions, with...

A profile of the entire flight is displayed with a trace of the flight path over the entire 20 mile flight task.

The glider is controlled by weight-shifting the pilot with an easy touch of the keyboard. Additional controls are for pause, silent running and a thermal locator.
Your flights are automatically saved into a logbook that shows a screen display of your flight along with all flight data and ratings earned!

Download: for Windows 7
thermals, ridge lift, a shear line, a lake to cross, and Class C airspace to avoid. The screen display shows a large top view of the wing in flight.

A rear view in 3-D allows you to keep a constant view of the wing for general flight control.

Note: Hangfly was originally written in DOS in the early 1990s.
In 2011, it was recompiled by Ron Praver to run on Windows 7.
Thanks Ron!