In the spring of 1999, I traveled to Adelaide, Australia, for an IETF conference.  I allowed an extra day before and after the week-long conference in order to do something interesting.  At the end of the week, my friend Doug and I rented a car and drove to a little place called Strethalbyn.  The reason?  To fly microlights!

What are microlights?  Unlike ultralights, which are actually airplanes with control surfaces, microlights are really powered hang gliders.  The place we were at, called "Adelaide Airsports", had about a dozen microlights that were powered by 95 hp Rotax motors.

The pictures below are thumbnails of my adventure with microlights in Strethalbyn.  Click on any thumbnail to see the larger picture.

Below the thumbnails, which are sequenced left-to-right and top-to-bottom, there is a 360° panorama of the microlight hangar.  Just click the mouse within the panorama, drag left or right to pan (rotate) the picture.

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