http://www.airmunn.com/oops.htm

Page may take a minute to download, but the pics are worth it, especially if you're interested in aviation. Enjoy.

 

Cool pics!

 

Can someone point out what I am missing in this one:

 

^^^Yeah, I was kinda confused by that one too...

 

Here's a good one that wasn't on the site...

 

You're not missing anything.....it's a guy para-sailing.

Most of the pics are legit, although the Photoshop jobs really stand out.

 

maybe the guy parasailing is about to miss the land and go into the sea?

 

^That's what I thought. They guy ahead of him is headed toward the beach.

 

No, he's sailing on the " Ridge lift". Wind coming off the ocean hits the upslope allowing him to stay aloft for hours in the same position.

From another site:

...The Torrey Pines site in San Diego is famous for ocean cliff launches and ridge soaring because of the steady westerly Pacific winds that bang into the cliff and are forced upward providing fairly constant "ridge lift". However, although steady and dependable, this ridge lift is only available close to the cliff, so flyers typically spend their day in roughly the same general area flying up and down the cliff line never venturing too far from the cliff. This type of flying is typically more crowded and less venturesome, but you can often stay in the air as long as you like and land right back where you took off..."

 

ouch!