Hang Gliding
How this all started. (Well, it actually all started when I was 4 years old and dad took me on a tourist flight in Bridgeport, Ct with him in the copilots' seat and me in his lap. I've wanted to fly ever since. Just took a while.)
In April, 1972, I started hang gliding. Took one lesson in Milpitas, and one in Tres Pinos (Holister).
After 3 months or so on the training hill in Tres Pinos, this is one of my last training hill flights.
After this I graduated to towing. (BTW, don't use FB to post video - the quality is terrible.)
https://www.facebook.com/elaine.ching.581/videos/t.1333784110/10151121969457223/
I have progressed somewhat - these are some recent videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43iYt6yU3LE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVCeLTfJu5c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQl_Wxt8rXk
And some older ones.
http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_wXY1UI2wdmVdtxJaeFKyA
http://www.google.com/search?q=linlyons+-lyn+-linlin+-%22house+of%22
I started hang gliding in April 2012, with Mission Soaring, at their training field, south of San Jose, in Tres Pinos / Hollister, Ca. As of August 2013, I have my hang-3 rating. (Thank you Harold - although I subsequently did scare the bejesus out of him, what with crashing.)
There are hang gliding (and paragliding) ratings. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (with 5 being just for bragging rights.) By far, the largest number of sites require a hang-3 rating. There are some that only require a hang-2, and a number of more difficult sites that require a hang-4 rating. Mt Diablo, which I can see from the house, is a hang-4 site. To get a hang-4 rating, typically requires a year of flying at a hang-3 rating, having 75 hours in the air, doing a longer distance flight, passing a written test, and convincing an instructor that you're good enough, etc. I'm afraid it'll be a while. Unfortunately, with my torn again rotator cuff, my flying days are likely all over.