ShyTorque,
I'm not sure how one would "practice" dead-stick take-offs from a spot like that.
(EDIT: Perhaps by "practice" you mean take-off with engine running?).
Hang-glider pilots do indeed practice take-offs - but generally from low sandhills and the like.
The James Bond stunt aircraft was a gyrocopter, ISTR. (I'm open to correction on that one).
Last edited by Stanwell; 27th Apr 2015 at 12:24.
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