Three seconds from personal freedom: Kathryn, a hang gliding student of Sydney, about to embark on her first ever solo hang gliding SOARING flight....

Her dedication to learning to fly hang gliders pays off tonight, just before sunset:

-this happens to be her first SOLO hang gliding flight from Bald Hill, Stanwell Tops.

Good skills, and smOOth, FAT, lift made it possible for Kath to log about 40 minutes of AIRtime tonight in the Airborne Fun 160 hang glider.