Maryland: Need a Getaway? Fly Like a Bird in Ridgely. (With Video)

A friend of mine recently learned of a place in Ridgely (MD) on the Eastern Shore that offers hang gliding lessons and tandem flights for first-time hang gliders. We fall into the first-time hang glider category.

The place is Highland Aerosports. It is an hour drive from Edgewater.

We paid $145 for the tandem flight, which lasted about 25 minutes. They also offer pilot solo tows for $23, or a ten-book for $200.

The owners of the company, Sunny Venesky and Adam Elchin, used to work in Kitty Hawk, NC, one of hang glidings top schools. Venesky said that they got tired of working for someone else and started a business of thier own.

They've been at it a dozen years, so they must be doing something right.

As for us, the trip was a blast, and it seemed only fitting to pass along to Patch readers what fun awaits just an hour away.

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