I love glider flying of all sorts. Have done tandem flights on a hang glider in queens town N.Z.
Off the side of a mountain, for a 45 min. flight. The pilot slid over and let me fly most of the way including the landing. I did feel some input from him on final approach. He said that in 20 years of flying he had never let a passenger fly to the landing but it had really clicked for me:-)
A para-gliding flight in Switzerland, 35 mins of very comfortable floating around in the sky, really relaxed.
And a couple times up in a sailplane on the N. shore of Oahu, ridge soaring that could have gone on for ever, fantastic flying and scenery. I never go my hands on the controls
on those flight, but would love to, just not so close to the cliffs.
I had always thought when I was young, single and adventuresome, That once I got older
( like I am now) that I would take up hang gliding since I wouldn't have much to loose.
Now that I am here and with a fairly young family. I don't quite feel the same as before.
I think if there were good learning conditions near by I would get into para-gliding. Its affordable, convenient if in the right place. And lots of fun.
Cheers Richard