If you have ever fancied soaring from a sheer cliff aboard a hang glider, but without the added thrill of breaking a leg or two, then this hang glider trainer is for you.

The object of the game, for one to four players, is to jump from a ridge and glide for the greatest distance and time before landing safely in a designated landing zone. More difficult in practice than theory, a survival rate of around 30 per cent indicates (I hope) that the transfer is more difficult than the real thing.

You are presented with a graphical display of your position on the landscape together with 'instrument' readouts covering such factors as height, orientation, wind speed and direction. Clouds of different sizes on the display indicate the positions of thermals which give lift.

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