Folks might have seen some strange 'birds' in the sky yesterday. A rally-style hang gliding competition made the Moultrie Municipal Airport one of its stops. With about 30 pilots participating, the group will make several stops over about seven days of flying, until its final destination, Lookout Mountain, Tenn. The pilot who makes it their in the least amount of time is the winner. Several countries, including Russia, Austrailia, U.K., Brazil, Columbia, Ecuador and the United States, are represented in this competition. Instead of the traditional launch off of a mountain, the gliders are towed by an airplane until they get high enough to catch thermals and convective currents. 'They will be sustained by the wind and the sun for 75 miles to Americus,' said Jamie Shelden, the event coordinator. If they don't make it and come down, crews are in contact with them during the flight and will pick them up wherever they land.
