Can hang glider hover straight into wind and keep same position?
The ground is not flat, and indeed slightly angled. This is enough to &quot;hover&quot;.
Specifically, the ground slope should be equal or more than the max L/D ratio of the hang glider at the current wind speed. The wind should go 'up' as much as the glider goes 'down' per unit of distance. The ground seems to go up about 2m over a distance of maybe 10m, which is a slope of one in five. An L/D of 5 seems perfectly reasonable for a hang glider.