A SHORT HISTORY OF HANG GLIDING
FROM ''HANG LOOSE'' TO MODERN ''WONDER AIRPLANE''
IN JUST A FEW YEARS .... WHO COULD HAVE GUESSED AT
THE POTENTIAL THAT LAY HIDDEN IN THAT CONTRAPTION
MADE OF BAILING WIRE, BAMBOO CARPET POLES
DUCK TAPE AND POLYETHYLENE DROP CLOTH PLASTIC
THAT WAS INVENTED MOSTLY BY A MULTITUDE OF ''LUNATIC
FRINGE'' POSSIBILITY THINKERS BECAUSE THE ''EXPERTS''
THOUGHT THE IDEA WAS CRAZY .... WHAT OTHER TYPE OF
AIRPLANE CAN CARRY 4 TIMES IT EMPTY WEIGHT IN
PAYLOAD AT 25 MPH ....
.... INTRODUCTION ....
.... OTTO LILIENTHAL ....
.... OCTAVE CHANUTE ....
.... THE WRIGHT BROTHERS ....
.... FIRST HANG GLIDER MEET 1971 .... 1 .... 2 ....
.... JACK LAMBIE .... ''HANG LOOSE''
.... TARAS KICENIUK - ''ICARUS 1'' .... 1 ....
.... ICARUS BECOMES EASY RISER .... 1 .... 2 .... 3 ....
.... THE BEGINING OF SPORT HANG GLIDING....
.... DR. PAUL McCREADY - THE CONDOR
and the ALBATROSS.... 1 .... 2 .... 3 ....
.... M.I.T. - DAEDALUS .... 1 ....
.... THE MODERN AEROBATIC HANG GLIDER .... 1 ....
.... SOLAR POWERED AIRCRAFT .... 1 .... 2 .... 3 .... 4 ....
.... MOVIES .... 1* .... 2 .... 3 .... 4 .... 5 ....
....
FROM ''HANG LOOSE'' TO MODERN ''WONDER AIRPLANE''
IN JUST A FEW YEARS .... WHO COULD HAVE GUESSED AT
THE POTENTIAL THAT LAY HIDDEN IN THAT CONTRAPTION
MADE OF BAILING WIRE, BAMBOO CARPET POLES
DUCK TAPE AND POLYETHYLENE DROP CLOTH PLASTIC
THAT WAS INVENTED MOSTLY BY A MULTITUDE OF ''LUNATIC
FRINGE'' POSSIBILITY THINKERS BECAUSE THE ''EXPERTS''
THOUGHT THE IDEA WAS CRAZY .... WHAT OTHER TYPE OF
AIRPLANE CAN CARRY 4 TIMES IT EMPTY WEIGHT IN
PAYLOAD AT 25 MPH ....
.... INTRODUCTION ....
.... OTTO LILIENTHAL ....
.... OCTAVE CHANUTE ....
.... THE WRIGHT BROTHERS ....
.... FIRST HANG GLIDER MEET 1971 .... 1 .... 2 ....
.... JACK LAMBIE .... ''HANG LOOSE''
.... TARAS KICENIUK - ''ICARUS 1'' .... 1 ....
.... ICARUS BECOMES EASY RISER .... 1 .... 2 .... 3 ....
.... THE BEGINING OF SPORT HANG GLIDING....
.... DR. PAUL McCREADY - THE CONDOR
and the ALBATROSS.... 1 .... 2 .... 3 ....
.... M.I.T. - DAEDALUS .... 1 ....
.... THE MODERN AEROBATIC HANG GLIDER .... 1 ....
.... SOLAR POWERED AIRCRAFT .... 1 .... 2 .... 3 .... 4 ....
.... MOVIES .... 1* .... 2 .... 3 .... 4 .... 5 ....
....
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