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Last updated 17 May 2002

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Contents of this Web Site

History of Hang Gliding & Paragliding

In 1972 the last manned moon landing mission (Apollo 17) returned...

Dark Side of the Moon

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G.D. Wanner, F.M. Rogallo, Bill Moyes, Bill Bennett, John Dickenson, and others started the aeronatical revolution that became hang gliding

          G.D. Wanner & F.M. Rogallo

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The British Wasp CB240 was similar to the American Seagull III...

Sky Riders
There is also an article with the same title on this web site

The summer of 1976 saw brush fires consuming large areas...

Easy Riser

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During 1976 Wessex club member Dave Lewis went out with his camera...

          Kimmeridge Khmer Rouge

Skyhook chief engineer Len Gabriels started his aviation career in his teens during World War Two

          Skyhook Sailwings

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In 1977-8 the hang glider emergency parachute became operational...

Electra Glide in Blue
There is also an article with the same title on this web site

In 1977 Star Trek's William Shatner, the original Captain Slog, learned hang gliding...

After the Gold Rush

By 1978 Kestrel Kites no longer existed but the Wessex Club continued on...

The Raven

1979-80 saw a significant advance in flex-wing hang glider design...

Haggard's Comet

In the summer of 1987 an emergency parachute saved the life of a Wessex Club member...

The Right Stuff

Modern hang gliders are difficult to rig incorrectly, but...

Thunderchief Ridge

In July 1990 Larry Tudor launched his hang glider on truck tow at Hobbs, New Mexico. He landed nine hours later in Elkhart Kansas, setting a distance world record of 302 miles.

The Final Frontier

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The NASA pages: The Paresev (paraglider research vehicle), the 'lifting body' program (Gentlemen, we can rebuild him), Project Eclipse (My other glider is an F-106), and the X-38 -- a space-capsule paraglider...

          Righteous Stuff

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Rigid (class 2) hang gliders -- with spoilers and/or ailerons for turn control -- have made a recent comeback...

Back to the Future

About…

What this web site is

Background Info

Links

United States Hang Gliding Association (USHGA also administers paragliding)

http://www.ushga.org

British Hang gliding & Paragliding Association (BHPA)

http://www.bhpa.co.uk

An outstanding free flight photography web site. On the entry page click the 'Photos' button:

http://www.wingsofrogallo.org

Wessex Hang Gliding & Paragliding Club

http://www.mighty-wessex.co.uk

Wessex club paragliding guru Steve Auld's web site

http://paraglider.members.easyspace.com/

There are more links on the above web sites.