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Hang gliding
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Hang gliding chronology
Hang gliding related topics menus
Hang gliding miscellany
My flying
Hang gliding chronology
The pages that describe the early years are illustrated by my artistic derivations of contemporary photos. See Copyright of early hang gliding photos for how and why I obtained them.
Bill Liscomb partly eclipsing the moon with his Sun in 1975. Photo by Bettina Gray.
- Hang gliding before 1973
- Hang gliding 1973 part 1
- Hang gliding 1973 part 2
- Hang gliding 1974 part 1
- Hang gliding 1974 part 2
- Hang gliding 1974 part 3
- Hang gliding 1975 part 1
- Hang gliding 1975 part 2
- Hang gliding 1976 part 1
- Hang gliding 1976 part 2
- Hang gliding 1977
- Hang gliding 1978 and 1979 part 1
- Hang gliding 1978 and 1979 part 2
- Hang gliding 1978 and 1979 part 3
- Hang gliding early 1980s part 1
- Hang gliding early 1980s part 2
- Hang gliding mid 1980s
- Hang gliding late 1980s
- Hang gliding 1990 to 1993
- Hang gliding 1994 and 1995
- Hang gliding 1996 to 2014
- Hang gliding 2015 onward
Hang gliding related topics menus
This section constitutes a mini index. Most of these links go to pages dedicated to a designer or manufacturer. Each such page — a related topics menu — contains a list of links to applicable material throughout the main hang gliding pages. However, some links here go direct to applicable items where there are only one or two.
Dave Cronk landing an Eipper Cumulus with sail painted by Medij in 1975. Photo by Bettina Gray. See Hang glider sail painting.
- Airwave of the Isle of Wight, England
- Birdman of Wiltshire, England
- Bob England: Hang gliding early 1980s part 1
- Bob Lovejoy, Dick Eipper, and Eipper-Formance: Quicksilver in Hang gliding before 1973, High-performance in Hang gliding 1974 part 2, and Rogallo versus Quicksilver in colour in Hang gliding 1974 part 2
- Bob Rouse: Art for art’s sake in Hang gliding early 1980s part 2 and Hang gliding 1996 to 2014
- Bob Trampenau: Seedwings in Hang gliding mid 1980s
- Chargus of Buckinghamshire, England
- Donnita Holland (Donnita Hall) in Hang gliding 1975 part 2
- Electra Flyer of Albuquerque, New Mexico
- Fly America: Across the U.S.A. by hang glider in Hang gliding late 1980s
- Hang glider sail painting
- Hiway of Sussex, England, and Abergavenny, Wales
- Jean-Michel Bernasconi and Pacific Windcraft of California: Entrepreneur in Mid-day lightning in Vermont
- La Mouette in Hang gliding mid 1980s
- Lejair (Tony and Rona Webb)
- Man-Flight Systems (Mike Markowski) Eagle III: Appliance of science in Hang gliding 1974 part 2
- Manta Fledgling 2: American revolution in Hang gliding 1978 and 1979 part 2
- Miles Wings Gulp and Gryphon
- Photographers of early hang gliding
- Solar Wings of Wiltshire, England
- Southdown Sailwings, Vulturelite, and Aerial Arts of Sussex, England
- Sport Kites/Wills Wing of California
- Telluride, Colorado
- Testing for stability and structural strength
- Tom Peghiny’s Eagle of 1979: Developments 1978-9 in Hang gliding 1978 and 1979 part 1
- Ultralight Products of California and Utah
- Waspair of Surrey, England
Hang gliding miscellany
Paresev (paraglider research vehicle) in 1968. See Space flight and hang gliding.
- A painted history of hang glider design
- ATA girl Ann Welch
- Dangers of hang gliding
- Eagles among men–my review of Higher than Eagles, the Tragedy and Triumph of an American Family by Maralys Wills and Chris Wills, 1992
- Flying squad, a short history of the east coast U.S. hang glider manufacturer Sky Sports
- Hang gliding equipment
- Hang glider names
- Hang gliding preparation
- Instructions for building and flying a paper Rogallo wing
- Kimmeridge Khmer Rouge
- Kitty Hawk Kites
- Mid-day lightning in Vermont
- Notices to airmen–NOTAMs
- Overview of Ringstead
- Paint it black–my review of the 1976 movie Sky Riders
- Paragliding
- Paragliding continued
- Skyhook Sailwings of Lancashire, England
- Space flight and hang gliding
- Terry Prendergast
- Thermals close to the ground in wind
My flying
In my U-2 at Ringstead in 2016
Selected hang gliding photographs — my best shots
- My flying 1974
- My flying 1975
- Simple versus complex (my flying 1975 part 2)
- Three-sixty degree appraisal (my flying 1976)
- My flying late 1970s and early 1980s
- My return to hang gliding, 1989
- My flying, 1990 to 1993
- My flying 1994 and 1995
- My flying 1996 and 1997
- My flying 1998 and 1999
- My flying 2000 to 2003
- My flying 2004 and 2005
- My flying 2006 to 2009
- My flying 2010
- My flying 2011
- My flying 2012
- My flying 2013
- My flying 2014 part 1
- My flying 2014 part 2
- My flying 2015 part 1
- My flying 2015 part 2
- My flying 2015 part 3
- My flying 2016 part 1
- My flying 2016 part 2
- My flying 2016 part 3
- My flying 2017
- My ground-based hang gliding photography 2018 part 1
- My ground-based hang gliding photography 2018 part 2
External link
Hang gliding movie “Free Flyers” (full movie) on YouTube, filmed mostly at Point of the Mountain, Draper, Utah
