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Hang gliding
Selected hang gliding photographs — my best shots
The following hang gliding sub-section is organised in chronological order (roughly) and the sub-section after it consists of miscellaneous hang gliding subjects.
Hang gliding chronology
Hang gliding in 2016
- Hang gliding 1973 and before
- Hang gliding 1974
- Hang gliding 1975
- Little parrots, an anecdote about flying at my local hill
- Luff in the time of cholera, about the ‘luffing dive’ thought by some to be a danger inherent in the design of the standard Rogallo
- Appliance of statistics
- Swallowtail versus Gulp, plus my own first experimental hang glider
- Hang gliding 1976
- Hang gliding 1977
- Mid-day lightning in Vermont, my review of the Francis Freedland documentary film 1978 Pico Peak International Hang Gliding Meet
- Hang gliding 1978 and 1979 part 1 (black and white)
- Hang gliding 1978 and 1979 part 2 (colour)
- Hang gliding early 1980s
- Hang gliding mid 1980s
- Hang gliding late 1980s
- Hang gliding 1989
- Hang gliding 1990 to 1993 part 1
- Hang gliding 1990 to 1993 part 2
- Only once, an anecdote in Lanzarote involving the editor of a monthly aviation magazine
- Hang gliding 1994 and 1995
- Hang gliding 1996 and 1997
- Hang gliding 1998 and 1999
- Hang gliding 2000 to 2003
- Hang gliding 2004 and 2005
- Hang gliding 2006 to 2009
- Terry Prendergast–a World War 2 RAF fighter pilot who turned to hang gliding and then paragliding
- Hang gliding 2010
- Hang gliding 2011
- Hang gliding 2012
- Hang gliding 2013
- Hang gliding 2014 part 1
- Low Level Hell–crowding and turbulence at Bell Hill, July 29th, 2014
- Hang gliding 2014 part 2
- Hang gliding 2015 part 1
- Hang gliding 2015 part 2
- Hang gliding 2015 part 3
- Hang gliding 2016 part 1
- Hang gliding 2016 part 2
- Hang Gliding 2016 part 3
- Hang gliding 2017
- Hang gliding 2018
Hang gliding miscellany
Paresev (paraglider research vehicle) in 1968 (in Space flight and hang gliding)
- A painted history of hang glider design
- 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–photos old and new (or new-ish) at this semi-coastal site
- Notices to airmen–my proposed automated process for raising NOTAMs
- Overview of Ringstead (a sight-seeing guide, not a flying site guide)
- Paint it black–my review of the 1976 movie Sky Riders
- Paragliding
- Replacing Wills Wing U-2 (Litestream) side flying wires
- Rigging a Wills Wing 145 U-2 flat on the ground
- Skyhook Sailwings, History of the UK hang glider and powered ultralight manufacturer
- Space flight and hang gliding
- Spring thermals
