Selected hang gliding photographs part 1


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Selected hang gliding photographs part 1

In chronological order…

Home-made hang glider in 1978

One of my home-made hang gliders in 1978

Hang glider preparing to Launch at Mala, Lanzarote, 1989

Preparing to Launch a Mouette Atlas at Mala, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, 1989

Tony W. flying in Lanzarote, January or February 1989

Tony W. the instructor gaining height immediately after launching at Macher, Lanzarote, in January or February 1989

Hang glider: Hiway/Pacific Windcraft Vision (mark 1)
Harness: Modified and strengthened 1970s stirrup type
In-flight camera: Compact 35 millimetre film

Flying across the Norfolk flatlands by circling in a thermal in 1991

Flying across the Norfolk flatlands by circling in a thermal during a competition in 1991

This photo was taken with a squeeze bulb shutter release. The black wiggly line is the squeeze bulb air-line taped to the side flying wire.

Hang glider: Airwave 166 Magic IV
Harness: Modified and strengthened 1970s stirrup type
In-flight camera: Compact 35 millimetre film

Flying an Airwave Magic 4 in France, 1994

Flying an Airwave Magic 4 in France, 1994

We travelled to several hang gliding sites in France 50 years after D-Day. The camera took one exposure every minute automatically.

In-flight hang gliding photo

St. Hilaire, France, 1994

Hang gliding in-flight photo

Crossing lake Annecy

Hang glider: Aerial Arts Clubman
Ground camera: Compact 35 millimetre film

John Midgely launching in a hang glider in Spain in September 1995

I took this photo of John M. launching at Ager in northern Spain using slide (transparency) film in September 1995.

Hang gliders: Ultralight Products TRX 160 and Airwave 166 Magic IV
Harness: Solar Wings Edge 2
In-flight camera: Compact 35 millimetre film
Ground camera: 35 millimetre film SLR

Famara LZ in December, 1995

Famara LZ, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, in December 1995

My UP TRX 160 is partly de-rigged at far right, only partly in view, nearest the camera. The TRX has an airframe made mostly of carbon fibre.

Hang glider climbing by circling in a thermal in the UP TRX 160 over Wroughton on June 21st, 1998

Climbing by circling in a thermal in the UP TRX 160 over Wroughton on June 21st, 1998

Hang gliding at Merthyr Tydfil, south Wales, 2000

Back on the Magic 4 at Merthyr Tydfil, south Wales, August 2000 (digitized slide transparency)

I reverted to the Airwave 166 Magic 4 in 1999 because I preferred its handling qualities and its ease of rigging over those of the UP TRX 160.

Hang glider: Aeros Discus 148
Harness: Solar Wings Edge 2
In-flight camera: Compact 35 millimetre film

In-flight hang glider photo

Over-banking at Monk’s Down, near Shaftsbury, Dorset, England, in 2005

Hang glider: Airborne 154 Sting 3
Harness: Aeros Myth 2
In-flight camera: GoPro

Wing-mounted camera view from airborne hang glider

Over the stone age farm behind the north part of Bell Hill

Wing-mounted camera view from airborne hang glider

On my way from Bell Hill, north Dorset, to the coast in August 2011

Bell Hill, August 31st, 2012

Bell Hill, August 31st, 2012

Advert for the 2014 USHPA hang gliding calendar

Advert for the 2014 USHPA hang gliding calendar. Photo taken at Ringstead in 2013.

This topic continues in Selected hang gliding photographs part 2.