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Testing for stability and structural strength
This page links to related snippets woven into the main hang gliding pages. The links here are in chronological order.
Art based on a photo by Rob Kells of a Wills Wing Sport undergoing testing
- Strength test in Hang gliding 1977
- Vehicle-based testing in Hang gliding 1978 and 1979 part 1
- It’s brains you want in Hang gliding late 1980s
Related
Whisky Kilo Two Eight tells all, my review of Trailblazers, Test Pilots in Action by Christopher Hounsfield, 2008
External links
These are links to Big Blue Sky — The history of modern hang gliding – the first extreme sport!, 2008, documentary by Bill Liscomb on YouTube. These two are contiguous:
- Manufacturing standards and testing: Big Blue Sky starting at 1 hour, 2 minutes, 47 seconds (Pete Brock narrating then I think Bob Tranpenau then, briefly, Bill Bennett)
- Vehicle test rigs: Big Blue Sky starting at 1 hour, 3 minutes, 55 seconds (Bill Liscomb narrating then Tom Price then, I think, Bob Trampenau)
