Jean-Michel Bernasconi and Pacific Windcraft (PacWind) and Pacific Airwave (PacAir).Hiway of Sussex, England, and Abergavenny, Wales (related topics menu).hang glider manufacturer Sky Sports (Tom Peghiny, Terry Sweeney) Flying squad, a short history of the east coast U.S.Electra Flyer of Albuquerque, New Mexico (related topics menu).Eipper-Formance of Torrance, California including Bob Lovejoy and Dick Eipper (related topics menu).Chuck’s Glider Supplies of Ohio (Chuck Slusarczyk).Chargus of Buckinghamshire, England (related topics menu).Birdman and Solar Wings of Wiltshire, England.Bill Bennett’s Delta Wing Kites and Gliders (related topics menu).See also the Related topics menus and Miscellaneous lists on this page for links to material about individual designers who were not primarily manufacturers in their own right. Top of page Manufacturers Gerard Thevenot of La Mouette at an aero-tow gathering in the USA in 1983 or early 1984. World championship competition at Kössen, Austria, 1975: Spiraling out of control, a sub-page of Hang gliding 1975 part 1, and Eipper Cumulus in Cronk works.Testing for stability and structural strength.Taras Kiceniuk Jr., Batso, Icarus II (Icarus 2), Icarus V (Icarus 5) and Easy Riser: 1970-72 in Hang gliding before 1973 part 1 and Late 1960s and early 1970s in color in part 2, and Hang gliding 1973 part 2.Semi cylindrical Rogallo in Rogallo wing definitions and diagrams.Reich & Neumann ULF-1 rigid glider: ULF-1 in Hang gliding late 1980s.Hugh Morton’s photos (related topics menu).Pilot induced oscillation (PIO) and Dutch roll: Sunspot, Moonraker, and Scorpion in Hang gliding 1977.Nick Regan: South downs in Hang gliding early 1980s part 1 and Rogallo versus Quicksilver in colour in Hang gliding 1974 part 3.Man-Flight Systems (Mike Markowski) Eagle III: Scientific American hang glider.Larry Witherspoon: Rogallo versus Quicksilver in colour in Hang gliding 1974 part 3, Hang gliding late 1980s, and Hang gliding 19.Johnny Carr: Prone in Hang gliding 1975 part 2, and Miles Wings Gryphon in Hang gliding 1976 part 1.Glider Rider in Copyright of early hang gliding photos.by hang glider in Hang gliding late 1980s Eves Tall Chief: Assortment in Hang gliding 1990 to 1993 and Antares, Ten Meter, and others in Hang gliding 19 part 3.Eric Short: Spiraling out of control including Eric Short’s first flight.Ed Cesar: Hang gliding 1974 part 2 and Antares, Ten Meter, and others in Hang gliding 19 part 3.Donnita Holland (Donnita Hall) in Hang gliding 1975 part 2.Cylindrical Rogallo in Rogallo wing definitions and diagrams.Conical Rogallo in Rogallo wing definitions and diagrams.Bob Rouse: Art for art’s sake in Hang gliding early 1980s part 2 and Hang gliding 1996 to 2014.Bob Lovejoy: Project Quicksilver in Hang gliding before 1973 part 2 and Dave Cronk, Bob Lovejoy, and the Quicksilver in Cronk works.However, some links here go direct to applicable items where there are only one or two. Each such page - a related topics menu - contains a list of links to applicable material throughout the main hang gliding pages. Most of these links go to pages dedicated to a subject. Top of page Related topics menus Dave Cronk landing an Eipper Cumulus with sail painted by Medij in 1975. Spiraling out of control: Brian Wood and Eric Short.Scientific American hang glider: Mike Markowski and the Eagle III (the Princeton sailwing).

Grandfather Mountain, North Carolina, 1974.Annie Green Springs 1973 briefing photo key.What’s new Chronology Bill Liscomb partly eclipsing the moon with his Sun in 1975. Related topics menus: Kind of like an index to related material This page consists of the following main sections: History of hang gliding Art based on a photo of Mike Markowski launching his Eagle III in 1974

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