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Jerry Katz
This file: http://www.energykitesystems.net/HGpilots/JerryKatz.html

H4, HGP, S-SA Otto-0
Recreational Hang Glider Pilot life rating by USHGRS
XC    Many skills.      HG since 1972


Some additional information given by pilot's public activity:
  • First to XC 100 miles
  • 1977. Jerry Katz first to soar a distance of over 161 kilometres (100 mi), launching from Cerro Gordo Peak, in California's Owens Valley.
  • FAI gain of height   2 987 m  July 23, 1977


And we find to add interest:
  • "In July 1977 Jerry Katz, flying a Pacific Gull Alpine, launched from Cerro Gordo in the Inyo mountains on the east side of California's Owens Valley. Four hours eighteen minutes after take-off he landed at Betty's, a house of ill-repute in the Nevada desert, ten miles north of Benton Station. At 103 miles, it was the first hang glider flight longer than 100 miles, and was a world record.
    The previous day he set an altitude gain record of 9,550 ft"
  • Forest Service volunteer.
  • Attended reunions and Otto Meets at Dockweiler Hang Gliding Park
  • Torrey
  • Kites