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Joe Faust
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   Hang Glider Pilot,
USHGRS life rating of
S-SA Otto-0 and  HGP


  • Rated by U.S. Hawks Hang Gliding Association as "Hang Glider Pilot, HGP"
    USHGRS examined his record and evidence, observed his hang gliding activity, interviewed senior hang glider pilots, and found other evidence that resulted--upon careful analysis--in USHGRS certifying that he is a recreational hang glider pilot.


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  • Re: Apply for a US Hawks Rating

    Postby JoeF » Sat Aug 15, 2015 8:22 pm

    My name is Joe Faust; I self-declare being a Hang Glider Pilot within and outside US Hawks. Please list me as HGP rated. I flew solo HG from Ortega Highway at Elsinore, from 1500' over Sylmar, off beach restroom building, from old and new Dockweiler, from Torrance Beach bluffs, from Palos Verdes cliff launch at Malaga Cove, from the site that John Joseph Montgomery flew Evergreen, from several sites in Simi Valley, CA; from hills in San Clemente, from hill in Newport Beach, CA; from desert slopes, from Venice Beach sand berm, from public streets, and more. I have been hang gliding since 1954. I have a HG-Mentor rating from Self-Soar Association. I have been a HG manufacturer and HG test pilot. I assigned USHGA #1 to Dick Eipper with his agreeing to accept such, and chose USHGA #5 for myself, as "5" poetically means "family" to me, the body of Otto Lilienthal self-soar members of the world. My first mentored HG flight was by mentor Richard Miller with late Bruce Carmichael witnessing. I launched into flight over-20 distinct hang gliders. Specialist pilot also in the area of micro-moment-hang-gliding. My flight in Waterman-Seagull biplane hang glider was witnessed by Waldo Waterman. Spearheading special Safe-Splat studies (5S). 
  • TV's 60-Minutes pilot  "60 Minutes segment titled, 'Ever Since Icarus', initially aired on August 31, 1975."
  • Founder of international hang gliding association Self-Soar Association
  • Founder of first United States Hang Glider Association.
  • Co-founder of United States Hang Gliding Association
  • Early member of United States Hawks Hang Gliding Assciation
  • Has withdrawn from supporting any club or corporation that promotes paragliding for its PDMC aspect.