Hang Glider Pilot         |  Home  |


John LaTorre
This file: http://www.energykitesystems.net/HGpilots/JohnLaTorre.html

H4, HGP, Otto
Recreational Hang Glider Pilot life rating by USHGRS
1974


Some additional information given by pilot's public activity:
  • JLT, John LaTorre, John La Torre, Johann von Drachenfels, jayeltee,
  • "I was a more or less regular pilot from 1975 to 1995, starting in the Maryland area and moving on to New Mexico and finally northern California"
  • HG industry
    • Electra Flyer
    • Pacific Windcraft
    • Pacific Airwave
  • jlatorre
  • Test pilot on many wings
  • "Dragonwing is John LaTorre"
    • "Did you come here expecting to find a website for a tent manufacturer? Well, we closed that operation some years ago, and Dragonwing has been reformulated as a publishing house rather than a tent-making operation. I'm still the sole proprietor, but we're now focusing on publishing books on various topics."
  • sailmaker HG
  • tentmaker
  • The Pavillion Book 
  • Luthier
  • music
  • CB5
  • early HG instructor
  • VW buses.  Authored book:  On The Bus: Four Buses, Forty Years, and 400,000 Miles Paperback – October 15, 2016      (Amazon in Kindle or paperback)..   Other titles
  • Blog  
  • "And I read everything about hang gliding that I could get my hands on, from Joe Faust's "Low and Slow" newsletters to Dan Poynter's self-published books on hang gliding and kiting."


And we find to add interest:
  • Vision
  • Espirit
  • Spirti
  • Floater
  • Vision Eclipse
  • Olympus
  • Atlas
  • K2
  • K5
  • Magic IV  sail for Red
  • Red
  • SCA
  • Briggs Christie
  • John asked a question abour Mr. Rogallo.  Here is the long answer to John.
  • sail-care article
  • Greater Bay Area Site Guide      Whole Air, April 1986
  • Western Hang Gliders    
  • Don Clarke                         Econ-o-Flight Systems
  • Bob Martin    
  • Discuss "John LaTorre"