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  • HGPG Calendars by OZreport
     
  • Newsman Al Roker flew tandem with instructor; the event showed on the December 11, 2007, The Today Show. It was all a positive of hang gliding.    gTS1
  • USHPA is concerned about decline in membership and instructor counts.
     
  • There is a broad discussion in the HG community about having more organization among instructors
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  • Birthday to the Hawks!! – April 11th of 2007  birth of the Torrey Hawks Hang Gliding Club.   Founder: Bob Kuczewski.   Join them free for important causes.
     
  • Seinfeld's Bee Movie destined to boost hang glider sales and activity!  (...nevermind that a fueled ultralight crashed and burned!)
     
  • Virgin Flight of Tom Banko at age 67 young  by Cyclops (Chris)
     
  • http://ozreport.com/wrap.php/docs/2007-10_airspacemag.com_SuckedUp_EwaWisnierska in cloud to 30,000' ASL. This is a must read!
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  • Michael A. Markowski  Mike Markowski  credits Low & Slow for helping him "redirect" his life from his already sharp aeronautical engineering to aeronautics publisher. (Mike has always been considered by Self-Soar Association as the eastern-USA Otto wing of Otto memberships. EAA Hall of Fame: He will be inducted on November 9, 2007, at Oshkosh. Mike has some 8 books to his own authorship and a total of 35 titles published on:  hang gliding, ultralights, homebuilts, model airplanes, aircraft mechanics, and aviation history. 
    Some copies of his early book ==>The Hang Glider's Bible
     
  • Randy Fishman.  Randall Fishman, Electric Aircraft Corporation. ElectaFlyer Trike.   He showed his wares at Sun-N-Fun 2007.  Electric self-launching arrives at a price.   "Lithium ion polymer" ... Motorgliding hits ultralights again--electric motor, that is: Electraflyer  No gasoline, jet fuel, propane, methane, etc.  But 160 pounds of batteries... They are presenting a lighter pack. One can recharge the batteries.  But others are already dreaming backwards to Larry Mauro's solar cells or Dr. MacCready's solar aircraft. I am looking forward to when the entire surfaces of every exposed surface (top, bottom, side) of wing, pilot's clothing and wraps, cables, etc. are converting direct sunlight and all indirect light into electricity for driving and storing. And what about converting turbulence, vibrations, excessive lift into stored energy.  Quiet electric flight?  Just launch? Emergency need? Soar with motor off.      What about powering a self-launch by beam from ground to a receiver; leave the batteries or power-source on the ground; beam me up; see Space Elevator for such!    Electric aircraft. Consider also the dreams of Sonex Aircraft LLC    See also 2002 note on electrics.
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  • FAI (3/4 March, 2007) states an award that tramples on the merits of George Spratt, Gottlob Espenlaub,  Charles Richard, Francis Rogallo, Barry Palmer, Mike Burns and others as they ill-advisedly state an error about someone inventing in mid-1963 "the" modern hang glider, which has not been defined or found; and if what the guy made is "the", then that has already been invented and so he could not have been the inventor; and thus the FAI stepped into an error of judgment. A deep disrespect for Palmer and Rogallo and the full Paresev and NASA inventions are involved in the faux pas. Being socially in the right place to meet with the skills and harness inventions and flying prowess of Bill Moyes is a credit, but certainly the WING and all other mechanical parts of the Mark III, IV were process invented by others solidly; and the very ornamental design of the WING was Paresev 1B's standing...and it flew in hanging-pilot mode with mass-shifting. So, the wording of the award was a faux pas of grand proportions.  Why could not the writers and FAI have just given an award for the guy who was part of the cause of  the Bill Moyes and Bill Bennett events; those two Bills had other forces in them related to Rogallo wings besides the JD connection; that social play is important and important for hang gliding; but that social bridge does not win raw process invention and should not detract from the ornamental design also in the appearance of the Paresev 1B hang glider.      EnterData+
     
  • HangGliderHistory spawns Timeline  that may be used by others as they develop their versions of hang glider and hang gliding history. Wishing all historians the best of lift in their endeavors; there will be many perspectives placed on the Internet.
     
  • undefinedPatent number:
     D243594
    Filing date:
    Oct 6, 1975
    Issue date:
    Mar 8, 1977

    Self-propelled
    hang glider carriage
     
    Jeffrey F. Koch

 

 

  • An open history of hang gliding is being developed (by all interested, perhaps you)  in Wikipedia by all who cherish our history; please consider adding to that historical open-to-all-to-edit encyclopedic effort; and add your perspective and facts:  w1HGing    w2RW  w3   w4     w5  w6  w7   w8  w9  w10  w11  w12  w13  w14
    Snapshot of January 23, 2007, Wikipedia of one of its articles: SJ2307
    Another article's snapshot of Jan. 23, 2007 Wikipedia SJ2307RW 
    The actual future Wiki pages are bound to change by inputs by all interested parties. Help enrich our history and help make presentation robust and accurate.
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  • Hang gliding continues to develop along many strands: sport, experimental advanced hang glider designs, vintage hang glider construction, continued experiments with foot-launched non-Rogallo sailplanes, motored hang gliding, modified paragliders, new manufacturing methods, special purpose hang gliders, practical applications, social recreation, platform for photography, etc.  There is a tease from nanotechnology. Weather watching is continuing to go high tech. Visualization of one's flight for Internet broadcasting continues to evolve. There is a grass roots move to explore replicas, slower gliders, specialty constructions, and rotating-wing hang gliders. Videos are exploding on the Internet; accidents are being shown in their full. Several hundred discussion groups focused on hang gliding exist. Commerce continues to grow and compete for customers.
     
  • Dr. Paul MacCready took the Next Thermal.   Helios.  Solar Challenger.  Centurion ssaCentpc1     Paul B. MacCready, Jr. (September 25, 1925 - August 28, 2007)   wPMcC1
     
  • Bill Moyes visits Dr. Rogallo (age 96) and reports that Francis envisions 100.  Moyes restated that Dr. Rogallo is his Patron Saint for hang gliders.
     
  • Lovetosaurus is Brett Snellgrove, inventor applicant for a spinal-protecting safety device: see 2005.  Something like this would have been neat for many of us from the 60s and 70s...  EnterData+
     
  • Highland Aerosports trains students using a golf cart innovation. "Instruction methodology" is the key. Flatland takeoff and landing training advances. "Blue Sky Scooter Towing" method. Electric controls.  Adam Elchin.   gHA1          EnterData+
       
  • It was settled by consensus that the name "Standard Rogallo" remains the name for a class of hang gliders that occurred from 1960-1975. There is no need to bring in the seventy or so other people that played a part in bringing forward the glider. The leadership of Francis M. Rogallo in so many ways gives a strong cause for the consensus. EnterData+
     
  •  Paragliding World Cup  results
     
  • Design your own PG online
     

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  • undefinedCollapsible umbrella is a leading inspiration to a return to Otto Lilienthal's foldable hang gliders. Look for some push-button Presto-ChangeOH! short-pack Quick-UP hang glider designs from innovators, old and new.
    FLYING-MACHINE OTTO LILIENTHAL
     
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    COLLAPSIBLE UMBRELLA Charles Fliegner
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  •                                          Summary Self-soar One-Up gift from 1962-2007 simplification
  •  One-Up (tm) :: Have tubes and chambers of the airframe of a hang glider be filled with
    compressed air. Use the compressed air to drive a propeller for
    launching to thermal-chasing altitude. Propeller folds to streamlined
    position when not in use. Refill pressured air via solar energy from
    specialized sail during the flight and during landing stops. Continue
    the fliking journey across continents and oceans. No other fuel. Pilot
    power could augment the solar power to compress the air. Macro
    appearance of the hang glider need not be much off from the Paresev 1B
    hang glider's wing, but higher aspect ratio Rogallo wings or double-
    surfaced Rogallos could be in the game. The hidden function and double
    utility of the tubes of the airframe may not be apparent upon just
    looking at the macro ornamental appearance of the hang glider. Just
    sun, air, and smart construction! Combine this with the One-UP
    streamlined pilot presented two days ago and presto...travel the world.
    Tweak the situation to have retractable floats and perfect launching
    off water surfaces and have the go-anywhere hang glider.
     
  • Ulti-Up (tm) of Nov. 1, 2007 :: The Ulti-Up One-Up has airframe which is with airbeams that are super-pressurizable yet of thin-flexible wall for low tote volume when not in use. One leaves enough pressure to keep the integrity of the airframe; excess pressure is used for special launching of flight-saving flight sectors.  For reliability and stability of sizing, advanced nano-engineered film will be used. Ulti-Up floats on water. Inside double-surface is shelter from elements while at sea on water at night. Sun will be used to obtain potable water. Sun will be used for some hydrogen generation for some sub-system uses. Food: Nano-smartly-made food nano-manufactured from molecules in ambient and recycled environment. Some inventions are yet needed to complete the full self-soar system. The sun's rays will not appreciably damage the integrity of the flight system.
     
  • Fliking. "Bivouac touring.".   Fly, hike, fly, hike, camp: fliking.  Ulti-Up (tm).
  • Trikes. Light trikes. Pod trikes. Retractable trikes. Barry Palmer trike.
  • Retiring: Just Fly (founded in 1992)  ...after a long hang gliding service time: G. W. Meadows. He notes special thanks to Joe Greblo, his original partner.
  • Special Nov. 9, 2007: Mike Markowski inducted into EAA Hall of Fame. He is also coordinating with others on a special project that will be unveiled soon as results come in.
  • John Morse became a hang glider pilot on November 4, 2007, near Cooperstown, New York.  First flight solo. Archetype, 2007. Online math tutor...
  • Canoa Open in Ecuador: 40 pilots. Oct. 29-Nov. 4, 2007. Good flights.
  • Horst Zimmer, November 5, 2007, died from a launching incident. Preliminary reports mentions forgetting to hook into his hang glider. He fell from the ramp at Neumagen-Dhron launch site.      DHV  [[Zimmer twins, Horst and Harold.]]
  • EHPU
  • DHV
  • Hang Gliding China
  • Bring in the brainstorm on artificial slopes.
  • Mass production of rigid wing hang soarer
  • Magnus M1                                              Magnus1B