- Richard David Seymour: On final right at LZ at about 50' AGL...bumped left then right and could not control...got into downwind slap to ground; expert observer was also first responder; Richard immediately lost consciousness and succumbed 20 minutes later even under immediate care and paramedic care. Memorials were several; one was at Chapel of the Hills. Richard had been editor of High Times where one may read many of his services and gems. A chosen gem: "Stay involved. We need you". A large gathering of hang gliders at Sylmar Flight Park on Saturday, June 28, 2008, remembered and celebrated Richard.
- Three Amigos: Kagel to Twenty-nine Palms...excellent three tracking XC.
- Lost and recovery: A Sylmar HGA club member collapsed in heat exhaustion, lost consciousness and pulse, but was resusitated by club member.
Links re: Dietch: ["NMERider" in OZReport.com] 11 22 [Phunobulax] [Tempest-1] [Dart]
 The graphic will be updated to include the 1908 occurrence of a full cable-stayed triangle control frame as we know it today. |
 1908 ...a full 100 years ago hang gliding had the cable-stayed triangle control frame as we know it today. Later, after 1921's Gottlob Espenlaub's triangle control frame, we received gifts emphatically from George Spratt when he fully instructed the triangle control frame. Later decades in kites, kite aerial photography, 1961-2 Palmer on his final version, ski flat kites and finally again Rogallo kiting used the same TCF. |
"I received your note with the shot of Molly and me on the ski plane; this shot was taken in 1968 when Molly and I were 36 years old.
The sail was made before we used battens. The old single surface gliders of the day suffered from radical centre of pressure movement at high angles of attack. This made them easy to land as the pressure centre moved forward, but it made them hard to hold a climb. You can see a rope connected to the front wires; this rope was tightened as you pulled in on the bar and bent the keel down (before kingpost days); this generated lift at the trailing edge and made the climb more manageable.
You can also see the tow rope faintly connected to a boat release welded to the forward tube; this was my first experiment with towing from centre of mass."
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Note: Bill Moyes in February of 2008 at age 75 is building an updated ski-plane and might invite Molly to fly tandem again. Notice his use of the 1908 triangle control frame that was also later in 1929 well instructed by George A. Spratt and later found resurrected in Barry Palmer's final version, Burns SkiPlane and later Dickenson's ski-kite.