Going Monkey
Paul Voight <<email>> sends:
Joe Faust (one of the first "modern day" hang glider pilots circa 1970's) wrote: We were all pretty young when this LIFE Magazine archive photographed a hang glider: armpit hang, engineless, harness, seat while he hung by the tether of his forearms and braced a bit with his feet in the triangles of the control frame, while have billowly flexible sails and a formed central keel section:
1905 Lift note #27: http://tinyurl.com/1905inControlFrame. In 1905 hang glider pilot standing in control frame flying his hang glider. Who will be building and flying a replica of this? Who is the pilot? Hanging and feet standing in control frame. Who will modernize, power-assist, and show this gem in contemporary moments?
http://OzReport.com/1227629375
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