As a white man, I wholeheartedly endorse this sentiment! Hear! Hear!

oof.

Pretty sure the 1B had similar sq footage to the original, though Dacron instead of Irish Linen, about 150 sq. ft. They stayed with small wings throughout the program to simulate anticipated high wing loading of the full scale paraglider. See Hallion and Gorn's On The Frontier, pp 133-136.

Good call.

Yes, these are still the days my friend. This is the time, and this is the record of the time.

I'm only 12 days late

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Reminds me somehow of Billy Bragg's Which Side Are You on Boys...

oof.

Pretty sure that's Paul Voight's friend Dave from NY

Don't think so. Only time I remember flying before I moved back was at the Hang Gliding Spectacular, and that doesn't look like that day...

Sheesh. 10-12 years ago? Already? That was never 10-12 years just now.

As a flexible wing geek (and 40 yr hang glider pilot), I'm looking forward to Parasev and Gemini Parglider posts.
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Arrived in style! At almost 30 mph, and fully licensed!

I'll bet Wilbur said something like that much earlier too. The boys from Dayton were bicycle guys, all about balance and equilibrium, and they learned to balance in the air in their 1902 glider. What they patented was "controlled flight."

THAT was a really fun day! Really amazing that we got the weather to pull that off on the one day you were available...so lucky!