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The photographs on these pages (see links below) were taken in the
years after I first got into Hang Gliding. In 1974 a syndicate of
us (Alan MacKeller, Alf Beckett, Maurice ?, John Miller and myself)
bought a second
hand, home made Skyhook IIIA Rogallo with a very tired sail (2oz
rip-stop
nylon!). This effectively wouldn't fly (see first photos from
1975
taken at Coxley). After eventually repairing the sail we made
some
successful, ground-skimming flights on it. After that we made
ourselves another Skyhook IIIA, this time with decent 4 oz polyester
sailcloth. I
had my first soaring flight on this in Feb 1976. However basic
Rogallo
design was soon overtaken by 2GL wing technology, and so in mid 1976
John
Burgesss and I bought a proper Geoff McBroom factory-made Cobra, second
hand
from Ray Willis (later to become the Variometer guy). This was
followed
by a McBroom Lynx.
In parallel to this I jwas a founder member of the Avon Rogallo Club. This quickly expanded and soon transmogrified into the Avon Hang Gliding Club. I also joined one of the two national organisations, the British Kite Soaring Association (BKSA). This was subsumed into the British Hang Gliding Association at a meeting of flyers held at at the NEC, Birmingham.
Photographs
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