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    More information about "EN Otto Lilienthal: "FIRST IN FLIGHT" - 7 Seconds for Eternity"

    EN Otto Lilienthal: "FIRST IN FLIGHT" - 7 Seconds for Eternity

    in Gliders and Soaring

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    Lilienthal is known as "The father of Modern Hang Gliding" . There were many other pioneers in the 19th century, Percy Pilcher is one I remember but Lilienthals design and detailed documentation of his 1500 odd flights was second to none. Why they did not get a hang glider expert pilot to provide some initial instruction I don't know. Some of the semi rigid hang gliders when I was flying them in the mid/late 70s had parallel bars and moving fore/aft provided pitch control plus weight shift to the side with legs for roll.

     

    Of course the Rogallo design (originally developed as a re-entry wing for space craft that didn't succeed) evolved into the modern hang gliders of today as well as Trikes with the pilot (or fuselage) in a harness attached to the CofG.

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    More information about "Sydney Coastal Flight Victor 1"

    Sydney Coastal Flight Victor 1

    in Trips and Events

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    The helicopter that appears at 1:46 is about the same height and if anyone was going South at that time there would be a potential conflict. It does climb and veer left over the houses after that.

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