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GROUND SKIMMER PUBLISHED BY THE UNITED STATES HANG GLIDING ASSOCIATION, INC. AS A SERVICE TO ULTRALIGHT FLIGHT ENTHUSIASTS EVERYWHERE Editor: W.A.Allen
Consulting Editor: Lloyd Licher
Issue No. 16
November, 1973
CONTENTS HONORING FRANCIS M. ROGALLO, THE MAN WHO "HAS GIVEN FLIGHT TO THE MASSES" IN THE BEGINNING, photo courtesy of F.M. Rogallo . . . . . . Francis Rogallo and his daughter~ Bunny~ fly a "Flexikite" with a 50" keel~ sometime in 1948 or 1949. WHISPER OF THE BUTTERFLY, history restructured by Art Payne . ROGALLO THE MAN, by Kas De Lisse, USHGA Vice President FRANCIS M. ROGALLO AWARDED ED GARDIA MEMORIAL TROPHY FOR 1973 THE FIRST ANNUAL FOG-ALLO MEET, by Maralys Wills SOME ROGALLO MEET CREDITS . . . . .
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HARNESSES: PRONE VS. SEAT, by Carol Boenish Price Tom Price says only birds fly prone. Chris Price thinks he's a bird.
LABATT 1 S WORLD SNOW KITE FLYING CHAMPIONSHIPS, by Bill Bennett . . . . . 24 Some hot pilots do some cold flying and the result is an international set of winners. DEPARTMENTS CALENDAR OF EVENTS . . . . CLASSIFIEDS . . . . . . . COLUMN: GROUND SKIMMINGS LETTERS . . . . .
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NEW CLUBS PHOTO FEATURE: STOLEN WINGS USHGA OFFICERS
SPOT LANDING!
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