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. 17
December, 1973
CHRISTMAS STAR OVER SYLMAR, photo by W.A.A . . . . . . .
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SPECIAL COVERAGE ON SELF-REGULATION FOR HANG GLIDING
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AN IDEA WHOSE TIME HAS COME A CALL FOR SELF-REGULATION, by Sam Alexander HANG BADGE PROGRAM . . ACCIDENT REVIEW BOARD .... FLYING SITE GUIDELINES HANGLIDER MANUFACTURERS' ASSN. , by Pete Brock, HMA President
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CAUTION!
360's ARE FOR EXPERTS, by Bob & Maralys Wills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
And a plea to fliers and manufacturers from the Wills family. MORE SWINGWING's! The average age of two VJ-2.3 pilots is 66.' . . . . . . . . . . HOW HANG GLIDING GOT ME HOOKED, by Dix Roper who found a new flying hazard PERSONAL LIABILITY INSURANCE now available to USHGA members on a voluntary basis SPORT KITES HAS AN ANSWER to launching sites 20 inches high . . . . . . . . . . .
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DEPARTMENTS BIRDS EYE VIEW CALENDAR CLASSIFIEDS . .
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COLUMN: GROUND SKIMMINGS LETTERS USHGA OFFICERS
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