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ISSUE NO. 70

Hang Cliding

OFFICl:STAFF MANAGER Cor0J Velderrain Janel Meyer (Advert,slng), Wendi Tuttle [Membership) t<II Skradski (Renewals} Amy Gray (Hong Rahngs) Tino Gertsch USHGA OFFICERS PRESJDENTlloyd Llcher VICE PRESIDENT Dennis Pagen SECRE IARY Jon Case TREASURER Alex Duncan EXECUTlVE COMMITTIT Lloyd Ltcher Alex Duncan Jon Cose

CONTENTS FEATURES

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USHGA REGIONAL DIRECTORS REGION 1 Jay Roser. Michael P11ngle REGION 2 Jon Cose. Wolloce Anderson REGION 3 Tom Milloe. John lake. Michael Riggs REGION 4 Lucky Campbell, Ken Koerwi1~ REGION 5· none REGION 6: Jim WIison REGION 7 · Thomas Holey. Ron Chnslenson REGION 8: Don McCabe Rl:GION 9 Dennis Pagan Bob Martin REGION 10: Dfck Heckman. Jerold Welch REGION 11 · David Broyles REGION 12: Craig Mavis Harry Sudwlscher DIRECTORS-AT-LARGE REGION 1 Alex Duncan REGION 2 Lloyd Llcher REGION 7 David Anderson. REGION 10 John Horris HONORARY DIRECTOR· Hugh Monon EX-OFFICIO DIRECTOR of USHGA os we ore o d1vis1on of NAA Vic Powell CIVL DELEGATE Harry Robb The Un1led Slates Hang Gliding Assoc1a· lion. Inc.. is a d1v1sron of Iha Nahonal Aeronouiic Association (NAAJ which is lhe oftlcfol U.S. represenlollve ot lhe Federa· hon Aeronoulique lnternotfonole [FAt) the world governing body for sport ovtohon The NAA. Which represents lhe U S. 01 FAI meetings, has detego1ed la the USHGA superv1sion 0 1 FAl-reloled hong gilding octlv1tles such as record ollempts ond compellt1on sonchons

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THE DESIGN AND EVOLUTION Of A byJ.B. Allred RIGID WING HANG GLIDER Pho tosbyDanlelMargulles HOW A GLIDER REALLY TURNS Par11 by Dennis Pagen EASY FOR A RA VEN - Masters of by Pork Hang Gliding Championships Photos by Leroy Grannis "WAY OUT WEST" . . . The Moab b y David Stanfield World Invitational PhotosbyLeroy G ronnls 1978 UNFATALITY (Or, have you hugged your parachute today?) by Kurt Zobel THE SECOND ANNUAL by C onnollyKeating CRESTED BUTTE PhotosbyBobJensen HANG GLIDING CHAMPIONSHIPS THE ROGALLO PROPOSAL: let's take the hang out of gliding and put in a good WOrd for OUrSelVeS by Jon Bostian

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HANG GLIDING magazine Is published for hong gflding sport enthusiasts to c,eo1e further inlerest in lhe sporl, by o means of open commun,oahoo and to odvonce hong gilding rnelhOds and safety Con111butrons ore welcome Anyone ,a ;nvi1ed lo contribute articles. pholos. ond lllusrcolloM ooncern,ng hong gila,ng oct1v1tles If the mofer101 1s to be returned. o stomped. sett·oddressed return envelope rnusl be enclosed HANG GUDING mogozlne reserves lhe rlghl ro edll contr,bultons where necessary The Assoc,o11on and publlco tfon do not assume responsibility tor lhe moter101 or op,n,ons of cootnbulors HANG GLIDING magazine ,s pobhshed monthly by the Unl1ed Stoles Hong Gliding Assoclot1on rnc whose moiling address fs P O Bo, 66306 Los Angeles Colli 90066 and whose ol1ices ore localed ol 1i312'1, Venice Blvd. Los Angeles. Colil 90066. telephone (213) 390-3065 Second class posroge Is paid ot Los Angeles. Calif HANG GLIDING rnogaiine ls prlP1fed by S1nc1o1r P11ntiflg & Lithe. Alhombro. CoHI The USHGA Is o memberconlrolled educotlonol and sclen1rr,c organize lion ded1coled to exploring oil tocets ot ultralight llrghl Membership Is open to anyone lnierested tn lh1s realm of filghl Dues ror lull membership ore SW per year (S21 for foleign oddres,se,). subscriplion roles ore S15 tor one year, S26 Jar two years_ S36 for lhree years An introductory six-month 11101 ls ovo,loble 101 S7 50. Changes o1 address should be senl weeks In advance. 1ncluomg name USHGA membership r,umber p1ev1ous and new octdress. and o mo111ng lobe• from o recent Issue

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ULTRALIGHT CONVERSATION INDEX TO ADVERTISING USHGA CHAPTER NEWS Edited by Don Apodaca NEWS AND NEW PRODUCTS USHGA BOARD OF DIRECTORS ELECTION CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING STOLEN WINGS

COVER: John Branl demomtrotes ultimate taflh In skill and machine os he clitf launches his Seag ull 10 Meler al the recent Moab lnvilotlonal. CONSUMER ADVISORY: Hong G lid ing Magazine and USHGA. Inc., do not endorse or lake any responsiblllty for the products a dvertised or m entioned editoria lly within these pages. Unless spectficolly expla ined, performance fig ures q uoted in advertising ore only estimates. Persons comlderlng the purchase o f a glider ore urged to study HGMA standards. Copyright © United Stole s Hang Glid ing Associa tion, Inc. 1978. All rights reserved to Hang GIi d ing Magazine and Individ ua l contributors.

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Dear Editor, there has been some to how to eliminate accidents frorn to hook in. The different solutions offered for this would because of various difficulties. I think the best solution would be to a that used before each in check would be HHHD. The initials stand for: !look in upon close to the off. Helmet the chin strap tied? Check that

moment However, I suspect may be strong with the in use aspect ratio, low sweep The use of battens and double Slff-· would tend to thi: of attack, further '""'''""'" toward the "tuckunder" don't have any in fact my oriented toward different does little more than to show the abovc·-mentioned What I suggest that the HOMA contact the thesis advisors in the Aeronautical and

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Dear Editor, To every pilot there is a site which he dreams about and hopes he will eventually lly. To some it's the highest mountain and to some it's the hottest flatland. To those of you who have been about the stretch of cliff in the world and don't know where it is, or how or how I have the answer. It's here in Southern Australia. This

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2,000 kilometer coastline 750/o of which is soarablc in a hang glider. The great Australian Bight is its name. The average height is 300 feet vertical and runs unbroken and almost dead straight for 480 kilometers. Beat that! Steve South Australia

Dear Editor, l was very interested in Barry Gordon's comments in the issue the contract with Piedmont Airlines. I had no idea that could be that enthusiastic about turning their into flying billboards. Unfortunately, l cannot share his enthusiasm. I have long considered highway billboards to be eyesores and will consider the flying Tony Verhulst USHGA #7826

production test flying. Noticing the formation of some clouds behind the take-off he selected production XC 220 to fly and decided to bring an alt imctcr and vario. Following launch, Mike lost 400 ft. before locating a thermal at the backside of the area. Working slow, tight 180's against the race of the he was able to maintain at 50 ft. above the bushes until the thermal enough to take him up. Twenty minutes later, and 6500 , I he t hcrmal out and Mike turned downwind toward the coast. Five miles downwind, he encountered a second thermal which took him up to 11,000 ft., and from there it was a glide to the beach at Dana Poinl. The 21-milc flight took one hour and ten minutes, and included an 8,400 ft. altitude gain. Earlier this year, Tom Cree he in a and Steve Pearson in an Alpha made the flight fron1 Elsinore to aboul miles short of the coast. Wills Inc.

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without producing a on the area and an addi"" ticmal hazard to the Park visitor. The sites at Ravens Roost, located at MP I0.7, and Roanoke Mountain at MP 120 on the will be closed 30 through the sites as will be open to been in the past with the same program to This is part of a make the Blue a safe and to visit for people who of recreational Richard A. Stokes

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to Dear Editor, September 25, Mike Meier made the first successful cross-country flight from to the Pacific coast. Mike, a professional consultant to Wills test pilot and had gone to Elsinore to do some

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Lynn Le Pelley

Lift & Sink (8/30): A scary thing happened to Sean Mulligan last week at the fly-in at Blanchard Hill. ll was almost as scary just watching, and or particular int.crest if you happen to be using the type of harness that he was using. He was flying a Sirocco with the very common type of swing scat which has a back support strap sewn between the suspension lines. To keep this sl mp from falling down before and during launch, mos I people stuff it in their bell or the top of their pants in the hack. This usually works, but in Sean's case the strap had fallen down, and when he put his weight on the harness, it pulled up behind his knees, toppling his body backwards. He slill had hold of the crossbar, but he felt that any attempt at climbing out of the tangk would result in stalling the glider. It appeared thal it was all he could do to fly straight and level by putting his legs through the bar and rocking his body back and forth for pitch corrections really spooky. The night con-tinucd until he had flown into the swamp, scat first at about 15 mph. Fortunately neither Sean nor the Sirocco was damaged, but the incident points out the need for lhat little vclcro retainer used to hold the back st.rap up in some harnesses. Maybe if your swing seal has the back strap and not the retainer it would be worthwhile adding one. "Blanchard Hill" Terry Sweeney, of many and varied hang gliding fames, swept away the big bucks ($8) al the NEIIGA "fly-in/super duration target rally" in Dunstable, It was great to so many people there, with pilots wailing in line to take off in an occasionally favorable south-southwest wind. The task was one of duration, with bonus points for some kind of spot landing; JO pts. for the 30-ft. mowed circle, 30 for }O.. ft. kite bag circle, and for ridiculous I-ft. square piece of carpet on which nobody ever did alight. The top four pilots in the contest were (!) Terry Sweeney in a BC IV, (2) Paul Laurence flying a III, (3) Joseph Shanley in Cirrus and (4) Danny Boutilier in Kestrel.

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Meeting Notes (8/25). We had a good turn oul, with many people present, but no movies bcc,1usc the "Purple Avenger" (Russer) forgot them. Our illustrious president Craig Mavis (who finally came to his senses and gave up trying lo grow a moustache some have it, some don't) urged us all to join the USHGA ... (not grow moustaches). The lJSHGA provides an excellent monthly publication, controls our pilot proficiency rating system, promotes safe manufacture of equipment and flight, and sponsors lcgislat ion, provides insurance, and generally promotes hang gliding nationwide. Support of the USHGA is good for us all. Please consider joining if you have not already done

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Club Meeting (8/27) Bob Trampenau and David I .ow initiated discnssion on spins and the frequency in which pilots involuntarily practiced them. Bob reminded pilots that low washout induces spins, and that a glider may spin nose down or even on a flat plane, with the flat spin being the more cornmon aerobatic trkk·or .. trcat. Bob and Dave noted that the flat spins are nothing to be worried about if yon know what you doing, if you have sufficient altitude to pull in and increase air speed to pull out of the spin, or if you lead charmed life and always fly above soft trees. A good pilot knows how to flat spin, eh? And a good pilot knows when and where and how to do a safe f1at spin, like off of Wilcox or Moor Mesa in smooth ridge lift. Or from altitude where the air is good. Approaches Bob Trnmpcnau suggested that pilots consider the following approach when making an approach to landing area Use the pattern approach, making only 180° turns with banks of than 30 ° to avoid steep turns which allow too much lift lo slip off either wing since the altitude factor becomes increasingly more sensitive the lower the glider goes; that is, the lower the glider flies the less forgiving the air becomes, and in the final approach, two turns best at most. Turkey of the Month The Palomar Meet wit5 the unanimous choice for the bird word. Why? It strained the pilot's patience, competitive spirit and fluctuating faith in sanctioned hang glider meets. It was decided to award Eagle of tbe Month David Butz, one wild and crazy pilot, one SBHGA -shirt so that he could puhlicizc the dub during

his motorized trans--continental flight. Citizens in Lancaster and Victorville reported seeing a wild and crazy blond man running rampant with gaskets and motor parts coming out of his ears. David curtailed his nationwide flight after deter-mining that although his equipment was sound, the motor did not have enongh sustained power to guarantee reliable lift in low density and/or high altitude air. And Dave wishes any other pilots their share good fortune when they make a trnns--continental trip. How about an Atlantic crossing with a powered hang glider?

Southland Flyer Southland Hnng Gliding Assndntion 18339 HasscU Street Resedn, Ca. 91335 President

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President's Report A lot of lellcrs in the hang gliding publications arc from pilots who arc concerned that the USIIGA is "steaming off" in the wrong direction (concerning motorized hang gliding, getting insurance, running competitions, etc.) and that we poor hang glider pilots ought to: quit the USHGA, form a new organization such as a professional pilot's association, motorized associations, etc., or give up and let the FAA or somebody else take over. On the surface lhcse comments appear lo be sincere suggestions, but, having a little iuside knowledge, l have to laugh at some of these. This is because apparently few people realize that every program in the USHGA is entirely on volunteer help, and there are so few active people that

any single han1; 1;/ider pilot could completely change the direction of any prowam in the USliGA (within reason) by simply offering to do I.he work, write up the material, write letters, to meetings, etc. somewhere, n hn119 n!1dnr pilot 9oin9 to tow up, catch nnd fly out oi s1qht. ll may he you. liD propnred Lo

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Gear Easy will at 1he next power meet you thimbles. With the innovation of lever action eners, considerable can occur if thimbles arc bound on tangs when wires are Glider has become more and accurate wire Stress on wire systems aerobatic maneuvers and cause thimbles to to become out of tune. The development of the "Never Kink", a sion plastic thimble prevt:nts these

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light gear offers these features. Steerable nose wheel which steers like an aircraft (push Shock into the tubular framework. The total gear 17 lbs. The

4, 1978, the first Mitchell fun fly-in was held at the Porterville airframe. Load distribution is such that the to the gear-··-not to I he any abnormal loads to your airframe hard The comes in a kit form holes to be drilled and two

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us our own runway and pauern. Bob Bowen flew his Ted Ankona flew his learns V and Steve Patmon! flew his Mitchell The and flying continued had all the ht, hours. That was great meet, with not one Company would like to see everyone hack, and friend, at their next power meet, which will be Easter weekend of next year.

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INTRODUCTION prol.O·· is an immense

success. One should first do extensive research and state the characteristics desired in the aircraft Nexl, he should determine what is in order to obtain these characteristics. he must follow on an endless number of details. The endowed with a relentless never allow him to up in the face of the many inevitable setbacks. He should also of Law, which st ates, wrong, it will, at I he worst moment.''

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of Arizona Aerospace and Department in author undertook senior A tremendous amount of and encouragemc:nt was by Professor and Dr. William

RESEARCH the The first of the JB-l an cxlensivc research program. A search was made any information that to the of the aero-Soarand several years of reading Aircraft Association and Ground Skimmer. Many and construct ion studied. A information the of Arizona.

parameters were then stated: Must less than 90 lbs. Stall must be less than 20 knots. Glide ratio mus! be grea1er than 12 lo l. Must be stable. Must be con1rollccL Musi be able to withstand due to and incxto con st rue!. These two the basic concept of the parameters provided the foundation upon which the aeroand structural work could be done.

concept of the was to be reduce weight

controlled. With this arrange·· ment, the pilot could more launch, because the control of the would be

of construestall characteristics and the maximum moment arm for the elevators.

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could be the stand the torsional loads. A as this enables the to much material as he needs at any point and no more. This maximum strength and minimum Other components in the glider, such as ribs, struts, rudders, wing and cage were similar methods. Each component was designed to withstand a variety or aerodynamic loads as well as loads in

The greater part of the construction of the JB--1 was done in the De-

were glued to the shear The nose ribs were to the face of the spar. The was laid up in two I on an aluminum sheet, and rolled up. The spar was I wisted four and 1he control system. Dual sticl<S facilitate ground hanciling and bicycle grips

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A glider bar), which rcsulls in pitching down motion, the longitudinal the keel), which results in rolling m lifting and dropping of a and (a line tlmmgh the kingpost), which results in yawing m moving wing forward and (sec 1), Of course, rot at ion about more I ban one can (and usually docs) occur sim11l1anco11sly, pil ch can be changed independently of the 01 her controls, Roll and arc coupled the that rotalion about one of lhc rotation about the other pilot can control pilcl1 and roll directly, whik lhc lake, place due to Ilic yaw/roll coupling designed into the glider, A coordinated 1ur11 requires rnlation on all t lircc all hough all a pilot usually docs roll, then pi1cl1 the glider,

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is all aircraft behave in the manner described. The is due to adthe upswept verse yaw. The cause of adverse yaw can be understood if we ask ourselves what happens when we increase the loading of a The answer is: We increase the at any of attack. Likewise, when we decrease the

or causes it to slow down (if until the sum of the forces (lift and drag) the new force. For minded, we can exact process as follows: to accelerate the 3b), which increases the of attack, which in turn tilts the resultant of lift and (net in forward acceleration. forward speed restores t.hc of attack as well increases the lift and This causes the resultant to return to a vertical orientation with force to the new If a lightbulb hasn't fired in your head, it's probably due to the detailed uc,,1e11LJ11u1 This should flick your switch: if you move your body to the left, you increase the wing on the left side of your while you decrease it on the Suddenly we see that to the left acup the left while it This is the cause of ad4, we see a pilot verse yaw. In left and the adverse to the

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the prolotypc rule. Dave l1eardslce's was not, and he the offer of a lO Y2 Meter still a gull," from San very well in the preliminaries, barely the finals. Meet steward Tom Price commended the Formance have an excellent glider, the Antares, but it not certified, and they willingly sent their pilot Cesar), to the meet with a supposedly inferior to not cause any trouble at

one more line before setting up an The Black Hole, an area in the nearest corner of the lake, worked at times to produce monstero11s sink, at the most critical point of a pilot's final Sink was a faetor between the launch near Raven Rocks and the green. There were four basic tasks: duration flight time, altitude minimum flight 1.ime and a maximunHninirnum f'light time task. No matter the task, if you didn't have the altitude for the maneuvers you couldn't win your heat, and someone who had better condit.ions or a better sink rate would. The point to

in a great wheeling bunch, a "kettle" of hawks using shear lift and cloud suck to glide southward. Dozens of ravens came out from the craggy lo soar and cavort below the hawks. ''Heavier " said an pilot. The weather was best for spectators on Thousands of from J,oscoe and Banner from Boone and Rock, watched the birds and pilots from at op the cliffs, local color at its besL I learned from them that the the open bottles and cups of coke were called "sweat bees" And I overheard two old "Well, that the way he is. Mr. Jones is like that, said the firsl. "snorted the second, "if he's a mister then the woods is full up." Later, after official was over, Dong Heath and T.J. Young got up in a shear that was visible and lovely in the sunset. flew among clouds over the south half of the above the oaks, ash, maples, pines and rhododendron for . to embossed certificate feat or soaring Grandfather Mtn. for an hour The award is coveted and dil'ficull to attain-··Larry Tudor took three attempts lo get his. The before the meet, I stood on the with Dave Ledford. H was 60 mph and the was

the first competition wind champ Dennis Pagen was next, and compe· was nol in progress before a report came from tbe area of crash. 11ormer Masters winner Mike Arrambide had frapped his new Moyes into the bushes below the dam. Arrambide wasn't hurl, however, and continued to compete with a borrowed machine. His was the first of numerous misses the green, and on other Jim Braddock, J Brown, Scott Buchanan, Jeff Burnett, Rob Kells and Larry Newman had in there, too. Buchanan and Burnett made a of within two minutes of one another. Burnett later for NBC,

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In 1937, Hal Roach produced the film classic "WAY OUT WEST," which found Laurel and Hardy with the deed to a gold mine, and the "task" of signing it over to the rightful owner. A comedy of and foul weather kept the audience at what was about to happen next. Following closely to that was the Moab Tournament had as many minor dilemmas in their tion of a version of a world hang gliding extravaganza. Utah's first at"· tempt at a tournament turned out to be a test of endurance and for everyone involved. As if on cue from Cecil

B. himself, the ~,,,.,~,,~~ of this event ended with Malcolm Jones off into the sunset wearing the white hat and a saddle full of loot! "CUT! THAT'S A PRINT!" said Director Dave n.v,.u,"u'"· followed a long sigh of relief.

THE LOCATIONS FOR "WA your WEST" Utah, the host for the gliding championships, is 235 miles southeast of Salt I .ake a little above the 4,00()".foot elevation. The 5,000 inhabitants are nestled in the Moab with the Colorado River out of

one canyon and into another at the north end of town. River on huge inl1atable rafts and tours of the canyons are two big tourist attractions. The town is the start point for adventures leading to Arches National Park, Fisher Towers, Dead Horse Point State Park, Island in the and National Park. Dead Horse Point features a 2,00().. foot view down to the Colorado River. With endless eanyons off in the horizon this overlook is simply outstanding. It has taken 150 million years for the lo be stripped away and expose the sandstone forming Dead Horse Point The powerful forces of snow, heat, frost and wind arc still sculpturing the fantastic of these precipitous bluffs and crags. At 5,900 feet above sea level, D.H.P. is of cliffs, and terraces, looking down upon the Colorado River as it meanders its way southwest to the Gulf of California. This is Utah's Grand Such a nice for a homicide; in last year two homicides occurred at D.H.P. The small point itself is comsurrounded by sheer cliffs, and local authorities estimated 12 deaths by the end of the competition that is, 12 spectator deaths from falling off D.H.P. while over to get a better look at the Squirrel, and Rattle Snakes Rats, Lizards, arc somewhere hidden behind the Juniper. and Pinyon trees, so watch your step! This is the launching site for the hang gliding championship, a but scenic 45-minute drive from downtown Moab. Shafer Flat is the area for those of monies, some 1,700 feet below the launch. The 1 114 hour drive just north of town at the Potash Road, where the Colorado River and the road enter the Portal. Both run parallel for ten miles, Indian cliff ruins, Dinosaur tracks and rock arches. from 600 A.D. mark the red sandstone walls, and are more recent. etch... "Betty Loves Bill," and "Class of '69." the ten miles of paved road dirt road come seven miles of a~ it from the river's smooth course. Five miles from Shafer Flat reads a sign ... "GOD'S COUNTRY This Connty ls Still Half Clean, People Please Don't Be Two miles from Shafer Flat you come upon 400 acres of ice.. blue solar eva· poration ponds, for the solution mining of potash in the underlying area. comes the area at the base of out of sight from the Colorado River and quite isolated. Phenomenal scenic national monuments and recreation and state HANG GLIDING

Left to Rig/Jt: The winners, Malcolm Jones, Gordon Pollock and Bit Nuss.

beer is freely. ACT 6. Saturday D.H.P. will be blown out. Over 200 cars will make their way to Shafer Flat, only to be told that it not happening. All cars will caravan back to Moab, a huge dust storm for seven miles. Meanwhile, up on top, all the 46 entered pilots will grumble about having a major meet at an unproven sitc. ACT 7. Six days into thc meet, Tuesday morning Task #2 will get An LID flight, the landing field twice, which will have three pylons set in a tri· angle pattern outside the bull time will break tics. Everyone will get six PY· Jons, and Jeff Scott will land on the bulls· eye for a score. Task number two will be concluded as a spot contest. CUT TO: Jeff a 200-foot 85. dive following his launch off D.H.P. Calmly stating, after successfully <nrvivir,,u the stunt, that his Oly 180 possibly has some washout problems and mild tailwind com·· ponent was a factor. Close up of three tourists screaming as they bend over the cliff to watch. Lap dissolve to: A misty reinaet· ment of the or Dead Horse Point. Cowboys herding wild mustangs out on the point and the small entrance to make a corral. The best animals were either broken for use or sold to eastern markets; the unsound horses were left. One such band of culls was with the corral gate accidently closed, and soon after they died of thirst or stepped off the to reach the Colorado River below, also taking an 85·degree dive, with mild tail·

wind component.. ACT 8. With five fication tasks scheduled, now on the seventh day of competition with 13 scheduled launch windows thus far, we now Task #3 on Wednesday. A 8 contest with no bullseye but the quality of form could possibly increase or decrease your 8 score. Rob Kells does 6V2 eights with a controlled Conclusion: the firs! task to fairly lest being the abilities rather than target de(:1dmg factor. Later that the Poison Mesa vehicle will get stuck twice, arriving a half mile from the take,off, set-up camp at 2:30 a.m. Get three hours of sleep before up to the launch 10 be on schedule for the demo. Meanwhile, Duhon with a eold beer in his hand will recall the first 11ight from Dead Horse Point, just 11 months ago back in October of 1977. ACT 9. Ambulance concession people, and Rangers are right on time, very cordial, punctual and helpful throughout the meet. Three pretty girls volunteer their time to help the pilots launch. Gary Nate filming the launches for Warren Miller's new ski movie "Ski A La Carte." Meanwhile, Poison Mesa, a 1,300-foot flight, at 8 a.m. the will their aerial ballet exhibition. Dave Rodriguez, Rob Kells and Alison Rushton will fly tan· elem, Tom and Ed will over the Colorado River at the Portal. CUT TO: D.H.P., Task #4, morning, a closed course soaring task, stay up for ten minutes then hit lhe bullseye.

sink conditions for everyone, similar times for duration, so the target made the difference in nearly all the heats. Task #4, round number four, not co.mr,ieted, get blown out. ACT 10. Friday morning, finish task mm1· bcr four by 10 a. m. begin task 115, known as time accuracy. Task number five never so it will be discarded. Henceforth, eliminations will be made after four qualifying rounds. Pilots arc pleased with the exeellen1 media coverage, community support and funding that will go into the Moab tourney. Rumors will spread that 1he meet was for J>L..J.uuu. and before comr1et1.t1c>11 over $40,000 will be spent. A1na;m1,g: ACT 11 Finals, Round one, Saturday morning, Task #5, Time Accuracy. Twelve pilots had the option of flying or 20 minutes for time accuracy, with a than target and on fonn. Greg Duhon will choose to stay aloft for 20 minutes, touch down at 20 minutes and 12 seconds, but have an uncontrolled landing. Jeff Scott will land three seconds past his five minute but outside the zone. Paulo Seiblitz five will have a 4: 59 flight out of a minutes. CUT TO: Weathered "slice rock" sandstone, smooth enough to skateboard on. Close up of some wheels over petrified sand dunes of millions of years ago. The Delta .. Jeff Jack Carey and Richard Zchm ride off into lhe sunset, slalom turning across Mother Nature's natural skatepark. FADE INTO: Tom skateboarding late Saturcfay t'r1110,inn the sidewalks of downtown Moab. He finds some concrete and circles the block a few times. Every time he rounds this one particular corner he passes a lady in a phone booth, and the lady sees Tom she slams the phone booth door shut, as if Tom to roll up and molest her. Fade freaked,-out face! ACT 12. finals, crack·a··dawn, Paulo Seiblitz and John Brant arc frantically for their alop D.H.P. Fifteen minutes later they appear on a vehi· cle just into the lot. It seems the fell off the flatbed transport trailer en route to D.II.P. One hour later, Sunday's final is blown out, the director calls the meet completed. The media to hover around the top finishers and ask the usual Malcolm Jones and Gordon Pollock will agree to the money, but declare Malcolm the overall victor due to a 501100th of a second lead in time accuracy. Malcolm will become the Moab with less than 30 minutes of actual competition air time. ACT 13. Gordon Topham, Park Ranger HANG GLIDING

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For awhile now I've been wondering, like so many other pilots, about the negative implications of the word ''hang'' in hang gliding, high·· risk sport which needs no further encouragement to have donbts raised about its practice, particularly since the elements of risk in this sport almost strictly adhere to Murphy's Law defining the conditions of the sport "ff anything can possibly go wrong, it will go wrong at the worst possible moment." It's high time that the sport discontinue using the improper "hang." All glider pilots fly in a suspension system in which they sit lie prone. Lhat really hanging? The sport flying gliders, whether glider fixed rigid wing or Rogallo flex wing, needs a name that would reflect the sport's modern inception, its pleasures, its excitement and its beauty. The word "hang" is objectionable and misleading. To associate that misnomer with the unparalleled joy and challenge of the sport detracts from the total experience. Practically speaking, "hang" a blight on the sport that promises unlimited possibilities in free flight, foot launched aviation. Bill Allen, the originator the "Flying Bull" column in this macga.au1:, probably the earliest published account of need for a more appropriate sport name. Someone else even went so far to call the word vulgar sounding. You the word ain't got no coutb. Too many newspapers and magazines jump on the improper, ill-chosen terminology and parade "hang" like it was the surgeon general's personal warning that the sport can undeniably become hazardous to your health. It's more the of the individual becoming hazardous to his health when he exercises poor jndgmcnt, which is a common error of all sports enthusiasts. There's no slatis1ical reason to place flying gliders at the top of that list. How many times have you reflected on the inappropriateness of the word "hang" when it has been published in newspapers or magazines not involved with the sport or the gliding industry? One example of such mishandling was the unsuccessful tongue-in-cheek newspaper headline for club's community fund raiser in which the editor wrote "Local Gliders to Hang in Benefit for Disabled Persons." How

many times have you heard, "Wofo you do dat?" or "Hah, hah, hah, do yon really hang in those things?" How many pilots saw the cover of Behavior Today, slick-paper, pscudopsychology/sociology reader's digest of the latest social trends, in which glider pilots were categorized as thrill seekers who have a universal latent death wish of uncommonly high proportion when compared with that of pedestrians, librarians, accountants, vice presidents and writers. New West Magazine led the way in tackiness, even exceeding the poor of the National when it gliding article, Sink Stone, aud to centerfold picture electrocuted pilot in the wires over Malibu, True, one mustn't overreact. One can remain glib about tongue-in-cheek humor and agree to certain amount of sport craziness and madness, considering that the sport was launched on the back of bamboo bombers with all-black 300 square-foot sails around 90-degree nose and 2().. foot plus leading edges and keels. We now know better, just like other scientist who picks himself up after that the product of two chemicals is sudden and tremendous release of energy in all directions. But, all in all, the word "hang" has the uncanny effect making you cringe on hearing its use when you consider that there so many more appropriate and better sounding words in the English language, whether it's from H.J .. Mencken's Dictionary of American Slang, or whether it's in George Bernard Shaw's crisp and proper King's English. The new name doesn't have to derive from English American or British version; we might try Italian, French, Jamaican or Peruvian, or the lost language of Atlantis, for that matter. So what can be done about being saddled with less than appropriate name for a mme than just exciting sport? We can change the name of the game. A rose is still rose by any other name, but why identify as a thorn or as horseradish? We can the sport a contemporary, relevant name. drop the old name, pronto, like bad attitude, like hot potato, like sticky wicket there matey. These days names is common

practice. Sometimes a change of name follows an identity crisis in which an individual or an industry realizes that its name, like hyperglycemiated monofilament pork entrails instead of hot dog, is not the best choice of words with which to be identified. Sometimes a change of name corrects a bad or improper attitude. Some·· times a clrnngc of name helps you obtain site or organizational insurance. In this industry and sport, already several name changes have become rule of thumb. Standards have changed, for one thing; no more and the last the HOMA was 1976 when it allowed to atrophy while responsibility of overseeing During that same time, Ground Skimmer, originally named by Lloyd Lieber in 1972, was rechristened Hang Gliding and came out of the training closet and went into the air, because the editors felt, ". . the name Ground Skimmer, although somewhat of tradition, was incongruous with what our sport, as well our magaziue, is all about." The editors continued, "The name change will be difficult, even for those of us who embrace it, but if didn't in change, all t1ying rogallos with plastic sails. Amen. And, in May 1978, the former Hang Rating System underwent name change "because of the indelicate sound of 'hang'." This system is now known the Pilot Proficiency System, and it denotes experience with the classifications of beginner, novice, intermediate, advanced and master. The reason for I.he change was the negative image factor that was incurred when addressing the public and especially insurance companies, according to Dermis Pagen. With another positive name change, we would be flying rogallo gliders and not hang gliders. Already in a year and a half, the industry has openly embraced the more progressive magazine name change, and now it is time to repeat the procedure of keeping up with the fast pace progress. name change with confidence will signal this insightful step in the right direction, and it will demonstrate the new awareness and the new identity, if you will allow, new consciousness. The acceptance of new name will facilitate recognition, clarify identification

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