News from November 2009

Jetman Bails into Ocean

A Swiss adventurer, Yves Rossy, went down into the Atlantic Ocean after hitting turbulent air which caused equipment failure. While attempting to cross the Strait of Gilbralter from Africa to Europe, the self proclaimed ‘Jetman’ had to pull his reserve chute after getting caught in turbulent clouds. His attempted crossing was being billed as the first intercontinental [...]

Pilots Reach Out

While competing in a hang gliding competition in Ecuador in 2008, Jeff O’Brien was touched by the poverty stricken region. He vowed that before coming back again for the 2009 competition that he would try to do something to help those less fortunate. Jeff and fellow hang gliding competition pilot, Ricker Goldsborough, organized a nearly year [...]

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US Hang Gliding Championship 2011

The 2011 U.S. Hang Gliding Championship took place between August 14 – August 20, 2011 in Big Spring, Texas. This year’s championship had 33 pilots that flew, almost double the eighteen that competed in last year’s competition. Zac Majors, the 2008 US National Hang Gliding Champion flew into first place on the last flyable day [...]

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