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1978 Pico Peak Hang gliding series

Glenn

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I remember watching guys do that off of Mt. Tom at some point in the early 80's...I was really young.

Do people still do that? I wonder what happened to the popularity of it. Regulations?
 

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I remember watching guys do that off of Mt. Tom at some point in the early 80's...I was really young.

Do people still do that? I wonder what happened to the popularity of it. Regulations?

I think there are a few areas where it's popular but not near me ,seems like paragliding is an easier alternative and doesn't require a roof rack . I think the performance is similar .

Those Delta Kites to me seemed to be pretty fragile, pretty suscepible not much turbulance ,there were a couple crashes in the video series . The Ballistic Recovery systems have made a huge saftey advance if you are high enough.

As far as regulations go near Blairstown NJ is the "Deleware National Recreation Area" Property taken by Eminant Domain to build a Dam that was never built. The glider pilots unfortunate to land there have a nightmare of a time getting acces to remove there sailplanes. So I'm guessing that Fedral property is the same , maybe state to state is diffrent ?
 
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