First loop in a hang glider. Pilot Rudy Kishazy

[moeghafffari]

Rudy the man with famous necklace. If anyone knows where this crazy man lives please let him know Moe in Seattle is looking for him.

[wakeuse74]

@moeghafffari : He is living near to Annecy (74) in France. If you need to get in touch with him, he sometimes comes here otherwise i can tell it to him if he doesn't come soon.

[wakeuse74]

I did, voluntary, more than 1000 loops since 1975, with 21 on the same flight.

I stopped the loops to stay alive.

Rudy KISHAZY.

there are 3 comments. The first stars with : H. Bayard never did...

the 2nd : My forst looping was

the last oner : this one

[wakeuse74]

My first looping was in 1970. Like so many others did at that time, involuntarily : we were towed by cars, boats, snow mobiles, etc, and the tow line snapped, so we made a loop involuntarily.

The idea of looping came from there.

As far as I know, H. Bayard stopped doing the tumbling after the KOSEN, or FELDEN MEET.

I was asked on that meet not to do the loops, because I would give a bad example, so pilots woud try to loop without of the needed preparation.

[wakeuse74]

H. Bayard never did a loop with a hang glider ; you can ask himself. H. Bayard would not say you the contrary.

Just for the record, he did made attempts without success. Each time, he did a positive tumbling and not a looping!

Positive tumbling = the sail inverse to negative and this is not a looping.

[hardboss12]

Nice video. However, the first looping with a flex wing was made by swiss pilot henri bayard during summer 1975. the loop was recorded and documented, bayard repeated the loop many times. Rudy followed him a year later.

[ylfnehteb]

fascinant

[ylfnehteb]

j'ai connu Rudy a Chamonix en 82 je crois. J'etais animateur au club med et il est venu plusieurs fois nous faire une presentation de ses experiences en vol avec......... des oies ou des canards je ne sais plus,,.............. fascinant!

[venter3]

looping de rogallo!????????? esse é o cara!

[KBruto]

Awesome!

[69NOMAN69]

now thats looping a hangglider.

[regidelta]

Radical !!!

[ALTITUDERJ]

Fantastico----.._..-----

[billj3cub]

No parachute!!!

[wakeuse74]

--> fapproduction : je suis dans les sports de glisse nautique et ski moi; les airs, je laisse ça à mon père!

[fapproduction]

Excellent ! Vive les sports de glisse !

Je pratique aussi pas mal de ski ( habite le haut Jura ) et le delta . Même genre d'activité ... Si jamais rendez vous à la coupe de France des clubs delta organisée à Annecy cette année !

[wakeuse74]

--> fapproduction

Euuuuuuuuuh non je vole pas! lol Ca me fout la trouille!! et mon père était pas trop chaud pour m'apprendre ça ;)

Mon père doit voler genre une fois par an maintenant parce que il a plus bcp de temps et qu'il a eu pas mal de soucis entre les épaules, les chevilles les genoux...

Mais les gens le connaissent tous encore maintenant c'est génial mdr!

[fapproduction]

Tu voles aussi ?

Ton père vole toujours ?

Bravo a lui !

Awesome Dady !

[NMERider]

Around 1978 Bill Moyes showed us the original 16mm film footage of Kishazy's consecutive loops (without the needless embelishments). It's great to see some of it again posted here as part of a TV show. Thanks!

[zappr5]

Thanks for posting!

[maurotopless]

spectacular!

[aylesmerep]

To BrianJoeSandy

Last I knew, Rudy was living on top of the Westerly side of Lake Annecy with some eagles and condors

[wakeuse74]

now the eagles and the condors are no more here!! they are in Alsace

[wakeuse74]

in fact, he was living in the top of the SEMNOZ, the mountain on the west of the lake d'annecy when he was "working" with his eagles and condors and flying with his hang glider and the eagle (Breezy; etc...)

but we still live in the same area but on the east side of the lake.

[whackwestfall1]

Was that a Bennett glider?

[wakeuse74]

no it's a bill moyes (australia)

[midtoad]

I think it's spelled Rudy Kishazy.

[lonfo]

Amazing vintage video!!

[BrianJoeSandy]

Anybody know if Rudi Kashazi (spelling?) is still around?

[wakeuse74]

yes! he is still alive ;)

it's my father :)

and we are living on the east side of ths the lac d'annecy in france (74)

and the good spelling is as midtoad said : Rudy Kishazy and sometimes there 2 SS in his name because some people made a mistake

[fapproduction]

Tu voles aussi ?

Ton père vole toujours ?

Bravo a lui !

Awesome Dady !

[icaro2000]

Hi! He is currently flying Hang Gliders? Post photos/movies of your dad. Long live to the pioneers of this fantastic sport - Hang Gliding.

[Alexisteen]

@BrianJoeSandy yes he live in annecy, france