David Bigelow 1939-2009

David made this flight in June of 2008 in his DG-400 Sailplane. In this video, he is flying along the summit of Mauna Kea at 14,000 feet near the b...

David Bigelow soaring over northern Hawaii in his DG-400. MountainWave soaring and Formation flying joinup with Woody Woodson. This video was pro...

On Friday, January 16th, 2009 , Dave's sailplane crashed near the 10,000 level of Mauna Loa, Hawaii. He was trying to reach an altitude of 40,000 ...

In memoriam to David's last flight while attempting to reach 40,000 over Mauna Loa . Narration by David's brother, Richard Bigelow. David made th...

A sailplane flight to 33,561 feet in mountain wave over Mauna Loa volcano in Hawaii - the highest ever in Hawaii. Join me in the cockpit of a DG-4...

Flights of a Kolb Firestar II with a HKS 700E engine from my pasture airstrip. Strip is 600 feet long at 4,000 on the west side of the "Big Island...