First loop in a hang glider. Pilot Rudy Kishazy

First loop in a hang glider.

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[lonfo]

Amazing vintage video!!

[BrianJoeSandy]

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

[Alexisteen]

@BrianJoeSandy yes he live in annecy, france

[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.

[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]

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!