Early 70s Hang Gliding Part 2

Bob & Chris Wills, Bill Moyes, Bill Bennett, Dave Kilbourne, Volmer Jensen and more. Scary stuf! Sound goes out of synch, but still worth a look.

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Sports

Tags:

• Hang
• Gliding

[HappyValleyMan]

This video is OBVIOUSLY not mine. Carl's early stuff is all over the place on the net. I met Carl and spent time with him in 1982 as I was an early BASE jumper (would have got #48 if I'd applied at the time). I can assure you, Carl would want his work to be out there and I'm glad it is.

[billj3cub]

I read in the story of the Wills family in "Higher Than Eagles" By Maralys Wills about the red biplane glider that the boys built. To see the video of it being truck towed DOWN THE STREET while Bob darts all over the road as the TELEPHONE POLES FLASH BY was just too much...

"Wait I'm not ready! Stop hey stop! Stop, wait, Stop! Stop! Heyyy!" (sound of brakes screeching)

Priceless. :OP

That would have been my brother and I if my dad had not limited our access to certain building materials.

[ozzieinoz]

Ah i remember all this but it was the Australian version. moyes, cohen ect.

Glad someone invented the harness along the way.

[DavethePilot]

HAPPY VALLEY MAN, I told you in the PART 1 SERIES, you need to not only GIVE CREDIT to CARL BOENISH, who was the PRODUCER, EDITOR, FILMER of PLAYGROUND IN THE SKY. You have NOT given any credit to this video anywhere. You NEED TO CONTACT Carl's wife, JEAN BOENISH and get permission to put Carl's video on, or at least give CARL BOENISH credit somewhere on the video that you are portraying as YOURS?

[MethedoneKitty]

the good old days.