A recreational activity and competitive sport closely related to
gliding, but using much more minimalistic craft basically consisting (often, but not necessarily) of a metal-framed fabric wing, with the pilot mounted on a harness hanging from the wing frame and exercising control by moving their weight against a triangular bar also attached to the frame.
Many early experiments with gliding flight throughout the late 1800s were performed using craft that would now be considered hang gliders, and interest in the sport continued throughout the early twentieth century.
Below is information contributed by members of a hang glider history yahoo mailing list, for which I am most grateful and will use to work further on this article. I have removed a direct link to a potentially-copyrighted image (we can't risk using somebody's copyrighted material) --Robert Merkel
Group:
http://www.yahoogroups.com/group/HangGliderHistory/
Keywords for seaching in Google.com : hang gliding, hanggliding, hangliding, self-soar association, hang glider, Otto Lilienthal, Low & Slow, Jack Lambie, Richard Miller, Soaring Society of America, U.S.H.G.A., United State Hang Gliding Association, United States Hang Glider Association, Joe Faust, Art Bean, Joe Greblo, Windsports, Wind Sports, fliking, selfsoaring, Volmer Jensen, Kitty Hawk, Wright Brothers, Rogallo, flexwing, Domina Jalbert, parawing, paraglider, powered hang glider, John J. Montgomery, Hang Glider Weekly,
Go to:
http://home.t-online.de/home/LilienthalMuseum/intro.htm
for photo source, a great site.
http://home.t-online.de/home/LilienthalMuseum/f0005.jpg"
LINKS:
http://home.t-online.de/home/LilienthalMuseum/intro.htm
http://www.sandiegohistory.org/bio/montgomery/montgomery.htm
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