Bill Liscomb, a pioneer of modern hang gliding, shares the story of this extreme sports birth along the coast of California in the 1970s. Liscomb flew his homemade designs at the early meets and will describe both the technology and the culture of hang gliding. This lecture was presented as part of the GE Aviation lecture series on April 22, 2010.
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