Dick Cheney of the hang glider kite world    Richard W. Cheney

Great Salt Lake Sails
368 W. 200N.
Kaysville, Utah 84037
1 (801) 544-5526   [ ]

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"This guy makes new ultralight sails for almost everything."

• One main article about Dick Cheney was written by master hang glider pilot Heiney.  Where do we go from there to find out about Dick?

• [ ] Kaysville, Utah, grandfather's fruit ranch.  Where is that fruit ranch? Was it his paternal or maternal grandfather? 
• [ ] Birth date?   At nine years old he was at his grandfather's ranch. Heiney wrote "1958". That would put the birth at 1949 or 1950.  Verification is sought.
• [ ] Dick had a boy cousin for model aircraft companionship. Who was the cousin?
• [ ] Library in youth?   How did he have access to magazines?   What model aircraft magazines were occurring in 1958?  Age 9.   Did he subscribe to any model-aircraft periodicals?
• Heiney article mentions that 1958 was "35 years ago". Calculation of date of John H.'s writing of the article.  The article was published in 1993 in Hang Gliding.
• UP International?    Dates... ?
• What images were available to the public and when ...that might be related to the 1958 claim of seeing a "rogallo" wing on paper?
• "chief designer at UP"
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• UP TRX ? http://www.delta-club-82.com/bible/60-hang-glider-trx.htm 
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• Dick Cheney started flying airplanes at age 16."   Did he have a recorded license?
• Age 17. Soloed.  What instructor?
• Age 18: sailplane flying?   What sailplane?  Where?
• Age 22: private pilot's license.   Then sailplane license.
• Apparently he was building an ultralight in mid-1990s.   What have we on that?
• 1970 built hang glider.    What do we have on this?
• 1971  his company Parasail Gliders.  What do we have on this company?
  • Parasail   ... standard Rogallo hang glider
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• 1972: "Dick flying a kingpostless standard off the top of the North Side Point-of-the-Mountain in the winter of 1972. Photo by Larry Price."        What does Larry Price know of Dick C.?
• "Two local sailplane enthusiasts named Klaus Hill and Larry Hall" 
• Dick C. made sail for a hang glider for Klaus Hill and Larry Hall.   Twin rudder.  What do we have on this matter?  "Twin Boomer"
• Richard Miller and Klaus Hill were friends; they were part of the mid-1960s fraternity with newsletter Low, Slow & Out of Control.    [ ] Look into those six newsletters to see if Dick C. was mentioned or not.
• Richard Miller and Klaus Hill collaborated on the shown wing.  It might be neat to build a replica of that hang glider kite. Instead of the 1908 or so cable-staying of the control frame, this used strut-staying; Richard Miller had written some notes about strut vs cable; find that note.
• Mountain Green Sailwing  was company name under Klaus Hill and Larry Hall.
• Dick C. had experience with the Manta Fledge
• Dick worked with Rex Miller of Manta on the Fledge III.   What might Rex Miller have about Dick C. ?
• Etc. see article http://www.johnheiney.com/articles/Cheney/Dick_Cheney.htm
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• 2005 note in a group: http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Airchairgroup/conversations/topics/1907
• October 2013: "Let Mr. Dick Cheney know that I survived and that my wife was there to see it.  "
• [ ] Perhaps he could be interviewed directly by visit or phone about the 1958 scene.
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• Bird Man of Kaysville is Taking off
• Richard Cheney is shown in two photographs.
• One caption:  "Para-Sail Gliders, Inc. makes the wings for the Manta Fledgling hang glider which can be seen soaring in many countries."
• Wife: Diane
• Father: Clark
• Mom:  Ina
• April 21, 1979, article published.
  Writer wrote: "30-year-old native of this peaceful Davis County town..."     [ ]Calculate and compare dates.
• "silicone sealed, heat imbedded, 3.8 oz. Dacron"
• "...has a machine shop operation right alongside the hang glider operation where he machines eight separate parts for Browning black power muzzle loading rifles, turning out 3, 500 parts a month."
• Mom:  She sewed his first glider on her dress-making machne in 1972 and he took to the air as one of Utah's pioneer hang glider pilots."    [ ] Check date that Heiney had in the 1993 article about the glider then; I think there is a discrepancy of dates.
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Company Name:	PARA-SAIL GLIDERS INC.		Status:	Active		Filing Date:	03/20/1973
Entity Type:	Corporation - Domestic - Profit		File Number:	633440-0142		Company Age:	40 Years, 7 Months

Registered Agent:	Richard W. Cheney 543 E 700 N Kaysville, UT 84037	Filing State:   Qualifying State:	Utah (UT) N/A
Principal Address:	543 E 700 N Kaysville, UT 84037

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