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H4, HGP, S-SA Otto-0
Recreational
Hang Glider Pilot life rating by USHGRS
XC Many skills. HG since 1972
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Some
additional information given by pilot's public activity:
- First to XC 100 miles
- 1977.
Jerry Katz first to soar a distance of over 161 kilometres (100 mi),
launching from Cerro Gordo Peak, in California's Owens Valley.
- FAI gain of height 2 987 m July 23, 1977
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And
we find to add interest:
- "In
July 1977 Jerry Katz, flying a Pacific Gull Alpine, launched from Cerro
Gordo in the Inyo mountains on the east side of California's Owens
Valley. Four hours eighteen minutes after take-off he landed at
Betty's, a house of ill-repute in the Nevada desert, ten miles north of
Benton Station. At 103 miles, it was the first hang glider flight
longer than 100 miles, and was a world record.
The previous day he set an altitude gain record of 9,550 ft"
- Forest Service volunteer.
- Attended reunions and Otto Meets at Dockweiler Hang Gliding Park
- Torrey
- Kites
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