He has owned the following gliders:
1. Plans built 17' standard (plastic sail held on to frame with double-sided tape)
2. 19' 17' "Cut Keel" Manta Standard
3. Seagull 3
4. UP Dragonfly
5. UP Mark 2 Dragonfly
6. Moyes Meteor 190
7. Manta Fledgling
8. Electra Flyer Olympus 180
9. Manta Mirage
10. Pacific Wings Vampire
11. Phoenix Lazor
12. Magic IV
13. Phoenix Viper
14. Phoenix Streak
15. Phoenix Mystic
16. Moyes Xtra Lite
17. Pacific Airways MK IV
18. WW HP-AT
19. WW Falcon 225 (still flying it)
20. WW U2 160 (still flying it)
21. Icaro Laminar Z8 (still flying it)
I am a charter member of the USHGA.
Was certified as an instructor in the mid 70's.
Worked out of a shop in Shell Beach called Wind Sports and taught at the Guadalupe Sand Dunes.
Pioneered several
flying sites back in the early days that are still being flown today.
(Cayucos, Cuesta Ridge, Petersons Butte in Oregon and Stukel Mt. south
of Klamath Falls.)
Licensed private pilot,
built an RV-8A.
Owned several powered trikes thru the years as well as a clipped-wing Challenger ultralight.
Made the mistake of
flying an Eagle Ultralight with a buddy of mine (Roger Platt) over
Pismo Beach on the 4th of July around 4 in the afternoon. Someone on
the beach below shot a rocket at us. Then another.....and
another.....and another! Scary as hell! We both did 180 degree turns
back to the North. I imagined that was what it must have been like to
fly over Berlin during WW2!
I was involved in the first hang-glider drop from a hot air balloon with Mike Moore In the Pacific Northwest.
I believe Mike Moore and I were the first to fly off Aberts Rim in Eastern Oregon.
Have had many
memorable flights over the years but my favorite was when I first
soared side-by-side with my 30 year old son together at Cayucos! (on
separate gliders).
And
we find to add interest:
SLO Soaring Association
Sold to RM: 190 Moyes Meteor
Not the phtographer of early Cronk Kite in Torrance. Same name, but different.