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Photo Gallery
1972
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These photos were taken by Arthur Duke some time between April and June 1972 when Geoff McBroom and his team were flying from Forester Hill (Google Earth coordinates 51deg 42' 2.30" N -2deg 18' 12.20" W). and a time when they were all quite proficient. Having first flown earlier in the year. |
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Dave Watts flying at Ditchling some time during the summer of 1972
This photo is also displayed on the Southern Hang Gliding web site
Photo by kind permission of Dave Watts and the Southern Hang Gliding Club
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Robin Haynes flying the very first 'A' named hang glider from Box Hill August 1972
Photo from Terry Haynes
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3rd September 1972
The Southdown Gliding Club hosted their 50th anniversary of the 1922 Itford first meeting at Firle Beacon. Geoff McBroom demonstrated 2 of his hang gliders.
Photo from Tony Prentice
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3rd September 1972
The Southdown Gliding Club hosted their 50th anniversary of the 1922 Itford first meeting at Firle Beacon. Tony Prentice demonstrated his Bamboo hang gliders.
Photo from Tony Prentice
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An article in the London Evening Standard December 1978 about the Haynes brothers first flight in 1972
From Terry Haynes
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Gerry Breen flying his first home made polythene & scaffold tube hang glider
Taken at White Horse Hill near Wantage November 1972
Photo taken from Gerry's web site
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Justin Wills about to take off sometime during 1972.
This is the first photo of a Hang Glider in the UK with a king post. It was not until 1974 that Geoff McBroom made a public recommendation that all hang gliders should have a King Post.
Both photo and article about Justine were mentioned in the December 1972 / January 1973 'Sailplane & Gliding' magazine
Photo taken by Philip Wills
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Nick Regan takes his first flight in early November 1972 in Farnham Park.
Photo from Jason Board and the British Hang Gliding Museum
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