BRITISH HANG GLIDING HISTORY THE MODERN FLEXWING
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The Bat Glider - Batso plans |
Ken de Russy one of Americas top hang gliding historians says he has yet to find a single account of anyone building and flying the Bat-Glider from plans even though 25,000 sets of them were sold. Numerous reports of the Batso, modeled somewhat on the Bat-Glider, affirm it was was built by many and flown, most famously in the Feb 1972 National Geographic. |
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Photo taken from Wikipedia
Richard Miller flying what became know as the 'Bamboo Butterfly'
From Richard Millers drawings and photos, Jim Foreman created the Bat-Glider Plans. Which were published by 'Popular Mechanics' magazine in the November 1961.
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The Batso
Photo from the Ken de Russy collection USA
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Bat-Glider plans
Photo from the Ken de Russy Collection USA
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