1972

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

An article in the London Evening Standard December 1978 on 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