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Rick Masters: Ghosts of Wind and Cloud

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Rick Masters

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Hello, Homebuilders,
I have joined your forum to learn more about the history of free-flight.
Pre-history is also okay. : )


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All flying is free-flight, if you choose.
Also, eventually, even if you don't...
So practice those dead-stick landings until they become boring.

Rick Masters [email protected] USHGA.AERO Gateway
Aoli, Comet Clones & Pod People - 1982
President, Cross Country Pilots Association, Owens Valley, 1984-1985
Web master, California Hydrogen Business Council, 1999-2004
Logistics and Transport Manager, University of California White Mt Research Station, Bishop 1992-2003
Development of the Thermal Snooper, 1986
Best hang gliding free-light: 178 miles, 1986
Mythology of the Airframe 2008-2012
Current project: Ghosts of Wind and Cloud - An historical martyrology of free-flight Substack
Patreon
 
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