Article: Hang out for the best view.(News)

Article: A place among eagles, hang gliding's unique world. ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  March 9, 1994 ;     700+ words ... ... significant fact is that the safety record of hang gliding has improved dramatically since the ... According to a spokesman from the U.S. Hang Gliding Association, in Colorado Springs, Colo., there were 40 deaths related to hang gliding in 1974, the most fatalities in any ...

Article: HANG GLIDING HIGH INSTRUCTION SCHOOL IN WHITEWATER ...
Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI);  May 4, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... State Journal Those who have never tried hang gliding -- and, really, isn't that most ... hands away from slipping off? That's hang gliding, right? Not at all. Glider pilots ... another surprise: One of the top five hang gliding operations in the nation is right here ...

Article: Sports Active: A theory of flight: how the boys from Brazil gave ...
The Independent on Sunday;  July 3, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... reveals that in 1981, he was the world hang gliding champion. His success did wonders for hang gliding in Brazil, helping to create a huge ... paragliding. Gordon Rigg, 42, a multiple UK hang gliding champion, remembers being inspired by ...

Article: Hang gliding in New Zealand not a real high point
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  October 27, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... moment I saw the brochure for tandem hang gliding in my youth hostel, I recalled my turbulent hang-gliding experience in college. While studying ... and said, "Doug, let's take a hang-gliding lesson." Since I was cramming for ...

Article: Hang-gliding a soar point with adventure ...
The Boston Herald;  September 3, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... tell people you've spent the weekend hang-gliding, most of them smile nervously and shake ... the self-regulating United States Hang Gliding Association now offers a five-tiered ... Park in Charlestown, N.H., and a hang-gliding pilot for 26 years. "There was no ...

Transcript: Profile: Maria Schneider on composing "Hang ...
NPR All Things Considered;  December 21, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... 0000 Profile: Maria Schneider on composing Hang Gliding after experiencing it firsthand in Brazil ... French for `joy.' The first track is titled Hang Gliding. (Soundbite of Hang Gliding ) Ms. MARIA SCHNEIDER: I had the great fortune ...

Article: Taking hang-gliding to another level School on ...
The Boston Globe;  June 13, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... partner in Earth and Sky Adventures, a hang gliding-paragliding school in Rutland, Vt ... met seven years ago when he gave her a hang gliding lesson at the Morningside school in ... this hill we get better results with hang gliding," Atwood said. "We'd need a lot ...