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As occurred in many ways in the first decades of 1900s, the triangle control frame (TCF) (at least used cable-stayed with pilot hung from tether to keel behind TCF in 1908 in a hang glider as we often use today in hang gliders and microlights) emerged in some builds, one of which is shown in November issue of Popular Mechanics, 1961. Popular Mechanics has enjoyed readership around the world.

See article:
I flew the Pterodactyl Flex-Wing  
The Hottest Thing in Aviation
by Lou Everett, test pilot for Ryan Aeronautical Company

This publication was at about the moment the other program of hung-pilot gliders was taking place in the Paresev  program, where build orders were issues in December 1961 and completed in a month or so under Paul Bikle and Charles Richards. 

 

http://tinyurl.com/FlexWingNov1961PopMech
 



Wed May 19, 2010 1:34 am

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As occurred in many ways in the first decades of 1900s, the triangle control frame (TCF) (at least used cable-stayed with pilot hung from tether to keel behind...
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May 19, 2010
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Re: TCF again surfaced in 1961 On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 2:47 AM, TONY PRENTICE <tony.prentice1@...> wrote: Joe, Looking at the photo of the 1961...
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May 19, 2010
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http://tinyurl.com/PalmeSeatAftStickDegenTCF <http://tinyurl.com/PalmeSeatAftStickDegenTCF> Palmer in hang seat behind degenerate TCF (Bensen style where...
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May 19, 2010
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Copy of original letter at Ken de Russy's HangGlidingMuseum at http://tinyurl.com/FMRtoBHP4Oct62atHGM <http://tinyurl.com/FMRtoBHP4Oct62atHGM> Visiting Ken,...
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