Klaus HillMid 1900s hang gliding history has in it a sparkling contributor: Klaus Hill.
All manner of historical note on him would be welcome to this thread.
To start, the memory tease came from Don Liddard's giving a robust link:
http://www.j2mcl-planeurs.net/dbj2mcl/planeurs-machines/planeur-fiche_0int.php?code=2411 regarding a project that came to completion: SuperFoater.
Related:
http://www.kite-enterprises.com/SUPERFLOATER/index.htmand
Dave Broyles article:
http://www.kite-enterprises.com/SUPERFL ... loater.htmBut there is more to Klaus Hill's story. Hope others will find and post. There was a tight relationship with Richard Miller, Larry Hall, and others.
Klaus Hill was part of the early 1960s fraternity receiving and participating in
Low, Slow, and Out of Control that was part of the basis for
Low & Slow roots; the early fraternity was already recognizing Horton Brothers for hang gliding visions.
Some notes are on my Larry Hall working page:
http://www.energykitesystems.net/Lift/h ... /index.htmAnd also on:
http://www.energykitesystems.net/HGW/v6n1quad.htmlFreshly: US Aviation (Full name: Ultralight Soaring Aviation LLC):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_AviationOur John Heiney features a caption: "Klaus Hill flying Klaus' and Richard Miller's design which Klaus had built. Photo by Evan Hall" for the photo of Klaus Hill in a Richard Miller HG design:
See photo by Evan Hall on:
http://www.johnheiney.com/articles/Chen ... Cheney.htmclipped here:
Superfloater plans:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/607 ... loater.pdf Page count: 40
Discussion thread:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Airchairg ... ssage/7793