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Year: 1908. Pilot: W. Simon HG: battened flex-wing featuring triangle control frame with pilot hung from keel.
See the HG launch incline on which he stands for photographer.

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Sand dune incline for launching HG

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Mt Climie Hang Glider Launch Ramp
http://static.panoramio.com/photos/large/65933526.jpg

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Intercollegiate Glider Meet erected a swiveling wooden ramp

In addition to the Aero Meets/Air Meet, Squantum was the location of the first Intercollegiate Glider Meet in May 1911. This event, the first of its kind in America, featured gliders that were built and flown by students from a number of colleges around the country such as Harvard, MIT, Tufts, etc. To work around the fact that Squantum has no elevations, the sponsors of the Intercollegiate Glider Meet erected a swiveling wooden ramp on the Harvard Aviation Field to allow the participants to launch their craft into the wind regardless of its direction.

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Otto Lilienthal had the hill built for his hang glider launching


And click through for a landing from the artificial hill: HERE

And drawing HERE

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Little to no incline platform drawing

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Launch platform
https://500px.com/photo/9216915/hang-gl ... walter-doc

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Mingus Mountain hang glider launch platform.

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Mississippi
http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/phot ... 092402.jpg