[JoeF]

Thanks, Mark.
So, let's collect his actions that support hang gliding!
I'll start here:
1. Many hang glider pilots have been getting free nutrition from BobK at Second Sundays. The meat, cheese, condiments, bread, and drinks have been purchased and presented by BobK to support the pilots as they enjoy a day of hang gliding lore and flying at Torrey Pines Gliderport. Raw costs in my estimate are about $100 raw funds a month for such nutrition. His time for shopping and presenting the food is volunteer. Consuming pilots need not be a member.

2. BobK has put in hundreds of hours supporting hang gliding in the political realms. The task cost him personal funds and time.

3. BobK founded the HGAA to support hang gliding; that new baby now has a chance to live a life nurtured by a group of active hang glider pilots.

4. BobK founded Torrey Hawks to support hang gliding at the TPG. The volunteer personal costs to do such founding now has a legacy with new following officers.

5. BobK has founded the US Hawks Hang Gliding Association to support hang gliding in the USA.

6. Investing energy, thought, and compositions to tackle challenging hang gliding questions has been a way that BobK supports hang gliding.

7. BobK has invested energy and funds to do research over hang gliding questions and challenges in an effort to improve hang gliding's presence in the USA.

8. BobK has shared his hang glider with other hang glider pilots in support of their hang gliding wishes and dreams. He does such regularly.

9. BobK has done significant editing free-of-charge for HGAusa for the niche activity page

10. BobK has formed gratuitous artwork in support of some hang glider pilots' communication needs.

11. BobK's leadership has resulted in a series of published hang glider pilots' interviews with illustrations. These have reached the hundreds of members of the Torrey Hawks.

12. BobK was supportive in his getting a lifetime ban removed for a pilot at a hang gliding site.

13. BobK has been working diligently to keep city property fairly managed for hang gliding pilots.

My guess is that others may positively find ways to express positive actions by BobK that support hang gliding.

[Bob Kuczewski]

Thanks Joe.

It was very kind of you to say that over a year ago, and I happened to find it when I needed it most.

Lift to you here ... and hereafter.

Bob Kuczewski

[Bob Kuczewski]

I happened to be searching old posts when I found this lost topic from Joe Faust in August of 2010. Maybe it's time for me to return the favor.

Let's collect Joe Faust's actions supporting hang gliding.
 
 
1. Can anyone name the first of the billions of things Joe Faust has done for hang gliding? I may have to skip some for now ...

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50. Joe Faust founded the organization that became USHGA:

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55. Joe Faust published about hang gliding:

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500. Joe Faust starred in a Dial Soap commercial at the dawn of the golden era of hang gliding:

https://youtu.be/aD4sB4VIsXs


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5,000: Joe Faust's powerful words during his Big Blue Sky interview:

"What high jumping meant to me, really is a theocentric flying. I interpreted my mathematics and high jumping as a meditational prayerful path in my life. And so the flight, the tension to fly, the steps to heaven, had to tie in as the way of living. And so hang gliding, the flight dream tied right in with the high jumping. On one's own power gifted as grace take off and go to the heavens. And so hang gliding was the exact natural extension of the high jumping. And I gave it the same energy. I sublimated the same thoughts, the same athletic energy, and the same meditational energy. So I wrote about hang gliding and encouraged it."

Start at 11 minutes and 33 seconds into the video (11:33):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hRSUjJFmCc


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50,000. Joe Faust founds the US Hawks and serves on Board:

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500,000: Joe Faust speaks for fair and free use of Dockweiler Beach for ALL pilots:

https://youtu.be/xn-K0ij_fKs


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5,000,000. Joe Faust supports and works for fairness at Torrey Pines:

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50,000,000. Joe founded USHGRS to provide free and fair ratings:

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500,000,000. Joe has been a friend to all in flight:

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5,000,000,000 ?

[Craig Muhonen]

Mentorship and teaching, are a God given trait.

The Rogallo style Hang Gliders are some of the "purest", and most minimum forms of flight, and Joe and others have mentored a generation, of recreational flyers.

The student pilot, is the most important in aviation.
Because "Aviators", like Joe, spend the time to teach the basics of flight, and weather, and physical fitness, and the history, these new "recreational" Hang Glider pilots, have "training" that will last a lifetime.

Flying is hard to learn and easy to master"



Thanks Joe for sharing your "Master Craftsmanship", and knowledge.

Craig Muhonen