US Hawks Hang Gliding Association

Mark Gibson
d. June 27, 2015.
Condolences to his family and friends. "But for those who knew Gibson, no explanation will take away their loss." Source linked below.
Large life ends: "The pilot of a single-seat aircraft was killed when his ultralight crashed in a lines of trees in NW Harris County. The victim is 52-year-old Mark Gibson from Magnolia."

http://www.khou.com/story/news/local/2015/06/27/glider-crash-kills-one-in-nw-harris-county/29391115/ wrote:CYPRESS, Texas -- The pilot of a single-seat aircraft was killed when his ultralight crashed in a lines of trees in NW Harris County

http://www.gibbogear.com/

Mark Gibson posted about himself wrote:Hello In 1976 I started flying Hang Gliders at Dog Mountain Washington.....I quickly established myself as an up and coming pilot and started to compete Nationally....soon after that I was setting world records and a 3 time member of the US World team..

Michael Grisham points to some historical data: http://ozreport.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5647

The majority of lost hang glider pilots I have known have died on ultralights.
Now Mark joins that long list...
VIDEO http://abc13.com/news/pilot-dies-in-ultralight-crash-in-field-northwest-of-houston/809739/

Sad to hear about Mark,
Mark had delivered a BB trike (w/447 Rotax) to us at Amigos de Cielo Airport (NM90) which is about 5 miles north of Rodeo NM. (USA).

John McAfee ordered it so Ole and I could power up and thermal soar it with one of Ole’s trike wings (Cosmos Zoom 19 meter). Great work of mechanical art.

So I’m thinking the last time Ole and I saw Mark was around 2007 or 2008.
His kids and wife must be crushed. Friends have told me how Mark would stop work when his son would ask him things. They told me he was a great Dad.
Darn!

VIDEO
http://bcove.me/25iqhs61