U.S. Hang Gliding Pilots

Bettina Gray has passed. She was the mother of Bill Liscomb who has her photo collection. Don't be fooled by the last name.
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http://www.billliscomb.com/about-me

Bill has charge of much of her photos. He is reachable by email somehow.

Torrey Pines 1975 http://www.billliscomb.com/photos

He was producer of Big Blue Sky, the movie on hang gliding history.
Bettina Gray

Some key notes: http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2007/may/10/family-jewels/#


SomeLeads

Much more note toward her legacy is invited.

Her son, Bill Liscomb, Torrey Pines, 1975:

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Another gone.
I can't explain why the photos and articles from the 70's excite me now as much as they did then. On the other hand I find looking at a current USH-whatever magazine to be completely depressing.

A truly marvelous, wonderful, animated, focused and gracious woman. What a surprise it was to be awarded her special prize twice!

I hope this posts. My Toshiba is giving me fits

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Re: Kiting Foundations of Kite Hang Gliding

Postby RickMasters » Mon Jan 12, 2015 1:59 pm
After half an hour of wasted time trying to get the correct size to display, I am giving up on posting here.
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Re: Kiting Foundations of Kite Hang Gliding

Postby billcummings » Mon Jan 12, 2015 3:52 pm
good point Rick.
Bob how should we go about adjusting the size of an attachment or picture?
I usually just go with what I get when I post.
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Re: Kiting Foundations of Kite Hang Gliding

Postby bobk » Mon Jan 12, 2015 7:58 pm

Please give me a call at 858-204-7499 if you ever need immediate help on the forum.
I mean that most sincerely.

I generally recommend that pictures be less than 1200 pixels wide so they fit in the frame of most browsers and generally load faster.
I think there might also be a file size limit.

But if there's ever a problem, please give me a phone call (858-204-7499) and I'll do what I can to help. As the admin,
I can do lots of things without being asked or bumping into problems that regular members face.
That means that I may not be aware of annoying limitations. So if you're having a problem ... please let me know!!!
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Bill C. Posts:
I hope this will work on the Preview as well, but I only tried it on the actual post.
I right clicked on the attachment and got a drop down.
I went down the short list and clicked on:
“View image info,”
This is what popped up:

It shows the size so maybe I can stay under 1200 pixels width with this information.

I put most of my pictures and attachments on the Hawks website by using a free download called:
“Snipping Tool.”
https://search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?hsp ... Jj1hVWAk9E
It works on this end when I’m using a Fire Fox browser on my Toshiba.
I hope it works on most other browsers too.
Bob once said that my attachments were too big.

Congratulations Rick, on those awards

I remember Bettina, so sweet. Always had the camera in hand.

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I've been busy the last few days and didn't see this until today.

I bought my first SLR about the same time I began hang gliding (1975). One thing I enjoyed was taking right-before-launch portraits of my fellow pilots in Ellenville, NY. I also created an in-air photographic system called the PHOTO-POD back in the late 1980s. So, I can closely connect with Bettina's love for capturing images connected with the sport of hang gliding.

I would have to say that she gained my respect soon after I noticed the first few (repeated) picture credits she received in "Hang Gliding" magazine. Here was a woman who was helping photo-document the history of our sport - AND its beauty!

I never got the chance to meet her. Probably because she was (mainly?) located on the west coast. But I really wish I had had the chance

Can I give anymore credit to her contributions to the sport of hang gliding if I add, . . . Inspirational!

It would be great to see your early pictures posted somewhere here on the US Hawks.   

If you'd like a place where you can present the uninterrupted history of hang gliding through your own lens, the Blog Forum is a great place for that. If you want to post them article by article, then the History section is great also.

By the way, I can always cross link a topic in two forums. So if there's a history or blog topic that we'd like to appear in another section (like "Hang Gliding General"), then I can do that on a request by request basis.

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Bob,

While I was writing up my post I gave some serious thought to creating a "Photo History of Hang Gliding" thread/blog. What better way to honor Bettina's own love and spirit?

I think lots of pilots are visually minded and some are even good photographers! It would be great to see the photo records that any number of pilots have created - a while back or yesterday. The photos wouldn't have to be works of art.

My personal challenge would be in turning (mainly) color slides into current digital images! Yikes!