U.S. Hang Gliding Pilots

James Bede
James R. Bede
https://www.google.com/patents/US3944169 FILED: July 12, 1974

See Rick Masters' finding:
viewtopic.php?f=27&t=1647
The Bede Wing
(inflated positively with air or helium)

More on Bede aircraft:
http://www.bd5.com/bd01001.htm

Rare views:


===========================================  NOT BEDE BELOW  =============================
Not Bede, but inflatable note from 1957:
In 1957, Britain's M. L. Aviation Co.
http://www.impdb.org/index.php?title=Ca ... _Wingcraft



Full article: http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/ ... 00745.html

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