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New Book Announcement
And the World Could Fly
In the middle of the 1970s there was an explosion of coloured fabric and aluminium tubing on the hills of the world. Hang gliding was here! A decade later ski-lift operators found a summer demand from a new wave of adventurers with huge rucksacks containing even simpler aircraft: Paragliding had come of age.
Where had it all come from? Who were these new pilots ? Why hadn’t it happened centuries earlier ?
And the World Could Fly tells the story of how piloting for the masses became a possibility and then a reality. See how the happy conjunction of the research of NASA aerodynamicists and the determination of Australian water-ski showmen produced a hang glider anyone could fly. Read how the parachute changed into a self-inflating wing capable soaring for hundreds of kilometres. This is a tale of a free flight in every sense of the term.
Edited by Stéphane Malbos and Noel Whittall, And the World Could Fly contains contributions from many parts of the world as well as much new writing. Together, the editors have more than fifty years of undiminished enthusiasm for foot-launched flight.
And the World Could Fly is produced by the international Hang Gliding and Paragliding Commission (CIVL) to celebrate the centenary of FAI.
ISBN: 2-9508644-5-7
The cover price is 22 €uros. Trade terms are available for quantity orders.
All enquiries should be to: Noel Whittall, 4 Prospect Street, Rawdon, Leeds LS19 6DP (UK)
Tel: (0)113 250 2043
e-mail: n.whittall80@ntlworld.com
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And The World Could Fly
...tells the story of how piloting for the masses became a possibility and then a reality. Edited by Stéphane Malbos and Noel Whittall, this new book is produced by the international Hang Gliding and Paragliding Commission (CIVL) to celebrate the centenary of FAI. [ read more ]