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black wills wing swallowtails hang glider from glider rider film james coburn 1975.08.23 Mere wiltshire BHGA Hang Glider Gliding Competition

Mere Wiltshire 1975 BHGA Hang Glider Gliding Competition classic photo this is a wills wing swallowtail that had been used in the film sky riders, not sure who is flying bob or chris wills ?? but they gave all the black swallow tails hang gliders away to UK pilots before their return to USA. the black sails had started to stretch in the greek sunshine. but the gliders were far in advance of what the UK had, after this hiway produced the cloudbase and wasp produced the falcon range of hang gliders

note this is a wills wing swallowtail not the SST

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Uploaded on September 2, 2009
Taken on August 29, 1975