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Beachy Head Sussex wills wing SST hang glider [super swallow tail]

Hang Glider Wills Wing SST Malcolm Hawksworth was manufacturing the Wiils Wing Swallowtail, and the SST Super Swallow Tail from 14 coombe terrace brighton sussex the swallowtail was £375 and the SST was £465 , The sails were bought in from Wills Wing USA and the airframe was manufactured in England, later Tony Prentice joined Hawsworth skysports Ltd and the company moved to the north of england in December 1976 to a old dye factory in Upper Hulme, Leek, Staffordshire, england. The airframe was manufactured and Wills Wing still supplied the sails.

The gliders were expensive at that time you could buy a Hiway cloudbase or Wasp Falcon 3 for £300

The Wills Wing Glider after the SST was the XC cross country

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Uploaded on March 10, 2012
Taken on October 1, 1976