It was great to discover this video, because I'm the guy at 2:42 carrying the glider up past the camera. I flew at Elberta beach many times. I'm 70 years old now but still flew off Lookout Mountain 3 years ago.
disneyland in its infancy is so charming. there was nothing like it at the time. it spawned a whole new era in family entertainment. thank you for this wonderful window to the past.
"The ‘Bad Old Days’ of Hang Gliding, A Coming-of-age Story" by C.J. Sturtevant in Hang Gliding & Paragliding, January 2015, contains recollections by Danny Uchytl, then 16 years old, who was there without his glider and so was drafted as launch director: issuu.com/us_hang_gliding_paragliding/docs/hgpg1501_issuu/36
Hall Brock landing on the beach at 4:57 ‘Arrow wing’ by Solo Flight Systems Inc, of Orange, California at 6:55. Like the more extreme example (by a different manufacturer) in part 1 of this film, its control frame was of an unusual shape, doubtless an attempt to better accommodate the prone flying position. And at 8:02 its pilot begins the de-rigging process, having remembered to pack the necessary tools! That was normal in 1974.
Hall Brock at 1:26, carrying up at 1:49, and launching at 9:01 (that last one spotted by Kristy McClellan). I think he was eleven years old at this time. Who is the lady pilot at 1:39 and 2:13? Glider made by Sun Sail of Denver, Colorado, I think looks particularly good (especially by the standards of the time -- no pun intended) at 3:55
A remarkable production. Control frame shaped logically to accommodate prone pilot at 5:25, but it failed the test of natural selection, maybe because it is structurally less sound. (The Solo Flight Systems 'Arrow Wing' in part 3 of this film has a similarly shaped control frame.) Is that Tom Peghiny (winner of this event) in the check shirt at 7:44? (Chris Gonzales mentions him.) Chuck Slusarczyk (Chuck's Glider Supplies, Ohio) tying a glider onto his vehicle at 7:47. And is that him also at 7:01?) As Kristy McClellan says, Hall Brock at 8:00. See also the longer film from the same place in 1973 and 1974 by John Elwell: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-t_y6XuSdQ6Y.html
Robert, are you part of the group that I met with at the Midland Center for the Arts prior to the 1974 Soaring and Gliding Festival? The First festival was 1973 and Dean Luedders, Grant Smith and I were responsible for setting up the hang gliding portion. I met with a group at the Midland Center for the Arts to facilitate their participation in and filming of the 1974 festival. I would enjoy reconnecting if you were part of that group.
Hi John, I am Robert Lorey's son; I posted this video as a tribute to his work. He passed away in 2004 and I do not know if he was at the Midland Center. I hope you enjoyed his Hang Gliding film.
@@polaarbear Hi again, I'm sorry to hear about the loss of your father. I lost my dad in 2002 and can appreciate your loss. I very much enjoyed your father's films. I was at the 74 festival and did some filming as well. I'm sure your father and I crossed paths there. My films are on RU-vid as well. I have a couple of questions if you don't mind. What was your father's birth year. I was born in May of 1945 and will be 75 soon. The fellows I met with in Midland were slightly younger. Also, were your father's films 16 mm? Again, sorry for your loss. Best regards, John
I see my second question was answered above. I know the group from Midland was shooting 16 mm. Did your father live in the vicinity of Midland as a young man? Was the 1974 festival before you were born?
The last flight on this clip, where the guy lands in the water. I did the exact same thing the next year. I had bought my first glider used, it was rigged wrong by the guy who built it. It would not turn to the left. I kept trying to turn left and it only went straight out into the lake. I got wet but I learned a lot and had a lot of fun learning
Thanks for sharing your home movie. I have 8mm movies from our visit in '55 and will someday convert them to digital and upload on RU-vid for others to see.
I was there as a 20 year old; hang gliding and sleeping on the beach the entire time of the festival. At the time, I was driving a Triumph Spitfire (mallard green). I walked up that hill via the stacked tires (3:03) many-many times. During the festival, there was a competition where you had to fly an "S" route and land in a "bulls-eye". Even though I failed to make the first cut, I had a great time. Oh the memories.
The quality of this transfer is amazing. Can't believe how good it looks. This was a couple years before I got in, wish I was around for this. Looks like Peghiny and Bill Bennett are here, and I can only imagine who else. Classic stuff!
ThankYouThankYouThankYou! I went in the mid - late 50's, and was awed. One thing I remember is my uncle wanted to go on the Rocket to the Moon flight, and I was crying and didn't want to go. I was afraid we would get stuck and not be able to come back!
The Jubilee a two-week celebration of the end of the war and war-time related manufacturing and a return to doing what Detroit did best: making cars. On June 1, 1946, the World's Fair-like celebration reached a climax with the Motor City Cavalcade, a parade down Woodward Avenue.
