Hang glider design

My passion for free flight began when paragliding was not known (or at least had not developed). In 1982, when I was still a child, I built my first hang glider, from reeds, and PVC plastic for agricultural use. Luckily, it broke on the first attempt at flight from a height of 2 m, and nothing happened.

The year 1988 I discover the paragliding, and the following year I took a flying course. I've always found paragliding a great idea, and I have done fantastic paragliding flights. However, my thoughts turn constantly to the delta wing, perhaps because I belong to a generation slightly later than that of the pioneers of the 70s'.

Some thought (including me!) that hang gliding would die soon... But the reality shows otherwise.

Here are some of the reasons for maintaining the interest in hang gliding:

- HG development without masts and upper rigging, has created a beautifully clean aerodynamic wings and very attractive.
- Development of high performance rigid wings: Atos type, and also Swift, Millenium...
- Popularization of floater-training wings easy to use (Falcon, Malibu, Relax, ...)