US Hawks Hang Gliding Association

HGMA #1 lived quietly; it was spearheaded by an adjunct to Self-Soar Association; HGMA #1 lives on in US Hawks forum.
Following HGMA #1 was HGMA #2 which lasted until June of 2022 when it was dissolved for insufficient hang glider manufacturing in the world; there was not enough activity to support the continuance of the association.

Now, look to a period of DIY hang glider manufacturing, EAA-type hang glider manufacturing, and certification systems anew by who knows what process?

HGMA#1 was without dues and remains so.

HGMA#2 had pay-as-you-go deals and did not represent all makers of hang gliders. HGMA#2 seemed to encourage an important strand of hang glider making, but discouraged, it seems, other strands of hang glider making. Here is the list of members that came in and many left:

Acme Glider Company
Airborne Australia
Albatross Sail Gliders
Altair
American Windwrights
Bill Bennett's Delta Wing Kites and Gliders
Blue Sky Aircraft Company
Chuck's Glider Supplies
Dyer Aircraft
Eipperformance
Electra Flyer
Enterprise Wings
Flight Designs
Highster Aircraft
Manta Products
Monarch Manufacturing
Moyes Delta Gliders Pty Ltd
North Wing Design, Inc.
Pacific Airwave
Pacific Windcraft
Peregrine Aviation
Progressive Aircraft
Seagull Aircraft
Seedwings, Inc. /
Sky Sports
Spectra Aircraft
Sport Aviation Manufacturing
Stratus Unlimited
Sunbird Ultralight Gliders
Ultimate Hi
Ultralite Products
UP International
Waspair
Wills Wing, Inc
That above list is not a complete list of makers of hang gliders, but those that at one time joined officially the HGMA #2

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Perhaps HGMA #1 could play into the future. Post the details of your hang glider makes here in the US Hawks forum. Tell what are the objectives of your make. Tell what tests have been done and the results. Etc. Open to all makers ... Omega Hang Gliders will be publishing its makes in the US Hawks Forum for all the world to review and appraise.
HGMA#1 sees as cousin: http://www.delta-club-82.com/ [b] as something to develop further.[/b
http://www.delta-club-82.com/bible/bible-deltaplane.php
HGMA#1 is open to address all types of hang gliders for all types of flying. A hang glider that is meant only for no-wind ground-skimming hops of 10-ft flight distances is welcome to be described and reviewed. A hang glider meant for super acrobatics in and out of rough thermals is also welcome. Replicas of antique hang gliders are welcome to be made, described, reviewed. Third-party testing results are welcome. Users of a hang glider are welcome to tell of their experiences and tests.

JoeF wrote:HGMA #1 lived quietly; it was spearheaded by an adjunct to Self-Soar Association; HGMA #1 lives on in US Hawks forum.

JoeF wrote:Following HGMA #1 was HGMA #2 which lasted until June of 2022 when it was dissolved for insufficient hang glider manufacturing in the world; there was not enough activity to support the continuance of the association.

The loss of the most recent HGMA is another consequence of hang glider pilots putting their money and their effort behind a disgustingly corrupt organization that has not has not been dedicated to the sport of hang gliding for nearly 20 years.

HGMA#1 notices contemporary makers of hang gliders. All hang glider makers are encouraged to open their project to view in this forum.
A small first mention:

ARP has just completed a Split Wing hang glider; to date flight testing has not been done.

Omega Hang Gliders has three hang gliders partially built; those builds are being chronicled in this forum in the topic that deals with specialized tote packing using "5 ft or less" as a guide; once a hang glider is completed, then that hang glider will receive a topic thread dedicated to itself in order to be open to critique, third-party testing, Omega Hang Glider testing, careful description of objectives and limitation of use, etc.

...Know of a make project?

HGMA#1
notes

Wills Wing's 1st Sail from the New Factory in Valle de Bravo

In US Hawks forum HGMA#1 has dedicated a topic thread on a build:
A build: circa 2017 Small Blue Tarp Home Build Rogallo

HGMA#1 has started a topic thread regarding the Wills Wing Sport 3
https://ushawks.org/forum/viewtopic.php ... 70&start=0
========================Advance the discussion on that build at the specialized topic thread.

Know of other builds for examination by the world?

Joe, My Puffin design (details and model testing) to encourage easier HG beginning flight training, is well documented on this and another forum. I'm surprised you didn't list it.

Frank

Frank Colver wrote:Joe, My Puffin design (details and model testing) to encourage easier HG beginning flight training, is well documented on this and another forum. I'm surprised you didn't list it.

Please feel free to post links Frank. U.S. Hawks topics are open for everyone to contribute.

A HG project moving toward various builds seems to be initiated by Frank Colver; he has named the HG as the Puffin. He has released the core design to public domain; builders anywhere may build to some kind of completion version; builds are invited to be described in our forum. We will run a dedicated discussion forum thread simply called The Puffin Project; Frank had in mind and expressed that the Puffin be a training HG, as we see from his notes. See the Puffin Project topic thread for notes to date. Please continue the flowering of the project in The Puffin Project.