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...breezy day near Torrey Pines, Calif., the air over the beach and cliffs is filled with man-made wings. A ten-year-old boy strapped to a purple and gold hang-glider-a huge swatch of fabric, a metal frame, a trapeze-like seat -leaps from a cliff and circles toward the sand. A middle-aged businessman in a stiletto-winged sailplane, or conventional glider, weaves figure eights. They have plenty of company aloft, flying a variety of craft that come in a rainbow of colors...
Ridge currents-winds deflected upward by ridges or cliffs-are less challenging. They are "ridden" on the windward side of a ridge or cliff. Waves are formed when a steady wind blows over a mountain and forms vast smooth currents of undulating air that may lift a glider to an altitude ten times higher than the mountain. The altitude record was made in 1961 when Paul Bikle soared in a Schweizer 1-23E from 3,964 ft. to 46,267 ft. in a wave over the Mojave Desert...
...kitelike hang-gliders, aerodynamically more modest, are less secure by contrast. The most popular model is a flimsy-looking, delta-shaped affair designed by Francis Rogallo, a former NASA engineer. The pilot usually takes off by leaping from a cliff or dune. He hangs suspended in a harness, and steers by leaning right or left. He may also get aloft behind a motorboat or automobile -a more dangerous technique. Though James Bond used a Rogallo in his latest flick to swoop down on the bad guy, a far more spectacular flight was made recently when Jim Weir, 26, a gardener...
...Cliff Stevenson's Brown squad, 7-3-1 overall and 4-1 in the Ivy League, depends on two players up front for their scoring. Harvard goalie Steve Kidder and Brian Fearnett and the fullbacks will have to contend with Bruin tri-captain Bill Frost and Ferdinand Treusacher, a second team All-Ivy choice last year...
...album is uneven, one or two of the songs very ordinary, but Yarrow's voice and the arrangements almost always avert real disappointment. The Maytals, a Jamaican reggae group, are used to good effect, and if Yarrow's version of "The Harder They Come" falls short of Jimmy Cliff, how could it do otherwise...