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1. In 1898 Augustus Moore Herring adapted a compressed air engine to a weight-shift biplane. Images: [1]
2. French aviation historians on FLPHG http://perso.orange.fr/pulma1/Un%20peu%20d'histoire.htm
3. British Microlight Aircraft Association, History of Microlighting http://www.bmaa.org/histdets.asp?HistoryID=4
4. Hang glider : EASY RISER (Larry Mauro) http://www.delta-club-82.com/bible/701-hang-glider-easy-riser.htm
5. In April 1946 Mitchell completed construction of his 'Flying Wing' (not the Mitchell Wing hang glider which was developed in 1975). The American FAA issued an Experimental Airworthiness number for it. The wing was flown as a glider by Mitchell, Bolwus and Paul Tuntland. Then Mitchell mounted a Nelson 2-cycle engine on it and flew it as a powered glider with wheels for landing gear.[2]
6. In the early 1940s Don Mitchell first became involved with flying wing glider design and construction. But World War II interrupted his research and experiments. Then in 1974, with the advent of hang glider mania, the Mitchell Wing resurfaced. It was at that time Dr. Howard Long took an interest in the half-forgotten project and asked Mitchell to make him a flying wing hang glider. The result was the foot-launched Mitchell Wing, controllable by a 'joystick'. The Mitchell Wing astounded the world of hang gliding. George Worthington, holder of eight world records in hang gliding and author of the book In Search of World Records, wrote in the book..."I predict that the Mitchell Wing will be the highest performance foot-launched hang glider we'll see for a long time." He was right, and it was from this preliminary design that Mitchell developed his later powered models: The Mitchell Wing B-10 and Mitchell U-2 Superwing.
7. Don Mitchell - U.S. Pacific [3], B-10 Photos: [4]
8. Interview with Gerard Farell on Jan. 23-24, 2007. "Foot launched powered Para-wing around 1963, 7 hp (5 kW) West Bend driving a 3-foot (1 m) dia. glass over balsa propeller. Main structure is 6061-T6 aluminum tubing, 4 mil polyethylene. The craft was not particularly portable, the wind was always coming down the slight slope in Bloomfield, CT, and the project was terminated as I was re-engineering it with a bigger engine and as I got a job offer to move to Miami and design, build and fly the wheeled wings (trikes)."
9. Recorded by the FAA as: Palmer Parawing D-6, serial 1A, N7144, was registered on 4/24/1967. No limitations were noted.
10. The Southeastern Wisconsin Aviation Museum http://www.eaa838.org/museum.asp
11. Article in PDF format: Powered hang glider, you can launch it any where [5]
12. Smithsonian Air & Space Museum. Icarus hang glider development http://www.nasm.si.edu/research/aero/aircraft/icarus.htm
13. Power Up Company, United States Patent # 4546938 http://www.freepatentsonline.com/4546938.html
14. Powered backpack Motolotnia 80 White Eagle photo of advert in Flight Line magazine, march-June 1982 [6]
15. Jerzy Kolecki, founder of Kolecki New Aviation Engineering, Sweden
16. The Ranger, designed by Bruce Hudson, UK. Powered by the Solo 210 cc engine: [7]
17. Relax 220, designed by Yves Rousseau.
18. FLPHG manufacturers http://www.wind-drifter.com/manuf.htm
19. Wasp designers: Ed Cleasby and Chris Taylor - Wasp Flight Systems and Sperwill.
20. DoodleBug designer: Ben Ashman - Flylight Airsports Ltd.
21. Raven designer: Randy Haney - Powerplanes
22. X1 designers: Kenneth M. O'Sage II and Dave Little - Hidden Mountain Flight.
23. Zenon designer: Sotos Christoforou - Sky Gear.
24. Explorer designer: Bob Bauer - Airtime Products. Created in 1997; discontinued in 2004 and released again in 2007 as the 'Explorer LD',
25. Fillo manufacturer: Milan Vita.
26. Flyped Manufacturer: Paul Kiraly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gynjOMZDDJo
27. FAI microlight world records, RWF1 (Weight-shift control, foot-launched and flown solo) [8]
28. Bernard Danis http://www.bmaa.org/histdets.asp?HistoryID=5
29. Interview with Gerard Farell on November 2006.
30. This powered hang glider, registered G-BGNL, is now held by the British Hang Gliding Museum. http://www.british-hang-gliding-museum.co.uk/acatalog/index.html
31. Despite this achievement, Breen and Hunt recognized the deficiencies of the keel mounted engine and when Breen saw a picture of Roland Magallon's trike in the French hang gliding magazine Vol Libre, he mentioned that the days of the Soarmaster 'were numbered.'
32. Interview with Angelo d'Arrigo http://www.hgfa.asn.au//skysailor/Issues/0505/siberianmigration.htm
33. Siberian Crane Flyway coordination http://www.sibeflyway.org/Reintroduction-Flight-of-Hope-Project-web.html
34. The altitude was recorded by a digital altimeter, a GPS and the flight was filmed as well; Video:[9]
35. 18 hp Harnesses such as the 'X1' or 'Wasp Venom' equipped with the Vittorazi EVO 100 cc for about 130 lbf (580 N) thrust at 7,000 ft (2,100 m) MSL
36. Werner Eck, designer of an Electric PGG http://www.marksparaglidingpages.com/
37. History of Solar Flight http://robotics.ethz.ch/projects/sky-sailor/docs/History%20of%20Solar%20Flight%20v2.0-%20A.Noth%202008.pdf
38. Werner Eck, Electric Paramotor Efforts http://www.electricppg.com/Developments/werner_eck/index.htm
39. Electric PPG Description http://www.electricppg.com/ePPG_Description.htm
40. Electric Paramotor Flies and Electric Powered Paraglider inventor - Csaba Lemak http://www.usppa.org/News/2006/electric_paramotor_flies.htm
41. Helix Propeller http://www.helix-propeller.de/en/elektro.htm
42. E-drive developments http://www.electricppg.com/Developments/werner_eck/e-lift_paramotor.htm
43. Razeebus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZszA5eWI-HA
44. Back to the Future http://www.flying-directory.com/0809/images/e-wdla0809-motorised-hangglider.pdf
45. E-Flight Expo at AERO Friedrichshafen 2009 http://www.e-flight-expo.com/en/home.html