European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 22, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 the stars and stripes saturday july 22, 1978 a co glides around Italy above army sgt. Edward Miller suits up for a night with padding and headgear. At right he gets ready for a launch despite an overcast sky and a Tiv it s easy once you get hang of it Ryand photos by Jim Arwine. Ari. To t k. _. _ _. Story and photo by Jim a wine staff writer Iovene Italy Sis i was flying a Mountain Ridge about 50 feet up looking for a lift when i got into a Tail wind instead and started diving toward the ground there was no Way to recover 1 just sgt. Edward Miller a hang glider Hobby plot was describing his Jan. 1 hang gliding Accident. He said poor judgment causes most hang glider Miller s Accident resulted in a dislocated shoulder. The doctor told me not to Fly for six months i was doing it in three said. Miller who is assigned to the 1st in air borne509th inf at Vicenza. Read books i taught myself hang gliding from read ing books said the Elmira n.v., native. I Learned Here in that was about two years ago. Since then he has taken others under his Wing and taught them How to Fly. I have taught four people to hang Don t look for students to teach. But if people ask me i will try to help Miller said people interested in hang gliding come to him because there Are no organized clubs in the area. He said the italians have several Active hang glider clubs but he knows of no americans i them. The Hill Miller uses to teach novices is also used by the italians to train their Novice hang glider devotees. So he gets pointers from More experienced italian hang glider pilots. Power lines and grape vineyards Are a Hazard in said Miller. But it s Stilla Safe sport Here if you pay attention to the rules. One very Basic Rule is this at Low Altitude keep the nose into the winds. Control of the hang glider is done bythe Pilot shifting his weight. By moving his weight to the rear he controls the Angle of descent and the Stop. Moving his weight to the Side controls the turns. The whole thing is controlled by the gravitational shifts which affect the balance of the glider he said. North Korea gives amnesty Tokyo a North Korea announced it has granted amnesty to criminals on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the founding of communist North Korea. After the Takeoff i first pay attention to How the thing is operating what i m said Miller of his flying. " after i know i m solidly in the air it s time to act like a Bird and enjoy the flight. There is no noise. The world is below. I look for my Shadow sometimes but mostly i just have fun pure Miller owns two hang gliders but Only takes one at a time to the Hills or mountains for flying. His favorite is a High performance Type. He said the Angle of the leading Edge of a hang glider determine sits size and Type. The average size Wing of a glider is about 20 feet Long at the leading Edge front of the glider which has a 90 percent Angle. The average Cost is about $500, but Many Cost a lot More. The gliders Are carried to the flying site in a broken Down state. Assembling the lightweight cloth Metal tubing plaything takes about is minutes. If a hang glider has a flying partner wit him it s usually the Job of the assistant to drive or walk Down the Hill to the proposed Landing site. After the Landing he helps the flier save his Energy for the next flight by carrying the glider Back up the Hill. The longest flight for me about is minutes. Some people k glided for about three hours at at one important area of Hajj novices often ignore is the we cording to Miller. Knowledg d meteorology is a must he the weather and the winds to a hang glider pilots should s next in line for Mutert my dream is to have an tiered glider one with a u a engine that assists it. That s a thing in hang v the big thrill. Comes being inc to Bose a glider sees his Shadow
