Thirty years ago: Larry Tudor sets height record

Thirty years ago on 4 August 1985 US hang glider pilot Larry Tudor set a world record for gain of height, climbing 4,343m in one flight. Tudor, described as “part bird, part sky god”, was a pioneer hang glider pilot in the 1970s and 1980s, pushing hang gliding as far as it could go. He […] …read more

Source:: Cross Country – International Free Flying Magazine