Written by Dr. Gary Fogel
The Origins of Competitive Hand-Launch Soaring
Featured in the April 2015 issue of Model Aviation Digital.
The International Hand Launch Glider Festival (IHLGF) hosted by the Torrey Pines Gulls RC Soaring Society of San Diego has a history that relates to the formation of FAI F3K: discus-launched gliders.
The IHLGF started in 1992 as a result of burgeoning interest in Southern California in AMA Class ARC gliders (60-inch wingspan or less) that were available in the 1980s. Several club contests in Riverside and Poway, California, led to the concept for a…
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