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Looking back: The Gathering, 23 May 1971

Wednesday 11 May, 2016

Happy Birthday Otto Lilienthal

“Below me the hill stretches away how far? A quarter of a mile? Could be. Pretty steep. Down there the thousand-tongued crowd stands around cars and chatters and buzzes and waits to see me break my fool neck.”

Read anything about the early days of hang gliding and you come back to ‘The Gathering’, which happened in California on 23 May, 1971.

We take a look back at National Geographic’s coverage of the event, which helped fuel hang gliding’s explosion.

See what else is in Cross Country 170, June 2016.

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