"ChuckSlusarczyk" wrote in message
...
In article , Joe Brophy
says...

In it's day IMO the Icarus IIb was one of the best hang gliders
available, the Seagull V was a close second. fond remembrances....
Joe.


I had an IcarusII and later I built an Easy Riser which I eventually
powered.
The riser was a bit better especially in a stall due to it's larger
diameter
LE.But they were very similar in performance.There wasn't a kite type Hang
glider that to come close to the performance. Seagull V was a real good
floater
,you could soar in light winds that wouldn't support other rigs. They did
lack
penetration in stiff winds though. But still fun :-)

Chuck (Chuck's Glider Supplies) S

I still have some of the first issues of "Low and Slow" somewhere in the
basement; skimmed them a few years ago and that definitely was a blast.

Whatever happened to the Icarus designer, Taras Kiceniuk?

Michael Pilla
(Manta wing at Coyote Hills Regional Park in Fremont - now that was a looong
time ago.)