International Hand Launch Glider Festival Documentary By Paul Naton

www.radiocarbonart.com/ In celebration of the 25th running of the Torrey Pines Gulls International Hand Launch Glider Festival, I'm posting my one hour documentary film on the event, filmed in 2000, for the soaring world to enjoy. In fact the contest we filmed was to be the last one to incorporate the Javelin launch technique, and you can see in the film a few pioneering competitors tip launching the first DLG designs. By next years contest, nearly every pilot had changed over to the discus launch technique, and the handlaunch glider took a giant design leap forward. There’s a special feature at the end of the film where the pioneers of the discus launch technique discuss how the spin launch developed and how DLG glider designs developed. This film will only be online for a short time.
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[@Txdvsz]

Back to the good old days. Good to see John Erickson and Mark Navarre. They have been missed through these years.

[@rcairnut]

the older poly ships make me smile and take me back to my youth,
Thank you for sharing this classic video.

[@garypaisley]

Thanks for sharing this, it's pretty special for those of us who could not be there

[@TweakRacer]

Great to see some footage of javelin/grenade HLG’s, before the short lived SAL’s, and the current DLG’s. Sad to see IHLGF gone. Hoping it gets revived some day as IDLGF.

[@AlexandreBassPlayer]

Thank for posting Paul, a friend bought this DVD on your site, I lost count of how many times I watched this documentary. I learned a lot by observing the pilots and gliders. Cheers.

[@TheDuncandan]

Thanks for posting this Paul, I still enjoy watching the old school.

[@mindofwij7443]

Such an awesome video paul! I must have watched the dvd a dozen times. Seeing this makes me wish I was around to witness the gliders of that time.

[@toytrainsandplanes1]

Thank you!

[@civilsocietyprivateinteres1711]

So much essential and not so common knowledge, thanks for the video!

[@skipperrussell2025]

Discus launch is the only way far a guy my age. Back in 1996 I had a good arm.

[@SoaringExperience]

Imagine you would appear at these times with a today Snipe, Stream, CX5 or whatever and they saw a good pilto and a great launcher how they work.
These faces would be priceless

[@factdesignbr]

Thamk u so much I felt like I was there brother.

[@ifly65]

Thanks for the great video. Been flying since '78, I just started DLG. Neck straps and antennas! How did I guess Joe won?

[@pnaton]

Include George Joy to that list of past pilots. He made the Sirius Charge nimh line of battery chargers, I still have one in service.

[@johnfryer3149]

Hi Paul. Have you done any filming of more modern DLG contests. That you could possibly post.??
Many thanks John 😃😃👍👍👍

[@pnaton]

Flying a Vortex 3 F5K, it needs a throwing peg!

[@midimusicman123]

Why not bring in an Olympic Javelin thrower to launch one of your gliders, or would that rip the wings off?

[@lawrencenelson7955]

can you add captions?