@@WeFlyUniv I doubt it. He likes to build them and move on. I think he bought the VJ-11 used, I'd have to ask him. You can see parts of it inside the shed: ua-cam.com/video/Q1Aez1F9XSE/v-deo.html I introduced him to FPV quadcopters a few years ago, and he's been zooming around in the sky, and never looked back.
The first glider shown is the vj11 and the video was running faster than actual . Film back then had 18 fps and 24 fps , and 12fps , you had to play it back at the same speed it was filmed .
Space tech is a wonderful thing and I am a huge fan. But it is massively expensive, and unlikely to ever be widely available for ordinary humans. Personal flight was created by resourceful regular humans at little cost. Although it so far shows little prospect for changing the world in a profound way it will eventually be understood to have launched a new way of human travel. And that came not from government or huge corporations but from a few individuals who turned dreams into reality. Maybe the best thing about space tech is its power to inspire. A result might be some new way of flight that will transcend to limitations of the current personal aircraft.
This video probably dates to about 1974 showing people flying standard rogallos and this marvelous Icarus biplane. The first moonshot was much earlier, in '69. Hang gliding took of in the 70s as a reaction against overly technological trends in aviation in favor of trying to fly right out in the wind like a bird! At the moment, hang gliding is on the decline. I'm hoping that modern tech can revive the dream!
@@VTSifuSteve Nearly all was filmed in 1972, some Icarus flights in the last months of 71, and possibility some of the Volmer footage may have been in the first months of 73.
Thank you for showing us those wonderful videos and for the additional information. I also would have loved to do such things. But today I guess I would break all my bones instead
@SifuSteve Yeh, I k ow, I was just amazed how humans have developed over the centuries such technologies to fly and even go to space. Both is full of ingenuity
Great footage
All of my heroes in one film thanks!
Wow, I've been studying guys ( pilcher, lilienthal etc.)for a while for a prototype I'm building, first I've seen of this footage. Thanks !
Amazing footage..Should send this to the Air and Space museum in DC
Hang Loose... Looks like the VJ-11. Then later, a VJ-23.
My friend Greg has a VJ-11 in his storage shed :) And VJ-23 he built himself in his back yard
Did Greg ever fly the VJ 11? I have never heard of one that was flown except for Volmer's.
@@WeFlyUniv I doubt it. He likes to build them and move on. I think he bought the VJ-11 used, I'd have to ask him. You can see parts of it inside the shed: ua-cam.com/video/Q1Aez1F9XSE/v-deo.html
I introduced him to FPV quadcopters a few years ago, and he's been zooming around in the sky, and never looked back.
The first glider shown is the vj11 and the video was running faster than actual . Film back then had 18 fps and 24 fps , and 12fps , you had to play it back at the same speed it was filmed .
And now we have rockets going to space, to the moon and way beyond...
Space tech is a wonderful thing and I am a huge fan. But it is massively expensive, and unlikely to ever be widely available for ordinary humans. Personal flight was created by resourceful regular humans at little cost. Although it so far shows little prospect for changing the world in a profound way it will eventually be understood to have launched a new way of human travel. And that came not from government or huge corporations but from a few individuals who turned dreams into reality. Maybe the best thing about space tech is its power to inspire. A result might be some new way of flight that will transcend to limitations of the current personal aircraft.
This video probably dates to about 1974 showing people flying standard rogallos and this marvelous Icarus biplane. The first moonshot was much earlier, in '69. Hang gliding took of in the 70s as a reaction against overly technological trends in aviation in favor of trying to fly right out in the wind like a bird! At the moment, hang gliding is on the decline. I'm hoping that modern tech can revive the dream!
@@VTSifuSteve Nearly all was filmed in 1972, some Icarus flights in the last months of 71, and possibility some of the Volmer footage may have been in the first months of 73.
Thank you for showing us those wonderful videos and for the additional information. I also would have loved to do such things. But today I guess I would break all my bones instead
@SifuSteve Yeh, I k ow, I was just amazed how humans have developed over the centuries such technologies to fly and even go to space. Both is full of ingenuity