This time we hear how a hang-glider flying club designs and builds a ultralight tow plane and we’ll hear some interesting stories that came with developing it.

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Above is an image of one of the original hang glider tugs, you can see how big its flaperons are on the wings. Other than that the plane is just a simple ultralite with a tow release. Below is an image of a later design that has 2 seats, which would have been helpful when our storyteller was learning how to fly.

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Steve Flynn

Steve has a lot of airplanes, this one caught my eye hanging from the ceiling. Its an ultralight glider that he flies occasionally, but it looks really cool in his hangar, almost like a museum.

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Steve also has a Skybolt biplane that he built. When I took the picture below he was making a few repairs on it, but steve says it’s one of his favorite planes to fly.

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