Bill Moyes interviewed by Neil Bennetts [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 1176262
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Moyes, Bill, 1932-, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 1983 Feb. 22
- 3 tape reels (ca. 179 min.) : 3 3/4 ips, mono. ; 5 in.
- Summary:
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Bill Moyes, former President of the Hang Gliding Federation of Australia, speaks about his family background; his early life around Bronte Beach; the Regallo Wing; his business developing and constructing hang gliders; making the world's first unassisted glider flight in 1968; his accidents and injuries; setting a new world altitude record in 1969; change to launching on the wind; flight in 1970 from the rim of the Grand Canyon; developing the prone harness; the increasing popularity of hang gliding; forming the Hang Gliding Federation; setting another world altitude record in 1973 assisted by a hot air balloon; his son; safety regulations; his last flight off Mount Kilimanjaro; microlites; the future of hang gliding.
- Notes:
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- Recorded at Bronte Beach, New South Wales on 22 February 1983.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Transcript available (typescript, 66 leaves)
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Bennetts, Neil, 1943-2011, interviewer
- Copyright:
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In Copyright
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- Until 2053 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1983
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