Stormy Petrel 1 at Panama City Beach, FL in 1997 (SP 1 was a very
close copy of Batso, complete with parallel bars)

Stormy Petrel 2 & 2a at Piedmont Park in Atlanta (rebuilt versions of
SP1, but with a larger sail and trapese-bar control)

Stormy Petrel 3 at Kill Devil Hills Beach (the hump) ...it flew, but
I didn't (SP3 was also a bamboo ship, but was wire-braced.)

I got the bug after reading Dan Poynter's book: Hang Gliding. A great
read, and lots of great photos from back in the day when I was 2, and
some people had WAYYYY more hair!

"Its only fun until you take off vertically without a run, climb to 20
ft, fly backwards for 40 yards, pass over a Rastafarian playing a
guitar, and make a vertical stand-up landing that completely shatters
your 3" dia bamboo keel." ...Me


yep, that's a true story.