Hang Gliding Competition, circa 1975, photo 6

This image shows a woman sitting on the edge of a cliff watching the the U. S. Hang Gliding Championships held at Grandfather Mountain near Linville, North Carolina, in the 1970s. The event was sponsored by the United States Hang Gliding Association, a non-profit organization that supported non-motorized, foot-launched hang gliding.

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General Picture Files, 2004.040, Box 36, Recreation, C14.2.6.6.

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Grandfather Mountain (N.C.). U.S. Hang Gliding Association

Grandfather Mountain (N.C.)

1970-1979

Series 5 -- Students, Student Organizations, Student Life. Series 6 -- Colleges, Departments, Offices, and Centers

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