Early 1970s in the Fraser River Valley near Vancouver

Martin Henry sent me a couple of pictures from his very early days flying hang gliders in the Fraser River Valley near Vancouver. He's even more of a dinosaur than I thought he was!

Here he is on Burnaby Mountain in a suburb of Vancouver in 1971 or 1972. The hang glider appears to be made of bamboo tubes and black plastic sheeting!

And here he is in a gravel pit at Fort Kells, near Langley along the Fraser River, probably later in 1972. He has the latest technology of the day, namely a real control bar and metal tubing! However, I see that he is still using plastic sheeting for sail material.