mpreil 2 #1 January 2, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/01/us/01barish.html?scp=1&sq=barish&st=cse There are still people who remember the Barish Sailwing. Although the single sheet design was quickly replaced by double sheet (ram-air) we all use today, he was influential in the early development of aerial sports. There's a nice photo of a 1966 Barish paraglider and a few quotes from Dan Poynter in the NY Times obituary. Blue skies, Mr. Barish. Thanks for helping get us into the sky. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pchapman 279 #2 January 2, 2010 Damn! At least he got some new recognition 5-10 years ago when the paragliding world discovered his work. Only the the skydiving world had really noticed his contribution prior to that. Someone in France built a replica Sailwing and paraglided it, although I think he had to scale it from photos and not any original plans. Barish got to travel to one of Europe's big paragliding festivals (St Hilaire) and see all the progress that had been made in 40 years. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 140 #3 January 5, 2010 Quote ... Someone in France built a replica Sailwing and paraglided it.. and direct bagged it from a paraglider too fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fichier:Sailwing.jpgscissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
