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Seagull Aircraft of Santa Monica, California

This related topics menu links to material in the main hang gliding pages. The links here are in chronological order.

• Seagull 3 in Hang gliding 1973 part 1
• More Rogallos in Hang gliding 1973 part 2 for an unusually high quality color photo of a Seagull 3
• Flying with seagulls in Torrance Beach
• Seagull 5 and other Rogallos in Hang gliding 1974 part 1
• Rogallo versus Quicksilver in colour in Hang gliding 1974 part 3
• Grandfather Mountain 1975 part 1 for high quality color photos of the Seagull III and IV by Hugh Morton
• Flight of the Phoenix in Hang gliding 1976 part 2 for the Seagull VII
• Hang gliding 1977 for an image of the Seahawk
• Sail painting in Hang gliding 1978 and 1979 part 2 for a powered Seahawk mark 2
• Developments 1978-9 in Hang gliding 1978 and 1979 part 2 for Tom Peghiny’s Eagle monoplane style hang glider with a V-tail that he built while at Seagull Aircraft
• Hang gliding 1978 and 1979 part 3 for a dramatic side view of a 10 Meter
• Sierra in Hang gliding early 1980s part 1

Other related

Marty Alameda and Flight Designs: Alameda worked for Seagull before starting Flight Designs

Semi cylindrical Rogallo in Rogallo wing definitions and diagrams

External links

1975 Hang Gliding World Open – Escape Country, SoCal on H5-Phil’s YouTube channel starting at 31 seconds for a Seagull V in flight showing its rudder action

1975 Hang Gliding World Open – Escape Country, SoCal again, but starting at 5 minutes 57s seconds for a Quicksilver on approach and landing then Seagull 5 doing the same, both types using rudder and dihedral for turn control

Seagull 3 in Soaring and Gliding Festivals 1973-1974 by John Elwell on YouTube starting at 46 minutes 27 seconds, filmed at the Elberta dune near Frankfort, Michigan