First international hang gliding competition at Pico, Vermont

Duration: :48

Year Published: 1981

Creator: Francis Freedland

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: A documentary of America's first commercial hang gliding tournament. Behind the thrill of the sport, the sobering mishaps, and the financial wheeling and dealing of promoters, emerges the personal accounts of five competitors who came to Pico, Vermont to witness and participate in hang gliding history. A study of a sport and the American free enterprise system.