Originally Posted by
sprite1
Come on Wilyflier, more details would be appreciated if you're going to use that one incident from 20 years ago. What height? Designated and well known hang gliding area? Perhaps the hang glider flew over a known model aircraft strip and clubhouse that he should've read up on before taking flight?
Sounds like it.
THRILL SEEKERS DICING WITH DEATH AT THE DYKE (From The Argus)
Less than a year after June 1986 ;
"...fatal accident less than a year later, when he collided with a radio-controlled model aeroplane. Within weeks, the Southern Hang-gliding Club voted to create a special "exclusion zone" to keep hang-gliders away from model plane fliers. Members agreed not to fly below 250ft in the North Bowl area of the Dyke - a rule which has been adhered to ever since."