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Long time Hang Gliding instructor, dealer and friend of ours Paul Voight sends this message about a potentially serious issue with your reserve parachute system. On two occasions now, during reserve repackings-clinics, one just yesterday, one a couple seasons ago, … Continued

Our new Carbon Fiber Stingers are now available for purchase. These are made with 100% Carbon Fiber Prepreg at our production facility here in Orange, California. The T3 Carbon Fiber Stinger has the same geometry as the previous model, but … Continued

The response to the Sport 3 ‘Monarch’ pattern has been huge! It’s been really enjoyable to see the creativity in our community as these sails work their way through the shop. We love building beautiful, colorful creations and these gliders … Continued

Save $1200 or more on upgrading your T2C to a T3 This is a limited time offer from Wills Wing and participating dealers October 15, 2020 Now through November 30th, we are offering extraordinary savings on upgrading a T2C to … Continued

The Monarch Sport 3 pattern in now available on the color picker! Dave Aldrich has just released a new film, “Dreaming Awake with The Monarchs” so we thought it might be fun to offer Dan Gravage’s beautiful “Monarch” Sport 3 … Continued

222.22 Miles in the Owens Valley This flight was a dream come true for me.  For six years I’ve been chasing the out-and-back world record, and this year, all the pieces of the puzzle finally came together beautifully. My previous … Continued

Things are pretty crazy and uncertain right now. There’s no doubt that just about every industry in the world is getting hit hard by this pandemic and hang gliding certainly isn’t excluded in that. Wills Wing and most of our … Continued

On May 8th, 2020 the state of California has officially moved to Stage 2 of its Resilience Roadmap which allows for the gradual re-opening of lower-risk workplaces which includes manufacturing such as Wills Wing. We are now moving towards full … Continued

April 28th, 2020Update on Wills Wing’s response to the ongoing COVID-19 situation At the beginning of April, Wills Wing began the production of medical face shields to help fill an urgent need for the local medical community. We have since … Continued

The first is a replaceable shield and shroud assembly for the Maxair 700 PAPR system. It is a common issue on these units to have the shield become damaged due to repeated flexion in use. Wills Wing offers a replacement … Continued

The weather for the 2019 Big Spring Nationals hang gliding competition sure turned out great, giving the pilots 7 out of 7 taskable days! In the end, our team pilot Rudy Gotes of Vuelo Libre was able to take home … Continued

We continue to refine and update our new in-house composite parts for the T3. The carbon fiber over molded battens are now made with one ply of unidirectional carbon fiber and one ply of 2×2 twill, woven carbon fiber. Although … Continued

The T3 is a breakthrough in handling and performance for the high performance hang gliding market. The results from the first three competitions to feature T3s demonstrate that it’s the real deal. First, in the 2019 Brazilian Nationals back in … Continued

El Peñón Classic Race The winter/early spring soaring conditions can’t be beat at Valle de Bravo Mexico and the 6th annual El Peñón Classic Race was evidence of that. We were able to get 6 great tasks in 6 days. … Continued

Dave’s complete vlog series for the 2018 Santa Cruz Flats Race is now online. Overall, it was a great comp with six of seven days flyable. Full recap of tasks, tracks and results on Airtribune – https://airtribune.com/santa-cruz-flats-race-mark-knight-memorial-2018/results

During an off day at this years Green Swamp Sport Klassic, Larry Bunner gave his Skew-T lecture so we recorded the whole thing! It’s a lot to watch and digest but hopefully this will prove to be a useful resource … Continued

We are excited to announce the opening of our retail web shop! Accessories and apparel that have been available on a retail direct basis in the past can now be ordered online directly from our web site!  We’re excited to … Continued

Hook-In Weight This is the total combined weight of the pilot, clothing, harness, parachute, helmet, and any and all other items attached to or carried on the pilot’s body or harness. The range of hook in weights given is the … Continued