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Ft. Funston, was first flown by hang glider pilots back when most pilots still had plastic sails. Three pilots climbed up the hill from hyway 1, around the razor wire fence that surrounded the actual, and still active Ft. Funston, a Nike missle site. They got to the cliff and had to set up between that razor wire fence and the cliff's edge, right near where the takeoff is today. One pilot flew a plastic sail Manta 18, another flew a dacron sail Eiper, and the third flew a Seagull 3. The Seagull pilot took off first and couldn't penetrate the wind at the take off because it was blowing so hard, went straight up in the air till about 30 feet above the cliff and started going backwards towards the razor wire fence, then over the fence and finally settled down inside the compound. The pilot's name was Eric Green who was unhurt but the guards, with DOGS and M16's surrounded him and carted him off somewhere. The other pilots, Fritz Braunberger and Jonathan Edwards were able to launch and had an amazing experience; got home and called everyone. The rest is history.
