Instead, Icarus I had two large rudders mounted near the wing tips, controlled by hand levers. Unlike other hang gliders of the time, the Icarus was not steered by the pilot shifting his body weight. The Kiceniuk Icarus I was a hang glider designed, built and flown by Kiceniuk in the early 1970s.Īt a time when most hang gliders used a flexible Rogallo wing, Icarus I used a rigid flying wing biplane configuration. Paul MacCready on MacCready's Gossamer Albatross. Kiceniuk was also a contender for the first Kremer Prize for human-powered flight. In 2005 Icarus V was one of eight ultralight aircraft displayed at the Experimental Aircraft Association's Tribute to Ultralight Pioneers exhibit at their AirVenture Museum in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Icarus V was a precursor to the modern rigid wing hang glider. Icarus III and Icarus IV were abandoned in the design phase in favor of a monoplane configuration for Icarus V. Kiceniuk set several endurance records with Icarus II. Icarus I is now at the Smithsonian Institution awaiting restoration and display. He soon moved from the traditional Rogallo wing design to a rigid flying wing biplane design he called Icarus. At first he flew his gliders near Palomar Mountain where his father was curator of the Palomar Observatory but later began flying at Torrey Pines Glider Port in La Jolla. Kiceniuk began building hang gliders in 1971 while still in high school. May 14, 1954) is a hang glider pioneer from southern California.
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