Jacaranda Festival Program


Saturday 28th October


11. 30am–1.30 pm


Lunch


A lunch sponsored by the Hang Gliding Federation of Australia will be held at
the Grafton Racecourse with special guest speakers John Dickenson, Rod Fuller
and Pat Crowe to tell their story of the invention and first flight of the Hang
Glider.


Venue: Grafton Racecourse, Powell St, Grafton, Australia


Meal: A delicious two-course cold buffet luncheon.


Cost: $25 per head. Drinks available from the bar. Bookings: To book and
purchase tickets please contact:


Lyn Diskon 0427 900 313 / Mark Butler– 0408 434 366 Lyn on (02) 6642 4313 or
e-mail at


Please note that numbers are limited and all tickets must be pre-purchased.
Payment can be made by cash, cheque or electronically by direct deposit.


Special Guests for luncheon and official ceremony


. John Dickenson, inventor of the world’s first modern weight shift Hang Glider
and pioneer of Hang Gliding flight and the sport of Hang Gliding.


. Rod Fuller, first man to successfully fly a modern weight shift Hang Glider
and founding member of the Grafton Gliding club. Pioneer of Hang Gliding flight.


. Pat Crowe, driver of the ski boat for the launch of the first flight.


. Ian Tiley, Mayor and Councillors of Clarence Valley Council


. State and Federal members of Parliament.


. Graeme Henderson, Co-ordinator and Hang-Gliding historian without whom much of
this history would have been lost.


. Mike Burns, Aircraft Engineer, his company Aerostructures was the world’s
first commercial manufacturer and exporter of Hang Gliders


. Pioneer of Hang Gliding.


. Dick Smith has advised that he will fly into Grafton on the 28th and will be
present for lunch and the official ceremony.


. Bill Moyes, Director of the Hang-Gliding Federation of Australia, Founder of
Moyes Delta Gliders and pioneer of the sport of Hang Gliding.


. The General Manager, Chris Fogg and Directors of the Hang Gliding Federation
of Australia . Manager, Jenny Massie and Directors of Clarence River Tourism


2. 30pm


An official ceremony to honour the contribution of John Dickenson, Rod Fuller
and Pat Crowe will be conducted by the Mayor of Clarence Valley Council with the
unveiling of an interpretative panel commemorating the invention and first
flight of the modern weight-shift Hang Glider.


A re-enactment flight will be organised by Chris Fogg and Bill Moyes of the Hang
Gliding Federation of Australia with an early model Hang-Glider towed behind a
ski boat.