![]() This was at a time when most hang gliders were Rogallo wings that the pilot steered solely by shifting his body weight. These were rigid biplane flying wings, with hand-controlled rudders, in which the pilot flew in a reclining position. Kiceniuk's Icarus I and Icarus II were revolutionary hang gliders. The Kiceniuk Icarus V was the fifth designed and third built in a series of hang gliders designed by Kiceniuk. Kiceniuk set several endurance records with Icarus II and many copies were built from plans he sold. The Federal Aviation Administration recognized Icarus II as an ultra-light aircraft and issued Kiceniuk with the registration N55TK number for it. Also unlike other hang gliders, the pilot flew in a sitting position rather than a prone position. ![]() It was steered by hand controlled rudders, unlike Rogallo wing hang gliders of the time that were steered by the pilot shifting their body weight. Its most notable improvement over Icarus I was that the wings were swept back more steeply. Like Kiceniuk Icarus I, Icarus II was a rigid biplane flying wing. The Kiceniuk Icarus II was the second in a series of hang gliders designed by Kiceniuk. Length: 5.94 m (19 ft 6 in) (see talk page). ![]() Icarus I is now at the Smithsonian Institution awaiting restoration and display. The pilot flew in a reclining position, rather than the prone position used by other hang gliders. Pitch was controlled by the pilot shifting his body weight fore and aft. These rudders made Icarus I much more maneuverable than other hang gliders. 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. 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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