motocross jump with hang glider

My uncle Bobby Wills flies 300 feet in the seventies.

[@simibharalidevi9005]

Video: 13 years old, less than 2 min, potato quality, random recommendations Me: Perfection!

[@prayanjaltomar752]

Okay boomer

[@higorss]

@@prayanjaltomar752 shut up

[@reubenpatterson6746]

@@prayanjaltomar752 how's he being a boomer?

[@Bakuah1]

i cant belive how ugly the world is in this time, look the video how bad the image look, todays is much more beauty

[@adnania3039]

Agreed

[@Wiiillllson151]

13 years old and KZbin's algorithm decided to throw this old Great at me.... Nice!

[@padmanaths87]

Meetoo. . .

[@CakAlbana]

Same...

[@lojadasmatrizes1447]

Verdade kkkkk

[@Wasamont]

Enjoy

[@Rafael-JC]

YT needs keep us online ever and ever

[@drott150]

Bob sounds like the original _"Hold my beer.."_ guy.

[@xenubarb]

He was killed by a helicopter while filming a commercial. Chopper downdraft did him in. :(

[@drott150]

@@xenubarb That's too bad. Wheelie King Doug Demokos died in an ultralight aircraft as well.

[@wuffos]

He's legendary in hang gliding as a designer and competition pilot.

[@Wildstar40]

Murdock from the A-Team.

[@Odin33356]

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[@alishanmao]

just add a propeller using power from same engine and you can fly for hours

[@dimitristripakis7364]

Exactly, people are trying to make the "flying car" but watching this video it seems that the "flying motorcycle" is almost there ! :)

[@dimitristripakis7364]

​@@merlinthegray It could somehow fold the wings for road traffic. I would say that LANDING on two wheels could present problems, so it should have some unfolding "side-wheels" when in airplane configuration. I crack my head for years with this one, I believe it is doable.

[@Rafael-JC]

Or... buy an airplane.

[@flybeep1661]

Really? He didn't even lift off when going fast so that wing has terrible lift properties. It only went airborne when its pitch changed upword which means the angle of attack of that wing must have been trimmed really downwards. It would've been a terrible airplane and barely or not be able to fly if you'd added a prop.

[@thewonderfulwizardofcodsaq3472]

@@merlinthegray lean and have a cord attached to the bar so when you tune it turns

[@eova]

The question is: Is Bob still amongst the living?

[@johnmartinez7440]

Sadly, he doesn't appear to be. Seems like a helicopter accidentally blew him down off his glider while he was filming a commercial: www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-05-29-vw-424-story.html

[@eova]

@@johnmartinez7440 thank you. I guess this answers the question.

[@lucasfrench1841]

@@johnmartinez7440 woah, thats a scary way to go

[@garychaney5484]

He wad being towed by a helicopter and got into the rotor wash. Keep in mind this is in the very beginning of the evolution of the hanglider! Those early gliders with no reflex in the trading edge killed a many pilot back in the 1970's

[@eova]

@@garychaney5484 true words!

[@leonardodiamond4374]

Imagine you're some old Karen yelling at a biker for doing wheelies in a parking lot and he just picks up and flies away bike and all

[@whowho7969]

Lmao 😂 👍

[@meemdoggoriginallongdrink]

There's a mistake tho. You never should do what Karen wants. You should wheelie even more

[@soposh5673]

Gotta love the millennial fucktards and their buzzwords

[@MARALAGO2024]

Said the Karen

[@hawaiigliderman]

What Bob Wills did with a hang glider was amazing. --- He taught me to fly in 1972 in Hawaii and I became his first Wills Wing dealer in Hawaii when he started his own business.

[@outwiththem]

Proud you.. thank you pioneers of hang gliding in USA. Lots of fun hours i owe to you.

[@shaunmcinnis1960]

That's really cool!

[@Sidetrackification]

I'm pretty sure that's what I used at Lookout. ..229 comes to mind

[@dingobird1039]

That is so amazing 👏

[@skylined5534]

That's a really cool memory, thanks for sharing, Michael 😊

[@DiarrheaBubbles]

I just want to go back to the 70s when Americans were free throw back a cold one, weld a hang glider to a dirt bike, and hit some sick jumps without the man trying to stop them from having a good time.

[@spok9180]

Welcome to China , USA is dead

[@Sidetrackification]

someone tried to fly over the Berlin wall. ..

[@lil__boi3027]

@@Sidetrackification and he succeed

[@jsollien127]

So "Bob's your uncle", that's cool in so many ways!

[@madamguillotine6819]

Have you met his aunt Fanny?

[@sourkraut6248]

I first heard that phrase watching The worlds fastest Indian.....a movie that is free to watch on youtube right now.

[@Ajaxaxxess]

@@sourkraut6248 Great movie

[@boatmanshuzz4030]

Robert's your dads brother

[@onepalproductions]

lol

[@ghostedyoutuber263]

I like the really awesome fake sound track for engine RPM and tire contact.

[@franzknight8763]

hahaha scripted but the sound only

[@Borusdad]

Me too - he's a lot of fun - and owns the most famous name in Hang gliding. I was at a gathering in Florida celebrating the 40th Anniversary of Wills Wing, was standing on a chow line and asked the fellow next to me his name - He said, " It's on your shirt" I was wearing a Wills Wing shirt. The man's a true pioneer

[@pele2535]

Hai user are you dead or alive

[@wuffos]

Yeh, that was probably Bob's brother Chris Wills - also legendary in the sport.

[@nabihringo994]

@@pele2535 😂😂😂😂😂

[@flytocloudbase]

Bobby Wills and the entire Wills family have been a inspiration to me. The Book "Flying with Eagles" was a amazing read. You should be very proud to be related :)

[@pele2535]

Hai user are you dead or alive

[@seya_2]

Lol

[@ryanm.191]

Hypothetically he’d have almost perfect attitude control to by either speeding or slowing the rear wheel and turning the bars to make a gyroscope from the front wheel

[@Filip_Phreriks]

But the front wheel isn't powered so wouldn't it slow down quick and not have enough centrifugal force to act as a gyroscope?

[@ryanm.191]

@@Filip_Phreriks why I’m saying hypothetically cos in the real world friction exists

[@stickemuppunkitsthefunlovi4733]

@@Filip_Phreriks brakes are a thing.

[@Filip_Phreriks]

@@stickemuppunkitsthefunlovi4733 Yes but once it's stopped you lost the gyro and can't steer anymore is what I meant.

[@OneTwoFive0]

“Dang it Margret it’s those gosh dang hang glider motorcycles again”

[@jdh023]

It's me again Margret says Ray Stevens. Look up Ray Stevens and be prepared to laugh uncontrollably.

[@JackHandelman]

no bullshit intro or anything, just cuts to the chase and we can experience history. This is gold

[@minitwitter]

If you put a propeller, you can fly long distance.

[@flybeep1661]

No you can't, the propeller would amount to over 50 times the weight of the wing. It would be too fuckin heavy. Not to mention the entire framework would need to be made way more sturdier to support an engine and by that point you made something completely different which most people call....wait for it....a plane.

[@Herr_Jehmineh]

You sir, are a genius!

[@lieutenantpliskin]

@@flybeep1661 dude you really really suck at parties

[@sethburnsman]

@@flybeep1661 LOL You are wrong. It's already lifting HIM and a motorcycle... the engine is ALREADY THERE. A carbon fiber prop for a paramotor is 4-8 pounds... what kind of propeller do you think we are talking about here? One for a cruise ship? It may not sustain flight but it would get him more range for sure.

[@SKhandleYT]

Dude, all he wanted was a little thrill, perhaps a record of sorts with his motorcycle and the GLIDER!

[@Trump-hm3qv]

truly a masterpiece and I feel honored being recommended this 14 years later.

[@Wolf-xu1fj]

Why aren’t people doing this more often? Very cool

[@IanBpa]

@Caleb Ziebarth He hasn't done anything with a dirt bike though

[@propcircles4082]

@@IanBpa man builds his own planes though which is badass

[@Odin33356]

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[@Wolf-xu1fj]

@@Odin33356 that’s not the same thing

[@Odin33356]

@@Wolf-xu1fj no but still cool

[@MirkoM2425]

Back when people werent so sensitive about protection, if you die you die its your fault. And no media and internet to blame the death on someone and cancel them. Back then things were so much more fun.

[@shreyasrd2034]

Someone's been eating memeber berries

[@MirkoM2425]

@l 1:27

[@danhubrich]

Father of the year award right there at the end!

[@brianwills4398]

I remember this guy jumping the motocross track at the Colosseum in the 70s at halftime during the Superbowl of motocross.

[@supermemesmaster9571]

Really dude Great dude Have a good day

[@ErhanGaming]

Legend has it, Bob has progressed with his endeavours so much, that he is now accidentally in permanent orbit around the earth.

[@boatmanshuzz4030]

If you've ever jumped a dirtbike, you'll know exactly why he didn't put a propeller on it

[@Axmet183]

why?

[@T.R.U.T.H..]

@@Axmet183 Probably because there would be too much weight shift at the rear, which would inevitably cause the bike to flip.

[@spinningsquare1325]

@@T.R.U.T.H.. and how do you compensate torque with a freakin bike?

[@vampstercrook2122]

@@spinningsquare1325 surprisngly brakes and accelerator works mid air to shift postion of the bike. The centrifugal forces of rotation of the rear tyre changes the rotation mid air.

[@LimothySmith]

@@Axmet183 Might get chopped up if things were to go wrong

[@ThomasDoubting5]

Back in the day when people who used to do things for no other reason than because they can and for the experience were heroes. Brilliant

[@Sweedster]

What? People still do that all the time

[@ThomasDoubting5]

@@Sweedster I don't recognize you as people , your just objects now .

[@JessHull]

that looks like so much fun! I want to try that with my wheelchair!

[@supermemesmaster9571]

You can do it dude Have a good day God bless you Love you

[@OnerousEthic]

I’ve been thinking about flying a dirt bike, and I am so impressed that this has shown up in my feed! My current vision includes coaxial counter rotating 6’ rotors, enclosure, rocket power, and assisted recovery…

[@TheWaggishAmerican]

That looks like a lot of fun

[@xxxmenxxxms]

TheWaggishAmerican really fun..!!!

[@WhoisVinnie]

I wish I could do it off a cliff, or maybe go to space with it. Wouldn't that be cool?

[@vortexsophia]

This is amazing to see Bobby Wills do a motocross HG jump. It's like from books when I was a little kid. Thank you!

[@elektrolyte]

correct me if I'm wrong... but that sounds like an Elsinore!!

[@Sidetrackification]

did i think that out loud?🤣

[@dandaniels851]

I remember this from when I was young, loved it then and love it now. Thanks for the flashback 🙏👍🏻

[@Del350K4]

And it acts as a handy parasol, too, to prevent sunburn-related stress...

[@pele2535]

Hai user are you dead or alive

[@senocon]

Was this bob wills of wills wings, if so I had one of his gliders WW SST 100B. back in 1976 , grate fun!

[@RogerM9]

The same Bob Wills. I has an SST100B as well. Also got to fly the black Swallowtail used in the film "Sky Riders" with James Coburn. It ended up at a hang gliding school in the UK Peak District where I did some teaching back in 1977.

[@DonBorn]

That's so cool. I fly a Wills Wing hang glider!

[@pele2535]

Hai user are you dead or alive

[@realvanman1]

Man I miss the days when dirt bikes sounded like dirt bikes. They sounded great! Two strokes forever!

[@mypronounismaster4450]

What do they sound like now? Are they 4 strokes?

[@larrylaconi3480]

Bobby Wills was your uncle?? Okay, that's just beyond cool. I read the family biography, 'Higher Than Eagles,' written by his mom (and I assume your Great Aunt. One of the most thrilling, inspiring and heartbreaking biographies I've ever read. Hats off to such a great legacy.

[@twitchcat8929]

this video is more high quality than my hearing at class

[@supermemesmaster9571]

Me too dude Have a good day 🤝🤝😊😊👌😎

[@Adam-------]

is nobody going to mention the end with the two guys just hanging off a hang glider by their hands without a harness going down a mountain?

[@240sxRule]

Straight up so hardcore

[@Adam-------]

@@240sxRule absolute mad lads

[@phillipgraves4721]

I love the sixties sounding narration. Similar to what you would hear on surf movies of that era

[@johns818]

Thanks youtube for this hidden little gem.

[@supermemesmaster9571]

You are right dude Have a good day

[@Rick_B52]

Thank you algorithm for another enjoyable retro video. My first viewing!

[@cloudbaseimagingvid]

Awesome. I want to see more of your archives!!

[@pele2535]

Hai user are you dead or alive

[@_sAm_5]

@@pele2535 lol was thinking the same

[@alexanderkrat3540]

A pilot, a co-pilot, a stewardess, and a passenger. Amazing.

[@xenubarb]

I remember Bob Wills. Met him back in the 70s when I was flying a Chandelle standard at Escape Country. :) Good times, good times!

[@pele2535]

Hai user are you dead or alive

[@xenubarb]

@@pele2535 O hai...I have not run out of caek.

[@Hallelujah7]

@@xenubarb Thanks God, You are alive .. God bless you

[@Dr_Robodaz]

Sometimes.... The recommended video is just what I have been looking for. 2021 needs more hang gliding motocross.

[@lapislazuli1431]

This is the prototype to the oppressor in GTA V

[@Zamzapy]

KZbin recommend me this video after 13 years have a huge respect 🙏🙏🙏

[@EUKBIKER]

Thats awesome but i wanna make a suit like a kite which i can use to glide to the floor without a parachute, sorta like a squirrel suit only you fall alot slower and can do it off a small hill rather than a big cliff... main reason is, i want to glide but im fucking terrified of hieghts..

[@johnross7344]

Scared of heights -Dont worry thats just a small technical hitch, up up and away

[@EUKBIKER]

saw something i want now :D... its a glider that you foot launch... but its got an enclosed canopy/ cockpit thing so may want to get saving up for it lol.. however got things land based that i want to build for now. things like a custom built tracked vehicle, for snow... this is because gritting machines dont come up my road and theres often a massive patch of black ice all over the road where i live, so i'd build a tracked vehicle which moves fairly slow but has a lot of torque in it so that i can shift the ice...

[@NN.._]

youtube recommended this video after 14 years

[@turtlemcclintock5321]

Bob is awesome lol

[@OBDEV771]

Old comment detected

[@rentatrip1videos]

this is a short segment from the film PLAYGROUND IN THE SKY (1976) by Carl Boenish BASE Jumping Founder & Skydive photographer (RIP Carl!)

[@pele2535]

Hai user are you dead or alive

[@harveyhandbanana]

this is genius i love it

[@torkdork69]

Traffic ahead, it’s ok we can jump it. You the man Bobby !!!

[@MatematicaTel]

YESSSS: time travel!!!

[@lockeddown4908]

Yes

[@harshitchaube1816]

Yes

[@igorpashev]

I am here

[@Farenn.]

Yup

[@ashokmnagaral1133]

Bobby Wills must be invited as James Bond 007 Stunt Man !

[@wwfww]

redbull back in the day!

[@Wildstar40]

Gotta love that nice soft landing. I wonder how much speed it looses in flight.

[@shrikantshukla4356]

Who is waching 2019

[@phillhuddleston9445]

Not me, 2021 ;)

[@vaughndelay6190]

I absolutely love that 2 stroke music

[@supermemesmaster9571]

Me too dude Have a good day

[@johnjriggsarchery2457]

Wow!! That is great!!

[@OBDEV771]

Old comment detected

[@paulx9334]

KZbin recommend me this awesome video after 13 years....

[@wadekanonim2600]

Who's from 2020?

[@__-lb6sf]

Sorry. 2021!

[@upway2l8again]

Awesome! I have an old Wills paragliding wing... just ground handling with it now but bet it'll still fly, hopefully we'll soon see. :)

[@OBDEV771]

Old comment detected.

[@benjaminchavez4062]

X: lo recomendamos¿? KZbin: aún no. ... 13 años después... KZbin: creo que lo recomendaré :v

[@Barbutt]

Phrases you don’t hear, “Bob has never been hurt!”

[@davino2504]

Tiba tiba muncul di beranda like

[@VR_Wizard]

Good job bob.

[@CFITOMAHAWK]

01:24 and some coward USA pilots now are afraid of carrying 3 persons on a 4 person safe to do it airplane. Chumps..

[@Studentofgosset]

Hush

[@CFITOMAHAWK]

@@Studentofgosset Dont be a coward.

[@4486xxdawson]

I feel if Evil Kanival had done this he may have saved a few beoken bones , this guy is the first slow mo stunt man lol.

[@UJDIY]

bob, stop yanking around and com eat your dinner......

[@Giovanniram22]

The last part is beautiful. Unfortunatelly now we live in a crazy world.

[@MrHogzor]

Bob is now dead.

[@rawbacon]

If he's still alive he needs to go for it and break his old record.

[@rawbacon]

@TruBluHeeler Looks like you're right, I just looked it up, seems he died in a hang glider accident in 1977 and his younger brother also died in hang glider accident 3 years earlier in 1974.

[@Caluma122]

That two stroke sounds crispen!

[@matthewnorman9803]

After 14 years this might start getting recommended to everyone

[@benwest123]

Every kid should have an uncle like that!

[@richardvalitalo3670]

I remember building hand held sales to try to propel us on our bicycles around this time.(it didn't work) This was awesome! Lucky he didn't flip🔄😕

[@Terratov]

This has gotta be the oldest youtube video, it’s 3 months younger than me!

[@Darameekha]

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[@Terratov]

@@Darameekha oh no

[@HelpfulRebelsTV]

This is awesome! In the beginning of the video they said he got a lightweight bike, then towards the end the narrator says the bike weighs 300 pounds!

[@nishantkumar6960]

Finally, Came to know who the real Bob the Builder was..,LOL

[@breakawaymotorsports]

Pretty amazing...especially 50 years ago!!

[@supermemesmaster9571]

I think you are right my friend

[@FPVSCIO]

I saw this guy at Irwindale Raceway in the late 70's with the kite. It was awesome

[@dburton7929]

No, you didn't see Bob Will's at Irwindale Raceway, you saw Bob Correll on the kitecycle

[@frogsplease4165]

What the hell youtube, I’ve been wanting to see shit like this for 13 years and you had it the whole time?!

[@rebeccarandleman2124]

Bob Wills was adventurous man, but he was not a "crazy fuck". Bob and his brother Chris, were instrumental in the development in the sport of Hang Gliding, Chris won the first U.S. championship in 1973, and Bob won in 1974. My husband was a personal friend of Bob Wills and flew with him and a group of fliers they affectionately christened "The Wingnuts".....this was because they were all crazy about flying and not because it was a crazy thing to do.

[@RogerM9]

Met both Bob and Chris at the UK championships at Mere in the UK in 1975 which they attended on the way home from Greece after filming "Sky Riders" with James Coburn. Great guys.

[@JuanCruz-ef5os]

i bet no one would ever think to hijack bob's airline!

[@Infotainmenthub]

*13 years ago, I was not aware that even KZbin does exist*

[@Nobody-ld7mk]

Seen him at OCIR back around 1975... Bob "Hairy Balls" Wills came over the PA system. "Honda 250 Elsinore" ?? if I remember right, many many years ago.

[@madhavareddy8086]

What emotions does the song "Else - Paris" makes you feel...? What is the emotion behind that song ?? Please comment... (I know it is out of topic but please do comment)...

[@ujwalkumarb1408]

Fact: BOB WILLS is the stunt director of upcoming AVATAR 9-3/4 part.

[@soyebseikh1126]

That's a example of joyful engineering thinking of a human being.

[@Sidetrackification]

a rogallo wing,when that was the best hang glider you could get. ..

[@ANGELICW4R]

Is this one of the On an sunday films

[@randyskolnick2040]

I once saw a guy do this for a Guiness Book Of World Records TV show being filmed at Devonshire Downs in the San Fernando Valley. But he jumped over 2 mack trucks with trailers - lengthwise! Is this the same guy?

[@alterinq2383]

this is the shit i dreamed of as a little kid. At 15 years old right now, I'm happy to say I'm looking forward to doing stupid shit like this in the future

[@PhilbyFavourites]

Ahhh, the Seventies.... Sadly Bob (nor his airline) ever made it to the Eighties. He was last seen on a Kawasaki Z1 and a double size wing saying, “if Evel can try Snake River I’m going for The Grand Canyon...” All donations to The Rogallo Wing fund for keen flyers..

[@isaiahvillarreal4512]

And all along I thought Bob Wills was just a famous Western Swing band leader. Who knew?

[@RickyDownhillRDH]

A little late to the party here!! That Bobby is NUTS!! Always going for more...

[@sandy1989ize]

Legend says Bob is still trying that one again.

[@sarpsarp8987]

They say Bob died decades ago.

[@tcorrellii]

I remember a guy, many years ago...think his name was Bob Correll, used the same setup. He used to jump over school buses, end to end,

[@PkmHax]

Briliant! Why have we not seen anyone else do this. Someone call Travis Pastrana!

[@kingslayer3411]

13 years old video and still better than todays Tik Tok videos