This fascinating story begins in 1973 when David Cook built a glider in an attempt to win the Selsey Birdman Rally - an annual event where all types of creations are launched from the end of Bognor Pier. Between 1975 and 1977 he won every National and international hang gliding competition entered and the in 1977 heIn 1978 he became the first and lowest-powered microlight to cross the English Channel.
