Arthur Simoneau was found near the doorway of his Topanga home, apparently trying to defend it from the Palisades fire.

“It was always in the back of our heads that he would die in spectacular Arthur fashion ... Gary Mell. The hang-gliding world, his friends said, had lost one of its pioneers.

A helicopter drops water on a fire near Topanga Village along Topanga Canyon Road on Wednesday. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times) ...

That’s what keeps Kāeo man Tom Kellner in the air hang gliding, a sport he loves and has brought him some success - winning the Open Class in the NZ Hang Gliding Championship in Murchison.

Hang gliding is an exhilarating sport that gives you the freedom to glide through the sky like a bird. You pilot a lightweight, engineless aircraft, maneuvering it by shifting your body weight.

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A hang-gliding enthusiast. A retired actress. Officials have not identified all of the dead by name, but details are ...

A HANG GLIDER pilot has been rescued from a rock shelf and taken to hospital at Lake Macquarie on Monday afternoon. Police and crime reporter at the Newcastle Herald. Email: ...