1993 Press Photo University of Wisconsin-Whitewater student, instructor airborne

Sunday's weather made it a perfect day for 16 University of Wisconsin-Whitewater students who use wheelchairs to venture on a hang gliding expedition. In a program sponsored by the university's Office of Recreation and Sports, the students soared on a two-person hang glider. Left: Student Kelly Bohman is assisted by Brad Kushner, owner of Raven Sky Sports, and other out of her wheelchair and into the hang glider at Whitewater's Twin Oaks Airport. Above: Airborne, Bohman and Kusher are towed to 2,500 feet on the tandem glider, which can be controlled by the student or instructor. --- (UW-Whitewater)

Photo measures 10.25 x 8.25 inches. Photo is dated 10-11-1993.

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