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Mar. 3, 2007

Gliders in for a Hard Landing

The fabled hang gliders who launch from bluffs near Ortega Highway in Riverside County may be coming in for a hard landing. A housing developer who bought land where the gliders alight has sued, demanding that they find a new spot to touch down.

Jason W. Armstrong
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      RIVERSIDE - For 35 years, hang gliders have launched from chaparral-covered ridges along the mountainous Ortega Highway that links Riverside and Orange counties, riding the breeze thousands of feet skyward to get a birds-eye view of Elsinore, Victorville and Palm Springs.
      But gliders say litigation brewing in Riverside Superior Court could pe...

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