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Hang Glider Pilots Hope Blooms Take Off03-14-05 | News
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Hang Glider Pilots Hope Blooms Take Off


Photos: Mel Melcon, Los Angeles Times Sylmar Hang Gliding Association member Jeff Carlisle adds tension to the wings of his glider, which carries a bag of poppy seeds.
A hang glider drops poppy seeds above Kagel Ridge near Sylmar, Calif. The location is at the same elevation as the famous poppy fields in Southern California?EUR??,,????'?????<
Close to 200 members of the Sylmar Hang Gliding Association are keeping a close eye on hills where they dropped four pounds of poppy seeds in February. The unorthodox project is the brainchild of Rome Dodson, a founding member of the club who, at 76, says he flies his glider ?EUR??,,????'?????<img


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