Thanks for letting us know, Ken.

I am sorry to hear this news as I have been inquiring about him the last few months as it had been a long time since I had last seen him.
I enjoyed my many conversations with Steve, whether in person or through our emailing. You describe him perfectly with his inquisitive mind always trying to dream up the better modern hang glider while having fun discussing the old days and vintage gliders. He was always kind with me and I will miss him and his enthusiasm for our common interest of flying – from paper airplanes, his Sling Wing, to radical control ideas on self launch ultralight gliders.
Here is a picture of him getting ready to fly my brother’s bird like design that he loved at one of the Otto Lilienthal celebrations.

Thank you Ken, Mario, Tim.

My heart breaks as I think of Steve. But I am so very grateful to have had him as a close friend all these years.

Fly high and far dear friend.

Thanks Kens for that info!  It’s sad to hear of old friends passing but nice to see the memories people have of Steve. I believe it was Mike Johnson that first told me some stories of “Crash Corbin” and a few months after that I witnessed a less the ideal landing on a hang glider in the LZ.  I walked over to talk to the pilot as he started breaking down his glider to introduce myself . The first thing he said to me was,

‘They don’t call be “crash” for no reason”, for the next 15 minutes I hear Steve’s history of the gliders he has flown and the places he flew them.  The next time I ran into him was at Dock Weiler State Beach when WindSports had a gatherings of older design hanggliders . He again pointed out each glider her had either own or flown and the problem with each one and what he thought could be done to improve the gliders performance. It was an educational experience for me, and entertaining afternoon. It was a pleasure to have known him!

I met Steve in 1981 when he took over running the Hang Glider Emporium of S.B. from Don Burns. He was a mentor to me as I was a new pilot and had a lot to learn. He was a knowledgeable guy and fun to be around. In the last few years  I would occasionally think about Steve and wonder how he was doing, I hadn’t seen any new DayHead posts lately.  Late summer 81 : I don’t remember how I heard about it but Steve tumbled a Comet behind Marshall or Cloud and had to toss , and I went looking for him. Sure enough there he was on the road between Marshall and Cloud Ok and happy to be alive. It was too hot and too late to retreive the Comet so we went back to the shop to drink beer . It was fun to be at the shop when groups of pilots were stopping by to check on him and to hear the story. He said it was a multi- core thermal and he should’nt have pushed out. One of his sayings was    “When in doubt push out”                                                                                                                                                    Thanks for the memories Steve                                                                                                                                             Pat

“Chute First Ask Questions Later”.

Brillant! 😂🤣