Hang gliding fatalities involving hang gliders with TCF

Hang gliding fatalities involving hang gliders with TCF are persons. Examination of the fatalities has served to advance the design and operation of hang gliders. The flying machine hang glider comes in many formats; one popular format is a structure that involves an airframe part called the triangle control frame(TCF); this TCF structure distinguishes the involved hang glider of this article from paraglider hang gliders that do not have the TCF. Powered aircraft using a motor or engine for propulsion during flight are beyond the focus of this article.
Organizations have a say
*The USHPA identified two fatalities in the USA in 2003. Although the "safety of the sport improved dramatically" over the past 40 years, a reduction in reporting of incidents since 1999 was blamed for lower accident figures.
Timeline of fatalities involving hang gliders with TCF
Note: Prefix of line item is a number of known fatalities represented in the shown line item, e.g. "2F" means two fatalities. The leading date is the date of the incident leading to the fatalities, unless otherwise stated.
* 2F: 2003 in USA as told by Tom Johns, author.
* 1F: 2010 October 2: a mid-air collision with a non-TCF paraglider. The busy flight site Point of the Mountain in Utah site is a busy foot launch flying site.
* 1F: 2011 January 25: Australia

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