East Bay pilot completes coast-to-coast glider flight, hopes others follow lead

A Walnut Creek man has achieved his lofty goal of piloting his motorized paraglider from coast to coast, having landed Monday morning on a beach in St. Augustine, Florida.

And now, Harley Milne hopes other pilots will try to improve on his time — 48 hours and 19 minutes of actual flight time, or measured another way, eight days, two hours and four minutes (both thus far unofficial).