Hang-gliding friends say he was among the few pioneers of the sport and continued to pursue it into his senior years. A hang-glider pilot for four decades, 69-year-old Arthur Simoneau was a ...
“He was a denizen of Topanga. He fit in good,” said Malury Silberman, a friend who met him through the Sylmar Hang Gliding Assn. “Kind of a grown-up hippie — never a harsh word out of the guy.