Hang gliding is an air sport employing a foot-launchable aircraft. Typically, a modern hang glider is constructed of an aluminium alloy or composite-framed...
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Hang gliding is an air sport or recreational activity in which a pilot flies a light, non-motorised, heavier-than-air aircraft called a hang glider. Most...
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Rogallo wing (category Hang gliding)
Flight Dynamics Flightsail Hang gliding History of hang gliding Paragliding Wing "Rogallo Wing -the story told by NASA". History.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2012-12-23...
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developed from hang gliding in the late 1970s, they were also a return to the type of low-speed aircraft that were common in the earlier years of aviation,...
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naturally occurring currents of rising air in the atmosphere to remain airborne. The word soaring is also used for the sport. Gliding as a sport began in the...
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Gliding flight is heavier-than-air flight without the use of thrust; the term volplaning also refers to this mode of flight in animals. It is employed...
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The United States Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association (USHPA) is a non-profit organization supporting foot-launched soaring flight in the United States...
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or gain height. Gliders are principally used for the air sports of gliding, hang gliding and paragliding. However some spacecraft have been designed to...
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Jockey's Ridge State Park (category Natural history museums in North Carolina)
and natural history of the park, including sand dunes, plants and wildlife, weather, pirates and local maritime history. A hang-gliding school provides...
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Francis Rogallo's airfoil John W. Dickenson History of hang gliding Ultralight trike aircraft Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era NASA...
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Somerset, UK: British Hang Gliding Association. pp. 8–9. Aspinall, Terry. "A Brief History of Hang Gliding in Suffolk UK". Hang Gliding & Microlighting. Terry...
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Dockweiler State Beach (category Beaches of Southern California)
California, with 3.75 miles (6.04 km) of shoreline, a hang gliding practice and training area. Although a unit of the California state park system, it...
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Rolls Gracie (category Brazilian people of Scottish descent)
This son of Carlos Gracie is considered by many the family's best fighter of all time, but his career was cut short when he died in a hang-gliding accident...
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Australian Parachute Federation Hang Gliding Federation of Australia Gliding Federation of Australia Model Aeronautical Association of Australia "Air Sport Australia...
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Gliding Commission (IGC) is the international governing body for the sport of gliding. It is governed by meetings of delegates from national gliding associations...
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hockey History of figure skating History of Formula One History of hang gliding History of the Gaelic Athletic Association History of hurling History of lacrosse...
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Speed flying and speed riding (redirect from Ski Gliding)
paragliding from a training and insurance perspective, and entrusted the Swiss Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association (SHV/FSVL) with the mission, for satefy purposes...
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Paragliding (redirect from Para gliding)
Association of Parascending Clubs (which later became the British Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association). In 1997, Neumark was awarded the Gold Medal of the...
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Carl S. Bates (category Hang gliding)
built, flew and sold several aircraft and plans. Foundations of the modern hang gliding movement are traced in part to the popular Chanute style biplane...
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Barry Hill Palmer (category Hang gliding)
Palmer moved on to design a successful line of personal hovercraft. History of hang gliding History of ultralight trikes Fleep August 14, 1961 by Aviation...
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Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (category Association of IOC Recognised International Sports Federations)
GAC) Gliding through the FAI Gliding Commission (International Gliding Commission – IGC) Hang gliding & Paragliding through the FAI Hang Gliding & Paragliding...
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NASA Paresev (section Operational history)
Performance Maximum speed: 65 mph (100 km/h, 56 kn) History of hang gliding Ultralight trike – Powered hang glider Aviation News article Archived September...
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Wills Wing (category Hang gliders)
Bob Wills was killed in a hang gliding accident while making a Jeep commercial on 24 June 1977. The majority ownership of the company was then sold to...
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Mingus Mountain (category Mountains of Arizona)
the premier flying site of the Arizona Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association. According to the book, Roadside History of Arizona, by Marshall Trimble...
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Unpowered aircraft (section History)
Free balloon flight has little directional control. Gliding aircraft include sailplanes, hang gliders, and paragliders that have full directional control...
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Ridge lift (category Gliding meteorology)
competitive air sport Hang gliding – Unpowered glider air sport Paragliding – Soaring with a paraglider Radio-controlled glider – Type of radio-controlled...
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Flyability (category Hang gliding)
fly hang gliders and paragliders. It is the disability initiative of the British Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association, the governing body of hang gliding...
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Combe Gibbet (category History of Berkshire)
views of the surrounding area. It is also popular with hang gliders and paragliders. The hill is frequently used by the Thames Valley Hang Gliding and Paragliding...
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John W. Dickenson (category Hang gliding)
Gold Medal (2012) "Flex-Wing Hang Glider Gold Air Award" by the World Hang Gliding Association (2013) History of hang gliding "John Dickenson - 1934-2023...
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Lake Pillsbury (category Hang gliding sites)
swimming, sailing, picnicking, hiking and hang gliding. There are two main access roads to the lake. At the north end of the lake is a small gravel airstrip...
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