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    Domina Cleophas Jalbert (1904–1991) invented the ram-air inflated flexible wing, often called the "Jalbert parafoil". Domina Jalbert was born in 1904 in...
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  • Jalbert is the surname of: David Jalbert (folk musician) (born 1980), Canadian folk musician and singer-songwriter Domina Jalbert (1904–1991), invented...
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    struts, which ushered in new possibilities for aircraft. Near in time, Domina Jalbert invented flexible un-sparred ram-air airfoiled thick wings. These two...
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    out of ripstop nylon. The device was developed in 1964 by Domina Jalbert (1904–1991). Jalbert had a history of designing kites and was involved in the...
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    often climbing to altitudes of a few thousand metres. In 1966, Canadian Domina Jalbert was granted a patent for a multi-cell wing type aerial device—"a wing...
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    remotely or by actions of a human pilot. Pioneer parafoil developer Domina Jalbert considered water kites hardly different from air kites. However, paravanes...
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    ranging in size from 20 to 30 feet in diameter. On October 1, 1964, Domina Jalbert applied for a patent for his new "Multi-Cell Wing" he named a "parafoil"...
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    KITE BALLOON Domina C. Jalbert (A) Retrieved 15 March 2011. KITE BALLOON Jalbert (B) Retrieved 15 March 2011. Kite Ballon. Domina C. Jalbert. (C) Retrieved...
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    W. Dickenson began commercial production. January 10, 1963 American Domina Jalbert filed a patent US Patent 3131894 on the Parafoil which had sectioned...
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    Francis Rogallo's early kite patents had ram-air members in the claims, Domina Jalbert's parafoil ram-air wing, patented in 1944, emphatically changed the kite...
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    a variety of such kiting balloons were made famous in the kytoon by Domina Jalbert. Balloons can be incorporated to keep systems up without wind, but balloons...
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    Multi-line sport kites were popularized by designs of Francis Rogallo and Domina Jalbert, which were used in televised water skiing shows and movies in the 1960s...
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    hybrid kite-balloon was patented by Domina Jalbert in 1944 as patent US2431938 and later became known as the kytoon. Jalbert furthered his attention on kite...
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  • The Atair Insect uses a parafoil for its kited wing, an evolution of Domina Jalbert's invention. LEAPP is a trademark for "Long Endurance Autonomous Powered...
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    open with no resistance and are identical in performance. In 1971, Domina Jalbert's ram air parachute was designed and tested at Wright-Patterson Air Force...
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  • Åkerstedt Sweden 2016 not awarded 2017 not awarded 2018 not awarded 2019 Domina Jalbert USA 2020 Hermann Trimmel Austria 2021 not awarded 2022 not awarded 2023...
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    – bacteriologist Nathanael Herreshoff (1848–1938) – naval engineer Domina Jalbert (1904–1991) – inventor Melanie Sanford (born 1975) – chemist Sherwood...
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  • kiting Bermuda kite Bow kite Bowed kite Box kite Category:Kite festivals Domina Jalbert Fighter kite Foil kite Francis Melvin Rogallo Hang gliding High altitude...
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  • short-flight demonstrations. The non-stiffened Francis Rogallo parawing, the Domina Jalbert founded parafoil wing, or other modified fully flexible wings (Barish...
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  • 78, Czechoslovak film actress. Kunibert Gensichen, 84, German actor. Domina Jalbert, 86, American aviator . Johnny Johnson, 76, American baseball player...
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    the Ram-Air Multicell Airfoil was conceived in 1963 by Canadian Domina "Dom" C. Jalbert, but serious problems had to be solved before a ram-air canopy...
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