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These kites are suitable for moderate breezes


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  • Hang gliders are based on the flexible kite wing designed in 1948 by Francis Rogallo, a NASA aeronautical engineer and in 1958 further developed by him into the 'parawing', a structure-less kite used to enable spacecraft to land.


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