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| [[File: | | [[File:Richard Miller.jpeg|thumb|Richard Miller flying his 'Bamboo Butterfly' hang glider|link=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Richard_Miller.jpeg]] | ||
| [[File:DeltaKiteImages-2.png|link=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MilesFagerlie_early_hg_photo.jpg]] | | [[File:DeltaKiteImages-2.png|Rogallo-wing hang glider|thumb|link=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MilesFagerlie_early_hg_photo.jpg]] | ||
| [[File:DeltaKiteImages-3.png|link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Rogallo]] | | [[File:DeltaKiteImages-3.png|thumb|Parawing to retrieve Gemini space capsules|link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Rogallo]] | ||
| [[File:DeltaKiteImages-4.png|link=https:// | | [[File:DeltaKiteImages-4.png|thumb|NASA's Paresev glider (Para Wing Research Vehicle)|link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA_Paresev]] | ||
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Revision as of 09:59, 9 January 2016
These kites are suitable for moderate breezes
- 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.
