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| [[File:DeltaKiteImages-1.png|link=http://www.ulm31.fr/ulm-toulouse/historique/ulm-31-81.html]]
| [[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://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Paresev_in_landing.jpg]]
| [[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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[[Category:Kites]]
[[Category:Kites]]

Revision as of 08:59, 9 January 2016

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.


Richard Miller flying his 'Bamboo Butterfly' hang glider
Rogallo-wing hang glider
Parawing to retrieve Gemini space capsules
NASA's Paresev glider (Para Wing Research Vehicle)