1. Hang Gliding - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia Hang gliding is an air sport in which a pilot flies a light and unmotorized footlaunchable aircraft called a hang glider (also known as Delta plane or Deltaplane). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hang_gliding

Hang gliding From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation search Hang gliding Hang glider launching from Mount Tamalpais Part of a series on Categories of aircraft Supported by lighter-than-air gases aerostats Unpowered Powered Balloon Airship Supported by LTA gases + aerodynamic lift Unpowered Powered Hybrid moored balloon Hybrid airship Supported by aerodynamic lift aerodynes Unpowered Powered Unpowered fixed-wing Powered fixed-wing Glider hang gliders Paraglider Kite Powered airplane (aeroplane) powered hang gliders Powered paraglider Flettner airplane Ground-effect vehicle Powered hybrid fixed/rotary wing Tiltwing Tiltrotor Coleopter Unpowered rotary-wing Powered rotary-wing Rotor kite Autogyro Gyrodyne ("Heliplane") Helicopter Powered aircraft driven by flapping Ornithopter Other means of lift Unpowered Powered Hovercraft Flying Bedstead Avrocar Hang gliding is an air sport in which a pilot flies a light and unmotorized foot-launchable aircraft called a hang glider (also known as Delta plane or Deltaplane ). Most modern hang gliders are made of an aluminium alloy or composite -framed fabric wing . The pilot is ensconced in a harness suspended from the airframe , and exercises control by shifting body weight in opposition to a control frame , but other devices, including modern aircraft flight control systems , may be used. In the sport's early days, pilots were restricted to gliding down small hills on low-performance hang gliders. However, modern technology gives pilots the ability to

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3. Hang Gliding - WikiPilipinas: The Hip 'n Free Philippine Encyclopedia Hang gliding is an air sport. It is both recreational and competitive. Although it started out as simply gliding down small hills on low performance kites, hang gliding has http://en.wikipilipinas.org/index.php?title=Hang_gliding

4. History Of Hang Gliding - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia Hang gliding is an air sport employing footlaunchable aircraft known as a hang glider. Typically, a hang glider is constructed of an aluminium alloy or composite-framed fabric http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_hang_gliding

History of hang gliding From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation search Engineer Otto Lilienthal , one of the forefathers of aviation, specifically gliders. Germany, 1895. Brothers Chris and Bob Wills flying the Bamboo Butterfly . California, U.S.A. 1972 Hang gliding is an air sport employing foot-launchable aircraft known as a hang glider . Typically, a hang glider is constructed of an aluminium alloy or composite -framed fabric wing . The pilot is ensconced in a harness suspended from the airframe , and exercises control by shifting body weight in opposition to a control frame Contents Overview Early history Wasserkuppe Invention of the flexible wing ... edit Overview Early hang glider designs did not reliably achieve safe flight, their builders lacking a comprehensive understanding of the underlying principles of flight. The first recorded controlled flights were by German engineer Otto Lilienthal , whose research, published in 1889, strongly influenced later designers. The type of aircraft employed by Lilienthal is now referred to as a hang glider. Further hang glider research was undertaken during the 1920s in Europe Australia and the U.S.A

5. Hang Gliding In California - Video Hang Gliding over Mount Tamalpais in California just north of San Francisco http://www.metacafe.com/watch/826567/hang_gliding_in_california/

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8. FAI Hang Gliding And Paragliding Commission - CIVL Documents the FAI s hang gliding and paragliding activities. Provides details of world records and results of international competitions. http://www.fai.org/hang_gliding/

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14. Foothills Flight Park, NC -- Hangglide, Aerotow And Ultralight Instruction Hang glide, aerotow and ultralight instruction in NC. Learn to hang glide at Foothills Flight Park! FFP offers structured hang gliding education through both Aerotow sessions and through the traditional Foot-Launch training method. http://hang-glide.tripod.com/

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17. HowStuffWorks "How Hang Gliding Works" Photos and illustrations examine the sport of hang gliding, with details of the aircraft, the equipment involved, how to fly it and how to become a certified hang glider pilot. http://www.howstuffworks.com/hang-gliding.htm

HSW.sm.loadPageInfo(11845); OAS_AD('TopBanner'); HowStuffWorks Search HowStuffWorks and the web Video Podcasts Blogs Quizzes Games RSS Adventure Animals Auto Culture ... Next Page How Hang Gliding Works by Craig Freudenrich, Ph.D. Print Cite Feedback ... Recommend Cite This! Close Please copy/paste the following text to properly cite this HowStuffWorks article: Inside this Article Introduction to How Hang Gliding Works Flying a Hang Glider Hang-gliding Equipment A Basic Flight ... See all Air Sports articles How to Survive Videos Extreme Sports Image Gallery Photo courtesy Ramy Yanetz Hang glider Ramy Yanetz over Rio de Janiero. See more pictures of extreme sports Imagine soaring like a ha�wk thousands of feet above the ground. Although the air is somewhat chilly, the view is tremendous and the solitude is relaxing. You search for� updrafts of air to keep you aloft so that you can enjoy this feeling for hours. This is the experience of hang gliding. The hang glider's wing, called a delta wing or Rogallo wing , is an outgrowth of NASA engineer Francis Rogallo's research on kites and parachutes in the 1960s. Rogallo �had proposed the wing as a method of returning spacecraft to Earth. The delta-wing parachute was lightweight, durable and highly maneuverable. Later, John Dickenson, Bill Moyes, Bill Bennett and Richard Miller developed the Rogallo wing into the modern hang glider and launched an immensely popular sport shared by millions of people worldwide.

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