Francis Rogallo, 97, an aeronautical engineer who was considered the father of modern hang gliding and other recreational sports for inventing a flexible wing in 1948 that revolutionized nonpowered ...

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IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Flight instructor William H. Wolf ...

After World War II, aeronautical engineer Francis Rogallo became interested in devising a flexible, ultralight aircraft so inexpensive that anyone could own one. So his wife, Gertrude, helped him sew ...

The story of the engineer whose aerial invention led to sports like hang gliding and paragliding. Sports like hang gliding and paragliding can trace their origins to engineer Francis Rogallo, the ...

The Outer Banks has been associated with flight since the Wright Brothers took to the skies in their flying machine in 1903. But Orville and Wilbur, who strictly abstained from alcohol, might not have ...

The device is one of the simplest airfoils ever created, a wing totally without stiffeners creating lift and carrying payloads. This Rogallo Wing has made possible many sports including hang gliding, ...

Billy Vaughn has been flying hang gliders for 34 years, and still teaches the sport on the dunes near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. He is currently writing a biography of Francis Rogallo, and volunteers ...