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parawing Aeronaut. (ˈpærəwɪŋ) Also para wing. [f. para-3 + wing n.] A parachute device having a flat inflatable wing in place of the more usual umbrella, allowing greater manœuvrability.1960 R. L. Naeseth Exploratory Study of Parawing as High-Lift Device for Aircraft (NASA TN D-629) 1 A wind-tunnel ...
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Spartan BP Parawing
Variants
BP Parawing 115
Version with the Hirth F-36 powerplant.
BP Parawing 95
Version with the Hirth F-36 powerplant. BP Parawing Carbon
Version with the Radne Raket 120 powerplant.
BP Parawing Super Light
Version with the Radne Raket 120 powerplant.
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NASA Paresev
Between 1961 and 1965 the ability of the Rogallo wing (also called "Parawing") to descend a payload such as the Gemini space capsule safely from high altitude It had a modified frame with a half-scale version of an inflatable parawing.
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Spartan (disambiguation)
an American ultralight aircraft
Spartan DFS Paramotor, an American ultralight aircraft
Spartan DFS Trike, an American ultralight aircraft
Spartan BP Parawing
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Parajet Skycar
It utilises a paramotor and a Paramania ParaWing (a parafoil) attached to a roadworthy vehicle to achieve sustained level flight.
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Powered parachute
See also
Foil kite
Hang glider
Parawing
Powered paraglider – a foot launched powered paramotor.
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Soft single skin kite
The best known design is the NASA Parawing or NPW. For more, see rogallo wing. This is a very simple kite with mixed performance.
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Francis Rogallo
By 1960, NASA had made test flights of a framed Parawing powered aircraft, called the "flying Jeep" or Fleep, and of a weight shift Parawing glider, called And another of same date of filing: US Pat. 3185412
Control for Flexible Parawing US Pat. 3310261, filed Jan. 17, 1964.
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Snowkiting
In 1982 Wolf Beringer started developing his shortline Parawing system for skiing and sailing.
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Spartan Microlights
The Spartan BP Parawing is a one or two seat powered paraglider design.
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History of hang gliding
to seize the opportunity and with his help at the wind tunnels, NASA began a series of experiments testing Rogallo's flexible wing, which got renamed Parawing Francis Rogallo released the flexible wing patent to the US government and NASA, producing the Parawing, to be used as a deployable space capsule parachute
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Flexible wing
Rogallo wing
Francis Rogallo evolved his trademark double-delta "parawing" during the 1950s.
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May 1967
Northrop Ventura would evaluate the suitability of using a parawing (instead of conventional parachutes) to allow controlled descent in a shallow glide The parawing would be evaluated for possible use on the Apollo Applications Program during the early 1970s to achieve a true land-landing mission capability
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Rogallo wing
In 1948, Francis Rogallo, a NASA engineer, and his wife Gertrude Rogallo, invented a self-inflating flexible wing they called the Parawing, also known The parawing hang glider was inducted into the Space Foundation Space Technology Hall of Fame in 1995.
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Barry Hill Palmer
On March 24, 1967 Palmer registered the trike at the American FAA as the Palmer Parawing D-6, serial 1A, N7144; No restrictions were noted.
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