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Rogallo wing

The Rogallo wing is a flexible type of 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 after them as the "Rogallo Wing" and flexible wing. NASA considered Rogallo's flexible wing as an alternative recovery system for the Mercury and Gemini space…

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Rogallo wing hang glider

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Rogallo wing → flexible type of wing, simple and inexpensive flying wing with remarkable properties

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Rogallo wingis aflexible type of wing0.90text
Rogallo wingis asimple and inexpensive flying wing with remarkable properties0.90text
the triangular control frameinstance ofEarly Rogallo patentsDespite similar designs having appeared earlier and critical innovations0.80text
harness for adequate weight-shift control having been developed by othersinstance ofEarly Rogallo patentsDespite similar designs having appeared earlier and critical innovations0.80text
Rogallo holds several patents.Rogalloinstance ofEarly Rogallo patentsDespite similar designs having appeared earlier and critical innovations0.80text
Gertrude et alinstance ofEarly Rogallo patentsDespite similar designs having appeared earlier and critical innovations0.80text
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