"And the World Could Fly"
The Birth and Growth of Hang Gliding and Paragliding
In the middle of the 1970s, there was an explosion of coloured fabric and aluminium tubing on the hills of the world. Hang gliding was there ! A decade later ski-lift operators found a summer demand from a new wave of adventurers with huge rucksacks containg even simpler aircraft : Paragliding had come of age.
Where had it all come from ? Who were these new pilots ? Why hadn't it happened centuries earlier ?
"And the World Could Fly" tells the story of how flying for the man and woman in the street became a possibility and then a reality. See how the happy conjunction of the research of NASA aerodynamicists and the determination of Australian water-ski showmen produced a hang glider anyone could fly. Read how the parachute changed into a self-inflating wing capable soaring for hundreds of kilometres. This is a tale of a free flight in every sense of the term.
"And the World Could Fly" is produced by the FAI Hang Gliding and Paragliding Commission (CIVL) to celebrate the centenary of FAI.
Editors : Stéphane Malbos and Noel Whittall
103 pages / in English only / € 22.-
All enquiries should be sent to: Noel Whittall, 4 Prospect Street, Rawdon, Leeds LS19 6DP (UK)
Tel: (0)113 250 2043
e-mail: n.whittall80@ntlworld.com
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