Paragliding, like hang gliding, developed partially out of designs created for the NASA space program.
Paragliding, like hang gliding, developed partially out of designs created for the NASA space program.
The sport can be traced to the activities of French parachute inventor Pierre Lemoigne, who tow-launched his advanced round-parachute canopies in the 1950s. The ram-air-inflated cell structure originated in the early 1960s with the kite and parachute designs of the Canadian-born American inventor Domina Jalbert.
Paragliding, like hang gliding, developed partially out of designs created for the NASA space program.
Paragliding, like hang gliding, developed partially out of designs created for the NASA space program.