Francis Rogallo, an aeronautical engineer who, beginning with a model made from a kitchen curtain, designed the wing that led to hang gliding, paragliding, sport parachuting and stunt kite flying, ...

Francis Rogallo, 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 flight ...

Francis Rogallo, the father of hang gliding, died last week at age 97. Bruce Weaver, a manager at Kitty Hawk Kites Hang Gliding School, says without Rogallo there would likely be no hang gliding ...

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Francis M. Rogallo SOUTHERN SHORES – Southern Shores engineer, inventor, flight pioneer, loving husband and devoted father, Francis Melvin “Rog” Rogallo passed away peacefully Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2009, ...

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, ...

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 ...