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From Jan Lavezzari's flight…

… to Rogallo's Flexite manual.

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The story about Gertrude and Francis Rogallo, their flexible kites, and their impact on NASA, kiting, hang gliding and paragliding.

Twenty years of research and some 700 pages of supporting documentation are the authors’ contribution to a more factual and authentic history of hang gliding and paragliding.

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