History of Hang Gliding & Paragliding

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When the pilot applied sideways weight shift, lines connected to the seat harness and routed through pulleys mounted under the wings, activated the rudder.

Although in hang gliding the Quicksilver was never as popular as the rogallo, in the 1970s and 80s it became an important branch in the evolutionary tree of powered ultralights.




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