IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Taras Kiceniuk, Jr., designed this ...

Francis Rogallo, 97, 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 ...

Francis Rogallo, known as “the father of hang gliding,” dies Sept. 1 in Southern Shores. He was 97. Rogallo, with his wife Gertrude, invented a “flexible wing” flier that was the precursor of personal ...

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, ...