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hang-glidingTechnique of unpowered flying using air currents, perfected by US engineer Francis Rogallo in the 1970s. The aeronaut is strapped into a carrier, attached to a sail wing of nylon stretched on an aluminium frame like a paper dart, and jumps into the air from a high place, where updraughts of warm air allow soaring on the thermals. See gliding. |
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We provide full HRA protection to activities such as skydiving, hang gliding, motor vehicle racing, off-road motorcycling, and body contact sports," said Morrow. Tomlinson, co-ordinator of ESPN's Extreme Games, divides these endeavors into air sports, such as bungee jumping, hang gliding, and sky diving; land sports, such as BMX, mountain biking, skateboarding, snowboarding, and street luge; and water sports, including barefoot water skiing, powerboat racing, scuba diving, wakeboarding, and windsurfing. ``The plan is to turn Sylmar into the poppy capital of the San Fernando Valley,'' said Dodson, a member of the 200-member Sylmar Hang Gliding Club. |
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