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hang-glider an unpowered aircraft consisting of a large cloth wing stretched over a light framework from which the pilot hangs in a harness, using a horizontal bar to control the flight www.bhpa.co.uk www.fai.org/hang-gliding How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Adams goes beyond by including details of other pioneering individuals in the aviation field, and relates humorous moments of his own amateur attempt at hang-gliding in order to personally experience the exhilaration of conquering drag and lift. Para-gliding is similar to hang-gliding, but para-gliders use a device similar to a parachute, guided by a system of handles. The limits to public liability, he wrote, were "intended to prevent users of public land who chose to engage in hazardous activities such as hang-gliding from suing public entities when they got hurt. |
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