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paraglider

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paraglider: see glider hang glider, with nylon or Kevlar stretched over an aluminum frame, can reach an altitude of 20,000 ft (6,100 m) and stay aloft up to 15 hours; in 1979 five hang glider pilots flew their machines (fitted with auxiliary motors) across the United States.
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paraglider [′par·ə‚glīd·ər]
(aerospace engineering)
A triangular device on a rocket or spacecraft that consists of two flexible sections and resembles a kite; deployed to assist in guiding or landing a spacecraft or in recovering a launching rocket.


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Paragliding: A paraglider was flying awfully close to the fourth green when Snedeker badly mis-hit a chip shot from 100 feet below the hole.
29) One of the unique infiltration methods devised by the PLA for penetrating enemy lines is the use of powered parachutes and paragliders.
Although several activities have recently emerged on park and recreation lands, such as mud bogging (extreme off-road riding), paragliding (a paraglider is a controllable parachute with cords and a harness to hold the rider upright), municycling (mountain unicycling) and mountainboarding (a hybrid of a snowboard and a mountain bike), not one has taken off like geocaching (pronounced geo-cashing--like cashing a check).
 
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