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Title: Francis Rogallo died last night
Post by: AKHog on September 02, 2009, 06:08:00 PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Rogallo

Francis Rogallo (born January 27, 1912, died September 1, 2009) earned an aeronautical engineering degree at Stanford, 1935, and is credited with the invention of the flexible wing a precursor to the modern hang glider and paraglider. His full name Francis M. Rogallo or Francis Melvin Rogallo is used in the literature. His patents ranged over both mechanical utility patents and ornamental design patents ranging from wing controls, airfoils, target kite, flexible wing, and advanced configurations for flexible wing vehicles.

Title: Re: Francis Rogallo died last night
Post by: crazyivan on September 02, 2009, 06:18:23 PM

 :salute

Title: Re: Francis Rogallo died last night
Post by: Maverick on September 02, 2009, 08:04:17 PM

Fair skies.

Title: Re: Francis Rogallo died last night
Post by: Rattler on September 02, 2009, 10:03:06 PM

OMG he died on my birthday! the man had a good life  :salute :salute :salute

Title: Re: Francis Rogallo died last night
Post by: 007Rusty on September 02, 2009, 10:04:25 PM

 :salute