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Offline AKHog

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Francis Rogallo died last night
« 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.
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Offline crazyivan

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Re: Francis Rogallo died last night
« Reply #1 on: September 02, 2009, 06:18:23 PM »
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Re: Francis Rogallo died last night
« Reply #2 on: September 02, 2009, 08:04:17 PM »
Fair skies.
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Re: Francis Rogallo died last night
« Reply #3 on: September 02, 2009, 10:03:06 PM »
OMG he died on my birthday! the man had a good life  :salute :salute :salute
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Re: Francis Rogallo died last night
« Reply #4 on: September 02, 2009, 10:04:25 PM »
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