US Hawks Hang Gliding Association

By the way, "paraglider" and stands for "parachute glider". According to the legend in 1785 in Okayama Prefecture of picture framer, and has been with flew Kokichi Ukita (title picture), two years later, there is a legend that flew Okinawa Asato ShuSachi. 1849 to but is a flew a 10-year-old children by the British of George Cayley, actual flying and basic theory as a practical wing performs gliding experiments Otto Lilienthal of Germany in 1895, its flight was skipping the first "power" airplane based on the theory and performance is the Wright brothers. Because of the flight of mankind Ganso is Lilienthal, It is Ganso just hang glider When I think that I was gliding from the hill!

「これがハンググライダーでこっちがパラグライダーですよ」と教えても「何が違うの？」っと・・・いや、見ればはっきり違うので間違えることはあり得ないのですが・・・ ちなみに「パラグライダー」とは「パラシュートグライダー」の略です。
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