Austrian wingsuit pioneer Peter Salzmann achieves a world-first: soaring like a bird by gaining altitude mid-flight using a ...

Francis Rogallo, an aeronautical engineer who was considered the father of modern hang gliding and other recreational sports for inventing a flexible wing in 1948 that revolutionized nonpowered flight ...

Francis Rogallo, an aeronautical engineer who was considered the father of modern hang gliding and other recreational sports for inventing a flexible wing in 1948 that revolutionized nonpowered flight ...

Ratings for “The West Wing” have taken a tumble this fall — but that’s not all bad news for the folks at NBC or Warner Bros. TV. For the Peacock, the weakening of an anchor show is hardly a cause for ...

You probably don’t think of NASA and hang gliding together, but their histories are interwoven. In the early 1960s, during the Mercury space program, NASA studied the feasibility of using a steerable ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Wood and fabric display model of an ...