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hang-glider
hang-glider n.
Brit. 
/ˈhaŋˌɡlʌɪdə/
, /ˈhaŋˌɡlʌɪdə/U.S. /ˈhæŋˌɡlaɪdər/
(a) a suspension glider, controlled and stabilized by deliberate movements of the operator's body, which is suspended upright in the framework of the machine; (b) one who operates a hang-glider./ˈhæŋˌɡlaɪdər/ΘΚΠ
society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > glider > [noun] > hang-glider
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1930 V. W. Pagé ABC of Gliding (1931) 202 On ‘hang’ gliders the lateral and longitudinal stability and the angle of attack are controlled by shifting the weight of the pilot.
1969 K. Munson Pioneer Aircraft 1903–14 125/2 The unpowered D.1 was launched from a 4-wheel trolley chassis for its first take-off in 1907 with Colonel Capper aboard. However, when it was damaged in a crash-landing further tests were abandoned in favour of the D.3 ‘hang-glider’.
1972 Daily Tel. 7 June 13/8 Considerable interest is being revived in hang gliders and at least four groups are now working on prototype flying wings... They rely on the pilot's leg-work to become airborne and span and performance is limited by the power of the human shoulder.
1973 Sunday News (New York) News Mag. 16 Sept. 28/1 ‘It is the most beautiful, the quietest, the cleanest sport,’ says one hang glider.
1973 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 21 Aug. 16/3 She was flying a Black Hawk hang glider made of black plastic sheeting stretched on aircraft tubing and cable. It has a 38-foot wingspan and a 15-foot keel.
1978 Guardian 10 Apr. 2/4 Britain's 60 top hang-gliders spent the weekend 1,000ft. above the Sussex Downs.
1986 Washington Post 21 May Health 14/1 Type T personalities include not only hang gliders, mountain-climbers and round-the-world balloonists, but also artists, scientists and entrepreneurs.
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