1962 Test conducted at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center to supplement research being preformed at Langley Research Center's Full Scale Tunnel. Different paragliders were flown or dropped to test its characteristics.
"Make 2 Circuits" were the last words I remember hearing from my instructor this morning!
Minutes later - I was airborne - alone for the first time.
And just maybe I am the first person to go solo in the world for 2013!
Apologies to any deaf members but this guy is very funny, There are heaps of You Tube videos of him, just look under David Ardman or interpretive dance
This is very important for us all!! This also shows how unsure and scared our government is.
http://www.aopa.org/aircraft/articles/2013/130110secret-no-fly-zone.html?WT.mc_id=130111epilot&WT.mc_sect=gan