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Parapente.ogv (Ogg multiplexed audio/video file, Theora/FLAC, length 27 s, 320 × 240 pixels, 393 kbps overall, file size: 1.26 MB) This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons . Information from its description page there is shown below.
Parapente (pente being French for 'slope') was born. Land-based practice: Kiting. From the 1980s, equipment has continued to improve, and the number of paragliding pilots and established sites has continued to increase.
Two powered paragliders in flight Powered paraglider at a Kanagawa beach in Japan, 2022. Powered paragliding, also known as paramotoring or PPG, is a form of ultralight aviation where the pilot wears a back-pack motor (a paramotor) which provides enough thrust to take off using a paraglider.
An ultralight version (14 C.F.R. § 103) of a powered parachute (PPC) with its wing stowed. A powered parachute, often abbreviated PPC, and also called a motorized parachute or paraplane, is a type of aircraft that consists of a parafoil with a motor and wheels.
Parasailing, also known as parascending, is an activity where individuals are harnessed to a modified parachute canopy that is designed to ascend into the air when towed behind a motor vehicle on land, or a recreational boat over water.
Typical trim tabs on aileron, rudder and elevator. Trim tabs are small surfaces connected to the trailing edge of a larger control surface on a boat or aircraft, used to control the trim of the controls, i.e. to counteract hydro- or aerodynamic forces and stabilise the boat or aircraft in a particular desired attitude without the need for the operator to constantly apply a control force.
Alto Paraná (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈalto paɾaˈna]; Upper Paraná) is a department in Paraguay.The capital is Ciudad del Este (formerly known as Puerto Presidente Stroessner, originally Puerto Flor de Lis).
Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas (Spanish pronunciation: [ˌsanto ðoˈmiŋgo ðe los ˈtsatʃilas]) [4] is a province in the Republic of Ecuador, created in October 2007 from territory previously in the province of Pichincha.