जहाँ आदमी को बनाते हैं चिड़िया - Paragliding @Khajjiar - Best Experience of life time - पैराग्लाइडिंग

In 1952 Canadian Domina Jalbert patented a governable gliding parachute with multi-cells and controls for lateral glide.

In 1954, Walter Neumark predicted (in an article in Flight magazine) a time when a glider pilot would be "able to launch himself by running over the edge of a cliff or down a slope ... whether on a rock-climbing holiday in Skye or ski-ing in the Alps."

In 1961, the French engineer Pierre Lemongine produced improved parachute designs that led to the Para-Commander. The PC had cutouts at the rear and sides that enabled it to be towed into the air and steered, leading to parasailing/parascending.

Paragliding is the recreational and competitive adventure sport of flying paragliders: lightweight, free-flying, foot-launched glider aircraft with no rigid primary structure. The pilot sits in a harness suspended below a fabric wing. Wing shape is maintained by the suspension lines, the pressure of air entering vents in the front of the wing, and the aerodynamic forces of the air flowing over the outside.

Despite not using an engine, paraglider flights can last many hours and cover many hundreds of kilometres, though flights of one to two hours and covering some tens of kilometres are more the norm. By skillful exploitation of sources of lift, the pilot may gain height, often climbing to altitudes of a few thousand metres.

Thanks to Vicky and Jagdish (Pilot) and his entire crew for taking us in the Air and making us Glide like swiftly and steadily. . .an awesome experience for anyone/everyone alteast once in lifetime.

#Paragliding is an adventurous bliss #flying high in #khajjiar #yatriTales