Francis Melvin Rogallo (1912-2009)
Query URLs
https://term.museum-digital.de/md-de/persinst/33289
- Name (English)
- Francis Melvin Rogallo
- Short name
- Francis Rogallo
- Year of birth
- 1912
- Year of death
- 2009
- Short Description
- "Francis Melvin Rogallo (January 27, 1912 – September 1, 2009) was an American aeronautical engineer inventor born in Sanger, California, U.S. Together with his wife, he is credited with the invention of the Rogallo wing, or "flexible wing", a precursor to the modern hang glider and paraglider. His patents were ranged over mechanical utility patents and ornamental design patents for wing controls, airfoils, target kite, flexible wing, and advanced configurations for flexible wing vehicles." - (en.wikipedia.org 12.08.2021)
- Entity Encoding
- piz
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Object information
Image: Otto-Lilienthal-Museum - CC BY-NC-SA
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