rogallo

British

/ rəˈɡæləʊ /

noun

a flexible fabric delta wing, originally designed as a possible satellite retrieval vehicle but actually developed in the 1960s as the first successful hang-glider

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Etymology

Origin of rogallo

C20: after Francis M. Rogallo (born 1912), the US engineer who designed it

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