Talk:Paragliding

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Why isn't there a "{ {reqvideo} }" MediaWiki include-thingy yet (like the one above that gets rendered as a request for images to be submited?)? Why isn't there a "{ {reqvideo} }" MediaWiki include-thingy yet (like the one above that gets rendered as a request for images to be submitted?)? click here to start one

Added Safety, History, Learning to fly, info regarding paraglider wing inflation. The links on this page could do with amending, I've left them as they are for the moment.

Variometer should be linked. [[User:MacGyverMagic|Mgm|^(talk)]] 11:51, Nov 5, 2004 (UTC)

1 How about some VidBits?
2 Comparison should be moved
3 Comparison
4 History
5 Sports/competitive flying
6 Done?
7 Parapente

[edit] How about some VidBits?

Gee, it sure would be cool to see a vidbit or two of this. Got one? To share?

[edit] Comparison should be moved

The Paraglider / Hanglider comparison should either have its own page, or else be lower down the order. People need to know what a Paraglider is before they are told about differences to another light aviation sport.

[edit] Comparison

I guess I'm undertaking a cleanup of this page. I've tidied up the external links, added bits to the Gliders section, and now converted the Comparison section to tabular form & moved it down the page, as suggested above. I may be tempted to review other sections as I find time. CDV 15:07, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] History

Note that the article available on ScoutBaseUK (//www.scoutbase.org.uk/library/hqdocs/facts/pdfs/fs120705.pdf) is somewhat unreliable: it says Lemoigne was American, mis-spells Walter Neumark's name (as 'Newmark'), and suggests Neumark created the Para-Commander. I think this article may have led a previous contributor astray! CDV 00:17, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sports/competitive flying

I found the Disciplines section, which I’ve replaced with the Sports/competitive flying section, was lifted from www.kitexcite.com (along with some other sections already re-written), providing extra justification for replacing it. I don’t know a great deal about comps, so perhaps someone else will be able to improve this bit. cdv 22:49, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Done?

I think I’ve finished with revising this article for now. I’ve had to exercise severe restraint not to write more than I have, but I think it’s now pretty comprehensive without (hopefully!) being so long as to bore the pants off people. I’ve learnt more writing it, hopefully others will learn more reading it. Does my love of paragliding show? cdv 23:43, 5 February 2006 (UTC)