We Found Our Wings - Softcover

Adkins, Robbie

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ISBN 13: 9798234112002

Verlag: Adkins Consulting, 2026

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1970s - The Decade of The Birth of Foot Launched Human Flight - HANG GLIDING - An Ancient Dream Made Real As Told by Nearly 40 of Its Pioneers. 270 beautiful color photos. Comedy�, �tragedy�, �close calls�, �crashes�, �and successes�, �inventive genius�, �dangerous designs�, �fear�, �and joy�... �stories all told by� �people who were successful then and are still alive to tell their stories today�. �In just those few short years�, �humans learned how to fly�... �a permanent gift to humanity�... �thanks to these brave and sometimes foolish people�. � If you have ever dreamed of flying and wondered what it truly feels like�, �this book will give you that experience�. �If you are � �pilot�, �you will find these dramatic and often thrilling stories especially compelling�. �These are all real stories shared by pilots of the 1970s�, �learning what and how to fly�, �fifty years ag�.� Foot-launched flying rapidly became a sport thanks to Francis Rogallo's revolutionary flexible triangular wing�, �originally developed at NACA/NASA for potential spacecraft recovery�. �For a flying wing�, �the Rogallo design was revolutionary because it could be built economically�, �folded for easy transport�, �and most importantly�, �it worked�. �Once the drawings were published�, �people around the world realized they could fulfill the eternal dream of flying�.� Early kites were made of bamboo and plastic�, �then some realized they could use aluminum and Dacron to build Rogallo kites to SELL�, �inviting a wave of more athletic types who could simply buy a kite and fly�.� They then devised ways to compete�, �and so a SPORT was born�. � All this happened within just a very few short years in the first half of the 1970s�.�

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Robbie Adkins was born in Southern California shortly after WWII. She grew up feeling safe and was able to explore all that this abundant world had to offer. There were, of course, limitations, but they led her to start questioning everything and to seek out all the possibilities open to her.After graduating from college with a degree in Graphic Communication, she began a highly successful career as a graphic designer/illustrator. She won a guest editorship to Mademoiselle Magazine and went to New York to work as an intern for the month after her graduation. Her professional career included positions such as magazine art director and director of corporate communications for an emerging information company. She received many awards along the way, such as a Gold Medal from the LA Art Directors and a Best of Show from the Communication Arts group of San Diego.In 1969, she married Bob Skinner and, within a few months, began skydiving with him. She was also part of a world-record all-female formation. She then moved into the emerging sport of hang gliding and was the only woman to qualify to compete in the Escape Country World Meet in 1975. Their lives revolved around "flying," and they went on to open a hang gliding school and store, called Flight Realities.She used her artistic and creative skills to create a deck of message cards, "Voice of the Soul," and illustrated and wrote a book, "Making a Home for Faeries." She has designed hundreds of books and loves helping people tell their stories.She currently lives in Murrieta, California, with her loving dogs.

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Verlag: Adkins Consulting
Erscheinungsdatum: 2026
Sprache: Englisch
ISBN 13: 9798234112002
Einband: Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten: 344
Herausgeber: Betts Breck
Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verf�gbar
Verantwortliche Person: gpsr@libri.de
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