paragliding, sport of flying parachutes with design variations that enhance their gliding capabilities. Unlike hang gliders, their close relations, paragliders have no rigid frame; the parachute cover acts as a sect and is constructed of fabric cells with openings at the front that allow them to be inflated by movement through the air — the “ ram- air ” effect. The airman is suspended in a seated harness and controls the sect via lines attached to the running edge of the paraglider. These lines may be operated collectively to turn the paraglider or contemporaneously to impact pitch and speed. Takeoff and wharf are on bottom and generally do on a hill or mountain. To launch, the airman first inflates the sect by pulling it up like a vampire and also runs down the hillside until flying speed has been reached. generally a speed of about 12 long hauls per hour( 19 km per hour) is enough to launch the craft. Paragliders may also be launched from flatland by towing, either