Parafoil in flight. Parafoils are fabric wings that have separate cells that are inflated by the air as they are deployed. The parafoil was developed

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Parafoil in flight. Parafoils are fabric wings that have separate cells that are inflated by the air as they are deployed. The parafoil was developed in 1964 by the Canadian-US inventor Domina Jalbert. Parafoils are now used both in parachute designs and in windsports where flyers use thermal updrafts rising from hillsides. Photographed over the Malvern Hills, Worcestershire, UK.

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Photo credit: © MARTYN F. CHILLMAID/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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