Equipment, wing part of a paraglider.

The paraglider wing is known in aeronautical engineering as a ram air airfoil or parafoil. Such wing comprise two layers of fabric which are connected to internal supporting material in such a way as to form a row of cells. Beginning of the cell open only at the leading edge, incoming air keeps the wing inflated so maintaining its shape. When inflated the wing's cross section has the typical teard rope aerofoil shape. The pilot is supported underneath the wing by a network of line. The lines are gathered into two sets as left and right risers. The risers collect the lines in rows from front to back in either 3 or 4 rows, distributing load as in a whippletree. The risers are connected to the pilot's harness by two carabiners. Beginner wings Will be in the lower part of this range, high performance wings in the upper part of the range. The range for safe flying will be somewhat smaller. The speed range of paragliding is 20-60 kilomerer per hour. Paraglider wings have an area of 20-35 square meter with a span of 8-12 meter and weight 3-7 kilograms. Combined weight of wing, harness, reserve, instruments and helmet. The wing is usually folded into a stuff sack. The paragliders designed to carry the pilot and one passenger. Safety is directly influenced by the pilot's mental attitude, experience, skill, reaction to,e. active natire of the air and whether or not the paraglider is fling at an altitude where the emergency parachute might possibly have time to open in the event of an unrecoverable collapse or spiral dive. Incidents of any nature that happen in an altitude that does not allow to recover or deploy the reserve parachute are the most likely situations to cause severe or fatal injuries and while start and landing.