I'm currently in staying in Ithaca New York while doing the Watkins Glen race this weekend. I flew into Elmira NY on tuesday. Elmira is the home of the Soaring Museum of America. When I got off the plane, I made my way to my rental car and headed up Harris Hill to the museum. It was a fun tour - a bit smaller than I would have thought, but still very well done.
They had one hang glider (sort of) on display. It's an original Rogallo style wing without much of the frame. The original hang gliders had lots of 'billow' in the wing while flying and the one on display had the leading edges widened out to make the fabric tight - so it wasn't very representative of any style hang glider.
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