Correction!

I was just taken to task by a hang glider (and sailplane) pilot
friend......

Hang gliders use "hand thrown" chutes, not "ballistic".

Cookie

Happily, everybody is right. :-) both hand-thrown and ballistic chutes
are available to the hang glider community. See
http://www.highenergysports.com/arti...ontroversy.htm for a
start

Tony LS6-b, USHPA 7826