sailplane
From: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
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Date: 2008
sailplane see glider .
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Pilot hopes to glide past flight record / 69-year-old sailplane addict determined to make 500-mile trip
Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph; 6/1/1990; Jim Buynak; Gazette Telegraph; 727 words;
... equivalent of the "4-minute mile" in his vintage 1-26 sailplane next week. He and several other sailplane pilots plan to begin camping Saturday at the Buena ... wait for the weather they need to break the 1-26 sailplane record for distance soaring. The goal is to soar ... The 500-mile mark is a dream of ...
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&type=1 "Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)")
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FLYING WITH EAGLES SMALL SAILPLANE MAY HAVE BIG IMPACT ON UAVS.(News)
Daily News (Los Angeles, CA); 10/11/2005; 371 words;
Byline: Daily News EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE - With the graceful flight ... Allen hand-launched a lightweight motorized model sailplane over Rogers Dry Lake, hoping it would catch plumes ... 14-foot-wingspan remote-controlled RnR Products sailplane flew 17 times over an eight-week period from July through ...
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FLYING WITH EAGLES SMALL SAILPLANE MAY HAVE BIG IMPACT ON UAVS
Los Angeles Daily News; 10/11/2005; Daily News; 339 words;
... hand-launched a lightweight motorized model sailplane over Rogers Dry Lake, hoping it would ... 14-foot-wingspan remote-controlled RnR Products sailplane flew 17 times over an eight-week period from July through mid-September. The model sailplane was modified to incorporate a small electric ...
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CLOUD DANCING: Soaring View from a sailplane.(The Gazette)
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 7/19/2000; Acord, Deb; 503 words;
... One day, Bruce Carter got into his sailplane and flew over Pikes Peak. Powered by ... California and now here. He flies his sailplane from the Kelly Airpark north of Monument ... flight. Pilots fly gliders, also called sailplanes, searching for an atmospheric condition ...
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High flying probe: Perseus to sail into the ozone. (Perseus is a sailplane-like robot craft)
Mechanical Engineering-CIME; 1/1/1992; Ashley, Steven; 4138 words;
... instrument platforms. In 1994, Perseus, a sailplane-like robot craft powered by an unusual ... for human-powered flight. Lightweight Sailplane Perseus is basically a lightweight version of a sailplane, Langford said. Its 59-foot wingspan ...
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Sailplane crashes, pilot safe
The Press; 1/8/2003; DEW, Rod; 231 words;
... was lucky to escape serious injury when his German- made sailplane crashed high on the Benmore Range during the national championships ... flying again in the championships." His recently renovated sailplane, which has a broken canopy and some damage to the fuselage ...
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ADVENTURE GETAWAYS; Sailplanes glide through spring.
The Boston Herald; 4/15/1999; Bourie, Ric; 493 words;
... to the sound of only the wind. They can. All it takes is a sailplane - what many of us call a glider - and some good weather. This ... model glider. The museum also holds a collection of nearly 70 sailplanes, old and new. You can watch restoration experts at work on ...
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SURFING THE SKY VINTAGE SAILPLANES SOARING AT ILLINOIS REGATTA
Evansville Courier & Press; 6/17/2004; ROGER MCBAIN, Courier & Press staff writer 464-7520 or rmcbain@evansville.net; 604 words;
... far as Orlando, Fla., for the Vintage Sailplane Association's 2004 Midwest Vintage/Classic Sailplane Regatta. The Cowies belong to the 55-member ... some 16 flights got up, with several sailplanes, or gliders, circling at a time. Pilots ...
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Fossett and Delore Set 1500 Kilometer Glider Record in CFRP Sailplane.
Advanced Materials & Composites News; 1/5/2004; 104 words;
... total to 6 and their career partnership total to nine. Their aircraft was a two-seat, German built ASH 25 Mi high-performance sailplane of carbon-composite construction, with a 25 m (82 ft) wingspan and a 60-1 glide ratio. - http://www.fossettchallenge.com/
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CELEBRATING A CENTURY OF FLIGHT 1903-2003; BALLOONS, BLIMPS, ULTRALIGHTS, SAILPLANES WILL SOAR IN EVENTS FLANKING AIR SHOW
Dayton Daily News; 1/1/2003; Timothy R. Gaffney Dayton Daily News; 468 words;
... brothers' experience is also important to sailplane pilots, who point out that Wilbur and ... spirit, John Murray, proprietor of Eastern Sailplane in Waynesville, is helping the Soaring ... of America organize a coast-to-coast sailplane flight next June, from Los Angeles to ...
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Sailplanes let fliers dance with the elements. (Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 10/7/1994; Sharp, Eric; 1403 words;
GREGORY, Mich. _ The sailplane trundled down the runway like a frisky ... Evan Dyer, in the back seat of the sailplane, pulled a handle that released the ... this Livingston County village to fly sailplanes and give lessons to student pilots ...
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Soaring imagination: Sailplane pilot Paul Villinski focuses his 'bird-brained' artistry on flight.
Newsday (Melville, NY); 6/13/2007; 863 words;
... will fill a large rectangular canopy and launch you on currents of air. Then, in 2004, he got a pilot's license and bought a sailplane, which has fixed wings but no engine. I spend as much time as possible soaring, he says. At the same time, as an artist, he ...
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Waynesville, Ohio, Home of Graphite-Fiber Sailplane Company.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 1/19/2003; 568 words;
... Gaffney, Dayton Daily News, Ohio Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 19--WAYNESVILLE ... store for graphite-fiber sailplanes. But find one you could ... been the home of Eastern Sailplane, a supplier, repair station ... glider enthusiast. Eastern Sailplane inhabits a two-story ...
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Sailplanes again.(Brief article)
Aviation Safety; 10/1/2006; Williams, Nyal; 156 words;
I don't wish to beat a dead horse, but I would like to add a bit to the discussion about learning to fly in a glider vs. in an airplane. First, while we don't have engines and instruments to contend with in a glider, we do have to learn about and focus constantly on micrometeorology to extract the
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Up in the Air About Soaring
The Washington Post; 10/4/1991; M. J. McAteer; 1320 words;
... than the suspension of 500-odd pounds of sailplane. Some people would say it requires a ... for a plane with an engine to tow his sailplane, also known as a glider or ship, aloft ... stand heights." On a Saturday recently, sailplanes circle under a smattering of clouds ...
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