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  2. Derek Piggott - Wikipedia

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    Alan Derek Piggott MBE (27 December 1922 – 6 January 2019) was one of Britain's best known glider pilots and instructors. He had over 5,000 hours on over 153 types of powered aircraft and over 5,000 hours on over 184 types of glider .

  3. Glider (furniture) - Wikipedia

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    A glider or platform rocker is a type of rocking chair that moves as a swing seat, where the entire frame consists of a seat attached to the base by means of a double-rocker four-bar linkage. The non-parallel suspension arms of the linkage cause the chair to simulate a rocking-chair motion as it swings back and forth.

  4. Elliotts of Newbury - Wikipedia

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    EoN Olympia glider being bungy-launched. At the end of the war, the firm had hoped to resume furniture manufacture but in those times of austerity this was not allowed by the Board of Trade. The company therefore planned to continue with aircraft production. Its first product was the Elliotts Newbury Eon four-seat light aircraft.

  5. Human-powered aircraft - Wikipedia

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    The first officially authenticated take-off and landing of a human-powered aircraft (one capable of powered take-offs, unlike a glider) was made on 9 November 1961 by Derek Piggott in Southampton University's Man Powered Aircraft at Lasham Airfield. [13] [14] The best flight out of 40 attempts was 650 metres. [15]

  6. List of glider pilots - Wikipedia

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    John J. Montgomery - U.S. physicist, first controlled glider flight in U.S., and U.S. Soaring Hall of Fame member; Story Musgrave - astronaut on a Hubble Space Telescope repair mission, CFI-Glider; Klaus Ohlmann - 36 world records, [13] member of the Mountain Wave Project [14] Derek Piggott - author, flight instructor and movie stunt pilot [15]

  7. Category:Lilienthal Gliding Medal recipients - Wikipedia

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