Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The World Gliding Championships (WGC) is a gliding competition held roughly every two years by the FAI Gliding Commission. The dates are not always exactly two years apart, often because the contests are always held in the summer in either the Southern Hemisphere or Northern Hemisphere .
The sport of gliding is managed in each country by national gliding associations, subject to governmental aviation authorities to varying degrees. Internationally the sport is co-ordinated by the FAI Gliding Commission. Australia - Gliding Federation of Australia; Canada - Soaring Association of Canada; New Zealand - Gliding New Zealand
Doris Grove is an American world record breaking glider pilot, flight instructor, and a member of the U.S. Soaring Hall of Fame.She was an early pioneer of ridge soaring in the Ridge-and-valley Appalachians in the 1970s, ultimately setting three world records flying gliders there, and becoming the first woman to earn the FAI 1000 km Diploma.
Gliding made an appearance as a demonstration sport at the 1936 Olympics. There was also the prestigious Barron Hilton Cup, which was an invitation event for the top pilots. There are now six classes open to both sexes, plus three classes just for women, and two junior classes (See Glider competition classes).
Hans Jacobs - glider designer; Sabrina Jackintell - Women's World Altitude Record Holder; Dick Johnson - 11-time U.S. National Champion, glider distance record setter and Soaring Hall of Fame; Sebastian Kawa - most wins (5+3) in World Gliding Championships; Joachim Kuettner - atmospheric scientist and gliding record breaker
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
George B. Moffat Jr. (1927–2024) was an American author, twice world champion glider pilot, and a member of the U.S. Soaring Hall of Fame.He began flying airplanes in 1953, gliders in 1959, entered his first national soaring competition in 1962, and was still an active competition pilot as of 2008.
The Type 055 also features a single box launcher with 25 HHQ-10 short-range SAMs, ... 2022, and 2024, including as part of joint Chinese-Russian patrols. Recently, a Type 055 visited the island ...