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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
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 .
While the knot is commonly used in aviation and other contexts as an abbreviation of nautical miles per hour, in soaring the knot is also used to describe lift (and sink conditions). Using approximations, one knot of upward velocity in a thermal equates to roughly 100 feet per minute of climb.
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.
Eileen Feng Gu (born September 3, 2003), also known by her Chinese name Gu Ailing (谷爱凌), is a freestyle skier.Born in the United States, she has competed for China in halfpipe, slopestyle, and big air events since 2019.
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
Sixty-year-old Chinese grandmother Su Min had no intention of becoming a feminist icon. She was only trying to escape her abusive husband when she hit the road in 2020 in her white Volkswagen ...
Her competitive success includes winning the Women's World Hang Gliding Championships in 1987 and again in 1991. She has been British Women's Champion six times and in 1995 she won the Women's World Paragliding Championship. [1] Involved at Airways Airsports from the start, Leden is the senior instructor proficient in every form of free flying. [5]