Gliding
Gliding (or soaring) is a recreational activity and competitive sport where individuals fly un-powered aeroplanes known as gliders or sailplanes. Properly, the term gliding refers to descending flight of a heavier-than-air craft when gravity (its own weight) is its sole motive force; soaring is the correct term to use when the craft gains altitude or speed from movements of the atmosphere during the flight.
Famous glider pilots
- Neil Armstrong - astronaut
- John Denver - singer/songwriter
- Steve Fossett - entrepreneur and record breaker
- Barron Hilton - hotel magnate
- Paul MacCready - aviation inventor
- Steve McQueen - actor
- Mike Melvill - Spaceship One test pilot
- Robert Pearson - (also glided a Boeing 767)
- Derek Piggott - movie stunt pilot
- Christopher Reeve - actor
- Hanna Reitsch - test pilot
- Cliff Robertson - actor
- Peter Scott - naturalist (founder of World Wildlife Fund)
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