 | Hang gliding is an air sport or recreational activity in which a pilot flies a light, non-motorised, heavier-than-air aircraft called a hang glider. Most... 39 KB (5,085 words) - 05:04, 4 April 2024 |
 | Gliding is a recreational activity and competitive air sport in which pilots fly unpowered aircraft known as gliders or sailplanes using naturally occurring... 64 KB (6,891 words) - 01:32, 25 February 2024 |
 | Hang gliding is an air sport employing a foot-launchable aircraft. Typically, a modern hang glider is constructed of an aluminium alloy or composite-framed... 67 KB (7,873 words) - 06:17, 9 February 2024 |
 | Paragliding (redirect from Para gliding) British Association of Parascending Clubs (which later became the British Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association). In 1997, Neumark was awarded the Gold Medal... 69 KB (9,356 words) - 05:11, 1 April 2024 |
(sailplanes), the sport is known as gliding and sometimes as soaring. For foot-launched aircraft, it is known as hang gliding and paragliding. Radio-controlled... 27 KB (3,228 words) - 00:08, 23 April 2024 |
 | no obstacles. While powered microlights (ultralights) developed from hang gliding in the late 1970s, they were also a return to the type of low-speed aircraft... 21 KB (2,607 words) - 02:08, 28 March 2024 |
 | Mission Peak (section Hang gliding and paragliding) is a popular location for hang gliding and paragliding.[citation needed] The Wings of Rogallo Northern California Hang Gliding Association Inc. has been... 21 KB (2,232 words) - 17:26, 29 April 2024 |
 | Dockweiler State Beach (section Hang gliding) in Los Angeles, California, with 3.75 miles (6.04 km) of shoreline, a hang gliding practice and training area. Although a unit of the California state park... 7 KB (707 words) - 04:59, 13 December 2023 |
 | Milk Hill (section Hang gliding/paragliding) frequently used by the Thames Valley Hang Gliding and Paragliding Club. It was the starting point for longest hang-glider flight ever in the UK on 10 May... 5 KB (464 words) - 16:59, 1 May 2024 |
 | Rogallo wing (category Hang gliding) wing hang glider to continue the recreational and sporting spirit of hang gliding. Another player in the continuing evolution of the Rogallo wing hang glider... 15 KB (1,980 words) - 20:20, 30 October 2023 |
 | gain height. Gliders are principally used for the air sports of gliding, hang gliding and paragliding. However some spacecraft have been designed to descend... 25 KB (3,415 words) - 17:00, 3 October 2023 |
Ann Welch (category Gliding in England) (FAI) for her contributions to the development of four air sports - gliding, hang gliding, paragliding and microlight flying. She flew as a ferry pilot in... 10 KB (1,203 words) - 21:58, 4 March 2024 |
 | Swiss resort managers refused. Other Club activities included expedition hang gliding from active volcanoes; the launching of giant (20 m) plastic spheres... 30 KB (2,797 words) - 10:35, 11 May 2024 |
 | paraglider trike launch Fan Man Hang gliding Jet pack: flying with a parafoil and a jetpack Kite Paramotor Powered hang glider Powered parachute Powered... 18 KB (2,112 words) - 16:46, 2 March 2024 |
GAC) Gliding through the FAI Gliding Commission (International Gliding Commission – IGC) Hang gliding & Paragliding through the FAI Hang Gliding & Paragliding... 39 KB (2,342 words) - 02:29, 17 March 2024 |
 | Mount Leinster (section Hang gliding) transmission site is a popular launch location for hang gliding and for radio-controlled gliders. In 2003, a hang glider pilot died from injuries sustained in... 8 KB (743 words) - 21:04, 18 March 2024 |
 | Speed flying and speed riding (redirect from Ski Gliding) registered fatalities in foot-launched flying sports (including paragliding, hang-gliding, speedflying, and others) between 2000 and 2018, 42 took place in the... 24 KB (2,305 words) - 03:39, 28 March 2024 |
Stambowsky, Rigan Machado and Romero "Jacare" Cavalcanti. He died in a hang-gliding accident in 1982. He is the father of Rolles Gracie and Igor Gracie.... 5 KB (406 words) - 04:05, 4 March 2024 |
 | Zapata, Texas (section Hang gliding) Girl Scouts Boys & Girls Club of Zapata County More world records in hang gliding have been set from Zapata than any other location in the world. The World... 22 KB (1,812 words) - 14:12, 16 April 2024 |
 | Air sports (section Wind/Gliding) aerial activities, including air racing, aerobatics, aeromodelling, hang gliding, human-powered aircraft, parachuting, paragliding and skydiving. Many... 6 KB (468 words) - 06:51, 5 October 2023 |
 | "ultralight". During the late 1970s and early 1980s, mostly stimulated by the hang gliding movement, many people sought affordable powered flight. As a result,... 24 KB (1,680 words) - 09:47, 7 January 2024 |
2024 in air sports (section Hang gliding) 1st Forbes Flatlands Hang Gliding Championships 2024 in Forbes Results: here January 25 – February 3: 46th New Zealand Hang Gliding Open Championship in... 23 KB (2,076 words) - 22:06, 5 April 2024 |
 | Mount Ascutney (section Hang gliding) Train." Mount Ascutney is a hang gliding site in New England. Notable for its excellent soaring, it is not unusual for hang gliders to fly from Mt. Ascutney... 15 KB (1,885 words) - 20:26, 27 September 2023 |
Aerobatics Air racing Cluster ballooning Hopper ballooning Gliding Hang gliding Powered hang glider Human powered aircraft Model aircraft Parachuting (Bodyflight)... 45 KB (3,234 words) - 07:25, 11 May 2024 |
character or hinder opposing characters. New additions to the game include hang-gliding attachments for karts, the ability to drive underwater, the ability to... 27 KB (2,397 words) - 13:25, 4 April 2024 |
team was disbanded at the end of the 1972 season when Brock moved on to hang gliding. By the end of the 1972 race season, Brock had sketched what became the... 16 KB (2,176 words) - 09:29, 28 April 2024 |
 | feature: Beasts of Burden: Horses and camels; Catching Air: Paragliding, hang-gliding; Covering Terrain: Orienteering, mountaineering, coasteering, caving... 12 KB (1,600 words) - 00:43, 3 April 2024 |
Ballooning Federation Australian Parachute Federation Hang Gliding Federation of Australia Gliding Federation of Australia Model Aeronautical Association... 2 KB (55 words) - 18:03, 19 August 2023 |
 | it on the 1839-1841 cruise of the USS Constitution. The first ascending-gliding parachute was developed by Pierre-Marcel Lemoigne in 1962. The same year... 10 KB (1,214 words) - 18:44, 5 October 2023 |
 | Hang Gliding World Championship, one of the categories of free flying. In August 2005, the city hosted the second stage of the Brazilian Hang Gliding... 100 KB (9,052 words) - 19:49, 1 May 2024 |