Sentences with phrase «glider pilot in»

In the years that follow, despite her own major achievements - she becomes the first licensed female glider pilot in the United States - Anne is viewed merely as the aviator's wife.

I also didn't realize that Anne was a pilot in her own right, and was the first licensed female glider pilot in the U.S. I also wasn't aware of the problems in their marriage, and Charles's anti-Semitism and Nazi sympathies.

Not exact matches

He is an FAA - certified Airline Transport Pilot and Flight Instructor with over 4,500 hours of flight experience and ratings in airplanes, helicopters, seaplanes, gliders, and six types of jets.

When he isn't working at Bendix as a designer, Robert B. Count (left, at 2,000 feet in a 1 - 26 sailplane) is an imperturbable glider pilot.

In 1992, a retired NASA test pilot, Einar Enevoldson, founded the Perlan Project with the aim of creating a glider that could surf these waves up to the stratosphere.

A glider that aims to soar higher than any other piloted aircraft will begin its first campaign this month in the skies above Argentina.

Operate the Wave Glider individually or in fleets with fewer pilots and less risk.

Described as in the vein of «Point Break» and «Fast & Furious,» the story follows a young, ex-military pilot who infiltrates a Bangkok gang of «aerial pirates» who are planning an elaborate tower heist using powered gliders and parachutes.

I had known of his lovely one - man helicopter design, the Angel, of which a few hundred units were built, but I didn't know that Gandini had been an active ultralight pilot, parachuting instructor, and delta - wing - glider enthusiast in the 1960s.

In the right conditions hang glider pilots can fly sometimes over 500 km by simply using air currents and thermals.

Since the studio's inception, the San Filippo Brothers made Monkey Drum, a music - production game that allows animal avatars to play the tunes you make, and Race the Sun, a racing game in which you pilot a solar - powered glider through an obstacle - filled landscape that has infinite variation and its own world creator.

The Glider Challenge lets you pilot a glider through the city in a bid to destroy floating air - Glider Challenge lets you pilot a glider through the city in a bid to destroy floating air - glider through the city in a bid to destroy floating air - mines.

But in 1941 Noland was called up for war service as a glider pilot and cipher operator.

He was drafted into the Army in 1942 and served in the Air Corps as a glider pilot and cryptographer.

The catalogue briefly mentions Lanyon's friend and fellow glider pilot Alan Davie, but there is no room for William Turnbull, Albert Irvin, Kenneth Noland or Sam Francis, all of whom were in the British or US air - forces during the second world war.

It is the first exhibition to concentrate on the paintings Lanyon made in response to his experiences as a glider pilot.

In Argentina in the very late 1960 ′ s or early 1970 ′ s an airline pilot who was also a glider pilot believed he could get one of World Gliding's then most prestigious Diamond badges [there are three of these badges each for a different accomplishment, ie 300 km triangle, 500 km distance and a Gain of Height of 5000 metres [16404 feet] to make up the Three Diamond badgIn Argentina in the very late 1960 ′ s or early 1970 ′ s an airline pilot who was also a glider pilot believed he could get one of World Gliding's then most prestigious Diamond badges [there are three of these badges each for a different accomplishment, ie 300 km triangle, 500 km distance and a Gain of Height of 5000 metres [16404 feet] to make up the Three Diamond badgin the very late 1960 ′ s or early 1970 ′ s an airline pilot who was also a glider pilot believed he could get one of World Gliding's then most prestigious Diamond badges [there are three of these badges each for a different accomplishment, ie 300 km triangle, 500 km distance and a Gain of Height of 5000 metres [16404 feet] to make up the Three Diamond badge.

The point is, in a glider pilot's world, the evaporation frequently leads to condensation within a few miles laterally and within a mile or even less vertically.

As a glider pilot we always avoided irrigation areas because there were less thermals there in the daytime becuase of the cooling effect.

Bernie says: September 8, 2010 at 6:03 pm As a glider pilot we always avoided irrigation areas because there were less thermals there in the daytime becuase of the cooling effect.

Instead it is a large droplet process in the first 200 m or so which glider pilots see as directional UV rich scattering.

People who want to apply for the glider pilot should have a good health, good knowledge in flying and should be mentally sound.

Seeking to secure the position of glider pilot instructor in your organization.