Sentences with phrase «glider pilots»

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

Lots of glider pilots on this forum, I have noticed.

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

Bowlus was an expert at soaring flight and at building gliders, established numerous records, trained many of America's earliest glider pilots, and gave gliding lessons to both Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh.

However they do it, he says, «birds are awfully good hang - glider pilots.»

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.

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.

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.

A short fictional story of a member of Britain's Glider Pilot Regiment.

Once you reach a certain altitude, the glider pilot releases the towline and you ease back to terra firma.

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.

A man of seemingly limitless energy, Davie was an enthusiastic glider pilot and had a passion for driving E-type Jaguars.

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 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.

The roles and responsibilities of the glider pilot include providing training to the new joined pilots, give demonstration about the flying and instruct the pilot about the rules and regulations of flying.

Designation: Glider Pilot Company name: ABS Flight Club, Any City, New York, United States Duration: October, 2002 Till date

Let us have a look on the sample glider pilot instructor resume, as it will provide you the required details of how to construct the resume for the position of glider pilot.

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.

I have almost seven years of experience as a glider pilot and I am highly skilled for the required position.

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.

He was attempting to fly a glider to a record - breaking altitude of 50,000 feet (15,000 metres) and beyond — a feat that most pilots considered impossible.

More new - generation pilots need to take a glider course, where they will learn some stick and rudder skills, rather than being taught solely on computers.

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.

Scientific balloons have already flown at much higher altitudes, but they must follow the wind, Austin adds, whereas a pilot can steer and circle a glider.

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.

At 17 I gained my Private Pilots License, by 21 I began flying gliders and at 24 took to the skies for the first time with a paraglider.

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.

It's also designed to boast the near - 360 degree view afforded to pilots of gliders.

Cabo Sky Tours: Enjoy impressive aerial views of Land's End, Medano Beach, and San Lucas Bay from a motorized ultralight hang glider, operated by veteran pilot Ernesto Magana.

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.

The catalogue convincingly argues that flying a glider is a very different thing from experiencing the sky through powered flight, whether as pilot or passenger.

Award - winning programmer, pilot with glider, power and instrument ratings, world - class sailor, national caliber athlete, teacher and author.

BUT, his barograph trace showed quite conclusively that the rate of climb inside of that cell of lift of that King thunderstorm and this an uncontrolled glider with an unconscious pilot, reached 8,000 feet per minute rate of climb.

They work out very well for hazardous sports and occupations such as Pilots, Scuba Divers, Drag Racers, Skydivers, Rock Climbers, Hang Gliders, Motorcycle Racers, Iron Workers, Helicopter Pilots, Racing Boat Drivers, Stock Car Racers etc..

Tap Tap Glider is a nicely drawn up endless runner styled game that has you piloting a paper airplane through a maze of obstacles.

The glider is an aircraft piloted without a power source, as it is helped by the wind.

At 17 I gained my Private Pilots License, by 21 I began flying gliders and at 24 took to the skies for the first time with a paraglider.

Mastering a musical instrument, piloting a glider, racing sailboats, survival training, navigation, not to mention the opportunities for travel across Canada and the world are character building.