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Types of Lift Gliders Use
It is quite common for gliders to remain aloft for hours at a time. Within southern Ontario, gliders have known to be up in the air for over 6 hours at a time. Elsewhere in the world, it is possible to remain aloft for 12 hours or more. This is a possibility due to pilot
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How do Gliders Launch?
Ever wonder about how gliders get up in the air without an engine? There are three main ways to do so: Aerotow, Winch-Launching, and Self-Launching. The aerotow starts with hooking up a rope to the tow hook on the nose of the glider. When the glider and towplane pilots are both ready to go another person raises
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Soaring and Sailplanes 101
Soaring is the science of using energy from air currents to keep the sailplane aloft. Pilot skill and sailplane design combine to extract energy from the environment for sustained flight. The sailplane is quite possibly the most aerodynamic machine ever built. A sailplane, or glider as they are also known as, is an aircraft without
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York Soaring Association: Since 1961
York Soaring Association was founded in 1961 by Walter Chmela, who came to Canada from his native Austria in 1950. Operations commenced when Walter personally purchased two Doppleraab two-seat trainers and an Auster (seen in the header of this article) as a tow-plane. The club operated from a number of different airfields over the next few
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