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Sunday Nov 8 | New Jersey Herald

Blairstown pilot teaches art of flying without engine

Photo by Amy Paterson/New Jersey Herald Jim Angelou looks out into the sky while flying a 1968 232 Schweizer glider above Blairstown.

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Related Topix: Blairstown, NJ, Life, Hobbies

Tue Nov 03, 2009

The Otago Daily Times

McCaw on a wing and a prayer

All Black captain Richie McCaw indulges in his other great love, gliding. Photo by New Zealand Herald.

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Related Topix: Life, Hobbies

Sun Nov 01, 2009

Neptunus Lex

Sundaze

Tailspin Tom offered us the opp to head up to CRQ and take a turn at a cherry 1968 Beech Debonair that has seen some tender loving care over the last 40 odd years.

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Related Topix: US News, Federal Aviation Administration, Life, Hobbies

Fri Oct 30, 2009

The Hindu

Swan on a song

Suneet Varma turned to Tchaikovsky's ballet for his Spring/Summer 2010 collection, reports SHALINI SHAH Photo: R.V. Moorthy GLIDING PINK An outfit from Suneet Varma's Spring/ Summer 2010 line Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake has influenced many across the spheres of literature, acrobatics, animation, music and, not in the least, ballet.

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Related Topix: Arts, Ballet, Life, Hobbies, Literature, World News, India, Asia

Tue Oct 27, 2009

The New Zealand Herald

Head in the clouds

You'd think the tow rope would be a bit thicker. The thin white line snaking across the ground between the glider and the plane looks more like a flimsy bit of string than a robust cable.

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Related Topix: Life, Hobbies

Sun Oct 25, 2009

Philip Greenspun's Weblog

Can someone explain Paul Krugman to me?

I'm deeply confused by a Paul Krugman article in the October 22 New York Times. He argues that the Chinese are ruining the world economy, and our economy, by keeping their currency weak.

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Related Topix: Life, Hobbies

Fri Oct 23, 2009

Mobile Register

Dozens of radio-controlled airplanes, gliders expected this weekend for Aerotow 2009

Many more planes than usual will take off and land on the grass strip at Epps Airpark north of Harvest this weekend, but the extra air traffic isn't likely to disturb the neighbors.

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Related Topix: Life, Hobbies

Wed Oct 21, 2009

Hope Standard

Dreams do come true

They say it takes a village to raise a child but the story in this case is that it took two villages: Hope and Salt Spring Island to raise an airplane.

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Related Topix: Canada, Life, Hobbies

Mon Oct 19, 2009

AVweb

Evicted Airport Tenants File Complaint with Faa

The change of ownership at an FBO in Southern California led Wednesday to former tenants filing a formal complaint with the FAA against the airport and ultimately could form precedent regarding airports that attempt to limit access.

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Related Topix: Life, Hobbies

Sat Oct 17, 2009

AOPA Pilot

Students soar into Naval future

The U.S. Naval Academy's Summer Training Soaring Program introduced 150 midshipmen to flying this summer using gliders at the Mid-Atlantic Soaring Center Airport.

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Related Topix: Flying, Life, Hobbies, Naval Academy, MD, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD

Thu Oct 15, 2009

Press-Enterprise

Gliders booted from airport file complaint with FAA

Glider pilots banned from Hemet-Ryan Airport filed a formal complaint Wednesday with the Federal Aviation Administration in hopes of regaining access and flying again.

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Related Topix: Flying, Life, Hobbies, US News, Federal Aviation Administration, Hemet, CA, Riverside County, CA, Los Angeles Metro

Wed Oct 14, 2009

Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus

A gift of flight

Say it's your mom's 90th birthday. What would you get her for a present? How about a ticket to ride 5,000 feet above rugged terrain of Vermont in a high-performance sailplane? Sure, why not, thought Deb Dwyer of Montpelier, when she thought about how to make her mother's 90th extra special.

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Related Topix: Life, Hobbies, Montpelier, VT, Rutland, VT

Mon Oct 12, 2009

Telegram & Gazette

Aviatrix takes a ride

There's a special kind of pleasure that comes from being 3,000 feet in the air, riding on nothing but the wind.

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Related Topix: Life, Hobbies, Worcester County, MA, Sterling, MA, Leicester, MA

Sat Oct 10, 2009

Boston.com

Fame finally takes wing for the WASPs

When you're 96, the body just doesn't bend and fold the way it used to. June Bent discovered that this week trying to squeeze herself into the cockpit of a two-seater sailplane.

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Related Topix: Life, Hobbies, Randolph Air Force Base, US Military, US Air Force, Boston Metro

Thu Oct 08, 2009

Arizona Republic

Friend beats Gilbert glider champ in national meet

Gilbert glider pilot Jason Stephens is home after an unexpected upset. The three-time winner of the U.S. National Aerobatic Championships in the glider category didn't secure the trophy at this year's event in Sherman, Texas, last month.

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Related Topix: Life, Hobbies, Gilbert, AZ

Tue Oct 06, 2009

The Post-Standard

Daring young 99-year-old from Onondaga takes to the skies in a flying machine

Great granddaughter Ella kisses Hazel Saft on Sunday before the 99-year-old took her first flight in an engineless glider.

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Related Topix: Life, Hobbies, Harris Hill, NY, Syracuse Metro, Syracuse, NY

Sun Oct 04, 2009

WisInfo

Robert Zimmer column: Fox Valley witness to inspiring migrations

In a late September sky painted with billowy purple clouds, hundreds of hawks circled in a great, towering formation.

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Related Topix: Life, Hobbies, Appleton Metro, Appleton, WI, Superior, WI, Horicon, WI

Sat Oct 03, 2009

TravelPod.com Recent Updates

Above it All - Bangalore, Karnataka, India

At dusk tiny bats the size of hummingbirds dart about seeking unseen insects, while high above them fly the unmistakable silhouettes of their larger cousins, bats with meter-long wingspans that look massive from 100 meters below.

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Related Topix: World News, India, Entomology, Science, Life, Hobbies

Thu Oct 01, 2009

Associated Content

Polish Gliders World Leaders

What did cause that Polish gliders are the world leaders in this sport? The world was amazed by the Wright Brothers' achievement ,they built a machine that could raise men into the sky.

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Related Topix: Life, Hobbies

Press-Enterprise

Glider enthusiasts leave by deadline, but vow to fight

Glider enthusiasts at Hemet-Ryan Airport have reluctantly packed up and moved out.

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Related Topix: Life, Hobbies, Hemet, CA, Riverside County, CA, Orange County, CA, Los Angeles Metro, Orange County Metro

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