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More women are taking to the skies thanks to Stratford Gliding Club
04 Apr 2025 18:22 GMT
… aviation.
Val has been flying gliders since she was 16. … time, the camaraderie shared among glider pilots, they are all … this amazing sport.”
Katharine started gliding three years ago, when she … ’s high performance single seat glider.
She continued: “I found …
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French artist Claire Vassort: silk painting, American attitudes and hang gliding
03 Apr 2025 06:27 GMT
For French-born artist Claire Vassort, painting is about movement -- both in life and on silk. A former hang glider pilot for 30 years, she first came to Chattanooga for its outdoor scene and quickly felt at home living in America. "I love the can-do …
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Women invited to take to the skies as gliding taster returns
28 Mar 2025 13:09 GMT
… include a brief overview of gliding and the club, a tour … two-seater dual control training gliders, accompanied by a club instructor …
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Gliding possums dumped in box outside supermarket
25 Mar 2025 12:18 GMT
Six possums are being cared for at a zoo in West Lothian after being found abandoned outside a Lidl supermarket.
The sugar gliders - which have a thin membrane of skin creating "wings" allowing them to glide through tree tops - are native to …
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Japan acquires French and American underwater gliders for evaluation
20 Mar 2025 12:30 GMT
… the SeaExplorer X2 underwater glider from French company … by repeatedly ascending and gliding underwater using a … account that both underwater gliders are already commercially available … There are currently seven gliders dispatched among different Japanese …
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90-year-old man dies after ‘ice gliding’ accident in Livingston County lake
13 Mar 2025 14:51 GMT
GENOA TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WILX) - Emergency Coast Guard crews attempted to rescue a crashed “ice glider” from icy waters in Livingston County Wednesday afternoon, with the ordeal being captured on aerial video. However the victim, a 90-year-old man from …
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Person dies after ‘ice gliding’ accident in Livingston County lake
12 Mar 2025 22:43 GMT
GENOA TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WILX) - Emergency Coast Guard crews attempted to rescue a crashed “ice glider” from icy waters in Livingston County Wednesday afternoon, with the ordeal being captured on aerial video. However, the victim would not survive.
According …
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Grandfather plunges 656ft to his death in horrifying hang gliding accident
05 Mar 2025 17:19 GMT
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Terrifying video showed Stecanella gliding towards his left for about … Stecanella's hang glider folded seconds before he plummeted … often shared his hang gliding adventures on social media … Hang Gliding Club
Stecanella's deadly hang glider accident …
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Horrifying moment paraglider plunges 656ft to his death mid-flight when glider 'folds in half' after take-off from mountain top
05 Mar 2025 17:18 GMT
… to his death when his glider folded in half shortly after … the scenic, mountainous area, his glider appears to fold in half … the scenic, mountainous area, his glider appears to fold in half … the Timbé do Sul Hang-Gliding Club, which stated: 'It …
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Greater gliders' 'spectacular' recovery after Blue Mountains bushfires
04 Mar 2025 04:04 GMT
… 59 of the gliders.
Greater gliders feed exclusively on … gliding possums' numbers to good rainfall.
"Greater gliders, … destroyed or degraded."
Gliders absent from badly burnt … says it usually takes gliders decades to recover. (Supplied …