Soaring and Gliding: The Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore AreaArcadia Publishing, 2006 - 127 Seiten To fly as the hawk and eagle has been mankind's dream for centuries. Modern sailplanes make soaring and gliding flight possible, and with them, humans can fly higher, faster, and farther than the greatest of birds, using only an invisible force of nature to stay aloft. The terms soaring and gliding are used interchangeably, and the sport is appealing to pilot and spectator alike. Sailplane enthusiasts have always been explorers, always looking for a more ideal site that will provide the intellectual challenges of soaring as well as the sheer beauty and relaxation the sport can offer. Michigan-based glider pilots and designers found their soaring paradise in the early 1930s when they ventured north to the Sleeping Bear Dunes area. The explorers began to promote the sport to national and international prominence, and many came to make up a veritable who's who of American aeronautics. Over a century after Octave Chanute discovered motorless flight on the Lake Michigan dunes, sailplanes, hang gliders, and paragliders still fill the skies. |
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Soaring and Gliding: The Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore Area Jeffery P. Sandman,Peter R. Sandman Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 2006 |
Soaring and Gliding: The Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore Area Jeffery P. Sandman,Peter R. Sandman Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2006 |
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1937 Midwest Open 1938 American Open Aeronautics aircraft airplane American Business Club American Open Soaring Arthur Schultz Aviation Bear Dunes area Bear Dunes National Benzie County Business Club A. B. C. Cinema designed Dunes National Lakeshore early Elaine Larson Elberta beach Eliot Noyes Elmira engine flew flown Frankfort airport Frankfort Sailplane Company Frankfort-Elberta area George Dayton Geyer glider meet Gold Badge hang glider pilot hang gliding Illinois John Nowak Kenny Carr kite pilots Laister Lake Michigan beach landing launched left to right Lewin Barringer meet at Empire Meet at Frankfort Midwest Open Soaring miles NATIONAL LAKESHORE AREA National Soaring Museum Northwest Soaring Club Open Soaring Meet Paul Bikle Perfield Sandman School of Soaring Schweizer 2-33 Sleeping Bear Dunes Soaring and Hang Soaring Society Society of America sport Stan Corcoran Sturgeon Bay Ted Bellak training glider trophy University of Detroit West Michigan Tourist winch wing Wolfgang Klemperer Zada Price