Gliding competition
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Some of the pilots in the sport of gliding take part in gliding competitions. These are usually racing competitions, but there are also aerobatic contests and on-line league tables.
Competition grid at 2004 UK Standard Class Nationals, Aston Down
A typical GPS logger used to record flights of sailplanes for competitions and badge claims. It also provides navigational information about the next turn-points and areas of controlled airspace.
Competition grid at Lasham Airfield in 2009
Part of one day's results from 2009 European Championships – Open Class
Glider (sailplane)
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A glider or sailplane is a type of glider aircraft used in the leisure activity and sport of gliding. This unpowered aircraft can use naturally occurring currents of rising air in the atmosphere to ga
Gliding competition
…is made as to the likelihood that the conditions for the day are adequate to remain aloft. If so, the pilots are told to prepare (assemble) their gliders and move them onto the runway launch grid and prepare to launch. The order of the gliders on the grid is predetermined for each day and rotates amongst…
Rolladen-Schneider LS4
ASH25M—a self-launching two-seater glider
Hannover H 1 Vampyr, 1921
De-rigged glider in its trailer for storage and road transport