From TheBestLinks.com
I've just sorted out the three competing articles "Gliding", "Gliders" and "Glider" and tried to give them some structure. But there is still some work needed. I notice that Ray Van De Walker has just added some content while I was doing this. I don't think I've mucked up your contribution, Ray, but apologise if I have. GrahamN
I'd like to add car-tow to the list of launch methods.
I'm totally new to WikiPedia so I don't know how to add this, but basically the idea to have a pick-up truck tow a cavlar cable about 400m long with the glider attached to its other end.
This gives the glider about 1100 feet of altitude above-ground-level (AGL) at the end of the tow. There it usually goes almost diretly to the "down wind" side for landing. The climb is shalower than with a windh but the technic is similar ("stick back" for higher speed, the opposite of regular flight). With good conditions it's even enough to catch a thermal and go flying. Amos Shapira
- Welcome to Wikipedia, Amos. Personally, I think we should try to keep the glider and gliding articles as distinct as possible, with a minimum of repetition, and I feel that descriptions of lanunch methods belong in the gliding article rather than here. Car-towing (aka auto-towing) is mentioned in the gliding article, but it could certainly use some more detail. Please don't feel you have to ask permission from anybody to edit any article - if you want to add more information or change something just go for it. That's the Wikipedia spirit, as I understand it. If you feel like it, you could read the Wikipedia:Help pages first, but I'd recommend you just to get stuck in. One tip - use the "Show preview" button. I remember when I was new here it took me a while to notice that it even existed! All the best. GrahamN 00:50 16 Jun 2003 (UTC)
In the article it says (about military gliders): "These craft were used for a single flight only." I think that's not true, because I remember reading about allied parties that recovered gliders after Operation Market Garden. Can't find a reliable source at the moment though. Muijz 10:45, 7 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Related links
Top visited
0 of
0 links
[no links posted yet]
>> place link >>
Discussion
Last posted
0 of
0 messages
[no messages posted yet]
>> post message >>
Watch
You can
add this article to your own "watchlist" and receive e-mail notification about all changes in this page.
