Gliding — is a recreational activity and competitive sport in which pilots fly un powered aircraft known as gliders or sailplanes. Properly, the term gliding refers to descending flight of a heavier than air craft, whereas soaring is the correct term to… … Wikipedia
Powered hang glider — A foot launched powered hang glider (FLPHG), also called powered harness, nanolight or hangmotor, is a powered hang glider harness with a motor and propeller in pusher configuration. An ordinary hang glider is used for its wing and control frame … Wikipedia
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Emergency landing — For other uses, see Emergency landing (disambiguation). Crash landing redirects here. For other uses, see Crash landing (disambiguation). JetBlue Airways Flight 292 making an emergency landing at LAX An emergency landing is a landing made by an… … Wikipedia
List of sportspeople who died during their careers — This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries. This is a list of sports people who have died either during their respective careers … Wikipedia
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Space Shuttle abort modes — A Space Shuttle abort is an emergency procedure due to equipment failure on NASA s Space Shuttle, most commonly during ascent. A main engine failure is a typical abort scenario. There are fewer abort options during reentry and descent. For… … Wikipedia
Nicholas Goodhart — Nicholas Goodhart, taken 7 September 2008, at Lasham Airfield Rear Admiral Hilary Charles Nicholas Nick Goodhart CB Legion of Merit FRAeS RN rtd (28 September 1919 – 9 April 2011) was an engineer and aviator who invented the mirror sight deck… … Wikipedia
RAF Usworth — was a Royal Air Force station near Sunderland which closed in 1958, becoming Sunderland Airport. The site has since been redeveloped as a factory for Nissan cars following the closure of the airport in 1984. Early History The airfield that… … Wikipedia
Triangle control frame — The triangle control frame (TCF or A frame) is widely used in hang gliders, powered hang gliders, and ultralight aircraft. TCF is just one of many sorts of control solutions. TCF resolves a means of using weight shifting attitude control in… … Wikipedia