![]() ![]() Inspired by Lilienthal, the American engineer Octave Chanute and his assistants made about two thousand glider flights from sand dunes on the shores of Lake Michigan at the turn of the century. After making more than two thousand successful flights, Lilienthal was killed in a crash in 1896. He also kept detailed records of his work, influencing later inventors. In the 1890s, Lilienthal built 18 gliders, which he flew himself. The next important pioneer in glider research was the German inventor Otto Lilienthal. In 1853, Cayley achieved the first successful human glider flight with a device that carried his coachman several hundred feet. In 1804, he flew his first successful model glider. By 1799, Cayley had established the basic design for gliders that is still used today. The modern history of gliding begins with the English inventor Sir George Cayley. The Italian artist and scientist Leonardo da Vinci made detailed sketches of various flying machines, but these devices were never built. Similar brief flights are said to have been made in Constantinople in the eleventh century and in Italy in 1498. He supposedly glided for about 600 ft (180 m) before landing and breaking both legs. Oliver of Malmesbury, an English monk, is said to have leapt from a tower with wings made of cloth in the year 1020. ![]() Human beings have attempted to fly using devices similar to hang gliders for at least one thousand years. Hang gliders, on the other hand, are usually launched from a high point and allowed to drift down to a lower point. Other gliders are usually towed by a car a airplane or otherwise launched into the air from the ground. Unlike other gliders that resemble unpowered airplanes, hang gliders look like large kites. ![]() One was 30 metres above, another 30 metres below and one off to the side.A hang glider is an unpowered heavier-than-air flying device designed to carry a human passenger who is suspended beneath its sail. Suddenly, three jets from the Red Arrows, the British formation flying team, flew past. He was just able to see the coast of France and was thinking he would get to France when he heard a vague rumble in the distance. This allowed him to fly out to sea and fly well out over the English Channel. Some ladies spilled their tea when they looked out of their penthouse apartment to see Patrick swooping past only a few metres from their balcony.Ī little later, he managed to get into thermal winds off the sea, which is very rare. ![]() Once, he was flying off Beachy Head (300 m white chalk cliffs) in England on a very light wind day and he had some amazing lift that allowed him to fly into Eastbourne and soar over tall apartment buildings. Patrick has had some interesting experiences hang-gliding. He is the hang-gliding safety officer for the Auckland Hang Gliding and Paragliding Club. He now trains others to fly hang-gliders and takes people for flights in tandem. Patrick has flown hang-gliders both in New Zealand and in other countries, including flying alongside condors in the Andes mountain ranges of South America. He said it looked like fun and just had to do it. Patrick has always been interested in flight and was intrigued when hang-gliding first started. Many people enjoy the thrill of flying a hang-glider – Patrick Monro, director of Aqua Air Adventure, is no exception. Meet Patrick Monro – passionate about hang-gliders This turns them into microlights and means they can take off and climb from flat ground just like a normal aircraft. Some hang-glider pilots attach small motors and propellers to their hang-gliders. If there is a stronger breeze, the glider will start gaining altitude. For example, if a glider is flying over a vertical coastal cliff and there is a light breeze blowing in directly from the sea and the air is being forced vertically upwards by the cliff at 3.6 km/h, the hang-glider can fly along the cliff without losing height. In order to not lose height, a hang-glider must find air going up as fast as the glider is descending. A hang-glider descends at the rate of about 1 metre per second (a slow walking pace of about 3.6 km/h). If the air is still, it will slowly descend. The aerofoil is then drawn up into the area of low pressure, producing lift. Meanwhile, the downward and forward motion of the wing compresses the air flowing under the wing. The aerofoil forces the air flowing over the top of the wing to travel faster, thereby ‘stretching’ it to produce a low-pressure area. The aerofoil shape of the wing stops the hang-glider from dropping like a stone. The weight produces the thrust that keeps the aerofoil moving through the air. This is the weight of the pilot and the wing. Gravity is the main force on a hang-glider. It has to be launched from somewhere high like a hill or mountain. Since a hang-glider is unpowered, it can’t take off from low ground. ![]()
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