On Thursday, August 30, 2012 11:07:59 PM UTC-7, Ramy wrote:
While Neil Armstrong was one of the most famous glider pilots, he wasn't the only one.

Other famous people who where also glider pilots which I recall:

John Denver

Christopher Reeve (Superman)

Sully (Hudson landing pilot)



Others?



Ramy (just signing my name, not claiming to be famous ;-)

Filmmaker George Pappy has released his documentary on DVD about the life of beautiful 1950s - 1980s actress/aviatrix and sailplane pilot Susan Oliver.. It's called "The Green Girl" in deference to her role as Vina, the green Orion Dancing Girl in "Star Trek, The Cage", a two hour episode made out of the original Star Trek pilot show. The "Green Girl" documentary is mostly about her acting career, and personal life, but a very significant part of her personal life involved flying, including soaring. She earned her glider rating in July 1972 while filming an episode of "The American Sportsman" at El Mirage Gliderport in California, where she learns to soar, and makes a cross country flight. There are a number of clips from that "American Sportsman" show included in the documentary, as well as other rare news clips and interviews with people who flew with her during the different parts of her flying career. She had flown the Atlantic solo in her own single engine Aero Commander 200, as well as being a co-winner of the 99s Powder Puff Cross Country race. She placed second in the 1966 celebrity division of the Reno Air Races. She held some FAI records for the power plane class of her Aero Commander 200. You can get a copy of the DVD here for $19.99 :

http://shop.thegreengirlmovie.com/

He also has a Facebook page he

https://www.facebook.com/GreenGirlMovie