Famous people in soaring

PLEASE do not forget the first women in the USA to get a glider pilot license...Ann Morrow Lindbergh...and and her husband Charles Lindbergh took glider lessons at Torrey Pines.

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

On Friday, August 15, 2014 10:59:14 PM UTC-4, wrote:

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.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dNGU772_cI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Feb1wioCA_8

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?

Bob Pearson (Gimli Glider)

On Tue, 16 Dec 2014 21:41:16 +0000, Rob Brown wrote:

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?

Bob Pearson (Gimli Glider)

Eric 'Winkle' Brown (test pilot)

I'm not sure how much gliding he did, but, judging by his comments on
'Desert Island Disks' he certainly did enough to understand the joys of
soaring. For those who haven't heard of him, here's a hint:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Brown_%28pilot%29


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On Tuesday, December 16, 2014 6:04:37 PM UTC-5, Martin Gregorie wrote:

Eric 'Winkle' Brown (test pilot)

I'm not sure how much gliding he did, but, judging by his comments on
'Desert Island Disks' he certainly did enough to understand the joys of
soaring.

Audio file

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04nvgq1

On Thursday, August 30, 2012 at 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 ;-)

Brian Dennehy took lessons back in the late 80s at Sailplane enterprises in Hemet, CA. Ray Stits, designer of the Stits Playboy homebuilt and developer of the "Stits" aircraft covering fabric system, also flew at Hemet.

Susan Oliver, actress and pilot.

On 6/25/2017 3:41 PM, wrote:
On Thursday, August 30, 2012 at 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 ;-)
Brian Dennehy took lessons back in the late 80s at Sailplane enterprises in Hemet, CA. Ray Stits, designer of the Stits Playboy homebuilt and developer of the "Stits" aircraft covering fabric system, also flew at Hemet.

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Dan, 5J

Dick Van Grunsven of RV- fame flys an electric motorglider

On Sunday, 25 June 2017 20:31:21 UTC-6, Waveguru wrote:
Dick Van Grunsven of RV- fame flys an electric motorglider

Dick Van Grunsven is flying at motorized Arcus at Nephi this week