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1985 Flexible-wing glider altitude record (214,250') set by Larry Tudor
1961 Paul Bikle in glider climbs from 1208 m at release to record 14,10 1942 Eric Nessler of France stays aloft in a glider for 38h21m 1931 Maxine Dunlap becomes 1st U.S. women to earn a glider pilot license 1930 1st transcontinental glider tow completed 1930 1st seaplane glider flown, Port Washington, New York 1930 1st U.S. indoor glider flight, St. Louis Terminal Building 1930 1st U.S. glider flight from a dirigible, Lakehurst, NJ 1921 Leonard Overton, British glider pilot, Arnhem 1944 1896 Otto Lilenthal, aircraft pioneer, killed during a glider test at 48 1884 John Joseph Montgomery makes 1st glider flight, Otay, California |
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