Gliding - it's the closest you can come to being a bird...

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Have you ever looked up at the sky and seen a bird of
prey circling effortlessly, feeling the air with its wings -
truly ‘free as a bird’? Most people at some point in their lives
will have had a dream that they were flying, completely unaided,
or looked to the sky and wondered what it might be like to soar
like a bird… In this episode, we get stuck into a HUGE passion of
mine in the aviation world, yet one I only got introduced to 8
years ago and that is the sport of gliding. Not only are we going
to delve into what makes it so great as a sport, but also take a
look at all of the huge benefits it can bring to anyone that
aspires to become a professional pilot. 

Competing in what is an elusive sport to so many pilots, this
episodes guests Jake Brattle and Finn Sleigh are the future
shining stars of the world of competition gliding, where pilots
pit their wits against each other using nothing but the energy in
the atmosphere to fly incredible distances at incredible speeds.
Check it out!


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