Great Lakes Gliding Club

Great Lakes Gliding Club
Purpose Gliding club
Location
Website http://www.greatlakesgliding.com

Great Lakes Gliding Club (GLGC) is a soaring club is located at Tottenham/Ronan Aerodrome, 56.9 km northwest of Toronto, Canada.[1]

Approach to runway 08.

Great Lakes Gliding provided facilities and pilot training for construction and testing of the UTIAS Snowbird, the first human-powered ornithopter to sustain straight and level flight, now undergoing record certification by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI).[2][3]

GLGC operates on a not-for-profit basis,[4] and flight instruction is provided for free by volunteer instructors.[5]

References

  1. Great Lakes Gliding Club (accessed 11/20/2010).
  2. Smith, Hayden. "Snowbird: The first man-powered plane with flapping wings". Metro.co.uk, (accessed 1 October 2010)
  3. Kar, Naveen, "Ornithopter – Da Vinci conceived, Canadian student realizes the engineless flying machine", Seer Press, 27 September 2010 (accessed 1 October 2010)
  4. Great Lakes Gliding Club. Background (accessed 16 February 2015)
  5. Great Lakes Gliding Club. Fly With Us - Introduction (accessed 16 February 2015)

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