Great Lakes Gliding Club
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Great Lakes Gliding Club (GLGC) is a soaring
club is located at Tottenham/Ronan Aerodrome
, 56.9 km northwest of Toronto
, Canada
.
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).
Gliding
Gliding is a recreational activity and competitive air sport in which pilots fly unpowered aircraft known as gliders or sailplanes using naturally occurring currents of rising air in the atmosphere to remain airborne. The word soaring is also used for the sport.Gliding as a sport began in the 1920s...
club is located at Tottenham/Ronan Aerodrome
Tottenham/Ronan Aerodrome
Tottenham/Ronan Aerodrome, , is located northwest of Tottenham, Ontario, Canada.Great Lakes Gliding Club is based at the aerodrome, and gliders are the predominant air traffic.-External links:*...
, 56.9 km northwest of Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
.
Great Lakes Gliding provided facilities and pilot training for construction and testing of the UTIAS Snowbird
UTIAS Snowbird
The Snowbird is a human-powered ornithopter that was built as a project of the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies . Snowbird was the first man-powered ornithopter to fly straight and level.-Background:...
, the first human-powered ornithopter
Ornithopter
An ornithopter is an aircraft that flies by flapping its wings. Designers seek to imitate the flapping-wing flight of birds, bats, and insects. Though machines may differ in form, they are usually built on the same scale as these flying creatures. Manned ornithopters have also been built, and some...
to sustain straight and level flight, now undergoing record certification by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale
Fédération Aéronautique Internationale
The Fédération Aéronautique Internationale is the world governing body for air sports and aeronautics and astronautics world records. Its head office is in Lausanne, Switzerland. This includes man-carrying aerospace vehicles from balloons to spacecraft, and unmanned aerial vehicles...
(FAI).