Miami Gliders

01/29/2020

Miami Gliders would like to assure all our followers that we are all thankfully safe & sound today. We do offer our sincere & heartfelt condolences to the Para-Gliders family who is suffering loss. May God give you peace.

08/05/2015

On July 23, 1983, Air Canada's Flight 143, with 69 people onboard, ran out of fuel at an altitude of 41,000 ft. The pilot managed to glide the plane down safely as he was a very experienced glider pilot. 22,300 pounds of jet fuel had been put in instead of 22,300 kg. (en.wikipedia.org)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimli_Glider

The Gimli Glider is the nickname of an Air Canada aircraft that was involved in an unusual aviation incident. On July 23, 1983, Air Canada Flight 143, a Boeing 767–233 jet, ran out of fuel at an altitude of 41,000 feet (12,000 m) MSL, about halfway through its flight originating in Montreal to Edmon…

06/15/2015

Glider Pilots! Check your logbooks, when was the last time you went soaring? Remember you gotta have three (3) takeoffs and ladings within 90 days to stay current. Come soar with us!

06/14/2015

Glad you enjoyed your ride at Miami Gliders!

05/24/2015

Alfonso Jurardo Jr. and Jorge Diaz after their Cirrus flights 5-23-2015. A good day late in the season.

05/05/2015

It will take a new ice age for this scene in Miami. Nice to see though. Some people can not be stopped from flying just becsuse it snowed.

05/05/2015

Best experience ever!

05/05/2015

2014 Miami Gliders Christmas Party!

05/05/2015

April 4, 2015 Soaring in Miami Glider's Standard Cirrus at Homestead...Cloud bases near 6,000 feet and 8 knots sustained lift.

02/06/2014

Woohoo! Our page has passed 200 likes, thank you for the support!

02/04/2014

Some great footage of Blanik L-23’s in their natural habitat. After watching this, who’s ready to do some flying?

OČOVSKÍ BAČOVIA The slovak aerobatic group Očovskí Bačovia is the only in the world flying on four gliders L-13 / L-23 Super Blaník. Year 2014 already wrote ...

01/23/2014