Miami Gliders

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.

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

Gimli Glider - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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…

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!

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GLIDER FLIGHT / MIAMI GLIDERS / HOMESTEAD GENERAL (x51)

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

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.

Best experience ever!

Miami Gliders Christmas Party 2014 Miami Gliders Christmas Party!

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

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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 poetry of flying /OFFICIAL/ 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 ...