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Falling with style, except the ground keeps politely waiting.
means Flying without an engine, riding rising air and gravity to stay aloft for hours.
from From Old English glidan, to move smoothly and silently — the same root that gives us glide and the unhurried slide of ice.
Thermal huntingPilots circle in warm rising air like hawks.
Distance recordOver 3,000 km flown without an engine.
Ridge liftWind hitting hills creates free upward elevators.