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This list of notable glider pilots contains the names of those who have achieved fame in gliding and in other fields: ==Notable in gliding== * Ruth Alexander - female altitude record breaker, first woman glider instructor in the U.S. * Bill Bedford test pilot - first to fly Hawker P.1127 and Harrier. * Luca Bertossio, 2012 World Advanced Category glider aerobatic champion FAI * Paul Bikle - NASA director, glider altitude record setter and Soaring Hall of Fame * William Hawley Bowlus, first American to break Wright brothers 1911 gliding record, Designer of first military prototype glider the XCG-16A, Superintendent of construction of the Spirit of St. Louis and U.S. Soaring Hall of Fame member * Anne Burns - British champion, holder of multiple records, aerospace engineer * Janusz Centka - multiple world champion,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 FAI awards of Janusz Centka )〕 * Anthony Deane-Drummond - major-general & British national champion * Heini Dittmar, test pilot (first person over 1000 km/h) and gliding record breaker * Wilhelm Düerkop, glider aerobatic champion * Richard C. du Pont - director of military glider program * Einar Enevoldson - test pilot and gliding record breaker * Markus Feyerabend, glider aerobatics champion * Steve Fossett - entrepreneur and gliding record breaker〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Link to Steve Fossett's glider altitude record )〕 *Nicholas Goodhart world champion, record breaker and inventor of the Mirror sight deck landing system * Tadeusz Góra, gliding record breaker, first winner of the Lilienthal Gliding Medal * Hans-Werner Grosse - 46 world records〔(【引用サイトリンク】 FAI World Records by Hans-Werner Grosse )〕 * Doris Grove - female world record breaker, first woman to fly 1000 km, and U.S. Soaring Hall of Fame member 〔(【引用サイトリンク】 FAI World Records by Doris Grove )〕 * Julius Hatry, glider designer * Barron Hilton - hotel magnate and founder of the Barron Hilton Cup for gliding〔(【引用サイトリンク】 FAI article on the Barron Hilton Cup )〕 * Wolf Hirth, German gliding pioneer and sailplane designer * Klaus Holighaus, glider designer and European Champion * Hans Jacobs, glider designer * Dick Johnson - 11-time U.S. National Champion, glider distance record setter and Soaring Hall of Fame * Sebastian Kawa, most wins (5+3) in World Gliding Championships * Joachim Kuettner, atmospheric scientist and gliding record breaker * Thomas Knauff - author, instructor, world record breaker, and U.S. Soaring Hall of Fame member 〔(【引用サイトリンク】 FAI World Records by Tom Knauff ) 〕 * Robert Kronfeld- Austrian gliding champion and sailplane designer * Jean-Marie Le Bris - pioneer of French aviation * George Lee - three times world champion, ex-RAF * Otto Lilienthal - German machine engineer, first controlled gliding flights to 250 m * Paul MacCready - aviation inventor, devised the MacCready Theory on speed to fly〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Link to Paul MacCready bio )〕 * Edward Makula - world champion, 7 world records * Jerzy Makula - six times world glider aerobatic champion〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Jerzy Makula's rankings in FAI world and european championships )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 FAI Centenary Medal recipients )〕 * Peter Masak - U.S. Soaring Team member, developed the first practical winglets for sailplanes * Willy Messerschmitt, aircraft designer, including gliders * George Moffat - author, two-time world champion, and U.S. Soaring Hall of Fame member〔(【引用サイトリンク】 FAI World Records by George Moffat )〕 * John J. Montgomery - U.S. physicist, first controlled glider flight in U.S., and U.S. Soaring Hall of Fame member * Derek Piggott - author, flight instructor and movie stunt pilot〔 〕 * Helmut Reichmann - German professor, author and three-time gliding world champion * Hanna Reitsch - test pilot and breaker of several gliding records〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Bio of Hanna Reitsch )〕 * Klaus Ohlmann - 36 world records,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 FAI World Records by Klaus Ohlmann )〕 member of the Mountain Wave Project〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Mountain Wave Project )〕 * Joan Meakin Price, first woman to glide over the English Channel (1934). * Peter Riedel, gliding champion * Ingo Renner - four times world champion,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 SSA: World Soaring Champions )〕 two world records,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 FAI: world records of Ingo Renner )〕 flight instructor * Cliff Robertson - actor and soaring activist〔(【引用サイトリンク】 National Aviation Hall of Fame article on Cliff Robertson )〕 * Martin Schempp, glider designer and pilot * Richard Schreder naval aviator and developer of the HP/RS-series kit sailplanes marketed from 1962 until about 1982. * Peter Scott - naturalist (founder of World Wildlife Fund and ex-chairman of British Gliding Association)〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Bio of Sir Peter Scott )〕 * Wally Scott - world record breaker, U.S. Soaring Hall of Fame member, and multi-time recipient of the Lewin B. Barringer Memorial Trophy * Geoffrey H. Stephenson - first person to cross the English Channel in a glider * Karl Striedieck - world record breaker, and U.S. Soaring Hall of Fame member 〔(【引用サイトリンク】 FAI World Records by Karl Striedieck )〕 * Dennis Tito - gliding speed record holder, aerospace engineer and investment manager〔(【引用サイトリンク】url= http://soaringcafe.com/2014/04/perlan-dg-1001m-achieves-new-us-speed-record/ )〕 * Oskar Ursinus, gliding pioneer and designer * Gerhard Waibel, glider pilot and designer * Ann Welch, instructor and administrator * Philip Wills, world champion and administrator * Wright Brothers - early glider pioneers, invented 3-axis flight control on 1902 glider, set world glider duration record in 1911 (also widely credited with inventing the airplane) * Jan Wróblewski - World Champion in 1965 and 1972; FAI Lilienthal Medal 1972 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of glider pilots」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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