A drawing of a glider by Sir George Cayley, one of the early attempts at creating an aerodynamic shape.

* 1793 – Diego Marín Aguilera flies a glider for " about 360 meters ", at a height of 5-6 meters, during one of the first attempted manned flights.

The sugar glider is one of a number of volplaning ( gliding ) possums in Australia.

A sugar glider female has one ( 19 %) or two ( 81 %) joeys a litter.

Around the world, the sugar glider is a popular domestic pet, but is one of the most commonly traded wild animals in the illegal pet trade, where animals are plucked directly from their natural habitats.

The first officially authenticated regularly feasible take-off and landing of a human-powered aircraft ( one capable of powered takeoffs, unlike a glider ) was made on 9 November 1961 by Derek Piggott in Southampton University's Man Powered Aircraft ( SUMPAC ).

Because the C-47s served as paratrooper transports and glider tugs and because IX Troop Carrier Command would provide all the transports for both British parachute brigades, this massive force could deliver only 60 % of the ground forces in one lift.

Some levels require precise timing to control the characters simultaneously-in one early level, the player must jump down a shaft with Olaf, using his shield as a hang glider, and as Olaf slowly descends, must use another Viking to clear his path.

Although Boulton had described and patented ailerons in 1868, no one had actually built them until Esnault-Pelterie ’ s glider, almost 40 years later.

It was one of the eight bases in the United States dedicated to training glider pilots for combat missions performed by the Troop Carrier Command.

The division was made up of three brigades of infantry ( two parachute, one glider borne ), supporting artillery and anti-tank batteries and substantial Royal Engineer units, as well as supporting elements such as Royal Army Service Corps and Royal Army Medical Corps units.

Harth joined the German army in 1914 and while he was away at war, Messerschmitt continued work on one of Harth's designs, the S5 glider.

" to the plaintive ; one sighting, on the side of a British 1st Airborne Division glider in Operation Market Garden, had the complaint " Wot, no engines?

The columns drew ground fire, however, and one C-47 and its glider went down near Pont l ' Abbé on the Douve River, west of the landing zone.

However, the decision to turn the Syracuse assault into a glider-based one was problematic ; the 51st had practically no glider experience, whilst the 52nd had much more but was already training for a parachute-based mission.

Elmira consisted of 176 C-47 Skytrain troop carrier aircraft acting as glider tugs, 36 CG-4 Waco gliders, and 140 Horsa gliders, divided into one serial of 26 and three serials of 50 tug-glider combinations.

Hartmann's flying career began when he joined the glider training program of the fledgling Luftwaffe and was taught to fly by his mother, one of the first female glider pilots in Germany.

Holaspis is one of the few arboreal lacertids, and its single species, Holaspis guentheri, is a glider ( although apparently a poor one ), using its broad tail and flattened body as an aerofoil.

During their attempts to land, however, the small force was severely depleted ; one glider broke away from the Halifax towing it and disintegrated, apparently as a result of structural failure, with the Locust inside it falling to the ground.

Three more gliders came under heavy German anti-aircraft fire and crashed as they landed ; one tank survived with a damaged machine gun, another crashed through a house which put its wireless radio set and main armament out of action, and the third broke loose of the glider as it landed and was flipped over onto its turret, rendering it useless.

Two orders for aircraft were soon received, one from Charles Rolls, who ordered a glider, and the other from Francis McClean, a member of the Aero Club who bought several aircraft from Short Brothers, and also acted as an unpaid test-pilot.

The squirrel glider ( Petaurus norfolcensis ) is a nocturnal gliding possum, one of the wrist-winged gliders of the genus Petaurus.

Gen. George H. Thomas moved against the Confederates, Crittenden decided to attack one of the two parts of Thomas's command at Logan's Cross Roads near Mill Springs before the Union forces could unite.

" Doc " was approached by Gen. Saturnino Cedillo, governor of the state of San Luis Potosí and one of the last remaining lieutenants of Pancho Villa.

Gen Con is now one of North America's largest annual hobby-game gatherings.

According to this view, Saul is only a weak branch ( Gen. Rashi 25: 3 ), owing his kingship not to his own merits, but rather to his grandfather, who had been accustomed to light the streets for those who went to the bet ha-midrash, and had received as his reward the promise that one of his grandsons should sit upon the throne ( Lev.

Developed originally by Gen. Elwood Quesada of IX TAC for the First Army at Operation Cobra the technique of " armored column cover " whereby close air support was directed by an air traffic controller in one of the attacking tanks was used extensively by the Third Army.

Gen. Ulysses S. Grant sent two wooden gunboats ( timberclads ) down the Tennessee River for one last reconnaissance of the fort with Wallace aboard.

In early 2002, United States Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. John P. Jumper ordered that one airplane in each USAF squadron and all USAF demonstration planes would bear an image of an eagle on an American flag with the words " Let's Roll " and " Spirit of 9-11 ," to remain until the first anniversary of the attack.

It was one of the final battles of Union Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's Overland Campaign during the American Civil War, and is remembered as one of American history's bloodiest, most lopsided battles.

Gen. Irvin McDowell ( one of Beauregard's West Point classmates ) against the Confederate railroad junction at Manassas.

The town of Tyrone was named by Gen. William Kernan, one of the original settlers and the father of United States Senator Francis Kernan.

Philip is the birthplace of one of only three Medal of Honor recipients born in South Dakota, Maj. Gen. Patrick Henry Brady.

Though a prudent suggestion, and one that carried the agreement of Kościuszko's fellow engineers, garrison commander Brigadier Gen. Arthur St. Clair ultimately declined to carry it out, citing logistical difficulties.

In January 1948, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen Carl A. Spaatz renamed it Weaver Air Force Base in honor of Brig Gen Walter R. Weaver, one of the pioneers in the development of the Air Force.

Thus, as great a Mitzvah as it is, this test is considered trivial for someone of the spiritual stature of Isaac, who, as one of our forefathers, was likened to God ’ s “ chariot ” ( Gen. Rabba 47: 6 ) for he served as a vehicle for the divine traits of kindness, strictness, and compassion.

Lt. Gen. Puller is one of the most decorated U. S. Marines if not the most decorated U. S. Marine in Marine Corps history.

Lincoln chose the latter option on January 26 and replaced him with Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker, one of the officers who had conspired against Burnside.

With fewer than 5, 000 cavalrymen, Wheeler defeated the enemy raids, resulting in the capture of one of the two commanding generals, Maj. Gen. George Stoneman.

Origins Game Fair is one of North America's most prominent annual gaming conventions, second in size only to Gen Con.

As to the question concerning the frequent sufferings of the pious and the prosperity of the wicked — truly a burning one in Akiba's time — this is answered by the explanation that the pious are punished in this life for their few sins, in order that in the next they may receive only reward ; while the wicked obtain in this world all the recompense for the little good they have done, and in the next world will receive only punishment for their misdeeds ( Gen. R.

* Reserve Corps, commanded by Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger, 7, 372 present with one division commanded by Brig.

Gen. Haywood S. Hansell, one of the architects of AWPD / 1 and AWPD / 42, encountered even more command problems than had Wolfe or LeMay.

# Any peculiarity in a phrase justifies the assumption that some special meaning is intended: e. g., where μία (" one ") is used instead of πρώτη (" first "; Gen. i. 5 ), etc.

Sheridan had been feuding with President Andrew Johnson for months over interpretations of the Military Reconstruction Acts and voting rights issues, and within a month of the second firing, the president removed Sheridan, stating to an outraged Gen. Grant that, " His rule has, in fact, been one of absolute tyranny, without references to the principles of our government or the nature of our free institutions.