Lift is a meteorological phenomenon used as an energy source by soaring aircraft and soaring birds. The most common human application of lift is in sport...

"sloping". Orville Wright used ridge lift, setting a duration record of 11 minutes in 1911. However the sport of soaring started in Germany after the First...

fluid Lift coefficient, a coefficient that relates the lift generated by a lifting body to other parameters Lift (soaring), rising air used by soaring birds...

Look up soar or soaring in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Soaring may refer to: Gliding, in which pilots fly unpowered aircraft known as gliders or...

lifting force generated by the wings Lift (soaring), rising air used by soaring birds and gliders Dynamic soaring, a flying technique used to gain energy...

Flying". Soaring Society of America. Archived from the original on 2010-05-15. Retrieved 2010-05-06. "Soaring Competitions" (PDF). Soaring Society of...

sometimes able to soar dynamically in meteorological wind shears at higher altitudes. Dynamic soaring is sometimes confused with slope soaring which is a technique...

allows the animal to produce lift and thrust. The animal may ascend without the aid of rising air. Ballooning and soaring are not powered by muscle, but...

Soaring animals and aircraft may alternate glides with periods of soaring in rising air. Five principal types of lift are used: thermals, ridge lift,...

known as Soarin' Over California, Soarin' Around the World, Soaring Over the Horizon and Soaring: Fantastic Flight, is a flight motion simulator attraction...