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Soaring may refer to: * Gliding, in which pilots fly unpowered aircraft known as gliders or sailplanes * Lift (soaring), a meteorological phenomenon used as an energy source by some aircraft and birds * ''Soaring'' (magazine), a magazine produced by the Soaring Society of America * '' SOARING'', a public artwork at Alverno College * List of soaring birds * ''Soarin''', a ride in Walt Disney parks * ''Soaring'' (album) a 1973 Big Band jazz album by Don Ellis * "Soarin", a song by Bazzi from ''Cosmic'' See also *Bird flight *Flying and gliding animals *Dynamic soaring * Ridge soaring * Controllable slope soaring * Orographic lift * Thermals * Lee waves In meteorology, lee waves are Earth's atmosphere, atmospheric stationary waves. The most common form is mountain waves, which are atmospheric internal gravity waves. These were discovered in 1933 by two German glider pilots, :de:Hans_Deutschmann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gliding
Gliding is a recreational activity and competitive air sports, air sport in which pilots fly glider aircraft, unpowered aircraft known as Glider (sailplane), gliders or sailplanes using naturally occurring currents of rising air in the atmosphere to remain airborne. The word ''soaring'' is also used for the sport. Gliding as a sport began in the 1920s. Initially the objective was to increase the duration of flights but soon pilots attempted cross-country flights away from the place of launch. Improvements in aerodynamics and in the understanding of weather phenomena have allowed greater distances at higher average speeds. Long distances are now flown using any of the main sources of rising air: Ridge Lift, ridge lift, thermals and lee waves. When conditions are favourable, experienced pilots can now fly hundreds of kilometres before returning to their home airfields; occasionally flights of more than are achieved. Some competitive pilots fly in races around pre-defined course ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lift (soaring)
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 and recreation. The three air sports that use soaring flight are: gliding, hang gliding and paragliding. Energy can be gained by using rising air from four sources: * Thermals (where air rises due to heat), * Ridge lift, where air is forced upwards by a slope, * Wave lift, where a mountain produces a standing wave, * Convergence, where two air masses meet In dynamic soaring it is also possible to gain energy, though this uses differences in wind speeds rather than rising air. Thermals Thermals are columns of rising air that are formed on the ground through the warming of the surface by sunlight. If the air contains enough moisture, the water will condense from the rising air and form cumulus clouds. Thermal lift is often used by birds, such as raptors, vultures and storks. Although thermal lift was known to the Wright B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soaring (magazine)
''SOARING'' is a magazine published monthly as a membership benefit of the Soaring Society of America. It was first published in 1937. The headquarters is in Hobbs, New Mexico. The magazine's article topics include safety issues and accounts of individual gliding Gliding is a recreational activity and competitive air sports, air sport in which pilots fly glider aircraft, unpowered aircraft known as Glider (sailplane), gliders or sailplanes using naturally occurring currents of rising air in the atmospher ... accomplishments. References Internal Link Monthly magazines published in the United States Sports magazines published in the United States [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SOARING
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Soaring may refer to: * Gliding, in which pilots fly unpowered aircraft known as gliders or sailplanes * Lift (soaring), a meteorological phenomenon used as an energy source by some aircraft and birds * ''Soaring'' (magazine), a magazine produced by the Soaring Society of America * '' SOARING'', a public artwork at Alverno College * List of soaring birds * ''Soarin''', a ride in Walt Disney parks * ''Soaring'' (album) a 1973 Big Band jazz album by Don Ellis * "Soarin", a song by Bazzi from ''Cosmic'' See also *Bird flight *Flying and gliding animals *Dynamic soaring * Ridge soaring * Controllable slope soaring * Orographic lift * Thermals * Lee waves In meteorology, lee waves are Earth's atmosphere, atmospheric stationary waves. The most common form is mountain waves, which are atmospheric internal gravity waves. These were discovered in 1933 by two German glider pilots, :de:Hans_Deutschmann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Soaring Birds
This is a list of Lift (soaring), soaring birds, which are birds that can maintain flight without wing flapping, using rising air currents. Many gliding birds are able to "lock" their extended wings by means of a specialized tendon. ;Bird of prey * Buzzards * Condors * Eagles * Falcons * Harrier (bird), Harriers * Hawks * Kite (bird), Kites * Osprey * Secretary bird * Vultures ;Passerine *Choughs *Raven *Woodswallows ;Crane (bird), Cranes *Sandhill crane, Sandhill ;Herons ;Storks ;Sea birds * Albatrosses * Frigatebirds * Gulls * Pelicans * Petrels * Shearwaters * Terns ;Extinction, Extinct * Argentavis See also *Flying and gliding animals *Shearwaters which use a similar technique References''Soaring''at Stanford Birds hosted by Stanford University and based on ''The Birder's Handbook'' by Paul R. Ehrlich, David S. Dobkin, and Darryl Wheye''MTB Naturalist - our East Bay Soaring Birds''by Duncan Parks''Birds, Thermals & Soaring Flight'' at aerospaceweb.org by Jeff ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soarin'
''Soarin, also known as ''Soarin' Over California'', ''Soarin' Around the World'', ''Soaring Over the Horizon'' and ''Soaring: Fantastic Flight'', is a flight motion simulator attraction at Disney California Adventure, Epcot, Shanghai Disneyland, and Tokyo DisneySea. It employs a mechanical lift system, a projected presentation on an concave 180-degree dome screen, and artificial scents and wind to simulate a hang gliding flight over locations in six of the world's continents. Many consider it the first flying theater. The attraction's first iteration, ''Soarin Over California'', was an opening-day attraction at Disney California Adventure on February 8, 2001. It took guests over several locations in California and included a pre-show on the history of California's aviation industry. It was also installed at Epcot in Walt Disney World as ''Soarin'' in 2005. The current global version of the ride debuted at Shanghai Disneyland as ''Soaring Over the Horizon'' on June 16, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soaring (album)
''Soaring'' is an album by trumpeter Don Ellis recorded in 1973 and released on the MPS label. The album features Hank Levy's composition which provided the title for, and was featured in, the 2014 film '' Whiplash''. Reception Scott Yanow of AllMusic called it an "underrated set ...well worth searching for". On Jazz History Online, Michael Verity observed "By 1973, when he recorded ''Soaring'', a 10-cut musical haiku, all of his interests were converging into a style that was bold, intensely rhythmic and perfectly calibrated sound for the big screen. (It should be no surprise he was scoring '' The French Connection'' at same time he was working on this project)."Verity, M.Jazz History Online: Don Ellis: ''Soaring'' accessed March 5, 2015 Track listing ''All compositions by Don Ellis except as indicated'' # "Whiplash" (Hank Levy) – 4:25 # "Sladka Pitka" (Milcho Leviev) – 6:40 # "The Devil Made Me Write This Piece" – 6:00 # "Go Back Home" (Sam Falzone) – 3:15 # "Invinc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cosmic (album)
''Cosmic'' (stylized in all caps as COSMIC) is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Bazzi, released on April 12, 2018 through Bazzi's imprint, iamcosmic, and Atlantic. The album has peaked at number 14 on the US ''Billboard'' 200 chart and has been listed on a variety of international charts. The album was further affected by the commercial success of " Mine", which peaked at number 11 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Background Bazzi released several tracks in 2016 and 2017, including "Alone", " Beautiful", and "Sober." In October 2017, he released "Mine" via Atlantic Records. That song increased in popularity after it was used as a Snapchat lens filter in January 2018. It peaked at number 11 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart. On March 22, 2018, Bazzi announced the release date for his debut album as April 12. This came after the release of three more singles, "Why?", "Gone", and "Honest". On August 2, 2018, he released a remix of " Beautiful" featuring Cuban-Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bird Flight
Bird flight is the primary mode of animal locomotion, locomotion used by most bird species in which birds take off and flight, fly. Flight assists birds with feeding, Sexual reproduction, breeding, avoiding predation, predators, and Bird migration, migrating. Bird flight includes multiple types of motion, including hovering, taking off, and landing, involving many complex movements. As different bird species adapted over millions of years through evolution for specific environments, prey, predators, and other needs, they developed Generalist and specialist species, specializations in their wing (bird), wings, and acquired different forms of flight. Various theories exist about how bird flight evolution, evolved, including flight from falling or gliding (the ''trees down'' hypothesis), from running or leaping (the ''ground up'' hypothesis), from ''wing-assisted incline running'' or from '' proavis'' (pouncing) behavior. Basic mechanics of bird flight Lift, drag and thrust The f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flying And Gliding Animals
A number of animals are capable of aerial locomotion, either by powered flight or by gliding (flight), gliding. This trait has appeared by evolution many times, without any single common ancestor. Flight has evolved at least four times in separate animals: insects, pterosaurs, birds, and bats. Gliding has evolved on many more occasions. Usually the development is to aid Canopy (biology), canopy animals in getting from tree to tree, although there are other possibilities. Gliding, in particular, has evolved among rainforest animals, especially in the rainforests in Asia (most especially Borneo) where the trees are tall and widely spaced. Several species of aquatic animals, and a few amphibians and reptiles have also evolved this gliding flight ability, typically as a means of evading predators. Types Animal aerial locomotion can be divided into two categories: powered and unpowered. In unpowered modes of locomotion, the animal uses aerodynamic forces exerted on the body due to wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dynamic Soaring
Dynamic soaring is a flying technique used to gain energy by repeatedly crossing the boundary between air masses of different velocity. Such zones of wind gradient are generally found close to obstacles and close to the surface, so the technique is mainly of use to birds and operators of radio-controlled gliders, but glider pilots are sometimes able to soar dynamically in meteorological wind shears at higher altitudes. Dynamic soaring is sometimes confused with slope soaring which is a technique for achieving elevation. Basic mechanism While different flight patterns can be employed in dynamic soaring, the simplest is a closed loop across the shear layer between two airmasses in relative movement, e.g. stationary air in a valley, and a layer of wind above the valley. The gain in speed can be explained in terms of airspeed and groundspeed: * As the glider begins the loop, say in a stationary airmass, groundspeed and airspeed are the same. * The glider enters the moving airmass n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ridge Soaring
__NOTOC__ Ridge lift (or slope lift) is created when a wind strikes an obstacle, usually a mountain ridge or cliff, that is large and steep enough to deflect the wind upward. If the wind is strong enough, the ridge lift provides enough upward force for gliders, hang gliders, paragliders and birds to stay airborne for long periods or travel great distances by 'Ridge soaring'. Although unpowered aircraft are usually descending through the air, they will climb if the surrounding air is rising faster than their sink rates. Model glider enthusiasts refer to this technique as "slope gliding" or "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 World War. In 1921, Dr. Wolfgang Klemperer broke the Wright Brothers’ 1911 soaring duration record with a flight of 13 minutes. In 1922, Arthur Martens became the first glider pilot to use an updraft rising along a mountain slope to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
