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World’s First Luxury Space Hotel To Open in 2027

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World’s First Luxury Space Hotel To Open in 2027

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Forget your five-star hotels – this one is going to have thousands.The Voyager space station, which has been dubbed a ‘space hotel,’ could begin construction in 2025 and be operational in 2027.The circular station is designed so that ‘pods’ can be attached to its perimeter and plans for these include classic hotel facilities like restaurants, a gym, a spa and a cinema – as well as accommodation for up to 400 people. Unlike the weightlessness of the International Space Station,…

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Paragliding

Paragliding

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Paragliding is the recreational and competitive adventure sport of flying paragliders: lightweight, free-flying, foot-launched glider aircraft with no rigid primary structure.[1] The pilot sits in a harness or lies supine in a cocoon-like ‘speed bag’ suspended below a fabric wing. Wing shape is maintained by the suspension lines, the pressure of air entering vents in the front of the wing, and the aerodynamic forces of the air flowing over the outside. Despite not using an engine, paraglider flights can last many hours and cover many hundreds of kilometres, though…

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Hot air ballooning

Hot air ballooning

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Hot air ballooning is the activity of flying hot air balloons. Attractive aspects of ballooning include the exceptional quiet (except when the propane burners are firing), the lack of a feeling of movement, and the bird’s-eye view. Since the balloon moves with the direction of the winds, the passengers feel absolutely no wind, except for brief periods during the flight when the balloon climbs or descends into air currents of different direction or speed. Hot air ballooning has been recognized by Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) as…

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Meteorology & Micrometeorology

Meteorology & Micrometeorology

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The study of local and small-scale atmospheric phenomena, usually confined to the physical and dynamic occurrences within a shallow stratum of air adjacent to the ground. Very important for light aircraft flying Weather The study and understanding of the weather is essential in all forms of aviation. Gliding involves exploiting the rising currents of air to prolong flight. In powered aircraft “weather” is often something to be avoided, but for glider pilots, it is the power under our wings. Reading…

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About Hang Gliding

About Hang Gliding

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Soaring flight and cross-country flying Good gliding weather. Well formed cumulus clouds with darker bases suggest active thermals and light winds. A glider in flight is continuously descending, so to achieve an extended flight, the pilot must seek air currents rising faster than the sink rate of the glider. Selecting the sources of rising air currents is the skill that has to be mastered if the pilot wants to achieve flying long distances, known as cross-country (XC). Rising air masses derive from the following…

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