| 21. | Some sailplanes can achieve a glide ratio of up to 72 : 1.
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| 22. | There was also a club version of this sailplane with fixed landing gear.
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| 23. | Such gliders designed for soaring are sometimes called sailplanes.
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| 24. | The 1-26 is the most numerous sailplane found in the US.
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| 25. | A Robin DR400 for towing the sailplanes is also owned by the FVA.
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| 26. | Schweizer created several design studies of new sailplanes in the mid-1950s.
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| 27. | Soledad to Del Mar in a Bowlus sailplane on February 24, 1930.
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| 28. | In 1960 it organized its first sailplane gathering there.
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| 29. | The high interest for sailplanes lasted through the 1960s.
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| 30. | Most parachuting and sailplane activity takes place during the period May through September.
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