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Definition of hang glider
: a kitelike glider from which a harnessed rider hangs while gliding down from a cliff or hill
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Recent Examples on the Web The distance from South Texas to the Canadian border is far - and quite further if the trip is being made on a hang glider.
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Jennifer Bolton, Houston Chronicle, "Hang glider pilot traveling from South Texas to Canada to support breast cancer research," 21 June 2019 Emergency responders tend to hang glider pilot Dan Buchanan after his glider crashed Saturday afternoon during the Gunfighter Skies air show at Mountain Home Air Force Base.
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John Sowell, idahostatesman, "Comedy routine that went awry led to pilot's death at Mountain Home airshow, report says," 26 June 2018 Buchanan suffered a spinal injury in 1981 while landing a hang glider in bad weather.
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John Sowell, idahostatesman, "Comedy routine that went awry led to pilot's death at Mountain Home airshow, report says," 26 June 2018 The second day of a weekend airshow at a U.S. Air Force base in southwestern Idaho has been dedicated to the veteran hang glider pilot who died in Saturday's crash.
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Fox News, "Sunday's air show to honor glider pilot who died in crash," 3 June 2018 June 2, 2018 Buchanan suffered a spinal injury in 1981 while landing a hang glider in bad weather.
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John Sowell, idahostatesman, "Hang glider pilot who died at Mountain Home Air Force Base was an air show veteran," 2 June 2018 Seacliff, at the bottom of Aptos’s steep bluffs, has a far busier vibe than Sunset, with a snack shop right on the beach and hang gliders swooping overhead.
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San Francisco Chronicle, "The 5 best bike rides around Santa Cruz," 11 Apr. 2018 This is also home to Torrey Pines Gliderport, where hang gliders and paragliders launch from a seaside perch.
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Keli Dailey, San Francisco Chronicle, "One Day, One Place: On the waterfront in San Diego," 3 Jan. 2018 They’ve even been known to harass the occasional human in a hang glider.
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Mike Cherney, WSJ, "Bold Eagles: Angry Birds Are Ripping $80,000 Drones Out of the Sky," 29 Sep. 2017
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