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THE impelling force in the fife of one at least of the ablest designers of sailplanes and aeroplanes is the desire to quicken and cheapen transport, with the object of facilitating acquaintance with other countries and promoting international good feeling. Whether the need of national defence is admitted or not, airmindedness is warmly to be welcomed, and far more people can cultivate it by sailplanes than by power-driven machines. But in Great Britain, habits change slowly, and comparatively few have realised the chances offered by gliding of indulging their love of adventure, or of developing the team spirit.
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WALKER, G. Recent Gliding Performances and their Meteorological Conditions. Nature 134, 347–349 (1934). https://doi.org/10.1038/134347a0
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