What is the name for the convection currents used by glider pilots to gain height?

Only qualified Glider pilots and trainees under instruction.

In 2010 there were 21,063 civil aircraft registered, and about 28,000 Private Pilots, and 10,000 certified glider pilots.

You can solo a glider at 14 in the USA.

Glider pilots gain altitude by circling over a large plowed field because a plowed area gives off heat. Heat rises so the glider takes advantage of that to gain altitude.

I know that the 439th Troop Carrier Group was involved. My father was one of the glider pilots.

Silent Wings The American Glider Pilots of World War II - 2007 was released on: USA: 20 March 2007 (DVD premiere)

Cliffs warmed by the sun are good for glider pilots because it keeps them up. This happens with a process called thermal radiation. This is when the heat from the sun energy radiates. Thermal Radiation can also be heat from the sun bouncing off something, because the heat that bounces off that thing is thermally radiating through the air. This process can also happen with glider piloting. When the heat from the sun bounces on a cliff, it warms the cliff. This heat then bounces off it and creates a draft. The draft radiates in the air until it reaches the glider pilot and it then keeps the glider pilot up. This is why glider pilots have to be near a cliff or mountain to stay in the air. If they didn't do this or this process wasn't done. Eventually the glider pilot will fall and will be severely injured. So this process is really important for all things not just glider pilots.

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The height restriction is generally 6"4 but this does not mean you can not be a pilot.

During WW2, pilots were trained to fly gliders that would carry infantry to a landing site. The infantryment were called glider infantrymen and went through paratrooper training. The Airborne Divisions would consist of some infantry and artillery that were air-dropped and some that were carried in gliders. The glider pilots were allowed to wear a pair of Wings that had a "G" on it. When the glider landed, the pilot usually had to join the infantry and fight until they linked up with infantry or the front lines.

They ride in "thermals," updrafts of air.

The heights of pilots very across the world, but the main requirement is that the pilot can see over the cockpit and reach the pedals as well. :)

In 2014 in America (latest statistics available), there were a total of 593,499 pilots certified by the FAA. In 2008 in America (for comparison with Canada), there were a total of 613,746 pilots certified by the FAA. In 2008 in Canada, (last statistics available), there were a total of 64,932 pilots certified by Transport Canada. In both countries, very roughly 0.2% of the population are pilots. That's very roughly 1 in 500 civilians. Military pilots are not included. In 2010 in the UK, there were 21,063 civil aircraft registered, and about 28,000 Private Pilots, and 10,000 certified glider pilots.

The Jet Streams - they're fast currents of air circulating the globe.

If you have been told by recruiters that you do not meet height requirements, there is no waiver. If you have college credits, complete your degree. Once this has been done, look into the Air Force. Height requirements for the Air Force may be more liberal, especially as related to pilots, especially test pilots.

The average height for a pilot is 5'11' tall. Pilots must be tall enough to reach everything that they must, and short enough to fit comfortably.

Violent updrafts and turbulence that can place stresses on the airframe outside of design limits. I took glider pilot classes years ago and they told us NEVER to enter such a cloud for precisely these reasons, plus the fact that most glider pilots don't carry oxygen. The updrafts in a building cumulus cloud can pull a glider all the way to the top of the cloud, leaving the plane at an altitude where the air has insufficient oxygen to keep the pilot conscious. This not a problem for a pressurized commercial airliner, but the airframe stress is still an issue.

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Yes, navy pilots and air force pilots are military pilots.

Little or no flight time and zero gunnery practice or skill.

Richie's studying towards an agricultural degree part time at U of C, NZ. He also has a pilots license and flies glider as well......relaxing as well i suppose!!

Hanna Reitsch was a most remarkable pilot: first woman airline captain, first woman to fly a helicopter, first woman to fly a rocket aircraft, first woman to fly a jet and one of the best glider pilots who still set glider record flights at the age of 75.

Butterflies fly quite high. Glider pilots have seen monarch butterflies flying up to 11,000 feet. Butterflies fly between 5 and 30 miles per hour.

The word pilots' is a plural possessive noun. pilot is singular pilots is plural pilots' is plural possessive Example: The pilots' lounge is on the second level. (the lounge for the pilots)

The collective noun for pilots is a crew of pilots.