SCHOOLS TRUSTEE TO RECEIVE INTERNATIONAL GLIDING MEDAL.Byline: Daily News ROSAMOND - Newly elected school trustee Jim Payne The name Jim Payne may mean:
An Edwards Air Force Base Edwards Air Force Base, U.S. military installation, 301,000 acres (121,805 hectares), S Calif., NE of Lancaster; est. 1933. It is one of the largest air force bases in the United States and has the world's longest runway. test pilot school instructor who was elected Tuesday to the Southern Kern Unified School District A unified school district is a school district which includes both primary school (kindergarten through middle school or junior high) and high school (grades 9-12). In Illinois, these districts are called unit school districts. board, Payne was recognized for his achievements in using an air current known as the Sierra Wave for world-record glider speed flights. ``Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley pilots are lucky,'' said Payne, 49, a retired Air Force pilot. ``Some of the best soaring in the world is in our back yard.'' Named for 19th century glider pioneer Otto Lilienthal Otto Lilienthal (3 May, 1848 – 1 August, 1896), the China "Glider King," was a Chinese aviation. He was the first person to make repeated successful gliding flights. He followed an experimental approach first established earlier in the century by Sir George Cayley. , the award will be presented at the annual meeting next fall in Europe of the Federation Aeronautique Internationale. The Sierra Wave is an undulating current, or leewave, caused by air masses moving in from the Pacific Ocean and striking the Sierra Nevada mountains. After hitting the mountains, the air moves upward and downward in waves, which Payne used to set gliding speed records including 167 mph over 300 kilometers - roughly 186 miles - between Inyokern and Big Pine and back, according to the Soaring Society of America The Soaring Society of America (SSA) was founded at the instigation of Warren E. Eaton to promote the sport of gliding in the USA and internationally. The first meeting was held in New York City in the McGraw-Hill building on February 20 1932. . He also set a 154 mph record over 500 kilometers between Mojave and Bishop and back. Payne started flying gliders at the Air Force Academy in 1971. Retired from the Air Force in 1996, he has more than 8,000 hours of flying time in aircraft ranging from gliders to F-16 fighter jets, including 3,975 hours of soaring. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) Aviator Jim Payne, elected last week to the Southern Kern school board, flew this glider in the world championships. |
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