Classic Boat

Falling gently to Earth

“Must be like sailing.” If I’ve heard it once I’ve… and the answer is “no”. A glider or as the Americans call them, sailplane’s wings go from side to side, and there are two of them (you would hope). The wing of goes up the way, as they say in these parts, and there’s only one of them, unless you count the genoa which might be likened to the

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