Sliding came to be a sport in the 1920s, and became a major global sport in the late 1930s and 40s. One of its first major supporters was Paul Blanchard, one of the first CFIs for the Cambridge University gliding club. John’s College in the area of Natural Science.



His efforts to the discipline of gliding are well-known to gliding enthusiasts; he was one of many first to write a whole guide to the sport, Elementary Gliding, and, following a hard time developing interest, was… Continuar