Photo taken by Dick Otis in June of 2005. I'm soaring over the Shenandoah Valley
Yes, that's a plane with no engine. I happen to be one of those people with the rare gift of flying these graceful, beautiful aircraft. The bird to the right is mine. Well a third of it is mine, at least. It is a German-built single seat racing glider named an LS-4. It has incredible performance. For every foot of altitude it uses to glide, it travels 40 feet forward. It has a top speed of 141 knots, and I can fly it for hours on a good day.
