The wing of a passenger aircraft taken from a passenger window.  A winglet can be seen at the end of the wing. The aircraft is flying over snow-capped mountains under a cloudless blue sky which we subsequently identified from photo metadata as ‎⁨Goat Range Provincial Park⁩,  ⁨British Columbia⁩, ⁨Canada⁩. Superimposed over the image are the words 'Wednesday', in bluish script, and then 'WINDOW SEAT' in larger, white, block letters.
"Gliders, sailplanes, they’re wonderful flying machines … the closest you can come to being a bird." — Neil Armstrong (📸 Composite RC Gliders)
April, 2024

The fourth Friday of the month which is when we feature aircraft which derive their primary sustenance from nothing but rising air. Here's what we've found this month. You can find even more using our Bluesky Custom Feed of the same name. We hope that for those whose posts you really like you'll click on their post below and acknowledge their work with a like and maybe follow them to see their future posts:

That's it for this edition — we really hoped you enjoyed it. Between now and the next one use the link below to check out all the great posts we had this month and thanks to all for contributing. (📸 Sandy Hawkyard via Wikimedia under GNU Free Documentation License) | 🛩️ 🪽

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— BluFly 🛩 (@blufly.media) Apr 26, 2024 at 21:03

This is a really fascinating photo. | 🛩️ 🪽 ⚔️

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— BluFly 🛩 (@blufly.media) Apr 26, 2024 at 19:02

Thanks for posting all of these great photos, Helen. | 🛩️ 🪽

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— BluFly 🛩 (@blufly.media) Apr 26, 2024 at 19:00

Way, way cool. | 🛩️ 🪽 📡

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— BluFly 🛩 (@blufly.media) Apr 26, 2024 at 18:56

We think it was a miracle these types of configurations worked at all. But seemingly they did. | 🛩️ 🪽 ⚔️

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— BluFly 🛩 (@blufly.media) Apr 26, 2024 at 18:52

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— BluFly 🛩 (@blufly.media) Apr 26, 2024 at 18:48

We've always imagined the U-2 would glide pretty well with those long, high aspect ratio wings. | 🛩️ 🪽

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— BluFly 🛩 (@blufly.media) Apr 26, 2024 at 18:46

So, without looking it up, hands up everybody who remembers this story. | 🛩️ 🪽

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— BluFly 🛩 (@blufly.media) Apr 26, 2024 at 16:35

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— BluFly 🛩 (@blufly.media) Apr 26, 2024 at 16:21

Congratulations. | 🛩️ 🪽

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— BluFly 🛩 (@blufly.media) Apr 26, 2024 at 16:19

Looks like heaven on Earth. | 🛩️ 🪽

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— BluFly 🛩 (@blufly.media) Apr 26, 2024 at 16:16

While there is not actually a glider in these pictures, they're definitely glider adjacent. Great shots, Helen. | 🛩️ 🪽

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— BluFly 🛩 (@blufly.media) Apr 26, 2024 at 15:49

We agree. The @bsky.app really does need more blue sky like this. | 🛩️ 🪽

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— BluFly 🛩 (@blufly.media) Apr 26, 2024 at 15:42

« Paper Gliders » by Milan Knížák, ink on paper, 1965. From the Gilbert and Lila Silverman Fluxus Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Modern Modern Art (MoMA). More details with link. (📸 ©2024 Milan Knížák | Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York | VG Bild-Kunst, Germany) | 🛩️ 🎨 🪽

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— BluFly 🛩 (@blufly.media) Apr 26, 2024 at 15:35

Looks like a long day but a really fun one. | 🛩️ 🪽

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— BluFly 🛩 (@blufly.media) Apr 26, 2024 at 15:17

Fascinating images and details, Jamie. | 🛩️ ⚔️ 🪽

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— BluFly 🛩 (@blufly.media) Apr 26, 2024 at 15:13

« The Bowlus shop built four and Warren Eaton bought the third in May 1934. He named the sailplane "Falcon" and flew it often including over the Blue Ridge Mountains from an airfield at Big Meadows, VA, in 1934. » More details with link. | 🛩️ 🪽

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— BluFly 🛩 (@blufly.media) Apr 26, 2024 at 14:18

Great find, Helen. We're with you — we'd love to try this someday. | 🛩️ 🪽

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— BluFly 🛩 (@blufly.media) Apr 26, 2024 at 13:59

« I was not alone in being thrilled by the mere sight of something gliding. The collective “Ooh!” evoked by the long flight and smooth landing of a sheet of paper hastily folded while the teacher was out of the room revealed a general susceptibility to its charm. » The whole story with link. | 🛩️ 🪽

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— BluFly 🛩 (@blufly.media) Apr 26, 2024 at 13:53

« Glider Constructed by Maurice Lartigue, Park at Château de Rouzat, 1909. » Gelatin silver print, printed 1963 from the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Modern Modern Art (MoMA). More details with link. (📸 ©2024 Association des Amis de Jacques Henri Lartigue) | 🛩️ 🎨 🪽

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— BluFly 🛩 (@blufly.media) Apr 26, 2024 at 13:40

Helen has been posting lots of great gliding pictures and we're going to take the liberty of featuring reposts of at least some of these in this month's edition. | 🛩️ 🪽

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— BluFly 🛩 (@blufly.media) Apr 26, 2024 at 13:05

The fourth Friday of the month which is when we feature aircraft which derive their primary sustenance from nothing but rising air. Have a favourite photograph or memory of one you'd like to share? Click reply 💬 below and let us know. (📸 Composite RC Gliders) | 🛩️ 📡 🪽

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— BluFly 🛩 (@blufly.media) Apr 26, 2024 at 13:02

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