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Direct To: An Aviation Podcast by Aleks Udris

May 25, 201524:52Games & Hobbies

Most pilots, like us, are used to having an engine on the front of their plane. But there's a whole world of non-powered flight, and we wanted to learn more about it. So we headed out to the Boulder glider field to talk...

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