Soaring and Gliding: The Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore Area - Hardcoverby Jeffery P. Sandman (Author), Peter R. Sandman (Author) To fly as the hawk and eagle has been mankind's dream for centuries. Modern sailplanes make soaring and gliding flight possible, and with them, humans can fly higher, faster, and farther than the greatest of birds, using only an invisible force of nature to stay aloft. The terms soaring and gliding are used interchangeably, and the sport is appealing to pilot and spectator alike. Sailplane