How to Use hang glider in a Sentence

hang glider

noun
  • Enjoy the ocean breeze and the sight of hang gliders soaring above the cliffs.
    — Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 15 July 2024
  • Look out for hang gliders and paragliders easing off its summit.
    — James March, Travel + Leisure, 3 Feb. 2025
  • Look out for hang gliders and paragliders launching off its summit.
    — James March, Travel + Leisure, 31 Oct. 2025
  • They’ve even been known to harass the occasional human in a hang glider.
    — Mike Cherney, WSJ, 29 Sep. 2017
  • This will mark the base’s first air show since the tragic death of a hang glider pilot in 2018.
    — Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 14 May 2026
  • From the main parking lot, walk a short distance toward the ocean bluffs to the viewing deck and launch platform for hang gliders.
    — Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, 23 Nov. 2019
  • At the 2018 event, a hang glider pilot died in an accident.
    — Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 18 May 2026
  • At the 2018 event, a hang glider pilot died in an accident.
    — Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 19 May 2026
  • The nice version involves clear skies, hang gliders lazily dotting the horizon and a whisper of wind.
    — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Jan. 2025
  • An accomplished hang glider, Nairz also hoped to soar off the South Col.
    — Grayson Schaffer, Outside Online, 15 Sep. 2017
  • Lay out a blanket on the grass and watch as hang gliders and paragliders soar over the jagged bluffs and ocean more than 300 feet below.
    — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 June 2023
  • Buchanan suffered a spinal injury in 1981 while landing a hang glider in bad weather.
    — John Sowell, idahostatesman, 26 June 2018
  • The tallest peak rises 400 feet above piercing blue Lake Michigan—high enough for a hang glider to take off.
    — Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 May 2022
  • The tallest peak rises 400 feet above piercing blue Lake Michigan—high enough for a hang glider to take off.
    — Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Palestinians on motorcycles, in pickup trucks, and on hang gliders had managed something that not even foreign armies had done.
    — David Remnick, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2023
  • Videos uploaded by attendees showed the sky above them suddenly dotted with militants on hang gliders.
    — Ruth Margalit, The New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2023
  • Climb to new heights, then activate a hang glider to reach an otherwise inaccessible cliffside.
    — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 14 Feb. 2022
  • The last time the base hosted an air show in 2018, hang glider pilot Dan Buchanan died following a crash.
    — Tom Dreisbach, NPR, 17 May 2026
  • This is also home to Torrey Pines Gliderport, where hang gliders and paragliders launch from a seaside perch.
    — Keli Dailey, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Jan. 2018
  • The distance from South Texas to the Canadian border is far - and quite further if the trip is being made on a hang glider.
    — Jennifer Bolton, Houston Chronicle, 21 June 2019
  • Seacliff, at the bottom of Aptos’s steep bluffs, has a far busier vibe than Sunset, with a snack shop right on the beach and hang gliders swooping overhead.
    — San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Apr. 2018
  • This year’s Gunfighter Skies event was the first at the base since 2018, when a hang glider pilot died in a crash during an air show.
    — Rebecca Boone, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2026
  • Holding the entire assemblage aloft in the graying Vienna morning was a 30-foot pair of collapsible hang glider wings.
    — Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Aug. 2023
  • This year's Gunfighter Skies event was the first at the base since 2018, when a hang glider pilot died in a crash during an air show performance.
    — ABC News, 17 May 2026
  • The inventor first operated the hang glider's predecessor in 1891, just five years before his death.
    — Zoey Lyttle, Peoplemag, 27 June 2023
  • An investigation is underway into why the hang glider fell shortly after being launched from a pad at the Flight Park, officials said.
    — Mark Price, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2025
  • In 2018, a hang glider pilot died in an accident during the event, according to the Idaho Statesman.
    — Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 17 May 2026
  • This latest game expands significantly from its predecessor by adding four-player co-op and introducing new traversal tools, such as hang gliders and grappling hooks.
    — David Jagneaux, Forbes.com, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Two people were killed when a hang glider suddenly plummeted down the side of a North Georgia mountain, according to investigators.
    — Mark Price, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The Helix is classified as a Part 103 ultralight aircraft, the same regulatory class as a hang glider.
    — The Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, 4 Mar. 2026

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