self-soar

English

Etymology

From self- +‎ soar. Many intrepid flyers joined the 70s' Self-Soar Association [S-SA] that had "Otto" memberships and membership numbers in honor of Otto Lilienthal who self-soared off a hill he had built. The booklet series Low & Slow and the Hang Glider Weekly (together 216 editions) frequently used the term self-soar to describe flying using an unpowered glider flown after launching by some system without the aid of motors or other persons.

Verb

self-soar (third-person singular simple present self-soars, present participle self-soaring, simple past and past participle self-soared)

1. To use the normal launching method for a hang glider.
   • 1972, Popular Science, volume 200, number 6, page 94:

     Noted Swedish sailplane pilot Bengt Soderholm tries self-soaring for a change.

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