The National Landmark of Soaring program acknowledges people, places and events significant in the history of gliders and motorless aviation in the United States.
It is administered by the National Soaring Museum. The program was established in 1980.[1]
The title of National Landmark of Soaring has been granted 16 times.[1]
National Landmarks of Soaring
NLS number
Landmark/event
Location
Date issued
1
Corn Hill
Truro, Cape Cod, Massachusetts
1981-06-13
2
Rhodes Farm
Elmira, New York
1982-07-10
3
Akron Fulton Airport
Akron, Ohio
1985-06-29
4
Sleeping Bear Dunes sites
Frankfort, Michigan
1992-05-09
5
Torrey Pines Gliderport
San Diego, California
1992-06-06
6
Afton Mountain
Waynesboro, Virginia
1993-09-17
7
Point Loma[2]
San Diego, California
1996-04-27
8
Marquette Park, Miller Beach
Gary, Indiana
1996-07-27
9
Nu‘uanu Pali Lookout
Honolulu, Hawaii
1996-12-08
10
Arvin Sierra Gliderport, Tejon Ranch
Arvin, California
2000-04-29
11
Harris Hill Gliding Sites
Elmira, New York
2000-07-01
12
Sierra Wave Project, Bishop Airport[3]
Bishop, California
2002-06-15
13
Raspet Flight Research Laboratory, Mississippi State University[4]
Starkville, Mississippi
2003-11-01
14
Mount Washington[5]
Coos County, New Hampshire
2005-10-08
15
Marfa Airport[6]
Marfa, Texas
2008-04-05
16
Jockey's Ridge State Park, Nags Head[7]
Outer Banks, North Carolina
2011-10-21
^ ab"National Landmark of Soaring Program". National Soaring Museum. 2017-04-13. Retrieved 2017-04-13.
^"No.7 -- Point Loma, San Diego, California". National Soaring Museum. Archived from the original on 14 June 2011. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
^"National Landmark of Soaring No. 12". Gliding Magazine. 2002-02-04. Archived from the original on 2013-01-25. Retrieved 2008-10-08.
^"MSU flight research lab dedicated as national soaring landmark". Mississippi State University. 2003-11-04. Retrieved 2008-10-08.
^"Mount Washington National Landmark of Soaring" (PDF). Mount Washington Soaring Association, chapter of Soaring Society of America. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-10-08. Retrieved 2008-10-08.
^"Dedication of the 15th National Landmark of Soaring, April 5, 2008, Marfa Airport, West Texas". Marfa Gliders. Archived from the original on May 13, 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-08.
^"Nags Head, Outer Banks, North Carolina". National Landmark of Soaring chapter of Soaring Society of America. Retrieved 2017-04-13.
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