I just found this page by Martin Hellman (yes, that Hellman of cryptography fame) about soaring. I had no idea he was a glider pilot.
https://ee.stanford.edu/~hellman/soaring.html
https://ee.stanford.edu/~hellman/soaring.html
Martin Hellman’s page about soaring
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He used to hang out in the Usenet soaring group which I read and occasionally posted. I recall having a discussion with him about Ralph Merkel's contribution to public key cryptography (If I recall correctly, Hellman said Merkle's paper on the subject was allegedly difficult to understand, so wasn't initially given the recognition it deserved.) I had met Ralph very briefly at a Nanotechnology Foresight conference about twenty years ago.
Another glider pilot on that newsgroup, a doctor, was a young CFIG back in the 70s when he helped instruct actress Susan Oliver in gliders. She was the "Green Girl" in the Star Trek pilot episode.