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You can associate yourself with the gliding club as (i) Joy-rider (ii) Regular member (Life/current member) (iii) Outsider. Joy Riders: Students who are not a regular member of the gliding club a considered as joy-riders. Students who wish to take a joy ride should come to the air strip along with their I-card during the flight hours (Check the Annoucements section for the timing). Student has to pay Rs. 400 in cash and has to sign the indemnity form available on the spot. Members: Current member- You can become a member of Gliding club for a year by paying Some amount..... Life member- You can become a life member of Gliding club for a year by paying Some amount..... Outsiders: Outsiders have to pay Rs. 500 for each flight as no subsidy is provided by Students Gymkhana. Family members of students are included in this category. |
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A visitor to IIT Kanpur has a pleasant surprise, a well-laid airstrip, a huge hangar and lots of gleaming flying machines. If he is lucky, a joyride in a glider to view the splendid green IIT campus and the glittering waters of the Ganga. It is a fact that, world over, you least expect to see such aviation setup in an educational institute. It is therefore natural that the question is asked, why this setup at IIT Kanpur? The IITs were set up by the Government of India for providing engineering and technological education of internationally recognized excellence. .......
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Man has lived at the bottom of a sea of air from time immemorial and his very existence has depended on it. He has watched the birds for thousands of years and longed to imitate them. There have been stories of flying from the time records have been kept. There are legends like Etanas' flight in Babylon aboard a giant eagle, Ki-Kung-Shi in China on the flying chariot, the Persian King, Kai Kawus, Alexander the Great, the Greeks' winged horse Pegasus, the famous story of Daedalus and Icarnus, India's Pushpak Viman, Mercury of the Romans, etc. Everybody got into the flying act. Every culture and every society has its story on flying. It was only in the eleventh century that the first believable story of Oliver of Malmesbury...........
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1. No subsidy will be provided for the joy rides and the charges for joy rides are Rs. 400 have to be completely borne by students themselves.
Outsiders have to pay Rs. 500 for each flight as no subsidy is provided by Students Gymkhana. Family members of students are included in this category.