The pilot, using aileron and elevator control surfaces can then fly the glider before making a wheels-down or parachute-assisted landing.

He even built and attempted to fly a glider.

Each person goes on to fulfil a lifelong dream - from scoring a goal in front of thousands of football fans to flying a glider.

Recently you've been flying a glider.

At 15 years of age he flew a glider for the first time.

One was his hobby as a glider pilot which he had taken up when a rear-admiral.

Later he became a keen glider pilot, which further stimulated his interest in how light materials could respond to aerodynamic and structural forces.

On his return home he heard there was a surplus of powered aircraft pilots, so volunteered to join the glider pilot regiment, hoping he would take part in the fighting.

Despite his asthma, he finally become a glider pilot, once being drawn up to about 28,000ft (8,500m) by a powerful updraught.

As the plane spun out of control and nose-dived towards the ground, the glider pilot - thought to be in his thirties - got out and parachuted to the ground.