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Powered aircraft and winches are the two most common means of launching gliders, though a few clubs such as the Midland Gliding Club in Shropshire UK still use a form of catapult launching from a high ridge utilising rubberised shock cord known as bungee. These and other methods (apart from self-launching motor-gliders) require assistance from other participants. Gliding clubs have thus been established to share airfields and equipment, train new pilots and maintain high safety standards.
==History==
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