While I'm sure that other people did it sooner, for some reason the record books claim Oct 24 1911 as the first official "Soaring Flight". To mark the 100'th anniversary several glider clubs got together in Kitty Hawk NC and put on a little air show. My boss Jayne was the tow pilot in one of our Pawnees, here's a video:
You might wanna turn the volume down, those electronic varios can be so annoying
