It is, perhaps, the nearest man will come to having wings. Gliding: flying without power, silent, awesome, seemingly miraculous. The 14th World Gliding Championships were held last year at Waikerie in South Australia. In a cloudless sky, 67 pilots, from 22 countries, swooped and soared as they competed, at the fastest speeds and on the longest course - ever.
Pilots like American school-teacher (and world champion) George Moffat, trying again for the championship in his glider 'Nimbus 2'; pilots like Adele Orso, the only woman competitor, flying for Italy.
This film is not only about the pilots but also their wives, their ground crews, the tensions and the jealousies as they go through the 11 days of the championship. Australia's leading aerial cameraman John Haddy captures the joy of gliding - a sport which has already inspired ten thousand glider pilots in Great Britain.