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MORIARTY 鈥� To many, being thousands of feet in the air with no engine is a terrifying prospect. For glider pilots and aficionados like Eddie Adams, there鈥檚 nothing better.

Adams is one of many volunteers at the U.S. Southwest Soaring Museum, right off Route 66 as it splits from Interstate 40 in Moriarty. The 38,000-square-foot space boasts 50 gliders of different shapes and sizes, wingtip to wingtip, both historical and top of the line.

Gliders are towed into the air by a motorized aircraft and released to catch the thermals that keep them airborne. As opposed to being on a commercial jet or small plane, the ride is prized for its quiet and calm.

The newer gliders at the museum are made of painted or polished aluminum, some with motors and one with a pressurized cabin used to break a world record at 76,000 feet 鈥� or, as Adams puts it, 鈥淓lon Musk territory.鈥� The tiny cockpits can be 鈥渓ike putting on a glove,鈥� he said.

Others on display are from past centuries, including a few made of 鈥済arbage wood and canvas,鈥� like those used in war to quietly sneak troops across enemy lines, cheaply made because they would not return.

The museum was started in 1990 by glider designer George Applebay, who died in 2015, and is now run by volunteers and glider aficionados. Behind the building is an airstrip where gliders can be seen launching on a perfect day.

Originally from the East Coast, Adams has been flying them since 1978.

Past the gleaming metal and stained wood of the pristine gliders across the warehouse, in a dusty back room, is Adams鈥� pet project: a 1940s glider designed by Germany for the Olympics. 

鈥淎s we all know, they went to war and all the other countries got invaded. They said, 鈥榃ell, we're backing out of the Olympics.鈥� So this was left over, then it found its way to me,鈥� he said. The glider, all spruce wood, glue, empty spaces and missing parts, was found in the rafters of an old hangar.

Adams said it will never fly again, but he hopes to get control levers and pulleys working so visitors can come see how it operates. A map in the lobby is full of pins from where tourists from across the nation and world have visited.

He said the biggest purpose of the museum is 鈥渢o inspire the youth about flying,鈥� and they get buses of children from local schools. Adams said some people come back repeatedly, like an Amish family who lives in the area.

鈥淲ell, she has to ask her husband a question to ask me. Well, that's understandable for, whatever, their belief system,鈥� he said. 

鈥淏ut the kids, when I'm pointing to this and talking to everybody,鈥� Adams mimed a light bulb going off, 鈥測ou just get a feeling they're going to be inquisitive later on. They鈥檙e going to say, 鈥業 remember those gliders. I want to find out more about them.鈥欌��

Another time, he was explaining old gliders designed in Europe to two older men from England. Adams said the men started laughing, and, putting on his best British accent, recalled them saying, "We used to train in these things."

Adams, a self-admitted 鈥渢alker,鈥� has a lot of stories like that. But one is clearly his favorite, and he summed it up. He said there was a group of World War II pilots captured and locked in a German castle as prisoners.

鈥淲ell, believe it or not, they built a glider in the attic. 鈥� I got a lot of specifics, but I don't want to bore you in detail,鈥� he said, pointing to images of the castle and glider in a museum display, explaining how they hid it behind false walls and used fabric and cane. 

Adams said the pilots planned to launch it out of the castle in a great escape. But before they could, they were freed. And then he got to his favorite part.

鈥淎 lot of visitors say, 鈥榃ow, that's cool. You were in the Marine Corps. What would you have done if you were in prison with them?鈥欌�� Adams said. 鈥淚 said, 鈥榃ell, when it came time that they released all the prisoners,鈥� I鈥檇 say, 鈥榊ou guys go on. I'm flying this glider.鈥欌��