 She was an early pioneer of ridge soaring in the Ridge-and-valley Appalachians in the 1970s, ultimately setting three world records flying gliders there, and becoming the first woman to earn the FAI 1000 km Diploma.She was also a stunt co-pilot in the 1999 film "The Thomas Crown Affair".Grove currently lives near State College, Pennsylvania with her husband Thomas Knauff, another hall of fame glider pilot.