Glider
noun
A light aircraft that is made to fly without an engine.
He spent the afternoon flying a glider over the mountains.
Often appears as...
- fly a glider
- glider pilot
noun
A type of chair that moves smoothly back and forth.
She sat on the porch, rocking her baby on the glider.
Often appears as...
- porch glider
- outdoor glider
noun
A type of small animal that can glide from tree to tree.
The sugar glider is a small, omnivorous, nocturnal marsupial.
Often appears as...
- sugar glider
- glider habitat
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Academic
noun
A light aircraft that is made to fly without an engine.
He spent the afternoon flying a glider over the mountains.
Often appears as...
- fly a glider
- glider pilot
noun
A type of chair that moves smoothly back and forth.
She sat on the porch, rocking her baby on the glider.
Often appears as...
- porch glider
- outdoor glider
noun
A type of small animal that can glide from tree to tree.
The sugar glider is a small, omnivorous, nocturnal marsupial.
Often appears as...
- sugar glider
- glider habitat
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3No Engine
Glider aircraft rely on thermals or being towed to gain altitude as they have no engines.
The glider soared silently since it doesn't have an engine.
Pro Tip 2/3Aviation Sport
Flying a glider is popular as a sport and hobby where glider pilots enjoy the challenge of non-powered flight.
Many aviation enthusiasts learn to fly a glider for sport.
Pro Tip 3/3Quiet Flight
Gliders are very quiet compared to other aircraft because they don't have engines, making them less disruptive.
We enjoyed the quiet peace as the glider passed overhead.
Pro Tip 1/3No Engine
Glider aircraft rely on thermals or being towed to gain altitude as they have no engines.
The glider soared silently since it doesn't have an engine.
Pro Tip 2/3Aviation Sport
Flying a glider is popular as a sport and hobby where glider pilots enjoy the challenge of non-powered flight.
Many aviation enthusiasts learn to fly a glider for sport.
Pro Tip 3/3Quiet Flight
Gliders are very quiet compared to other aircraft because they don't have engines, making them less disruptive.
We enjoyed the quiet peace as the glider passed overhead.
Pro Tip 1/3No Engine
Glider aircraft rely on thermals or being towed to gain altitude as they have no engines.
The glider soared silently since it doesn't have an engine.
Pro Tip 2/3Aviation Sport
Flying a glider is popular as a sport and hobby where glider pilots enjoy the challenge of non-powered flight.
Many aviation enthusiasts learn to fly a glider for sport.
Pro Tip 3/3Quiet Flight
Gliders are very quiet compared to other aircraft because they don't have engines, making them less disruptive.
We enjoyed the quiet peace as the glider passed overhead.
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My stroke of insight PIPE...
And then it just gripped me -- and then it released me. And it was very unusual for me to ever experience any kind of pain, so I thought, "OK, I'll just start my normal routine." So I got up and I jumped onto my cardio glider, which is a full-body, full-exercise machine.
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Paul MacCready: Flying...
And so you just keep the glider positioned in that up current. The launch is the difficult you've got to hold it high up, over your head, and you start walking forward, and just let go of it, and you can control it like that. And then also, like it said in the video,
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Stroke of insight - Jill...
released me and then it just gripped me and then it released me and it was very unusual for me to ever experience any kind of pain so I thought okay I'll just start my normal routine so I got up and I jumped onto my cardia glider which is
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#OurEarth Innovation in...
particularly in the open oceans and the deep ocean and there are literally thousands of oh you these are all around the globe at the moment that are called gliders that simply dropped through the layers of the ocean collecting all the
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Flying Snake Hunts...
folds of skin supported by five to seven ribs that extend from the body with its wings extended it's capable of flying for distances of up to 30 feet if the snake is a parachutist a dragon is a glider ooh
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A robot that flies like...
circling and swooping over the sea, and to use this as a role model? So we bring a team together. There are generalists and also specialists in the field of aerodynamics, in the field of building gliders.
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Regina Dugan: From...
It might be a little warm. What do you picture that glider being used for? Well our responsibility is to develop the technology for this. How it's ultimately used will be determined by the military.
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Top 5 Dinosaur Moments PIPE...
holding its rear legs back and to the sides it was able to become an incredibly efficient glider moving through the forest in a series of long looping glides
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Microraptor: The Flying...
sides it was able to become an incredibly efficient glider moving through the forest in a series of long looping glides
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Flight at the Edge of...
The Perlan glider uses air rising over the Southern Andes to reach extraordinary heights.
Video examples
My stroke of insight PIPE...
And then it just gripped me -- and then it released me. And it was very unusual for me to ever experience any kind of pain, so I thought, "OK, I'll just start my normal routine." So I got up and I jumped onto my cardio glider, which is a full-body, full-exercise machine.
Video examples
Paul MacCready: Flying...
And so you just keep the glider positioned in that up current. The launch is the difficult you've got to hold it high up, over your head, and you start walking forward, and just let go of it, and you can control it like that. And then also, like it said in the video,
Video examples
Stroke of insight - Jill...
released me and then it just gripped me and then it released me and it was very unusual for me to ever experience any kind of pain so I thought okay I'll just start my normal routine so I got up and I jumped onto my cardia glider which is
Video examples
#OurEarth Innovation in...
particularly in the open oceans and the deep ocean and there are literally thousands of oh you these are all around the globe at the moment that are called gliders that simply dropped through the layers of the ocean collecting all the
Video examples
Flying Snake Hunts...
folds of skin supported by five to seven ribs that extend from the body with its wings extended it's capable of flying for distances of up to 30 feet if the snake is a parachutist a dragon is a glider ooh
Video examples
A robot that flies like...
circling and swooping over the sea, and to use this as a role model? So we bring a team together. There are generalists and also specialists in the field of aerodynamics, in the field of building gliders.
Video examples
Regina Dugan: From...
It might be a little warm. What do you picture that glider being used for? Well our responsibility is to develop the technology for this. How it's ultimately used will be determined by the military.
Video examples
Top 5 Dinosaur Moments PIPE...
holding its rear legs back and to the sides it was able to become an incredibly efficient glider moving through the forest in a series of long looping glides
Video examples
Microraptor: The Flying...
sides it was able to become an incredibly efficient glider moving through the forest in a series of long looping glides
Video examples
Flight at the Edge of...
The Perlan glider uses air rising over the Southern Andes to reach extraordinary heights.
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Godfrey Hounsfield
English Scientist
The periods between my 11th and 18th years remain the most vivid in my memory because this was the time of my first attempts at experimentation, which might never have been made had I lived in the city. I made hazardous investigations of the principles of flight, launching myself from the tops of haystacks with a homemade glider.
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Michael Dell
American Businessman
If you think about computing, there isn't just one way to compute, just like there's not just one way to move around. You can have shoes, you can have a car, you can have a bicycle, submarine, rocket, plane, train, glider, whatever. Because you have one doesn't mean you get rid of another one... But PCs continue to be important.
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Yves Rossy
Swiss Inventor
I was a pilot and flying hang gliders, paragliders, aerobatics airplanes, and then I discovered skydiving. Free fall. Free. With nothing around you, just a parachute on your back. And you go down. But you don't feel like you're going down. Total freedom.
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Bertrand Piccard
Swiss Psychologist
I'm learning kite surfing. It's a little surfboard you have on your feet with straps, and you have a big kite like a power glider in the air that pulls you. You don't need waves to move, and it makes a big spray of water as you go.
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Norman Foster
British Architect
The most amazing lesson in aerodynamics I ever had was the day I climbed a thermal in a glider at the same time as an eagle. I witnessed, close up, effortlessness and lightness combined with strength, precision and determination.
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Kalpana Chawla
American Astronaut
Every once in a while, we'd ask my dad if we could get a ride in one of these planes. And, he did take us to the flying club and get us a ride in the Pushpak and a glider that the flying club had.
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Alan Shepard
American Astronaut
The first plane ride was in a homemade glider my buddy and I built. Unfortunately we didn't get more than four feet off the ground, because it crashed.
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Nate Holland
American Athlete
I think my strengths are definitely - I'm a really good glider. I'm one of the fastest, like on a straight drag race, I can pretty much kill that.
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Neil Armstrong
American Astronaut
Gliders, sail planes, they're wonderful flying machines. It's the closest you can come to being a bird.
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Paul Nurse
British Scientist
I am still a keen mountain walker and an enthusiastic glider pilot.
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Godfrey Hounsfield
English Scientist
The periods between my 11th and 18th years remain the most vivid in my memory because this was the time of my first attempts at experimentation, which might never have been made had I lived in the city. I made hazardous investigations of the principles of flight, launching myself from the tops of haystacks with a homemade glider.
Quote examples
Michael Dell
American Businessman
If you think about computing, there isn't just one way to compute, just like there's not just one way to move around. You can have shoes, you can have a car, you can have a bicycle, submarine, rocket, plane, train, glider, whatever. Because you have one doesn't mean you get rid of another one... But PCs continue to be important.
Quote examples
Yves Rossy
Swiss Inventor
I was a pilot and flying hang gliders, paragliders, aerobatics airplanes, and then I discovered skydiving. Free fall. Free. With nothing around you, just a parachute on your back. And you go down. But you don't feel like you're going down. Total freedom.
Quote examples
Bertrand Piccard
Swiss Psychologist
I'm learning kite surfing. It's a little surfboard you have on your feet with straps, and you have a big kite like a power glider in the air that pulls you. You don't need waves to move, and it makes a big spray of water as you go.
Quote examples
Norman Foster
British Architect
The most amazing lesson in aerodynamics I ever had was the day I climbed a thermal in a glider at the same time as an eagle. I witnessed, close up, effortlessness and lightness combined with strength, precision and determination.
Quote examples
Kalpana Chawla
American Astronaut
Every once in a while, we'd ask my dad if we could get a ride in one of these planes. And, he did take us to the flying club and get us a ride in the Pushpak and a glider that the flying club had.
Quote examples
Alan Shepard
American Astronaut
The first plane ride was in a homemade glider my buddy and I built. Unfortunately we didn't get more than four feet off the ground, because it crashed.
Quote examples
Nate Holland
American Athlete
I think my strengths are definitely - I'm a really good glider. I'm one of the fastest, like on a straight drag race, I can pretty much kill that.
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Neil Armstrong
American Astronaut
Gliders, sail planes, they're wonderful flying machines. It's the closest you can come to being a bird.
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Paul Nurse
British Scientist
I am still a keen mountain walker and an enthusiastic glider pilot.
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