Sailplane vs. Glider — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Sailplane and Glider
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Sailplane
A light glider used especially for soaring.
Glider
A light engineless aircraft designed to glide after being towed aloft or launched from a catapult.
Sailplane
To fly a sailplane.
Glider
A swinging sofa, bench, or chair suspended from a vertical frame.
Sailplane
(aircraft) A glider that is optimised for soaring and is equipped with fixed wings and fuselage.
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Glider
A device that aids gliding.
Sailplane
To fly in a sailplane.
Glider
Any of several arboreal marsupials that glide through the air by extending large folds of skin on the sides of the body between the forelegs and the hind legs, especially a flying phalanger.
Sailplane
Aircraft supported only by the dynamic action of air against its surfaces
Glider
One who glides.
Sailplane
Fly a plane without an engine
Glider
Any heavier-than-air aircraft optimised for unpowered flight; a sailplane.
Glider
A pilot of glider aircraft.
Glider
Any animal with the ability to glide, such as the gliding possum.
Glider
Synonym of glide
Glider
A kind of garden swing.
Glider
(mathematics) In the Game of Life cellular automaton, a particular configuration of five cells that recurs periodically at fixed offsets and appears to "walk" across the grid.
Glider
A vehicle, of a usually motorised type, without a powertrain. chiefly US, North America?
Glider
(entomology) Any of various species of dragonfly that glide on out-held wings while flying, such as the common glider, Tramea loewii, of Australia, New Guinea, Indonesia, and the Pacific.
Glider
One who, or that which, glides.
Glider
A heavier-than-air flying machine similar to an airplane, but without an engine. It is typically towed to a high altitide by a powered aircraft and then glides to earth with no other source of power.
Glider
A type of seat used on porches or in gardens, which is mounted on a frame so that it may glide forward and backward.
Glider
Aircraft supported only by the dynamic action of air against its surfaces
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