sailplane

Examples

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• At that same meeting, many of the neighbors, including the guy who mentioned that powered models were being flown again, all recounted how magical the sailplanes seemed, how they'd seen hawks and buzzards fly with the models, and how they felt that the sailplanes actually added to the beauty of the park.

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• Many pilots enjoy soaring for hours in a sailplane without any engine noise.

• And so you find out that the total weight of the sailplane is, no surprise, the sum of the two weights on the scales.

• When we fly our sailplanes, you can hear birds, kids, the breeze, the trees, crickets, and dogs.

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• By the way, motorless sailplanes are often launched into the air with a winch.

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• Over the years, Ed and other club members did all the right things to show that RC sailplanes are good for the park, its neighbors, and its other users.

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• One aircraft I'm preparing for the upcoming flying season is a Diamond 2500, which is a giant (at least as far as I'm used to) 2.5m powered sailplane.

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• On the Diamond 2500 powered sailplane, there are small pods on the underside of the wings in front of the servos for the flaps and ailerons.

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• The sailplane gracefully glided through the clear blue skies, relying solely on thermal currents.

• At the airfield, several sailplanes were lined up, ready for eager pilots to take them on a flight.

Synonyms

G

glider

vssailplane

• Specialized

37 4.6

A light plane with no engine that flies using rising air

is the more specific term for the same aircraft without an engine

How Big

sailplane

• Specialized

1 8.1

hang glider

2 4.2

paraglider

1 4.9

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology