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glider

g lahy der

  • n  aircraft supported only by the dynamic action of air against its surfaces

  • If anyone can keep a glider, i.
  • The successful bike plane is a light glider with a pair of pedals geared to two propellers.
  • During its harried 18-month career the Army Air Forces glider program has found the winds of public and official esteem as tricky as the thermal air currents over a mountain peak.
News & Articles

  • Husband and wife bank on electric aviation
    Brian Carpenter is convinced the future of aviation will be powered by electricity — and he is banking on being a part of that future. Carpenter and his wife, Carol, are developing an electric glider at their Rainbow Aviation headquarters at the...
    June 12, 2013 - Orland Press Register
  • Corning husband and wife bank on electric aviation
    Brian Carpenter is convinced the future of aviation will be powered by electricity — and he is banking on being a part of that future. Carpenter and his wife, Carol, are developing an electric glider at their Rainbow Aviation headquarters at the...
    June 12, 2013 - Corning Observer
  • IMPRESSIONS: Mario Kart 8 Impressions
    Mario Kart 8 does not exactly turn the series upside-down. The Mario Kart 8 demo definitely has an air of familiarity to it. You can select one of  12 returning characters, choose a kart or a bike, and use the same control options as in Mario Kart Wii using a Wii Wheel or Wii Remote, or play with the GamePad using the control stick or motion controls. Returning from Mario Kart 7 are the glider ...
    June 11, 2013 - Nintendo World Report
Quotes

  • Kevin Rudd in The Age
    I did a movie a long time ago where I had to fly in a glider, You get towed up in the air by a plane, and it's loud and annoying. And at some point you pull the cord and you're suddenly floating, and in your mind it makes absolutely no sense. But... Susan Sarandon http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Sarandon&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNFtNmhKLgzZDaeNbx4cjIK5vvxhGg NDTV.com http://www.google.com/url?q=http://movies.ndtv.com/movie_story.aspx%3FSection%3DMovies%26ID%3DENTEN20100136984%26subcatg%3DMOVIESINDIA%26keyword%3Dhollywood&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNGnmDT1pek2aKIBBeM3enqfpBUHdQ Apr 2, 2010 42304 58118 glider A terrified sugar glider felt as if it had been somehow trapped in a ravine somewhere in the Himalayas," Mr Rudd told the audience assembled for the launch.
  • Joe Girardi in USA Today
    There was just no effort after the ball. Robbie plays relaxed and he's kind of a glider,Girardi said. "The no effort on the ball is what really upset me."

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