sailplane
Americannoun
verb (used without object)
noun
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Origin of sailplane
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Club members wanted to show me what it felt like to ride in a glider, also called a sailplane, and how it can offer a new and different perspective of the world.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 12, 2017
With instruction and training, anyone can become a licensed pilot for a sailplane, Grace said.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 12, 2017
The tapered, square-tipped wings, reaching for 45 ft. to either side of a slim 40-ft. fuselage, gave the U-2 the look of a high-performance sailplane.
From Time Magazine Archive
Like skiers, sailors and surfers, sailplane and hang-glider pilots have their own vocabulary.
From Time Magazine Archive
They approached the sailplane, and while Joe Mauser checked it out, in careful detail, Freddy Soligen and Max began loading the equipment into the graceful craft's second seat, immediately behind the pilot.
From Frigid Fracas by Mack Reynolds
In the process, they perfected soaring techniques and wing designs that have influenced sailplaning all over the world.
From Time Magazine Archive
Or take gliding, which its enthusiasts prefer to call "sailplaning."
From Time Magazine Archive
Armed with this discovery, other Germans perfected soaring techniques and wing designs that have influenced sailplaning all over the world.
From Time Magazine Archive
As every student of World War II knows, sailplaning as a sport grew up in Germany.
From Time Magazine Archive
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