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hang glider
Gliding flight using flexible wings.
glider pilot
Pilot who flies engineless aircraft.
sugar glider
Small nocturnal marsupial, glides trees.
glider bomb
glider gun
(cellular automata) In the Game of Life, any pattern that "fires" out gliders.
hypersonic glider
motor glider
A sailplane (glider) equipped with an auxiliary motor.
glider aircraft
Feathertail glider
Tiny marsupial with feathered tail.
pygmy glider
Tiny marsupial, glides between trees.
Golden Glider
(Lisa Snart) a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.
Gimli Glider
Air Canada Flight 143, commonly known as the Gimli Glider, was a Canadian scheduled domestic passenger flight between Montreal and Edmonton that ran out of fuel on Saturday, July 23, 1983, at an altitude of , midway through the flight.
Military glider
Military gliders (an offshoot of common gliders) have been used by the militaries of various countries for carrying troops (glider infantry) and heavy equipment to a combat zone, mainly during the Second World War.
Glider infantry
Glider infantry (also referred to as airlanding infantry esp.
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