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glider
- Sinônimos - Inglês
- sailplane
- Definição1
- A non-power-driven heavier-than-air aircraft, deriving its lift in flight chiefly from aerodynamic reactions on surfaces which remain fixed under given conditions of flight.
- Fonte1
- INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION. International civil aviation vocabulary. 3rd ed. Montreal, 2007. (Doc. 9713)
- Definição2
- A heavier-than-air aircraft supported in flight by the dynamic reaction of the air against its lifting surfaces and whose free flight does not depend principally on an engine. Gliders are designed to glide, or glide and soar. Gliders are launched by aircraft tows, automobiles, winches, or catapults. Once in the air, they soar in thermals and glide down slowly. High-performance gliders are known as sailplanes.
- Fonte2
- KUMAR, Bharat (ed.). An illustrated dictionary of aviation. New York: McGraw-Hill, c2005. 752 p.
- Definição3
- Fixed-wing aerodyne designed to glide, ordinarily having no internal propulsion.
- Fonte3
- GUNSTON, Bill. The Cambridge aerospace dictionary. Cambridge: Cambridge University, 2004. vii, 740 p. (Cambridge aerospace series.)
- Fonte4
- FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION. Pilot’s handbook of aeronautical knowledge. [s.l.], 2008. Disponível em: http://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/handbooks_manuals/aviation/pilot_handbook/media/PHAK%20-%20Cover-Preface.pdf. Acesso em: 11 mai. 2016.
- Nota Adicional1
- Acronym in English: GLD.
- Contexto
- Balloon or glider pilots do not need a medical certi?cate, but do need to write a statement certifying that no medical defect exists that would prevent them from piloting a balloon or glider.
- Subárea
- Aircraft
- Related Term
- aircraft
- land glider
- sea glider
- towed glider
- Broader Term
- heavier-than-air aircraft
- Narrower Term
- hang glider
- motor glider
- paraglider
- powered parachute
- ultra-light aircraft
- Français
- planeur
- Imagem
Single-seat high performance fiberglass Glaser-Dirks DG-808 over the Lac de Serre Ponçon in the French Alps.
