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• Gliding — is a recreational activity and competitive sport in which pilots fly un powered aircraft known as gliders or sailplanes. Properly, the term gliding refers to descending flight of a heavier than air craft, whereas soaring is the correct term to… …   Wikipedia

• Gliding angle — (A[ e]ronautics) The angle, esp. the least angle, at which a gliding machine or a[ e]roplane will glide to earth by virtue of gravity without applied power. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• gliding — ▪ sport also called  soaring         flight in an unpowered heavier than air craft. Any engineless aircraft (airplane), from the simplest hang glider to a space shuttle on its return flight to the Earth, is a glider. The glider is powered by… …   Universalium

• Gliding — Glide Glide, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Glided}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Gliding}.] [AS. gl[=i]dan; akin to D. glijden, OHG. gl[=i]tan, G. gleiten, Sw. glida, Dan. glide, and prob. to E. glad.] [1913 Webster] 1. To move gently and smoothly; to pass along… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Hang gliding — Hang glider launching from Mount Tamalpais …   Wikipedia

• Flying and gliding animals — A number of animals have evolved aerial locomotion, either by powered flight or by gliding. Flying and gliding animals have evolved separately many times, without any single ancestor. Flight has evolved at least four times, in the insects,… …   Wikipedia

• History of hang gliding — Hang gliding is an air sport employing a foot launchable aircraft known as a hang glider. Typically, hang gliders are composed of an aluminium or composite framed fabric wing. The pilot is ensconced in a harness depending from the airframe, and… …   Wikipedia

• hang gliding — the sport of launching oneself from a cliff or a steep incline and soaring through the air by means of a hang glider. [1970 75] * * * Sport of flying in unpowered aircraft that are light enough to be carried by the pilot. Takeoff is usually… …   Universalium

• Psychokinesis — The term psychokinesis (from the Greek ψυχή , psyche , meaning mind, soul, heart, or breath ; and κίνησις , kinesis , meaning motion ; literally movement from the mind ), [cite book year = 2001 title = Random House Webster s Unabridged Dictionary …   Wikipedia

• locomotion — /loh keuh moh sheuhn/, n. the act or power of moving from place to place. [1640 50; see LOCOMOTIVE, MOTION] * * * Any of various animal movements that result in progression from one place to another. Locomotion is classified as either… …   Universalium

• Powered hang glider — A foot launched powered hang glider (FLPHG), also called powered harness, nanolight or hangmotor, is a powered hang glider harness with a motor and propeller in pusher configuration. An ordinary hang glider is used for its wing and control frame …   Wikipedia