glider
Engineless soaring craft
A glider is an aircraft without an engine, designed to soar on air currents after being towed aloft or launched from a height.
The word extends to other things that glide smoothly: a porch glider swings back and forth on a frame, and sugar gliders are small marsupials that glide between trees using membrane-like skin flaps.
Ascend to heights
- floatBuoyant object or vehicle
- driftGradual movement, no direction
- hoverRemain suspended midair
- thermalsWarm air columns
updraft · lift · altitude · airborne · descent · silent · graceful · effortless
Engineless soaring aircraft
- ultralightMinimal recreational aircraft
- airframeAircraft's structural body
- fuselageAircraft's central structure
- cockpitPilot's control compartment
wingspan · canopy · variometer · altimeter · airspeed · glidepath · soaring · cross-country
Easily frightened, timid
- membraneThin tissue sheet
- nocturnalActive during darkness
- eucalyptusAromatic Australian timber tree
- arborealOf or in trees
marsupial · pouch · tree-dwelling · Australia · nest · colony
soar
Ascend to heights
thermals · updraft · lift · altitude · airborne · descent · silent · graceful · effortless · buoyancy
sailplane
Engineless soaring aircraft
- ultralightMinimal recreational aircraft
- airframeAircraft's structural body
- fuselageAircraft's central structure
cockpit · wingspan · canopy · variometer · altimeter · airspeed · glidepath · soaring · cross-country · aerobatics
yellow-bellied
Easily frightened, timid
- membraneThin tissue sheet
- nocturnalActive during darkness
- eucalyptusAromatic Australian timber tree
arboreal · marsupial · pouch · tree-dwelling · Australia · nest · colony
Waco
Central Texas municipality
towed · assault · paratroopers · cargo · warfare · operation · infantry · Normandy
rocker
Chair on curved rails
- rocking-chairSeat on curved runners
- cushionStuffed fabric for comfort
- armrestChair's lateral support
slats · runners · wicker · wooden · outdoor · veranda · patio · seat · chain · hanging
- flightflying, fly, flight, aviation, aircraft
- aircraft typesseaplane, Boeing 737, floatplane, fighter jets, bush plane
- Aviation HistoryWright Brothers, Wright Flyer, Wright brothers, Kitty Hawk, first flight
- nursery itemscrib, bassinet, cribs, dresser, changing table
- wind-poweredwind turbine, windmill, sailboat, kite, sail
- air sportsskydiving, paragliding, wingsuit flying, parachuting, tandem skydiving
gliderjet
Forced fluid stream
propeller plane · rocket · helicopter · turboprop · drone
gliderrocket
Propulsion-driven spacecraft
hot air balloon · blimp · helicopter · airship · jet
gliderfighter jet
Armed military aircraft
supersonic jet · rocket plane · interceptor · attack helicopter · dive bomber
- hang gliderPiloted fabric wing
- hang glidingUnpowered flight via portable wing
- hang glideUnpowered personal flight
- sugar gliderMembrane-winged marsupial from Oceania
- glide pathAircraft's landing descent route
- foam gliderBuoyant toy aircraft
glide, gliding, glides, glided, gliders, hang-glider, paraglider