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Bookmark or Share- Learn to Fly Gliders | Soaring Society of America | Aviation Glider PilotsOnce airborne, a glider or sailplane uses only atmospheric uplift (rising air) to gain height and can usually fly faster than the wind. Soaring is the art of developing skills and knowledge as a pilot to use this rising air for flight.
- Gliders | Glenn Research Center | NASAWhat is a glider? A glider is a special kind of aircraft that has no engine. There are many different types of gliders. Paper airplanes are the simplest
- Glider (sailplane) - WikipediaA glider or sailplane is a type of glider aircraft used in the leisure activity and sport of gliding (also called soaring). [ 1 ][ 2 ] This unpowered aircraft can use naturally occurring currents of rising air in the atmosphere to gain altitude.
- Gliders & Sailplanes – Introduction to Aerospace Flight VehiclesGliders and sailplanes are names often used synonymously to refer to aircraft designed to fly without an engine. However, a sailplane is usually considered a high-performance glider, which can soar and stay aloft almost indefinitely using only the updrafts found in the atmosphere.
- How Gliders Work - HowStuffWorksIn its simplest form, a glider is an unpowered aircraft, an airplane without a motor. While many of the same design, aerodynamic and piloting factors that apply to powered airplanes also apply to gliders, that lack of a motor changes a lot about how gliders work.
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