Glider
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[edit] Aircraft
- Glider aircraft or simply glider, heavier-than-air aircraft primarily intended for unpowered flight
- Glider (sailplane), a rigid-winged glider aircraft with an undercarriage, used in the sport of gliding
- Hang glider, foot-launched aircraft with a framed wing, usually used for recreation
- Military glider, used to transport combat troops and equipment to a combat zone
- Motor glider, a glider with a power source to generate thrust
- Paraglider, foot-launched, unframed fabric wing, usually used for recreation
- Speed Glider, a paraglider designed for skiing down steep mountain slopes
- Rocket glider, a rocket propelled aircraft that routinely lands as a glider
- Walkalong glider, a model glider with updraft generated by a person walking behind
[edit] Vehicles
- Underwater gliders, submarines propelled by analogous principles
- Vehicle glider, vehicle without a powertrain
- Nissan Land Glider, concept vehicle introduced at the Tokyo Motor Show
[edit] Culture
- Glider (band), band featuring members of Counting Crows
- Glider (EP), by My Bloody Valentine
- Glider (The Sight Below album)
- Glider (Tokio album), an album by Japanese band Tokio
- Gliders (Elfquest), fictional tribe of elves in the comic book series Elfquest
- Death glider, an alien fighter spacecraft featured in Stargate SG-1
- Glider, Hacker Emblem, a uniting and recognizable symbol of hacker culture, a representation of a glider formation in Conway's Game of Life
[edit] Software
- Glider (bot), Internet bot for automating World of Warcraft gameplay
- Glider (Conway's Life), a type of cellular automaton "spaceship" in Conway's Game of Life
- Glider PRO, game for the Apple Macintosh, by John Calhoun
[edit] Gliding possums
- Greater glider, Petauroides volans
- Feathertail glider or pygmy gliding possum, Acrobates pygmaeus
- Biak glider, Petaurus biacensis
- Mahogany glider, Petaurus gracilis
- Northern glider, Petaurus abidi
- Squirrel glider, Petaurus norfolcensis
- Sugar glider, Petaurus breviceps
- Yellow-bellied glider or fluffy glider, Petaurus australis
[edit] Other uses
- Glider (furniture), a comfortable swinging seat that has a motion similar to a rocking chair
[edit] See also
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