Sailplane

Word SAILPLANE
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Definitions and meanings of "Sailplane"

What do we mean by sailplane?

A light glider used especially for soaring. noun

To fly a sailplane. intransitive verb

A glider that is optimised for soaring and is equipped with fixed wings and fuselage. noun

Fly a plane without an engine verb

Aircraft supported only by the dynamic action of air against its surfaces noun

A glider that is optimised for soaring and is equipped with fixed wings and fuselage.

Also called glider, sailplanes are defined such a way because they can fly without engine thrust. Further infoes I've written down for the word: "glider". Thanks Urban Dictionary

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The word "sailplane" in example sentences

FAA spokesman Mike Fergus says the glider, described as a sailplane, apparently disconnected after the Saturday afternoon collision and landed safely a short time later. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In Cumbrian dialect the sailplane pilots known as the "rock polishers" who fly over the Lake District might be termed as "leet as a fedder feather". ❋ Unknown (2011)

Yesterday a 1960s Olympia 463 sailplane landed as light as that proverbial feather in Grasmere, albeit skimming a drystone wall at 50mph to slide along the grass after 100 yards and just before another wall loomed ominously ahead. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Yesterday a sailplane landed as light as that proverbial feather in Grasmere . . . under the beetling eminence of Helm Crag . . . ❋ Unknown (2011)

Standard stuff for sailplane drivers, but impressive with heavy aircraft. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Loro Piana, the brand synonymous with Italian cashmere, launches an eyewear line using sailplane technology to deliver a superior polarized lens. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Sunseeker is an ultra-light sailplane with an electric motor that uses a combination of solar and battery power to take-off and climb to around 2,000 meters. ❋ Esther Spaarwater (2010)

Or, to back up twenty-five years, ask me about model sailplane design. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Rachel helps her dad with his sailplane business while still taking pictures as she always has. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The sailplane-style wings and light airframe would allow the plane to glide for up to 250 miles if its single engine ever lost power. ❋ Dobbs, Michael (2008)

The new Aerotechnik Super Vivat Icarus motorgliders had an enormous wingspan and looked like a typical side-by-side pilot/passenger configuration sailplane that had been crossed with a small Cessna single-prop aircraft. ❋ Brad Thor (2005)

She'd never flown a sailplane more than a mile up. ❋ Deaver, Jeffery (1998)

No turbulence, no sound, only a faint vibration against my back; it's as smooth as if I'm back in Ted's sailplane, yet I'm plummeting into eternity, and it's all I can do to keep dinner in my stomach. ❋ Steele, Allen (1997)

In [Flight Simulator] you can [fly] a sailplane. [In real life] you are supposed to fly gliders. ❋ DoctorFred (2007)

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