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glider

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One who, or that which, glides.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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The first plane ride was in a homemade glider my buddy and I built. Unfortunately we didn't get more than four feet off the ground, because it crashed. Alan Shepard

I am still a keen mountain walker and an enthusiastic glider pilot. Paul Nurse

I'm learning kite surfing. It's a little surfboard you have on your feet with straps, and you have a big kite like a power glider in the air that pulls you. You don't need waves to move, and it makes a big spray of water as you go. Bertrand Piccard

The most amazing lesson in aerodynamics I ever had was the day I climbed a thermal in a glider at the same time as an eagle. I witnessed, close up, effortlessness and lightness combined with strength, precision and determination. Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank

A glider in flight is continuously descending. Source: Internet

A glider designed by Cayley carried out the first true manned, controlled flight in 1853. Source: Internet

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