sailplane in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

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Gliders and sailplanes can share a number of features in common with powered aircraft, including many of the same types of fuselage and wing structures.
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Manufacturers started to exploit this potential by offering tip extensions for their flapped sailplanes.
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Like hang gliders and paragliders, they are foot-launched and are in general slower, smaller, and less expensive than sailplanes.
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In its various forms, in the 21st century sailplane aviation now has over 400,000 participants.
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In 1951, the prohibitions were lifted and the company returned to sailplane building.
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As a result of its precisely-known performance, the aircraft has often been used as a comparative platform for evaluating other sailplanes in flight.
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When done in gliders (sailplanes), the sport is known as gliding and sometimes as soaring.
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To make these sailplanes spin easily, for training purposes or demonstrations, a spin kit is available from the manufacturer.
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Gliders (sailplanes) have minimum sink rates of between 0.4 and 0.6 m/s depending on the class.
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The rear fuselage, empennage, and outer wing panels remained identical with the sailplane version.
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