sailplane in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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When done in gliders (sailplanes), the sport is known as gliding and sometimes as soaring.
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It was designed to fill a gap in performance between the primary gliders and the true sailplanes of the day.
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They have sailing ships on the seas, and sailplanes, but no powered aircraft.
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The types of aircraft that are used for sport and recreation are classified as gliders (sailplanes), hang gliders and paragliders.
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The design aim was to produce a performance sailplane without having to build one from scratch.
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Aircraft such as hang gliders and paragliders are foot-launched and so are described in separate articles, though their differences from sailplanes are covered below.
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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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The action of diving or pulling up affects the speed of the sailplane.
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In 1951, the prohibitions were lifted and the company returned to sailplane building.
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In its various forms, in the 21st century sailplane aviation now has over 400,000 participants.
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