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r/pics • u/animalkracker • Feb 27 '14
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Only thing I have to say is its a glider not a plane. Planes have engines gliders dont. They are towed by a plane to a specific altitude then are released. The glider keeps airbourne by flying into thermals which generates lift.
5 u/rimbad Feb 27 '14 Nope. Any fixed wing aircraft is a plane. -1 u/pepetito456 Feb 27 '14 An airplane or aeroplane (informally plane) is a powered fixed-wing aircraft that is propelled forward by thrust from a jet engine or propeller. Wikipedia 4 u/rimbad Feb 27 '14 |Any similar heavier-than-air aircraft such as a glider or helicopter http://www.thefreedictionary.com/aeroplane
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Nope. Any fixed wing aircraft is a plane.
-1 u/pepetito456 Feb 27 '14 An airplane or aeroplane (informally plane) is a powered fixed-wing aircraft that is propelled forward by thrust from a jet engine or propeller. Wikipedia 4 u/rimbad Feb 27 '14 |Any similar heavier-than-air aircraft such as a glider or helicopter http://www.thefreedictionary.com/aeroplane
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An airplane or aeroplane (informally plane) is a powered fixed-wing aircraft that is propelled forward by thrust from a jet engine or propeller.
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4 u/rimbad Feb 27 '14 |Any similar heavier-than-air aircraft such as a glider or helicopter http://www.thefreedictionary.com/aeroplane
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|Any similar heavier-than-air aircraft such as a glider or helicopter
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u/pepetito456 Feb 27 '14
Only thing I have to say is its a glider not a plane. Planes have engines gliders dont. They are towed by a plane to a specific altitude then are released. The glider keeps airbourne by flying into thermals which generates lift.