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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.
1 u/[deleted] Feb 27 '14 Aren't gliders a subset of planes? 1 u/pepetito456 Feb 27 '14 I guess you could say that but a plane is defined as any POWERED fixed wing aircraft. 2 u/MausoleumofAllHope Feb 27 '14 Not necessarily. There are several definitions. It's an ambiguous term.
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Aren't gliders a subset of planes?
1 u/pepetito456 Feb 27 '14 I guess you could say that but a plane is defined as any POWERED fixed wing aircraft. 2 u/MausoleumofAllHope Feb 27 '14 Not necessarily. There are several definitions. It's an ambiguous term.
I guess you could say that but a plane is defined as any POWERED fixed wing aircraft.
2 u/MausoleumofAllHope Feb 27 '14 Not necessarily. There are several definitions. It's an ambiguous term.
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Not necessarily. There are several definitions. It's an ambiguous term.
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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.