- or hills. In
still air,
sailplanes can
glide long
distances at high
speed with a
minimum loss of
height in between.
Sailplanes have
rigid wings and either...
-
Jonker Sailplanes is a
glider manufacturer based in Potchefstroom,
South Africa. Uys
Jonker and his brother,
Attie Jonker founded Jonker Sailplanes in 2004...
-
November 1969,
initially as Vickers-Slingsby
Sailplanes Ltd, then
reverting to the old name of
Slingsby Sailplanes Ltd, and
original design declined, though...
- self-sustaining gliders".
Retrieved 4
September 2006. "Guide to Self-launching
Sailplane Operation".
Archived from the
original on 12
March 2008.
Retrieved 4 September...
- The
Sailplane Corporation of
America was a US
manufacturer of
sailplanes founded by Gus
Briegleb at a
former US Army
Airfield at El
Mirage Dry Lake in...
- Lift-to-drag: 22 Ellison,
Norman (1971).
British Gliders and
Sailplanes. London: A & C
Black Ltd. p. 72. ISBN 978-0-7136-1189-2. The
Sailplane, 6 Sept 1930...
- Abbott-Baynes
Sailplanes Ltd. was a 1930s
glider manufacturing company based at Wrecclesham, near Farnham, Surrey. It was
founded as a
subsidiary of E...
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advocates for, researches, and
performs cryonics Alcor sailplane, a high
altitude pressurized sailplane developed by
aeronautical engineer Robert Lamson ALCOR...
- This is a list of gliders/
sailplanes of the world, (this
reference lists all
gliders with references,
where available) Note: Any
aircraft can
glide for...
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manufacture of
sailplanes in the form of ready-to-fly type
certified aircraft, as well as some
experimental types.
George Applebay's
first sailplane design constructed...
