Single-seat fiberglass glider flying over French Alps.
Rights: DG Flugzeugbau Published 9 September 2011 Size: 89 KB Referencing Hub media

Gliders are non-powered planes. They have very long wings to help give them more lift once they are in the air.

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    Gliders and kites

    Gliders and kites both have wings to generate lift. A glider’s wings are aerofoils. Well made kites are also aerofoil wings, which gives them lift. Gliders Gliders are planes without a motor ...

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    Wing aspect ratio

    Wing shapes and sizes of both birds and planes determine how they might perform or what they might be capable of (for example, gliding, sustained high speed and manoeuvrability). One way in which ...

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