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- Plate tectonics (27764 bytes)
24: ...Because of [[friction]], the plates cannot simply glide past each other. Rather, [[stress (physics)|stre... - Aviation history (39698 bytes)
5: ...nes were controlled by moving your entire body ([[glider]]s) or warping the planes' wings ([[Wright broth...
15: ...ing a glider in the [[15th century]]. While this glider was never built by Leonardo, its plans were pres...
25: ...lved in flight. In 1799 he exhibited a plan for a glider, which except for [[planform]] was completely mo...
27: ...cessfully attempted to build a series of unmanned gliders. During his work he found that the majority of ...
29: ...his efforts became well known. Another delta hang-glider had been constructed by [[Wilhelm Kress]] as ear... - Archaeopteryx (8771 bytes)
34: ...enuinely [[flight|fly]], or only hop around and [[glide]] from [[tree]]s. The lack of a large [[breastbon...
36: ...ng the idea that birds evolved from tree-dwelling gliders (the "trees down" hypothesis for the evolution ... - Bat (13851 bytes)
29: ...flying squirrel]]s or gliding [[phalanger]]s, can glide limited distances, but only bats are capable of t... - Shot put (2126 bytes)
8: ...ntly, most top shot putters use the spin, but the glide remains popular especially at the amateur level s... - Ice skating (4786 bytes)
12: ...tal blade at the bottom of the ice skate boot can glide with very little [[friction]] over the surface of...
14: ...that this thin layer of water allows the blade to glide over it with very little friction. This [[hypothe... - Wright brothers (19926 bytes)
17: ...to keep the front and rear posts that hold up the glider unbraced. The warping was then controlled by wir...
19: ...the Wright Brothers were perhaps the most skilled glider pilots in the world.
59: ...ns of some effectiveness. Many had the ability to glide (translate forwards speed into lift) and some had...
75: ...her of flight" as he had for many years worked on gliders and successful powered models, and his assistan... - Computer mouse (29399 bytes)
103: ...ousepad provides a smooth surface for the ball to glide on.
106: ... placed over the mouse feet. This makes the mouse glide with less resistance over the mousing surface. - Sugar Gliders (6424 bytes)
1: {{Taxobox_begin | color = pink | name = Sugar Glider}}<br />{{StatusConcern}}
2: {{Taxobox_image | image = [[image:Sugar-Glider2-232.jpg]] | caption = }}
15: The '''Sugar Glider''' (''Petaurus breviceps'') is a small gliding [...
19: ...s when it takes flight. The membranes are used to glide between trees: when fully extended they form an a...
21: Sugar Gliders can occupy any area where there are tree hollow... - Terns (7243 bytes)
30: ...insects of the surface of fresh water. Terns only glide infrequently; a few species, notably [[Sooty Tern... - Pterosaurs (10375 bytes)
22: ...rs were adapted for active [[flight]], not just [[glide|gliding]] as was earlier believed. - Space Shuttle program (41074 bytes)
136: *Test vehicle suitable only for glide/landing tests, with no spacegoing capability with... - Motorcycle (40437 bytes)
188: ...m of this type is the [[Harley-Davidson]] Electra-Glide. - Gliding (16947 bytes)
1: ...er-landed-in-field.jpg|500px|thumb|right|A modern glider in Field]]
2: ...ividuals fly un-powered [[aeroplane]]s known as [[glider]]s or [[sailplane]]s. Properly, the term ''glid...
7: ...kills and navigational abilities. There are also glider [[aerobatic|aerobatics]] competitions.
9: [[Image:Glider-in-meadow.jpg|500px|thumb|Glider in Meadow]]
12: ...liding, as evinced by the fact that all the major glider manufacturers are still based there. - Flight (3194 bytes)
11: ...are several [[gliding mammals]] which are able to glide from tree to tree using fleshy membranes between ...
13: [[Flying fish]] can glide using enlarged wing-like fins, and have been obse...
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