Glider (disambiguation)
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Glider may refer to the following:
[edit] Machines and popular culture
A glider is a heavier-than-air aircraft primarily intended for unpowered flight.
- Underwater gliders, submarines propelled by analogous principles
- Hang gliders, used recreationally, passively, commercially, and competitive flying sport
- Paragliding, a recreational and competitive flying sport (using a fully-flexible type of hang glider, often with some special controls).
- Walkalong glider, a model glider with updraft generated by a person walking behind
- Vehicle glider: a brand new vehicle without powertrain.
- Death glider, an alien fighter spacecraft featured in Stargate SG-1
- Glider (EP), an EP by My Bloody Valentine
- A comfortable swing (seat), usable by more than one person, typically on a porch or verandah
- Gimli Glider, an airplane that glided to a landing after running out of fuel.
- Glider Hacker Emblem, a uniting and recognizable symbol of hacker culture, a representation of a glider formation in Conway's Game of Life.
[edit] Software
- Glider PRO, a game for the Apple Macintosh, by John Calhoun
- Glider (Conway's Life), a type of cellular automaton "spaceship" in Conway's Game of Life
[edit] Wildlife
- Flying possum or glider, several species of marsupial
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