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Glider Flying

Glider Flying Glossary.

Topics Aviation Transportation

Terms listing

A

Advection Ailerons Air density Air mass Airfoil Amplitude Angle of attack Angle of incidence Aspect ration Asymmetrical airfoil Atmospheric sounding Atmospheric stability

B

Bailout bottle Ballast Barograph Best glide speed (best L/D speed)

D

Dead reckoning Density altitude Dewpoint (or dewpoint temperature)Dihedral Diurnal effects Downburst Drag Dry adiabat Dry adiabatic lapse rate (DALR)Dust devil Dynamic stability

E

Elevator Empennage

F

Flaps Flutter Forward slip

G

Glider Graupel Ground effect

H

Height band House thermal Human factors

I

Induced drag Inertia Instrument meteorological conditions (IMC)Inversion Isohumes Isopleth Isotherm

K

Katabatic Kinetic energy

L

Lapse rate Lateral axis Lenticular cloud Lift Limit load Load factor Longitudinal axis

M

Mesoscale convection system (MCS)Microburst Minimum sink airspeed Mixing ration Multicell thunderstorm

O

P

Parasite drag Pilot-induced oscillation (PIO)Pilotage Pitch attitude Pitot-static system Placards Precipitable water Pressure altitude

R

Radiant energy Radius of turn Rate of turn Relative wind Rotor Rotor streaming Rudder

S

Sailplane Saturated Adiabatic Lapse Rate (SALR)Self-launching glider Side slip Slip Speed to fly Spin Spoilers Squall line Stabilator Stability Stall Standard atmosphere Static stability Supercell thunderstorm

T

T-tail Thermal Thermal index (TI)Thermal wave Thermodynamic diagram Thrust Total drag Towhook Trim devices True altitude

V

V-tail Variometer Vertical axis Visual meteorological conditions (VMC)

W

Washout Water vapor Wave length Wave window Weight Wind triangle

A B C D E F G H I K L M O P R S T V W

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