Search results for "Greater Glider" - New World Encyclopedia

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  • the wombat resembling a groundhog; the glider, a flying squirrel; the marsupial ... places the tiny new-born marsupial at greater risk, but significantly ...
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  • occurring air movements in the atmosphere. Glider flights of thousands of miles ... engine. As a consequence, they have greater weight capacity and fly ...
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  • For sustained level flight, lift must be greater than weight. ... If thrust-to-weight ratio is greater than one, then flight can occur ...
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  • The Greater Blue Mountains Area is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in ... The Greater Blue Mountains Area consists of 10,326 square kilometers ...
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  • One cars, which use upside-down wings to give cars greater adhesion at high speeds over 100 miles per hour. *Sailing boats, which use sails as ...
    23 KB (3,705 words) - 22:06, 25 November 2022
  • data from the arm, Cayley built a small glider that is believed to have ... rather than square, because there will be greater flow constriction in the ...
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  • August, Lilienthal was killed in the plunge of his glider. ... They based the design of their first full-size glider on the work ...
    67 KB (10,436 words) - 14:04, 20 May 2023
  • person to become highly successful with glider flights. Lilienthal believed ... when the characteristic flow speed is greater than the speed of sound; ...
    26 KB (3,914 words) - 06:23, 15 June 2023
  • be easily accessible by land or sea, a greater chance of surprising the ... 35,000 men were dropped by parachute and glider into enemy territory in an ...
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  • controlled descent similar to that of a glider. In addition, smaller "drogue ... to paragliders. Paragliders have much greater lift and range, but the ...
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  • descent and landing, the Orbiter acts as a glider and makes a completely unpowered ... external docking systems to allow for a greater amount of cargo to be stored ...
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  • As a result of their greater power, positive lightning strikes are ... 1999 December: Schleicher ASK 21 two seat glider.] Retrieved August 23, 2007. ...
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  • smaller weapons and deploying them in far greater numbers than previously ... less than 45º as opposed to close to or greater than 45º), number of charges ...
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  • satellite is directly overhead, and become greater for satellites nearer the ... tend to be "out of date" by a greater distance. Consider the case ...
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  • to be related to Egypt yet to perhaps to exert a greater influence. Yet another way of viewing this is to say that Israel was a channel through which ...
    44 KB (6,818 words) - 19:13, 26 July 2023
  • German Fallschirmjäger (parachute and glider) troops were organized as ... Germany), the highest military rank of the Greater German Reich. Reichsmarschall ...
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  • . It chose to proceed with plans for the Greater East Asia War in the Pacific. ... began when elite German parachute and glider-borne mountain troops launched ...
    70 KB (11,168 words) - 13:51, 20 May 2023