Sentence examples for glider aircraft from inspiring English sources

He died when his small glider aircraft crashed in Morocco.

They fell a bit short of their ultimate aim, however, which was to break the record for time spent in air during one flight by a 'sailplane,' another name for a glider aircraft.

Philipp learned to fly glider aircraft in the Hitler Youth and received his A and B glider license, leading the local HJ-Fliegerschar (Flying Squad) in Meissen.

Here he learned to fly glider aircraft, at first short hops on the DFS SG 38 Schulgleiter, and later on the two-seater Göppingen Gö 4 which was towed by a Klemm Kl 25.

At the Napola school he also received the Reich Youth Sports Badge (Reichsjugendsportabzeichen), the base-certificate of the German Life Saving Association Deutsche Lebens-Rettungs-Gesellschaft Lebens-Rettungs-Gesellschaft Lebens-Rettungs-Gesellschaftsabzeichen), and complethe his bronzense to fly glider aircraft.

Modern mechanisms using hydraulic pressure, tension, or other force to launch gliders, aircraft, or missiles are also called catapults.

Shortly after releasing the glider, the aircraft broadcast a second message, "Glider in sea", indicating the air crew's belief that the glider had crashed.

What makes his paintings so unique is precisely the experience of the pilot in his glider, this aircraft that speeds through the skies without actually moving itself, buoyed up on the invisible escalators of the air.

Following behind the parachute force were the glider towing aircraft.

Following behind the parachute force were the glider-towing aircraft, comprising twelve Albemarles and seven Halifaxes, towing eleven Horsa and eight Waco gliders.

Hang gliders are aircraft of various configurations in which the pilot is suspended beneath the (usually fabric) wing to provide stability and control.