> Not exactly a sailplane either.
The space shuttle is a glider though. (But anything with the thrust
turned off is technically gliding, i.e. "Gimli Glider" wasn't called the
"Gimli Sailplane" though. Perhaps the alliteration of the "g" sound
rolls nicer off the tongue. But then why wasn't it called
"Sullenberger's Sailplane" when he landed in the Hudson...)
Ponders question, "What is the difference between a sailplane and a
glider?"
Could it be that a sailplane is defined by the intention for it being
used for gliding flight from the beginning of the flight ("I will take
my sailplane out for a gliding flight"), whereas any powered after can
accidently or intentionally become a glider when the thrust is turned
off ("Oh poop, my engine(s) failed, I have become a glider").
TPFIC
;-)
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