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I started with paragliding. Paragliding is taking off from mountains with a paraglider, with the possibility to fly cross-country, distance, just with the use of thermals to soar. Also, different aerobatic maneuvers are possible with a paraglider. From there, I started with skydiving.
Ueli Gegenschatz

Meaning of "paraglider" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PARAGLIDER

paraglider  [ˈpærəɡlaɪdə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PARAGLIDER

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Paraglider is a noun.
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WHAT DOES PARAGLIDER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

paraglider

Paragliding

Paragliding is the recreational and competitive adventure sport of flying paragliders: lightweight, free-flying, foot-launched glider aircraft with no rigid primary structure. The pilot sits in a harness suspended below a fabric wing consisting of a large number of interconnected baffled cells. Wing shape is maintained by the suspension lines, the pressure of air entering vents in the front of the wing and the aerodynamic forces of the air flowing over the outside. Despite not using an engine, paraglider flights can last many hours and cover many hundreds of kilometres, though flights of 1–2 hours and covering some tens of kilometres are more the norm. By skilful exploitation of sources of lift the pilot may gain height, often climbing to altitudes of a few thousand metres. Paragliders are unique among human-carrying aircraft in being easily portable. The complete equipment packs into a rucksack and can be carried easily on the pilot's back, in a car, or on public transport. In comparison with other air sports this substantially simplifies travel to a suitable takeoff spot, the selection of a landing place and return travel.

Definition of paraglider in the English dictionary

The definition of paraglider in the dictionary is a specially designed parachute shaped like flexible wings. Other definition of paraglider is someone who takes part in the sport of cross-country gliding using a specially designed parachute shaped like flexible wings.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PARAGLIDER


al-Qaeda
ælˈkaɪdə
backslider
ˈbækslaɪdə
cider
ˈsaɪdə
collider
kəˈlaɪdə
divider
dɪˈvaɪdə
glider
ˈɡlaɪdə
Guider
ˈɡaɪdə
Ida
ˈaɪdə
insider
ˌɪnˈsaɪdə
Oneida
əʊˈnaɪdə
outsider
ˌaʊtˈsaɪdə
provider
prəˈvaɪdə
rider
ˈraɪdə
roughrider
ˈrʌfˌraɪdə
Ryder
ˈraɪdə
sida
ˈsaɪdə
slider
ˈslaɪdə
spider
ˈspaɪdə
strider
ˈstraɪdə
supercollider
ˌsuːpərkəˈlaɪdə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PARAGLIDER

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paragenesia
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paraglide
paragliding
paraglossa
paraglossae
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paragnathism
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paragnoses
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paragoge
paragogic
paragogical
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WORDS THAT END LIKE PARAGLIDER

access provider
aider
braider
consider
content provider
decider
eider
hang-glider
hard cider
horse rider
internet service provider
jumping spider
Large Hadron Collider
linear collider
nightrider
pygmy glider
raider
reconsider
service provider
sugar glider

Synonyms and antonyms of paraglider in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «paraglider» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PARAGLIDER

Find out the translation of paraglider to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of paraglider from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «paraglider» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

滑翔伞
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

parapente
570 millions of speakers

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paraglider
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पैराग्लाइडर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

شراعية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

параплан
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

paraglider
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

paraglider
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

parapente
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Paraglider
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Gleitschirm
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

パラグライダー
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

패러 글라이더
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Paraglider
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

dù lượn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

paraglider
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पॅराग्लाइडर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

planör paraşüt
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

parapendio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

paralotnia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

параплан
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Parapanta
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αλεξίπτωτο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

paraglijder
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

glider
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

paraglider
5 millions of speakers

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about paraglider

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QUOTES WITH «PARAGLIDER»

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Ueli Gegenschatz
I started with paragliding. Paragliding is taking off from mountains with a paraglider, with the possibility to fly cross-country, distance, just with the use of thermals to soar. Also, different aerobatic maneuvers are possible with a paraglider. From there, I started with skydiving.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PARAGLIDER»

Discover the use of paraglider in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to paraglider and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Wind-tunnel investigation of paraglider models at supersonic ...
An investigation was made in the Langley Unitary Plan wind tunnel to determine the behavior of paraglider models at moderate to high supersonic speeds.
Robert T. Taylor, United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1961
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Preliminary investigation of a paraglider
A preliminary investigation of the aerodynamic and control characteristics of a flexible glider similar to a parachute in construction has been made at the Langley Research Center to evaluate its capabilities as a reentry glider.
Francis Melvin Rogallo, 1960
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Gemini - Steps to the Moon
A controlled landing required a means of softening the impact, and the paraglider was ideal for such a role. By the end of the year - as Mercury Mark II became Gemini its use for land landing was a listed objective of the new programme.
David Shayler, 2001
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Coming Home: Reentry and Recovery from Space
Reentry and Recovery from Space Roger D. Launius, Dennis R. Jenkins National Aeronautics and Space Administration. was conducted for the paraglider, including a number of component developments, scale tests, and full-scale flight tests.
Roger D. Launius, Dennis R. Jenkins, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2012
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New Product Success Stories: Lessons from Leading Innovators
Paraglider pilots sit in a harness and control flight by using their hands to pull strings that adjust the tail end of the canopy. Pulling down on the left side causes the glider to turn to the left. If the pilot does nothing, the glider floats down to earth in ...
Robert J. Thomas, 1995
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Escaping the Bonds of Earth: The Fifties and the Sixties
of drop tests at the Naval Parachute Facility in El Centro, California, between May and July, four failures led to an extensive redesign and placed it and the paraglider two months behind schedule. Its full-size counterpart also suffered problems ...
Ben Evans, 2010
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Popular Science
Paraglider. "lifeboat". for. safe. return. from. orbit. Flame shoots out up to 50 feet, barring races with. PS PICTURE NEWS When a man's duty tour in an orbiting space station ends, he'll want to get back to earth safely. Space-General Corp.
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AERO TRADER & CHOPPER SHOPPER, APRIL 2001
Powered paragliding from ground school to flight. www.geocities.com/pipeline/ curb/3424 POWERED PARAGUDING MINNESOTA Mikroflight Aviation inc. sells and provides training for the DK Whisper powered paraglider and the Six Chuter  ...
Causey Enterprises, LLC
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Small-Format Aerial Photography: Principles, techniques and ...
FIGURE 8-44 Motor-powered paraglider (parafoil not attached) built by ABS Aerolight Industries in France. M, 3.7kW two-stroke motor; T, removable 1-l tank, enabling a flight duration of about 45minutes if completely filled; C, control box for  ...
James S. Aber, Irene Marzolff, Johannes Ries, 2010
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ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF INTERNATIONAL AVIATION LAW
Whether a tandem paraglider is an “aircraft” within the meaning ofthe 1967 Order. 4.2. Whether the Defendant's carriage of the Claimant on the flight giving rise to this action was carriage “for reward” within the meaning of the 1967 Order and, ...
PHILIP FORSANG NDIKUM, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PARAGLIDER»

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New Zealander killed in paraglider accident in France
Experienced paraglider pilot Aaron Cooke reportedly tried to take off between two hanging glaciers on Mont Blanc when he struck a column of ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
2
Paraglider and plane avoid collision over Glen Coe
In a report, the UK Airprox Board said the paraglider dived down while the plane "banked aggressively" to the right to avoid a collision. «BBC News, Jul 15»
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SLO paraglider who died identified
ambulance 4 The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Office has identified 55-year-old San Luis Obispo man Warren Brockett as the man who ... «Cal Coast News, Jul 15»
4
Inside Ueli Steck's 82 Summits Project
To do it, he's using his bike, feet, and a paraglider. If he succeeds, he'll break the speed record for most 4,000-meter peaks climbed in the Alps, ... «Outside Magazine, Jul 15»
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Paraglider has mid-air meltdown before plunging into a lake
Writing online after the incident, the paraglider remarked: "On my very first tow I full stalled the wing, went right into stable stall, then let up just a ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
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Man killed in Cayucos paragliding accident is identified
The San Luis Obispo County Coroner's Office identified a paraglider killed July 17 in Cayucos as Warren Brockett, 55, of San Luis Obispo. «The San Luis Obispo Tribune, Jul 15»
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Paraglider crashes in Gratiot County
When he shut off the motor to his one-person ultralight flying system, a 66-year-old St. Louis man wasn't expecting to drop so dramatically. «The Morning Sun, Jul 15»
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Sports tourism reigns Reunion Island's top paraglider aims high
In the mountains above the town of Itea in the Fokida region of central Greece, the qualifying was held for the World Cup Paragliding, and ... «eTurboNews, Jul 15»
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Dramatic moment man left dangling 300 feet in the sky after …
This is the dramatic moment a man was left dangling 300 feet in the air when his powered paraglider ran out of fuel. Jan Sebesta was flying the ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»
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Paraglider Harness Incorporates Ultra-Strong Sandwich Composite …
An extremely lightweight paraglider harness has been created for an extreme alpine crossing, using Tepex composite from LANXESS for the ... «NETCOMPOSITES, Jul 15»

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