Glider (disambiguation)
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Glider may refer to the following:

Machines and popular culture

A glider is a heavier-than-air aircraft primarily intended for unpowered flight.

• Underwater gliders, submarines propelled by analogous principles
• Hang gliders, used recreationally, passively, commercially, and competitive flying sport
• Paragliding, a recreational and competitive flying sport (using a fully-flexible type of hang glider, often with some special controls).
• Assault gliders, glider used to transport combat troops and equipment to a combat zone, used in WW 2.
• Walkalong glider, a model glider with updraft generated by a person walking behind
• Vehicle glider: a vehicle without a powertrain.
• Death glider, an alien fighter spacecraft featured in Stargate SG-1
• Glider (EP), an EP by My Bloody Valentine
• A comfortable swing (seat), usable by more than one person, typically on a porch or verandah
• Gimli Glider, an airplane that glided to a landing after running out of fuel.
• Glider Hacker Emblem, a uniting and recognizable symbol of hacker culture, a representation of a glider formation in Conway's Game of Life.

Software

• Glider (bot), a bot for automating World of Warcraft gameplay
• Glider PRO, a game for the Apple Macintosh, by John Calhoun
• Glider (Conway's Life), a type of cellular automaton "spaceship" in Conway's Game of Life

Wildlife

• Flying possum or glider, several species of Australian marsupials

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