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In a broader sense, this article covers how to enjoy flights with gliders, motorgliders, hanggliders and paragliders by understanding how to plan unpowered flights, how to set up weather conditions for reasonable lift, how to launch gliders and how to make use of lifting airmasses. | In a broader sense, this article covers how to enjoy flights with gliders, motorgliders, hanggliders and paragliders by understanding how to plan unpowered flights, how to set up weather conditions for reasonable lift, how to launch gliders and how to make use of lifting airmasses. | ||
''Note on units: In many areas of the world, glider pilots use metric units and instruments show altitude in meters (m), airspeed in kilometers per hour (km/h), wind speed as well as climb/sink rate in meters per second (m/s) - we will in this article follow this convention.'' | ''Note on units: In many areas of the world, glider pilots use metric units and instruments show altitude in meters (m), airspeed in kilometers per hour (km/h), wind speed as well as climb/sink rate in meters per second (m/s) as recommended by ICAO - we will in this article follow this convention.'' | ||
== Basics of glider flight == | == Basics of glider flight == | ||