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Hang gliding and Speed to fly

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Difference between Hang gliding and Speed to fly

Hang gliding vs. Speed to fly

Hang gliding is an air sport or recreational activity in which a pilot flies a light, non-motorised foot-launched heavier-than-air aircraft called a hang glider. Speed to fly is a principle used by soaring pilots when flying between sources of lift, usually thermals, ridge lift and wave.

Similarities between Hang gliding and Speed to fly

Hang gliding and Speed to fly have 8 things in common (in Unionpedia): Cross-country flying, Gliding, Global Positioning System, Lee wave, Paul MacCready, Ridge lift, Thermal, Variometer.

Cross-country flying

Cross-Country flying (XC flying) is a type of distance flying which is performed in a powered aircraft on legs over a given distance and in operations between two points using navigational techniques; and an unpowered aircraft (paraglider, hang glider or sailplane) by using upcurrents to gain altitude for extended flying time.

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Gliding

Gliding is a recreational activity and competitive air sport in which pilots fly unpowered aircraft known as gliders or sailplanes using naturally occurring currents of rising air in the atmosphere to remain airborne.

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Global Positioning System

The Global Positioning System (GPS), originally Navstar GPS, is a satellite-based radionavigation system owned by the United States government and operated by the United States Air Force.

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Lee wave

In meteorology, lee waves are atmospheric stationary waves.

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Paul MacCready

Paul B. MacCready Jr. (September 29, 1925 – August 28, 2007) was an American aeronautical engineer.

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Ridge lift

Ridge lift (or 'slope lift') is created when a wind strikes an obstacle, usually a mountain ridge or cliff, that is large and steep enough to deflect the wind upward.

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Thermal

A thermal column (or thermal) is a column of rising air in the lower altitudes of Earth's atmosphere, a form of atmospheric updraft.

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Variometer

A variometer – also known as a rate of climb and descent indicator (RCDI), rate-of-climb indicator, vertical speed indicator (VSI), or vertical velocity indicator (VVI) – is one of the flight instruments in an aircraft used to inform the pilot of the rate of descent or climb.

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Hang gliding and Speed to fly Comparison

Hang gliding has 88 relations, while Speed to fly has 16. As they have in common 8, the Jaccard index is 7.69% = 8 / (88 + 16).

References

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