paraglider
Americannoun
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Also called parawing. a steerable glider with inflatable wings proposed for use as an emergency vehicle for travel between a space station and the earth or for the recovery of rocket boosters.
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a person who engages in paragliding.
Etymology
Origin of paraglider
Example Sentences
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He added: "So I went up into a top field and saw what I thought at the time to be a paraglider on the moor edge, engines and lights everywhere."
From BBC
"So I went up into a top field and saw what I thought at the time to be a paraglider on the moor edge, engines and lights everywhere."
From BBC
There are different variations of paramotors, but generally, the most common type sees a pilot suspended from a motor-powered paraglider that they can steer.
From BBC
Fans have left their own tributes beneath one of the skydiver's final social media posts, a video of him working on the motor of his paraglider.
From BBC
The gliderport sits between the UC San Diego campus and the Pacific, sending skyward a steady stream of paraglider pilots and the occasional model airplane.
From Los Angeles Times
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