A
motor glider is an aircraft which sustains flight principally through
soaring
Soaring may refer to:
* Gliding, in which pilots fly unpowered aircraft known as gliders or sailplanes
* Lift (soaring), a meteorological phenomenon used as an energy source by some aircraft and birds
* ''Soaring'' (magazine), a magazine produced ...
flight but also has a small engine for takeoff and emergencies. ''For a list of unpowered gliders see
Glider types
This list includes any types which had 10 or more aircraft built or types which are important to glider development. All the gliders in this list can be found in the J2MCL web site with individual pages for each type. This list does not include M ...
. For an exhaustive list of all Glider types see
List of gliders.''
See also
*
Flight
*
Gliding flight
Sources j2mcl-planeurs Comprehensive Glider DatabaseSailplane Directory
External links
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Lists of aircraft by power source
Lists of glider aircraft