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  • 21hang-gliding — hang glider ► NOUN ▪ an unpowered flying apparatus for a single person, consisting of a frame with a fabric aerofoil stretched over it from which the operator is suspended. DERIVATIVES hang glide verb hang gliding noun …

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  • 22water skiing — gliding over water when the surfer is pulled by a very quick boat …

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  • 23Powered hang glider — A foot launched powered hang glider (FLPHG), also called powered harness, nanolight or hangmotor, is a powered hang glider harness with a motor and propeller in pusher configuration. An ordinary hang glider is used for its wing and control frame …

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  • 24Paper plane — This article is about toy aircraft fashioned from paper. For other uses, see Paper plane (disambiguation). Instructions for a traditional paper plane. A paper plane, paper aeroplane (UK), paper airplane (US), paper glider, paper dart or dart is a …

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  • 25Classical guitar technique — This article is about the Contemporary classical guitar technique. For the baroque guitar technique see Baroque guitar and for the romantique guitar technique, see Romantic guitar. The classical guitar technique is a fingerstyle technique used by …

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  • 26Skimboarding — (or skimming) is a boardsport in which a board is used to ride on an incoming wave. HistoryThe earliest known record of skimboarding goes back to 1920 in Laguna Beach, California. [ [http://www.skimonline.com/history/29 lifeguard1.htm Skimboard… …

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  • 27slide — slidable, adj. slidableness, n. /sluyd/, v., slid /slid/, slid or slidden /slid n/, sliding, n. v.i. 1. to move along in continuous contact with a smooth or slippery surface: to slide down a snow covered hill. 2. to slip or skid …

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  • 28ski — [skē;shē] n. pl. skis [Norw < ON skith, snowshoe, strip of wood, akin to OE scid, OHG scit, thin piece of wood, shingle < IE base * skei > SHEATH] 1. a long, thin, wood, metal, or usually fiberglass, runner that is fastened to a kind of… …

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  • 29AERONAUTICS, AVIATION, AND ASTRONAUTICS — An early contribution by a Jew to aviation was the cigarshaped airship with an aluminum framework designed in 1892 by the Zagreb timber merchant david schwarz . His designs were sold to Count Zeppelin, who carried them through to produce the… …

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  • 30glide — I. verb (glided; gliding) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English glīdan; akin to Old High German glītan to glide Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. to move smoothly, continuously, and effortlessly < swans gliding over the lake >&#8230; …

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