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gliding flight

mode of flight of some heavier-than-air objects without use of thrust covering a greater distance horizontally than vertically, employed by gliding animals and by some aircraft
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gliding flight

Summary

gliding flight ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (141 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • gliding flight's subclass of is recorded as heavier-than-air flight[2].
  • gliding flight's subclass of is recorded as unpowered flight[3].
  • gliding flight's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02r717t[4].
  • gliding flight's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 53664980[5].

Why It Matters

gliding flight ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (141 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[6] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[7]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). gliding flight. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/gliding-flight
MLA “gliding flight.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/gliding-flight.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_gliding-flight_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{gliding flight}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/gliding-flight}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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