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sailplane

type of glider aircraft used in the sport of gliding
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sailplane

Summary

sailplane ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,347 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • sailplane is a type of glider[2].
  • sailplane is a type of sportplane[3].
  • sailplane's Commons category is recorded as Gliders[4].
  • sailplane's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sailplanes[5].
  • sailplane's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[6].
  • sailplane's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7[7].
  • sailplane's properties for this type is recorded as P2094[8].
  • sailplane's properties for this type is recorded as P2050[9].
  • sailplane's properties for this type is recorded as P2043[10].
  • sailplane's properties for this type is recorded as P2048[11].
  • sailplane's properties for this type is recorded as P2067[12].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include glider[2] and sportplane[3].

Why It Matters

sailplane ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,347 views/month).[1] sailplane has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] sailplane is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

Related Entities

Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Segelflug

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 23d ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0211069-vetrone
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0211069-vetrone, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
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