Flying vs. Gliding

Flyingadjective

That can fly.

Flyingadjective

Brief or hurried.

Flyingadjective

Not secured by yards.

Flyingnoun

(countable) An act of flight.

Flyingnoun

(uncountable) The action or process of sustained motion through the air.

Flyingadjective

Moving in the air with, or as with, wings; moving lightly or rapidly; intended for rapid movement.

Flyingnoun

an instance of traveling by air;

Flyingadjective

capable of or engaged in flight;

Flyingadjective

moving swiftly;

Flyingadjective

streaming or flapping or spreading wide as if in a current of air;

Flyingadjective

designed for swift movement or action;

Flyingadjective

of or relating to passage through the air especially aviation;

Flyingadjective

hurried and brief;

Flyingadjective

done swiftly in or as if in the air; used e.g. of a racing start in which runners are already in motion as they cross the starting line;

Glidingnoun

The action or motion of something that glides.

Glidingnoun

The hobby, sport, or act of flying a glider.

Glidingadjective

That moves or changes with a glide.

Glidingadjective

(employment) Employing flexitime.

Glidingnoun

the activity of flying a glider

Gliding

Gliding is a recreational activity and competitive air sport in which pilots fly unpowered aircraft known as gliders or sailplanes using naturally occurring currents of rising air in the atmosphere to remain airborne. The word soaring is also used for the sport.Gliding as a sport began in the 1920s.