gliders

The albatross is the king of the gliders, the class of fliers which harness the air to their purpose, but must yield to its opposition.

信天翁是滑翔飞行的鸟类之王，它能自如地驾驭空气，但必须顺气流飞行。

I could see many beautiful sailing boats of different colours in the sea, and a lot of kites and some gliders in the sky.

大海上有很多漂亮的各种各样颜色的帆船，天空中有很多的风筝，还有一些滑翔机。

Baleen whales have been tracked by autonomous gliders before, by researchers at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Massachusetts.

马萨诸塞州的WoodsHoleOceanographic研究的研究员们以前是用自主滑翔器来跟踪须鲸。

light enough to be put in gliders and dropped behind enemy lines.

轻得足以放进滑翔机深入敌后

Only later might their arms have evolved into wings they could push up and down, transforming them from gliders to true powered fliers.

尔后，前肢进化成可以上下拍动的翅膀，于是它们又从滑翔者转型成为真正的飞行家。

Some of the airborne forces were carried toward their destinations by gliders towed behind transport aircraft.

某些空降部队乘坐由运输机拖拽的滑翔机前往目的地。

Gliders equipped with radio and recording instruments have been flown into the core of thunderstorms .

装有无线电设备和记录仪的滑翔机曾飞进雷暴的中心。

Since then, girls and boys have built their own kites and toy gliders to safely soar in the sky.

此后，孩子们为了安全的在天空飞翔制作了他们自己的风筝和滑翔机。

These studies led to designs for flying machines, including helicopters and gliders.

这些研究引发了对于飞行器的设计，包括直升飞机和滑翔机。

Sea gliders move slowly, at around 1kph, tracing a saw-tooth pattern through the water as they constantly ascend and descend.

海洋滑翔器移动较慢，大概每小时航行1公里，当它们持续的上浮和下沉时，轨迹是一个锯齿形的图案。

In the wild they exist on a diet of insects and sweet tree sap, however, the Price's gliders eat honey, fruit and baby food.

在野生条件下，它们以昆虫、甜树汁为食，而Price家的蜜袋鼯们吃的是蜂蜜、水果和婴儿食品。

all matters relating to aerobatics, including aerobatic competition for gliders.

特技有关的所有事项，包括滑翔机特技竞赛。

Gliders were widely used in World War II to carry troops.

第二次世界大战中滑翔机曾广泛用于运送军队。

In tow were American Waco and British Hamilcar gliders filled with soldiers or equipment.

后面牵引着载满了士兵和物资的美国的沃克滑翔机和英国的哈米克尔滑翔机。

Activities ranged from 37 formal sessions to "walk around" poster sessions to social events with jet skis and hang gliders.

这次活动包括37次正式会议，“循回”海报招贴会议，以及乘坐水上摩托艇和悬挂式滑翔机等社交活动。

However, there proved to be plenty of other aircraft, such as C-47s, available to tow gliders, and the Lightning was spared this duty.

实际上许多其它飞机，比如道格拉斯DC-3都可以用来拖曳滑翔机，P-38用于这种任务实在是大材小用。

He has developed 700 designs, written a dozen books on the subject, and created a museum of paper gliders.

他已经完成了700多种不同的设计，并就这一主题写了好几本书，还建立起一个纸飞机博物馆。

In some gliders small electric motors also slide the batteries backwards and forwards to adjust the pitch.

在一些滑翔器里小型电力发动机也可以前后推动电池来调整倾斜角度。

I had recently written an article on the flight capabilities of hang gliders.

最近我写过一篇讨论悬吊滑翔者飞行能力的论文。

The first aero-planes were gliders--planes without engines.

第一架飞机是滑翔机---即没有引擎的飞机。