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The 21 pages that link to Gliding flight, each with the reason it gives.

• Arboreal locomotionCompared with: Gliding connects elevated perches but differs from movement supported by branches.

• Bird flightCompared with: Birds can glide between flapping bouts, trading altitude for distance.

• Wing loadingRelated: Wing loading helps predict the speeds and descent rates available during a glide.

• Soaring flightCompared with: Soaring differs from ordinary gliding by using updrafts to offset descent or gain height.

• Ballistic trajectoryCompared with: Lift can support and redirect motion, unlike the usual point-projectile model.

• Aerodynamic liftRelated: Lift supports the aircraft while its weight component along the flight path drives descent.

• GliderNarrower topic: A glider is an aircraft designed to make this unpowered flight efficient.

• Flying squirrelNarrower topic: Flying squirrels use this form of flight to cross gaps between trees.

• MicroraptorRelated: Microraptor may have used its feathered limbs to glide between elevated perches.

• SciuridaeRelated: Flying squirrels reach distant trees using membranes stretched between their limbs.

• SquirrelRelated: Flying squirrels glide between trees using a membrane stretched between their limbs.

• PatagiumNarrower topic: Many patagia generate aerodynamic support during unpowered glides.

• Sugar gliderNarrower topic: Sugar gliders use controlled glides to move between trees without flapping wings.

• ColugoNarrower topic: Colugos use aerodynamic glides to cross gaps between trees.

• Fred HaiseRelated: Enterprise’s approach and landing tests were unpowered glides, demanding precise energy and runway management.

• BeloniformesRelated: Flyingfishes extend a water-borne leap into a sustained aerial glide.

• ChrysopeleaNarrower topic: Chrysopelea is a vertebrate example of gliding flight between elevated launch and landing points.

• Flying and gliding animalsBroader topic: Gliders trade altitude for distance, often using specialized membranes or extended limbs.

• John Joseph MontgomeryRelated: His designs helped demonstrate that gliders could be steered rather than merely descend.

• ScansoriopterygidaeRelated: Membranous wings in Yi qi and Ambopteryx have been interpreted as gliding surfaces.

• SharovipteryxNarrower topic: Sharovipteryx is interpreted as a glider rather than a powered flyer.