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The ratio of the forward distance traveled to the vertical distance an aircraft descends when gliding without any power.

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Why aren't any wingsuits able to sustain flight?

I'm aware that under zero power it is a glider, but there are gliders that sustain flight and have enough lift to climb etc. This statement is a bit incorrect. Gliders don't climb like aircraft …
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