During its harried 18-month career the Army Air Forces glider program has found the winds of public and official esteem as tricky as the thermal air currents over a mountain peak. Like many another ...

Gliding takes on a different mentality in the United States vs. Europe, Kujat said. “The European model is they’re going to do everything to protect the pilot from himself. In America, we do just ...

Special thanks to Stefan Langer, a professional glider pilot who provided live action footage of real gliders. Gliders are airplanes heavier than air that can be kept in flight without an engine. How ...

Silent Arrow gets Air Force contract to develop new line of cargo-delivery gliders Irvine-based Silent Arrow, one of a growing number of OC-based drone makers, has received a $750,000 U.S. Air Force ...

Karl Striedieck assembles his glider at his airstrip in Port Matilda. Below: Karl and Iris Striedieck are helping to organize the 2015 Region 2 Soaring Competition at the Mifflin County Airport May 16 ...

ARLINGTON -- A Seattle glider pilot was found dead near Wheeler Mountain Friday morning after a mid-air collision with another glider. The 40-year-old, whose name was not released because family ...

A glider pulled into the air by human strength? Florian Lipowitz and the Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe team made history by ...

It still costs an arm and a leg (and sometimes an entire Antares rocket) to lift crews and cargo into space. So until we get around to building that space elevator we’ve always wanted, NASA will just ...

WAIALUA, Hawaii (KITV4) - An aircraft from Paradise Air crashed down Saturday morning near Kaena Point on Oahu, killing both the pilot and a passenger. The deadly crash closed the road to Kaena Point ...