The article promotes glider flying as a rewarding activity, suggesting introductory flights or attending soaring events to overcome apprehension. It lists several upcoming glider events across the US: ...

The author details their experience obtaining a glider rating, emphasizing the unique skills and intimate pilot-aircraft-environment relationship involved in glider flying. Glider flying is ...

SOUTH SIOUX CITY -- A sailplane once collecting dust has been restored to its original condition by area soaring enthusiasts and is once again in the skies over Siouxland. The sleek plane was lovingly ...

Fed Ex pilot Gordon Boettger said he has flown east across the country and looked out the window of the Boeing 777 and ...

After a successful maiden voyage last year, the Perlan 2 Glider is ready to be put to the test in another series of high-altitude flights. Starting in August 2016, the unpowered glider will travel to ...

When the famed pilot Charles Lindbergh launched a motorless sailplane from Mount Soledad in 1930 and headed north above the coast, he was the first person to realize the cliffs at Torrey Pines ...

High-altitude aerospace research nonprofit Perlan Project plans this year to take another shot at flying its Perlan 2 glider to a record 90,000ft, after which it intends to terminate that flight-test ...

Foot-launched sailplanes have been around for a while, but this video of a guy flying one off a cliff caught our eye. On a windy mountainside, you can see him hovering in place against the wind before ...

The US Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) has developed a Flying Sea Glider underwater glider that delivers itself by flying above the water, extending the range of unmanned undersea vehicles (UUVs).

A one-person glider crashed into the roof of a Connecticut home Tuesday evening — but miraculously no one was seriously hurt. Officials said a pilot flying a small glider lost power just four miles ...