A balsa wood glider is really easy to make despite the physics involved on its flight. Make one yourself and have a ton of ...

The General Airborne Transport XCG-16 was a futuristic-looking aircraft with a unique story and design. Based on the fuselage ...

An air glider crashed west of the Quad Cities in Nichols, Iowa when the pilot was forced to make an emergency landing. The crash happened Sunday, August 17, 2014 just before 3:30 p.m. at 1911 Elder ...

High in the sky, Ron Tabery circles like a buzzard with a 92-foot wingspan. On a good day, he can soar in his gleaming white glider for six hours or more, riding thermals like elevators and traveling ...

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) — The Air Force has launched an experimental hypersonic glider able to travel more than 4,000 miles in 30 minutes over the ...

On a clear day in early October, Kathleen Thompson was getting ready to fly. She put on a flame-resistant flight suit, and strapped on a parachute before climbing into a small airplane just outside ...

For many young cadets, the gliding program gave them their first taste of flight. Potential cuts to the Air Cadet Gliding Program could mean the days of soaring cadets are coming to an end. In ...

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 ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaQB16ZaNI4 What is the fastest RC aircraft? Amazingly, gliders. The non-powered planes can, in skilled hands, whip up a speed of over ...

While the Air Force Academy needs a new trophy case to accommodate the team's accomplishments, the coach says the cadets involved are nothing special. "No, sir," Lt. Col. John Neptune said when asked ...

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 ...