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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

It’s been almost a year since the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recommended for the second time that gliders be required to use identification transponders during flight so that other ...

A hang glider who crashed onto the runway at Mountain Home Air Force Base during Saturday's Gunfighter Skies air show has died from his injuries. A hang glider who crashed onto the runway at Mountain ...

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 ...