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 ...

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 ...

Co-pilots David Jansen and Grant Anderson flew a sailplane 787 miles without the help of an engine Sam Gillette is a Staff Writer on the Human Interest team at PEOPLE. She first joined PEOPLE in 2016.

The phrase is often used by people who soar high in the sky in non-motorized lightweight aircraft. These adventurists hang gliders and paragliders, known as pilots, challenge gravity from a 600 feet ...

Fred Fehsenfeld, a Purdue mechanical engineering alumnus, stands near Sky Dancer, a Pipistrel Sinus glider he gifted to Purdue. The gift effectively ushers in a new era of glider instruction and ...

Have you ever thought about flying in a glider? Watch one silently overhead and it seems surreal, so free, so, well, simple. It looks like anyone could do it. "Anyone can, with a little bit of ...

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 ...

HILLTOWN, Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- The pandemic has led many around the region to seek out new hobbies and experiences, including one 95-year-old Bucks County resident who's proving it's never too late ...

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).

ARLINGTON, Wash. — In the steady chatter of air traffic control at Arlington Municipal Airport, one voice is not like the others: teenager Ishitha Arekapudi. The 16-year-old Inglemoor High School ...