If all goes according to plan, the glider will be crated and shipped by boat to South America, where, after a handful of test flights, it will finally attempt to reach 90,000 feet sometime this ...

They invite adult and child passengers to learn glider and sailplane flying firsthand at about $30 to $50 per ride. Pilot training is also available. Contact them at soarkansas.org.

The glider is a simple design built from foam board, controlled with two elevons, and fitted with a third servo to handle its release from the tow drone.

Witness the Archaeopteryx, the world’s lightest sailplane that’s changing the game for gliding enthusiasts. This ultralight sailplane combines cutting-edge materials and innovative design to ...

Thomas Alexander Cates Jr. celebrated his 100th birthday last year by co-piloting a racing glider sailplane and soaring across Midlothian skies. A month later, while visiting an air show in Bryan ...

Fourteen elite glider pilots have landed in a north-west Victorian town to race in the World Sailplane Grand Prix Racing Series.

Riding on the colossal stratospheric air waves generated over mountains, the team plans to fly their craft to more than 90,000 ft (27,000 m), which will shatter their own existing glider altitude ...

Observing the regatta is open to the public without charge. The Schweizer SGS 1-26 sailplane is a single-seat glider built by Schweizer Aircraft of Elmira, N.Y. from 1954 until 1979.

Fire officials did not have Williams’ age. His friends said he is in his early 50s. Three weeks ago Williams flew 130 miles in the sailplane from Ellenville, N.Y., to Jewett City, Jester said.