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 ...

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 ...

YODER, Kan. (KWCH) - A central Kansas man took the ride of his life Friday, an unforgettable moment that could be his last flight. The Kansas Soaring Association is hosting the 2022 Standard and ...

Dr. Galo Grijalva secures Fred Rowland before a glider ride at Aero Soaring Club located at Dart Field, Mayville, New York. Photos by Beverly Kehe-Rowland With the unseasonably warm temperatures we’ve ...

In this article, writer A. P. Herff considers a new theory based on observations of a turkey buzzard as requirements for reproducing soaring flight with airplanes. Herff describes how he had watched ...

Record-setting Minden glider pilot Gordon Boettger and co-pilot Bruce Campbell completed the longest distance glider flight in the world early Monday morning. While a technicality will keep it from ...