Longest glider flight, 8 years after their first powered flight. Oct. 24, 2011 — -- "For some years," wrote Wilbur Wright in 1900, "I have been afflicted with the belief that flight is possible ...

An excellent glider to start in the hobby, with 2400 mm of wingspan it's a big intimidating glider but amazing at the same time, flies as good as it looks and the price is just the best, the material ...

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 ...

With blue skies and high cumulus clouds, Steve Rathbun knew he had the perfect weather conditions for his glider plane to soar all the way from Utah to South Dakota — without an engine.

At the heart of flight lies Newton's third law: for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. This principle explains how an airplane wing generates lift. When an airplane moves forward, ...

For pilots in the Soaring Society of Boulder, the sky is their happy place. The club, which is based at the Boulder Municipal Airport, has around 160 members who cruise through the air in sleek ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. DODGE CITY, Kan. (KSNW) – Two continental flight records are broken in Dodge City, Kansas. Two Nevada pilots took a glider from ...

ABOVE: The Helping Dreams gliding scholarships provide recipients with the opportunity to undertake glider and powered-flying ...

A balsa wood glider is really easy to make despite the physics involved in its flight. Make one yourself and have a ton of fun. In this video, I explain how to make it from the beginning. In this ...