Pilots are trained for emergencies yet the ocean brings challenges that no runway can match. Understanding how aircraft ...

Leesburg native Amelia Anderson was flying gliders and planes before she could drive a car, starting out at age 13. Six years ...

Leesburg native Amelia Anderson was flying gliders and planes before she could drive a car, starting out at age 13. Six years ...

Germany and the US built some of the largest aircraft in World War II, although many of their designs were unsuccessful.

A supremely talented and progressive wingsuit flyer, Peter Salzmann’s feet rarely stay on the ground for too long before it’s time to take flight again. On the volcanic cliffs of El Hierro in Spain’s ...

Austrian wingsuit pioneer Peter Salzmann achieves a world-first: soaring like a bird by gaining altitude mid-flight using a groundbreaking foil wing. On the volcanic cliffs of El Hierro in Spain’s ...

Alafair Biosciences, Inc., a medical device company redefining soft-tissue protection in orthopedic surgery, announced today the first clinical use of its VersaCoat(TM) Flowable Hydrogel (VersaCoat(TM ...

A federal judge on Monday spared former Alaska Airlines pilot Joseph D. Emerson from prison time, saying the swift loss of his career for nearly cutting off a plane’s engines while flying off-duty was ...

Correspondent photo / Sean Barron Megan McCloskey, a Youngstown State University junior and mechanical-engineering major, launches a small gliding plane she helped design. She was among about 50 ...

A balsa wood glider is really easy to make despite the physics involved on 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 ...

The Boulder man who died in an ultralight glider plane crash west of Berthoud has been identified as Phillip Edward Benson. The 74-year-old died Aug. 13 of multiple blunt force injuries sustained in ...

Firefighters battle a small wildfire sparked by a glider crash on Mahogany Mountain in Utah. Photo from the Mountain Green Fire Protection District A glider crash into a Utah mountain killed the pilot ...