The updraft would help in getting the glider airborne. Also, there was an ideal area from which to launch a glider: the castle's chapel roof, which was hidden from the guards' watchful eyes.

A hypersonic glide vehicle is a type of warhead that can manoeuvre and glide at hypersonic speed to control a missile's ...

Glider pilots also need endorsements to add on each new type of glider launching. Those who have only ever been towed, for example, need an additional endorsement to fly self-launching gliders.

The third launch of the "Chongfu Shiyong Shiyan Hangtian ... but the events are reminiscent of earlier flights by the Chinese space glider. Objects had also been deployed in orbit.

From 2-8 March 2025, 12 junior and 60 senior pilots will launch their elegant gliders into the air, in the hopes of gaining a coveted place on the podium at this third edition of the World ...