State police were unable to locate the crash site and called off the search around 11:00 a.m. after determining that the ...

The program last set an altitude record for a subsonic aircraft of any kind on Sept. 2, 2018. Pilots Jim Payne and Tim Gardner flew the Perlan II to an altitude of 76,124 ft., topping the previous, ...

A light aircraft crashed after a pilot inadvertently accelerated on descent, an investigation has found. Two people were ...

Hang-gliders offer the nearest thing to being able to fly like a bird. Try for free. ... So successful was Chanute’s biplane glider that it became the blueprint for much of manned flight to follow.

Any aircraft capable of lifting an engine and pilot, much less any sort of a payload, would be of a size so large that shifting body weight would be totally ineffectual. Further, the airfoil of ...

The glider is a single-seat, fixed-wing aircraft that doesn't have an engine, the company's website said. This is the second fatal aircraft crash near the Westside airfield within four months.

The aircraft will carry enough battery power for electric blankets and socks, but the pilots are more likely to overheat than freeze: Ordinary, unpressurized gliders let in cold air, so the pilots ...

Several agencies are searching for a pilot of a hang glider after the small aircraft reportedly crashed off Plum Island Saturday morning.