Gliding News

The DG-1000 is a two-seat glider with a maximum speed of 270Km/hr, a weight of 750kg and a glide ratio of 46.5. HobbyKing is distributing the Fly-Fly Hobby Models DG-1000, a 104 in.

The sun shines through Portland resident Dave Cantrell's glider as he comes in for a landing Monday after about 90 minutes in the air.

It was Christmas 1944 when Warren Johnson Sr., an aircraft commander with the U.S. Army Air Forces, gave his 4-year-old cousin Ben his first model plane, along with a promise to build it when he returned from the Pacific.

The vintage sailplanes at Harris Hill this week are full of bright colors and decorations.

Sarah Kelly buckles freelance writer Ronda Robinson in for the ride. Also in Benton Hike Cherokee National Forest and let Ocoee Mist llamas carry your gear.

A PILOT escaped with minor injuries after his glider crash-landed in Middle Littleton.

The U.S. Postal Service will have a temporary postal station in front of the National Soaring Museum on Harris Hill on Saturday as part of the International Vintage Sailplane Meet.

Fri, Jun 19, 2009 Manfred Radius began his career in flying sailplanes in 1961 at age 17 in Hamburg, Germany.

In 1974 he reached a high point in his career when he achieved an altitude of 35,000 feet above sea level over the Rocky Mountains near Colorado Springs.

Installation and Approval of Transponder Systems in Gliders/Sailplanes The FAA has published an InFO notice, "To provide guidance for glider/sailplane owners and operators about the installation of transponder systems in gliders/sailplanes." As background for this action, the FAA notes that, "On August 28, 2006, a Raytheon Aircraft Company Hawker ...

The Original Glider Rides has operated for nearly 40 years on Oahu's North Shore without a fatality.

The competitors were lined up and ready to take off on June 15, 1989, at the 25th Annual 1-26 Soaring Championship at El Tiro Gliderport near Marana.

Pilot Jason Stephens of Gilbert writes about his stay in Turin, Italy, to compete in an international glider aerobatics competition at the World Air Games at Turin, Italy.

Like any other athlete on the eve of a major competition, Jason Stephens is nervous.

The South Plains Air Show at the Slaton Municipal Airport is inviting you to the Saturday event.

An innovative sailplane could set a new world's altitude record for manned flight, a record currently held by an SR-71 Blackbird Advances in laminar-flow airfoils and composites have sparked a renaissance in sailplane design.

Strapped into a two-seat glider on Saturday, flight instructor Dave McConeghey showed me the instruments, how the glider's rudders and stick move, how to put on brakes and how to adjust the trim.

Of all the paradoxes of puberty, few are more peculiar than male pubic hair. For boys, hirsute genitalia are a marker of arrival into a sphere of masculinity that promises all the things childhood can't provide: strength, confidence, women.

My small attempt to celebrate science and to make it interesting and fun by giving jargon, confusion and elitism a solid beating with the stick of good writing.

GisA le Allen's husband Brian absolutely lived and loved to fly, and last week he died doing just that.