Sebastian Kawa, Polish glider pilot, and eighteen-time World Champion has announced his ambitious plans to fly over ...

Despite this, [rctestflight] decided to run some experiments to see just how PX4 would fare when controlling a drone-launched shuttle glider. The glider is a simple design built from foam board ...

A thrillseeking cop has set a new world record on Australia Day after completing almost four dozen loops in his glider at ...

Discover how Sir George Cayley’s groundbreaking theories and innovative designs laid the foundation for modern aerospace engineering.

Gliding conditions were poor on the seventh day of the 2024 National Soaring Competition last May about 60 kilometres south of Calgary near Diamond Valley, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada ...

It took more than 300 years and many more failed experiments until Sir George Cayley, a British engineer, determined that flight required lift, propulsion, and control. He built a glider with a ...

With a gentle shove, Robert Plate launched the 15-foot wooden glider and its pilot, Robert Townsend, into a light breeze on a ...

Otto Lilienthal built the world's first manned gliders in the 1890s. Lilienthal is credited as the father of flight for his contributions to aviation. Lilienthal tragically perished in the world's ...