The article promotes glider flying as a rewarding activity, suggesting introductory flights or attending soaring events to overcome apprehension. It lists several upcoming glider events across the US: ...

The Local newsletter is your free, daily guide to life in Colorado. For locals, by locals. In a grassy field at the north end of Boulder Municipal Airport, I find Alfonso Ossorio sitting atop a picnic ...

Competitive soaring, at least in European and international contests, is very much a team sport. Two or three pilots ...

RENO COUNTY, Kan. (KSNW) – A decades-old runway in rural Reno County is home to a group of fearless pilots. “We are a small part of an entire world of soaring operations and we are very fortunate to ...

Using wind as their engine, pilots from a Nevada glider team have soared to record heights above the Andes Mountains in Argentina. An experimental sailplane built by the Minden-based Perlan Project ...

Three people died in a glider crash on Sterling Mountain in Vermont's Green Mountains on Wednesday afternoon. Further details will be made public in coming days and weeks. In essence, a glider is an ...

BENTON, N.H. - An 84-year-old Vermont man crashed a glider plane into the White Mountain Forest on Sunday, and he lives to tell the tale. He was suspended 20-feet off the ground for several hours. "I ...