Charlie Lumb's fascination with flying began when an air ambulance landed near his garden. Now 16, he has earned his glider ...

Glider flying offers an accessible and cost-effective way to experience aviation, not requiring an FAA medical certificate. Seminole-Lake Gliderport in Florida is one of the busiest commercial ...

Motivated to improve fundamental flying skills and overcome doubts about engine-out landings, the author embarked on glider training, initially struggling with the unique demands, especially landings, ...

If you’ve exhausted your list of electronics projects over the past several weeks of trying to stay at home, it might be time to take a break from all of that and do something off the wall.

Adding a glider rating is notably straightforward for existing private airplane pilots, requiring no written exam or FAA medical certificate. The transition offers a "purer" and more social flying ...

Aviation Supplies and Academics (ASA) announced that its new editions of the Glider Flying Handbook and Balloon Flying Handbook have been updated to conform with modern standards and practices for ...

Fred Fehsenfeld, a Purdue mechanical engineering alumnus, stands near Sky Dancer, a Pipistrel Sinus glider he gifted to Purdue. The gift effectively ushers in a new era of glider instruction and ...