NODA, Chiba Prefecture—Nearly a decade after first taking to the sky in his take on the glider from “Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind,” Kazuhiko Hachiya flew his creation for the last time here. The ...

A Queensland pilot has made aviation history in Central Australia, flying more than 1,200 kilometres without an engine in a record-breaking glider flight launched from Alice Springs.

Co-pilots David Jansen and Grant Anderson flew a sailplane 787 miles without the help of an engine ...

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 ...

MINDEN, NV--(Marketwired - Mar 7, 2016) - Airbus Group CEO Tom Enders worked alongside the all-volunteer flight test team for Airbus Perlan Mission II this weekend, as the program achieved a historic ...

Kenshi Tagami, who successfully completed a 1,000-kilometer glider flight in Japan, is seen at Itakura Gliding Field in the town of Itakura, Gunma Prefecture, on July 22, 2021. (Mainichi/Naomichi ...

Hensoldt has demonstrated its High Altitude Drop Infiltrating System (HADIS) unmanned cargo glider, performing flight trials from an Airbus A400M transport aircraft.