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 ...

The "Soaring Valor" program, a yearslong partnership between American Airlines, the Gary Sinise Foundation, and the National WWII Museum, operated its final charter flight in September. Since 2015, ...

Dr. Galo Grijalva secures Fred Rowland before a glider ride at Aero Soaring Club located at Dart Field, Mayville, New York. Photos by Beverly Kehe-Rowland With the unseasonably warm temperatures we’ve ...

Around 2:30 a.m. Monday, record-setting glider pilot Gordon Boettger and co-pilot Bruce Campbell launched their craft into the night sky. By the time they landed, 17 hours and 25 minutes later, they ...

Record-setting Minden glider pilot Gordon Boettger and co-pilot Bruce Campbell completed the longest distance glider flight in the world early Monday morning. While a technicality will keep it from ...

In this article, writer A. P. Herff considers a new theory based on observations of a turkey buzzard as requirements for reproducing soaring flight with airplanes. Herff describes how he had watched ...

Woods Hole, Mass. (Wed. Nov 30) -- Wandering albatrosses, which are an iconic sight in the Southern Ocean, are highly adapted to long-distance soaring flight. Their wingspan of up to 11 feet is the ...