Co-pilots David Jansen and Grant Anderson flew a sailplane 787 miles without the help of an engine Getty A pair of pilots made history last month when they traveled 10 hours and 787 miles in a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "When the weather lines up here, there's nowhere better," pilot David Jansen said Two pilots in Australia have made aviation ...

Plans to extend the Belfast Glider route to the north and south of the city have been put back by a further three years. It means if the already scaled-back rapid transit route does go ahead, it won’t ...

Two sugar gliders have been adopted by a college to help students get "invaluable" learning experiences. North Lindsey College, in Scunthorpe, has welcomed the pair of six-year-old possums, called ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. GettyImages 929253214 Universal History Archive Universal Images Group Getty Images 2 Germany has created some of the most iconic ...

Click to open image viewer. Monoplane hang glider built by nineteenth-century German experimenter Otto Lilienthal in 1894. Single surface fabric covering over exposed framework. Wings fold for storage ...

AT the Friday evening discourse at the Royal Institution on March 4, Prof. D. Brunt discussed “Gliding and Soaring Flight”. As the modern sailplane has a sinking speed in still air of 2–3 ft. per ...

Clarence L. “Kelly” Johnson of Lockheed’s secret “Skunk Works” facility, chief designer of the U-2. USAF On Friday, November 26, 1954, Lockheed Aircraft's chief engineer, Clarence L. "Kelly" Johnson, ...

Germany has created some of the most iconic and innovative aircraft in history. The ten we have selected are a good mix of some of the highlights of German aviation, though the selection involved the ...