Only hang glider pilots previously certified by the U.S. Hang Gliding Association and those who have their own equipment can partake. Originally Published: June 16, 1995 at 1:00 AM CDT Share this: ...

Unlike an airplane, a helicopter can even glide vertically because the blades do not see a vertical descent as truly vertical. For example, consider a hypothetical helicopter with a 30-foot rotor ...

There is no fear among us. Then Brad Kushner launches into Part 3 of his hang-gliding lecture: How to Avoid Crashes and What to Do if You Do Crash. The 34-year-old entrepreneur, who has parlayed hi… ...

MOUNTAIN HOME -- Problems that led to a deadly hang glider crash during the Gunfighter Skies Airshow at Mountain Home Air Force Base seem to have arisen during the glider's third pass, the ...

In 1963 John Dickenson invented and built the first modern hang-glider. It flew with the help of friends Rod Fuller, the test pilot, and Pat Crowe, who towed the aircraft behind a boat at Grafton.

As he was flying his hang glider, a small commuter airplane on its way to the airport flew over Sentinel and about 1,000 feet above Hallman. Alarm bells went off in the cockpit of the airplane, ...

Hang gliding near DeRuyter Dan Spier distinctly remembers the first time he saw a hang glider. “It was in a James Bond movie (Roger Moore in “Live and Let Die”), and I said to myself, &#8216 ...

As he was flying his hang glider, a small commuter airplane flew over Sentinel and about 1,000 feet above Hallman, causing the shaken pilot to take evasive measures.

NOTE: It can take practice to get the hang of it. One common mistake is to give in to the temptation to tilt the cardboard at more of an angle to try to “lift” the glider from below. Don’t ...