NEWPORT BEACH — With aircraft made of little more than bamboo and plastic sheets, a ragtag group of aerial adventurers threw themselves off a hilltop here on May 23, 1971, launching what became known ...

The call of the sky is strong in Kitty Hawk. Not far from where the Wright brothers first flew, student Hannah Zobel glides over sand dunes after a lesson with Luke Robinson (running) of Kitty Hawk ...

CHESHIRE — It's easy to get hooked on hang gliding. Just ask Cheshire resident Gary Trudeau, who grew up in Adams with a view of Mount Greylock and watched enviously as humans soared across the sky ...

Hang gliding over Lookout Mountain and Chattanooga with Lookout Mountain Flight Park of Rising Fawn, Georgia. Long a fan of and an active participant in aviation and adventure, I’ve tried a number of ...

The phrase is often used by people who soar high in the sky in non-motorized lightweight aircraft. These adventurists hang gliders and paragliders, known as pilots, challenge gravity from a 600 feet ...

Friends and neighbors say Arthur Simoneau represented the best parts of Topanga, a tight-knit bohemian mountain community with a reputation for welcoming the free-spirited. Hang-gliding friends say he ...

The future of the University of Montana’s South Campus remains uncertain, and the Legislature has yet to fund construction of Missoula College, but a local hang gliding club is planning for the years ...