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The huge success of the Mars helicopter Ingenuity has proven it’s possible to explore other planets from the air, and researchers are working on a variety of flying craft concepts for future planetary ...

The Airbus Perlan Mission II sailplane broke its own altitude record, soaring to 30,615 feet, and aims to surpass the world altitude record of 50,727 feet by catching stratospheric mountain waves. The ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. In April ...

A creative bunch of tinkerers think the recent trend of self-launching gliders needs a bit of a boost. So instead of outfitting their high-performance sailplane with an electric or small piston motor, ...

Lift. For a sailplane pilot it means the difference between a nice relaxing flight, or searching for an open area to land. Finding lift isn’t always easy though. This is especially true when the ...

Sailplaning - unpowered flight - is an expensive pastime. There are several sailplane categories: Open, 15-meter, Standard and Ultralight. Large, high-performance Open-class sailplanes sport wingspans ...

With the graceful flight of hawks and eagles in mind, NASA aerospace engineer Michael Allen recently hand-launched a 15-pound motorized model sailplane over the Southern California desert. He was ...

Seventy-five years ago the first annual Pacific Coast Midwinter Soaring Championship was held at Torrey Pines, Feb. 1-2, 1947. Thousands of spectators attended the two-day show to watch 16 sailplane ...