The record-setting flight was the 38th the Perlan 2 aircraft had made An engineless glider has been flown at a record altitude of 52,172ft (15.9km). The aircraft's two pilots achieved the feat in ...
The Piper pilot informed Sywell Aedrodrome's flight information service officer about the near-miss An aircraft had to take evasive action in mid-air over the M1 to avoid two gliders that were ...
Her name is Alice. Now, she isn't the first attempt at an electric passenger plane. Previous attempts looked like this, a glider or an old seaplane retrofitted with an electric engine. But Alice ...
On a snowy day in December, 1943, while he looked out over the German town of Colditz, POW Bill Goldfinch noticed snowflakes outside his window drifting upward. Perhaps it would be possible, he ...