TOM JOHNS, 64, is the first human to launch from atop Blanchard Mountain south ... each wing type, so the weather tends to keep the two groups separated. Hang gliders, which have a rigid structure ...

Francis Rogallo, 97, an aeronautical engineer who was considered the father of modern hang gliding ... bones and a rigid shape." With further development by others, the Rogallo wing transformed ...

DUBAI, United Arab EmiratesDUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A glider crashed near a skydiving company in Dubai on Sunday and its South African pilot ... fixed-wing aircraft. Nationwide, student ...

Hang gliding enthusiasts Hugh Ross, left, with his son Clark Ross. Photo / Jason Oxenham When Hugh Ross bought a hang glider in 1977 it was "all the rage". The Karaka farmer strapped his then 10 ...

Francis Rogallo, an aeronautical engineer who was considered the father of modern hang gliding ... bones and a rigid shape.” With further development by others, the Rogallo wing transformed ...

ISSAQUAH, Wash. — A person on a fixed-wing hang glider died on Sunday in Issaquah after crews found them unconscious and unresponsive. According to Eastside Fire and Rescue, crews responded to ...

A South African pilot died in an amateur glider crash in the Skydive Club area in Marghem in Dubai on Sunday, the General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) was cited as confirming in a tweet by ...

Two Britons are in a critical condition after their high performance glider aircraft crashed in South Africa this afternoon. The accident happened just north of New Tempe Airport near ...

A British airline pilot was killed when his glider slammed into a rocky hillside ... old wife up for a flight over the wild Karoo and South Africa’s biggest dam near Norvalspont in the Free ...

Categories for the World Championship include a women’s division, rigid-wing hang glider, and swift, a small sail plane that is flown with a stick like a motorized plane. “For nine days it’s ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A glider crashed near a skydiving company in Dubai on Sunday and its South African pilot was ... of that single-engine, fixed-wing aircraft.