in order for a glider to take off, it needs a tow plane to pull a cable to bring it into the air and climb to a sufficient altitude from which to release the glider. But what if the tow plan ...

An RAF transport plane and privately operated glider narrowly avoided crashing into each other during an "extremely close encounter", investigators said. The near-miss occurred above Bury St ...

The glider is a simple design built from foam board, controlled with two elevons, and fitted with a third servo to handle its release from the tow drone. It’s fitted with a Pixracer autopilot ...

From a ranch in California’s Romero Canyon last week, dark-haired, nine-year-old Marylynn Winkler watched the flight of a glider-towing plane. Suddenly the plane seemed to “break up in mid-air.” ...