MONTOUR COUNTY, Pa. — Sailplanes are soaring through the sky all weekend at the Sky High R/C Field near the Lycoming-Montour County line. "The powered plane has a 13-horse-powered motor in it, and it ...

Inspired by a memoir, Frauke Elber made many accomplishments. Now she urges others to fly. Prepared for arguments from her parents when she turned 21 and wanted to fly sailplanes, Frauke Elber was ...

If you want to take a ride with the only commercial glider service in Maryland, you have to keep two things in mind before you even think about soaring: Close the gate so the cows don’t get out, and ...

Although zero-emission air travel may sound like a thing of the future, gliders have a long history, which can be traced back to the birth of aeronautics. Before the Wright brothers famously outfitted ...

Microsoft researchers built an autonomous sailplane to answer a scientific question that applies to building robust digital assistants, IoT devices and autonomous vehicles. A machine learning project ...