That basic principle still applies today, but as modern technology has brought stronger and lighter materials to market at lower costs, modern gliders and sailplanes can travel greater distances.

Gliding conditions were poor on the seventh day of the 2024 National Soaring Competition last May about 60 kilometres south of Calgary near Diamond Valley, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada ...

The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating a deadly sailplane crash in Warren County Friday afternoon. It happened around 1:21 p.m. on Elbon Road at the Caesar Creek Soaring Club in ...