He was participating in a training session with U.S. Hang-Gliding Inc., which is a New York-based company training in central Florida for the winter season. Detectives with the Bureau of Special ...

A first-time hang glider lived to tell a harrowing story about how an instructor in Switzerland forgot to attach his safety harness to the glider before leaping off a cliff side. What followed was a ...

A YouTuber by the name of Gursk3 was forced to hold on for his freaking life after realizing he wasn't strapped in during his first hang gliding experience.

A Westchester County man was killed earlier this week in a hang gliding accident in Florida, authorities said. Tomas Banevicius, 40, was taking part in a hang-gliding training session at Dunnellon ...

Kitty Hawk Kites proudly celebrated another successful year of the Hang Gliding Spectacular, marking the 54th running of the iconic event from May 14 -17, 2026.

It was my first day of hang-gliding lessons, and already I felt like a bird. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. A big, stupid, ...

SANTA BARBARA, CA — On Saturday, August 2nd from noon to 6PM, the Santa Barbara Soaring Association (SBSA) invites the public to celebrate 50 years of free flight at the iconic Elings Park training ...

The phrase is often used by people who soar high in the sky in non-motorized lightweight aircraft. These adventurists hang gliders and paragliders, known as pilots, challenge gravity from a 600 feet ...

One by one, my three children soared above the wind-swept sand dunes, overcome with jubilation as they took to the sky on colorful 30-foot-wide hang gliders. As they experienced flight for themselves, ...

Jem Moore had always dreamed of flying. And now, the Carbondale-based filmmaker is sharing the story of how his dream became a reality. Moore’s new documentary, titled “A Dream of Flying,” tells the ...

WAWARSING — A preservation group purchased a parcel of land in the Shawangunk Mountains of Ulster County known as “the hang-gliding capital of the Northeast.” The 64-acre parcel, located near the ...