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Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. In April ...

The huge success of the Mars helicopter Ingenuity has proven it’s possible to explore other planets from the air, and researchers are working on a variety of flying craft concepts for future planetary ...

Lift. For a sailplane pilot it means the difference between a nice relaxing flight, or searching for an open area to land. Finding lift isn’t always easy though. This is especially true when the ...

Using wind as their engine, pilots from a Nevada glider team have soared to record heights above the Andes Mountains in Argentina. An experimental sailplane built by the Minden-based Perlan Project ...

Gliding enthusiasts from all over the country and beyond will descend on Harris Hill in Big Flats in early July for the return of the International Vintage Sailplane Meet. The event will feature at ...

[Tweepy] flies unpowered aircraft, and he’d like to use the XCSoar flight computer app for gliders, sailplanes, and paragliders, but couldn’t find any hardware. XCSoar is an amazing app that can keep ...

A Cal Poly aerospace engineering professor and a team of more than a dozen students worked together to create a sailplane for a record-breaking pilot. The plane was named “Nixus.” Professor Paulo ...