As far as heart-pounding and harrowing video is concerned, the footage below of a hang gliding mishap at an extreme sports event in Norway may take the cake. In late June, world championship hang ...

CHICAGO -- Switzerland's civil aviation authority say it will question a hang-glider pilot after a tourist he flew over a picturesque Swiss landscape nearly fell dozens of meters (yards) to the ground ...

Other people’s vacation videos can be painfully dull. Chris Gursky’s is painfully terrifying – best watched while peeking through your fingers. Gursky, an American, was on his first day of a vacation ...

If you’ve ever been on the fence about trying an extreme sport like hang gliding, this video will have you keeping your feet firmly planted on terra firma. On his first day of a holiday in Switzerland ...

SWITZERLAND -- If you're afraid of heights, look away. A heart-stopping video is going viral, with people literally holding their breath and holding out hope right along with an American tourist.

A nerve-wracking piece of video shows a tourist clinging for life onto a hang glider in Switzerland. Chris Gursky's harness was not properly attached when he and a pilot launched themselves off a ...

Bob Saunders is a glider pilot from Telluride, Colorado. Telluride’s airport is North America’s highest commercial airport, sitting at 9078 feet, and the high altitude makes for unique gliding ...