NEWPORT BEACH — With aircraft made of little more than bamboo and plastic sheets, a ragtag group of aerial adventurers threw themselves off a hilltop here on May 23, 1971, launching what became known ...

Hang gliding over Lookout Mountain and Chattanooga with Lookout Mountain Flight Park of Rising Fawn, Georgia. Long a fan of and an active participant in aviation and adventure, I’ve tried a number of ...

The call of the sky is strong in Kitty Hawk. Not far from where the Wright brothers first flew, student Hannah Zobel glides over sand dunes after a lesson with Luke Robinson (running) of Kitty Hawk ...

A visit wtih Kevin Christopherson on his record-setting hang gliding trip from WY to SD. Kevin Christopherson's record-setting hang gliding flight from Wyoming to South Dakota was a momentous ...

Every weekend, Lisa Bradley soars thousands of metres above Queensland's stunning Scenic Rim, chasing pockets of air that pull her even higher. But while she happily flies now, 27 years ago Lisa ...

When Tom Low was growing up in the Bay Area, he knew he wasn’t your average kid. “Some people growing up want a pony. I wanted a hang glider,” he said. Low had grown up around aviation — his father ...

YOU JOINING US THIS MORNING. YEAH, WE’RE GOING TO GLIDE RIGHT INTO OUR FIRST LIVE INTERVIEW. IT’S BEEN 50 YEARS SINCE THE FIRST HANG GLIDER FLIGHT AT GRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN. YOU SEE WHAT I DID THERE TO ...