The aircraft clipped a tree as it attempted to make an emergency landing A plane used to tow glider aircraft has crashed in Dorset. The tug aircraft clipped a tree, spinning it around, as it attempted ...

Glider training significantly refines a pilot's understanding of energy management, teaching precise use of altitude as potential energy crucial for engine-out landings and optimizing glide speeds ...

BYRON (CBS SF) -- One person was killed Saturday when a glider tow plane crashed while landing at the Byron Airport and burst into flames, authorities said. Ian Gregor, the FAA Public Affairs Manager, ...

Whilst watching the 60th Anniversary of “D Day” on TV back in May, seeing the airborne landings, I wondered if anyone ever thought anything about that piece of rope connecting the tug to the glider. I ...

A plane used to tow glider aircraft has crashed in Dorset. The tug aircraft clipped a tree, spinning it around, as it attempted to make an emergency landing in an army training area near Bovington. It ...