An Alberta glider pilot who died after ejecting from his plane and hitting the ground during a competition last year had a working parachute but limited experience deploying it, an investigation has ...

Questions over the deployment of a parachute were cited by a federal investigation into the fatality of a Calgary glider ...

Gliding conditions were poor on the seventh day of the 2024 National Soaring Competition last May about 60 kilometres south ...

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada has released the results of its investigation into the fatal crash of a glider near Diamond Valley in May 2024.

A glider pilot died 20 days after a rough landing in a Gloucestershire field that left him with a broken neck. The experienced pilot's choice of a field with a steep slope and rough surface on 7 ...

A glider pilot "slid backwards in his seat" before crashing in an airfield, an accident investigation report said. The pilot, who was seriously hurt last June, recalled "little" after the aircraft ...

The glider pilot then releases the cable and slowly soars the craft back down to earth. An experienced pilot will be able to find pockets of warm air called thermals to gain altitude and extend ...

With an earlier glider, banking a turn would sometimes cause ... which was connected to a stick within easy reach of the pilot. Once the engine was started and running smoothly, the valve was ...