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 ...

Fred Fehsenfeld, a Purdue mechanical engineering alumnus, stands near Sky Dancer, a Pipistrel Sinus glider he gifted to Purdue. The gift effectively ushers in a new era of glider instruction and ...

In 1942, Rochester was chosen as the base for the military’s experimental glider training program. Two years later, those ...