So, what caused a highly reliable twin engine jet to turn into a glider? The short answer is fuel contamination. The Lear 35 ...

Such engines are usually of the electric or small-piston motor variety, but New Mexico-based company, Desert Aerospace, has gone a step further by fitting a glider with a retractable jet engine.

Gliders with engines do exist. They are called motor gliders and are essentially fixed-wing aircraft that can be flown with ...

Watch the start of our Swift glider build featuring the powerful MIBO turbine jet engine. Follow along this exciting series for all the construction steps! #SwiftGlider #MIBOTurbine #RCJetBuild ...

Desert Aerospace has modified the two-seat TST-14J sailplane to accept the tiny jet engine. For takeoff, the jet engine sits directly behind the cockpit and allows the glider to climb at more than ...

While traditional sailplanes have no engines, the self launching glider has a small jet engine mounted behind the cockpit. This allows the sailplane to take off like a conventional aircraft, ...

It’s powered by the tiny PBS TJ-100 jet engine, also of Czech extraction. The engine retracts into the fuselage once the BonusJet arrives at altitude, but can be re-extended and restarted in flight.

Now, a decade later, the project is in its third iteration: a jet engine-powered one-person glider. Starting July 13 and ending September 16, 3331 Arts Chiyoda in Tokyo is holding a new exhibition ...

Wave Engine first tested the technology in 2020 by mounting a prototype engine on a piloted glider and turning it on in mid-flight. The latest unmanned flight had the engine integrated into the UAV.

With all that weight, and a single business-jet engine pushing it along, it will take Fossett 14 hours to reach his cruise altitude of 45,000 feet. By then, Rutan and his team will have done their ...

A creative bunch of tinkerers think the recent trend of self-launching gliders needs a bit of a boost. So instead of outfitting their high performance ...