So instead of outfitting their high-performance sailplane with an electric or small piston motor, they've attached a jet engine that folds neatly into the fuselage. Traditional sailplanes have no ...

Sailplaning - unpowered flight - is an expensive pastime. There are several sailplane categories: Open, 15-meter, Standard and Ultralight. Large, high-performance Open-class sailplanes sport wingspans ...

Wehren heads up a project group, dubbed “Wehren Emcom xxtherm2,” aimed at manufacturing the high-performance rigid hang glider of the same name in Jegenstorf, Switzerland: “The project was initially ...

(It was named for the mother-of-pearl clouds commonly seen at high altitudes around ... Sport class for all sailplanes but handicaps equalize performance, or the Open class which has few ...

Despite its extraordinary mission, Perlan 2’s dimensions—33 feet long and 84 feet in wingspan—make it a large glider, but not the largest, similar in size to other high-performance gliders.

But it's designed for much more than just unique looks, offering a high-performance ride with enough ... (two parallel hulls joined by a deck), Glider insists it is neither a traditional catamaran ...

So instead of outfitting their high performance sailplane with an electric or small piston motor, they’ve attached a jet engine that folds neatly into the fuselage. Traditional sailplanes have ...